Sesquiquadrate Sun – Saturn

(Transit Sun → Natal Saturn)

Avesalom Podvodny. Aspects

Tridecile of the Sun: When becoming involved in another’s life, an honest person strives to preserve it. This aspect provides an opportunity for the successful and constructive application of one’s will toward the development of life in the areas ruled by the Planet. The individual will not feel direct pressure from circumstances compelling them toward this, but will instead experience an impulse of inner vitality that seems to invite participation in issues related to revitalizing stagnant forms within the Planet’s domains. These matters will not seem foreign, but closely connected to the person personally. Indeed, involvement in the development of life within the Planet’s spheres promises not only success in the endeavor itself, but also significant support in personal self-expression. Ultimately, the person may feel within themselves a truly human principle guiding the evolution of lower life forms. With a well-aspected Sun, this is a very favorable aspect; the person can achieve much if they overcome their laziness. Affliction of the Sun may give an incorrect direction to initiative, or external objective conditions may distort it, greatly hindering the person’s attempts to participate in the development of life within the Planet’s spheres. And if the Sun is also afflicted, without special work on the tridecile, its assistance will initially have a destructive character, even with the best intentions. Tridecile of Saturn: In seeking the meaning of another’s life, one may sometimes gain insight into their own. When worked with, this aspect gives the individual the potential for deep and serious support of life in the Planet’s spheres, and in any case, a strong (often unconscious or repressed) desire to participate in this life, where the person may find their self-expression—though this (in areas ruled by Saturn and its aspects) is always limited and difficult. As a rule, this aspect makes the individual timid, insecure, and extremely cautious toward any manifestations of life they perceive as intimately connected with themselves personally. In the harmonious variant, this insecurity quickly passes, but caution and conscientiousness remain, and combined with the depth of aspirations, often lead to full immersion in the life spheres and developmental areas of the Planet, excellent understanding of the relevant issues, and constructive help in resolving them—if the person begins to engage with them. With afflicted Saturn, the person’s insecurity regarding themselves and the Planet’s life spheres will prove justified; initially, they will be very awkward and perhaps feel out of place, suffering from this, yet simultaneously (when the tridecile is activated) will desire contact with this life and comprehension of its developmental challenges with redoubled strength. Working with the aspect will bring deep understanding, the ability to offer adequate help, and human satisfaction from it.