Saturn in Cancer

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Here are some clips from my book on Saturn, The "Limits" of Astrology.

Saturn in Cancer defines us in terms of our birth. In a sense, we keep the feeling of being bounded by the womb from which we emerged longer than other Saturns do. In practice, it suggests that our boundaries are not our own, that we still live within the confines of those limits which outlined the life of our Mother.

We feel limited by our feelings, or by our Mother, our childhood, or our family. In a sense that will be true. To feel limited does not mean that we are limited. Cancer is a sign of growth. Our boundaries are meant to grow. We are designed to outgrow our original limits.

 

..............With Cancer Saturn our personal space and its boundaries are fluid and changeable. They are conditional, depending on the circumstances or the persons present. It can feel like our relationships cramp our style, if we have unaddressed feelings toward others–even/especially, when these are projected.

Combining Cancer and Saturn, ruler of Capricorn usually points to a parental issue. When parental issues are present, they shape our significant-other relationships. This can make us feel responsible for all the feelings around us and/or we find ourselves feeling the feelings of others as our own. Either way, we will feel defensive and respond to others accordingly.

The key difficulty here is our conditioning toward depending on others to define us. If we are willing to outgrow that, we may then set personal boundaries more in keeping with our own beingness (Sun sign).