The Saturn-Neptune Conjunction Part III

Personal Impacts, Houses 4 to 6

Lynn Koiner, PLMAFA

For individuals, we will be challenged to dissolve our old boundaries and discover a new societal interaction, a new way of being, indicated by the conjunction’s house position. Also, take into consideration the house positions of Saturn and Neptune in the natal chart. Saturn transiting any house portends a restructuring of our attitude towards that house’s affairs.

4th house: The new order for the new cycle is to create new traditions and values that will support the individual — new traditions that support what YOU want to do and not what others want you to do. Preceding conjunctions may have challenged the individual to dissolve any reliance upon traditions and limiting family patterns in order to establish a broader base. This included the dissolution of old patterns of guilt and responsibility to those in the personal life. It is a time to find new roots for oneself and find a new base of activity in order to grow and expand beyond previous boundaries. This expansion should impact your social environment.

For many years, I have observed that the definition of the 4th house now includes the place in which we work, the office environment that is our extended family. Changes can include working out of one’s own home. This expansion should impact the social environment as well.

 A friend has experienced transiting Neptune in the 4th for some time. It dissolved her connection with a dysfunctional family, specifically through a death. Now she can move on and cultivate a new family environment.

If the ruler of the 9^th house is involved, travel to a distant place may be possible in order to expand consciousness. With the last Saturn-Neptune conjunction, an event triggered a major change in my life through travel to Eastern Europe. My “home and family” were no longer in Silver Spring, Maryland. I found a universal family and new members of my soul group in distant lands.

5th house: Any major alignment in this house will stimulate a breakthrough in personal creativity and self-expression — a breakthrough to the REAL YOU. Alexander Ruperti stated that it is not simply creative, but in its expression, it is a cycle of growth in fulfilling one’s destiny through a creative contribution to one’s community and to society in general. Social pressure at this time will reveal more clearly what this new direction will be. The individual should “give self freely as an inspirer through education.”

During previous cycles, I have observed several individuals embark upon creative ventures, leaving occupations that were noncreative and unfulfilling. A new creative direction required a substantial change in themselves and their self-image. As a result of much soul-searching, there was a new awareness of emotional needs and stimulating healthier interactions with others. The lesson is to enjoy life, break through the limitations of convention and free the personality to embrace spontaneity.

Ruperti stated that this alignment “presents great possibilities for the musician, the artist, the teacher, the healer and the psychologist.” Creativity should be transpersonal. It is a time to take risks to dissolve the limitations in personality.

6th house: If your work has nothing to do with your dreams, now is the time to dissolve your limitations and work at manifesting new professional goals. Some individuals may experience health problems through which they will discover a medical program that transforms their lives. As a result, they could become a great advocate of the new healing technique or inspired to find a new career in this field of healing. A new direction of service to one’s community may present itself. One’s own productivity will benefit the growth of the community in a positive manner.

A new self-discipline could transform one’s own physical state — but this often involves social interaction with others. With the 6th house, there can be many opportunities for involvement in social and spiritual causes. What may start out as a difficult change can lead to a positive transformation.

For one individual, Saturn-Neptune triggered her Mars-Saturn opposition from the 6th house. When her employment abruptly ended, she began studying astrology. Later, there was a health issue that transformed her life. The health issue allowed her to become an excellent astrologer and this became her new career. All of the losses led to the beginning of a new sacred, spiritual life and personal healing. Another friend found that acupuncture healed her chronic health issues. Once cured, she studied and became an acupuncturist herself.