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STRUCTURES OF SATURN

STRUCTURES OF SATURN

Back Through the Birth Canal: Saturn Retrogrades from 1° Aries to 29° Pisces

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Jamie James
Aug 07, 2025
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This is not a retreat. It’s a re-tracing…

Saturn, that grizzled architect of embodiment, backs away from the flaming threshold of Aries and dips once more into the great dream-womb of late Pisces. What was initiated in fire must now be purified in mist… what was sharpened into action must now soften toward surrender.

We’re in the liminal corridor between the karmic finale and the primal beginning—again.

But this time, it’s not about arrival—it’s about remembering what you were carrying before you learned how to carry it.

What This Means, Ultimately—

Saturn stationed at 1° Aries with fists clenched, sleeves rolled, and eyes trained on what must be done...

This is a degree that delights in the real—objective outcomes, measurable results, no frills, no fluff.

It says, “Give me something I can lift, build, fix, survive...”

But now, Saturn slips backward, undoing the buckle, letting the tension slacken… it returns to 29° Pisces, the most mysterious of all degrees—a place where timelines dissolve and identities slip into soup.

This shift is not about abandoning action, but about purifying intention…

From Aries: I must act.

To Pisces: But why am I acting at all?

This reversal unearths what was left unresolved in the waters—before we leapt into flame…

What the Energies Are Asking—

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