Saturn in Leo
"I am reclaiming my inner child, embracing creativity, and showing the world my true self, unapologetically."
- Opportunities
- Learning fun
- Improving romantic relationships
- Goals
- Discovering unconditional love
- Allowing childlike impulses
Saturn in Leo
It’s very possible that with this Saturn, you may not have felt fully seen or recognized by your parents. You may have been raised doing very rigorous studies, or in an environment that did not encourage you to have fun, cut loose, finger paint, hula hoop, play with cars, all of which are very natural impulses for a child to have. Reintroducing these things into your life, the things that you wanted to do when you were a child, can be one of the most healing things possible for you to do as well as seeing yourself and surrounding yourself with people who SEE you where you’ve felt unseen in the past.
The wound in non-recognition and perhaps your parents lack of acceptance of you may spiral out in many areas of your life. This part of the astrology chart has to do with creativity, sexuality and love… these energies seem to all draw upon the same wellspring, and sometimes with this placement it can feel like your wellspring runs a bit dry.
The creative process is definitely an interesting one because it can either consume you, taking you with it, or it can feel a bit awkward, especially if anyone is watching. You may not have an easy time showing people your creations, or you may be hyper-critical of them and put too much weight on them, as if showing them to anyone should be taken as seriously as a recital at Carnegie Mellon. Connecting with the divine inner child or perhaps even rebellious teenager within you that simply doesn’t care about the outer world’s opinion or approval is one of the best practices you can endeavor upon.
Romantic relationships are another space where your Saturn placement really shows itself. There are several manifestations that can stem from this… from pushing love away altogether, to finding yourself grasping for a love that you haven’t felt or received with nothing really adding up to the ideal. It’s also possible to confuse love with attachment, obligation, duty, loyalty… and hold onto relationships long after their expiration date as a result of that. You may have difficulty expressing the love that you feel for others and leave your partners requiring more emotional vulnerability.
At the heart of all of this, self-love tends to be what is missing. When you love yourself and your choices stem from that, you become love and you just simply are love. From that space you can show your affections for others with an open hand, rather than a grasping fist. From that space you can also create whatever you want to create without associating creation with punishment. You can actually have fun, cut a bit loose and not have to be “on.”
Opening your heart and working on your heart field through a free course at the Heart Math Institute website, inner child work where you’re actually engaging the things that you wanted to do when you were a kid, allowing yourself to have those hobbies and outlets, and practicing compassion and nonattachment within your relationships can be very medicinal for you.
