The introduction follows:
While many consider Uranus as the planet of change and the ruler of Aquarius, Saturn is the potent ancient planetary ruler of the sign and is the energy we all use to make permanent, solid changes in our lives. Uranus may spark us with inspiration and jolt us out of stagnation, but Saturn is what grounds us and allows us to build (or rebuild) our lives once Uranus shakes us free – strangely enough, Uranus is the god who buried all of his children alive but now is the energy bringing sudden change. Perhaps it is the ‘outside’ energy – beyond our boundaries – that jolts us, as Uranus is so foreign and detached from what it means to be human and alive on Gaia.
Saturn can be considered the cornerstone of life on our planet, which is why various religions worship him…some even consider Saturn as YHWH – the God of the Abrahamic religions. Saturn is, and has always been, a stronger, more accessible energy than his father, Uranus, within the human psyche. As Ouranos (Uranus), the sky, lay around the earth, he begat many ‘children’ but refused to let them be born out of the earth. This stretched and strained Gaia, who turned to her buried-alive children seeking relief. Saturn was the only child willing to do the deed and, as he dismembered his father with the sickle Gaia gave him, he severed the sky from the earth, separating the male and female principle with one sharp blow and ascending as the primary god, the ruler of Sky, Earth, and Sea. Saturn was the first male deity to concern himself with mortals and worldly concerns. If we consider the mythology we may realize that Saturn’s actions against his father brought about the most significant, longest-lasting change than any other action in the mythological history of the Earth.
Saturn, our strict father, is very much his mother Gaia’s child - he is, and always has been, an agricultural god. Although he reigned over the sky and sea as well as the earth, the earth is where he truly feels at home, the earth from which he was born. The Egyptian God Osiris is said to be the planet Saturn and I personally connect both Osiris and the Green Man to Saturn – all are symbols of rebirth and transformation. All three are connected to the underworld as well as the fertile vegetative growth on Earth. All three are symbols of the cycle of life – death – rebirth and the passage of time. For this ritual, you may attune to any or all of the three gods, depending on your personal path, belief system, and intuition.
In other news, it's been a CRAZY busy and unsettled month...I am preparing to start on the August Calendars tomorrow but they may be late this month. Hope not!
With love, light, and blessings,
Dena
