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It’s official, as of today, Saturn enters Libra. There were some signs of this activity even a few days before (something to be expected when we observe big planets transits) but mathematically speaking, it’s only today that Saturn enters Libra. How this will affect us? I have no “one size fits all” answer to this, that I can tell you. But I have some bits and pieces which could prove helpful. Some of them are from my personal experience, some are just intuitions.
Without further ado, let’s do it:
Relationships Challenges
Most likely, this transit will challenge relationships. Libra is about relationships, about marriage and balance. Those areas of our life will be scrutinized by Saturn and many things which were hided, ignored or avoided will be uncovered. One thing to notice though is that in this sign Saturn is in exaltation, which will most likely make those challenges a little softer. It won’t be like the last transit through Virgo, where Saturn wasn’t feeling quite well.
If you’re in a relationship there will be some sort of slowing down and reflection. If you’re not in a relationship, chances are that you will start pondering getting into one. It won’t be a romantic impulse, but rather an analytical choice. You will start planning or will be hit by other’s plans about forming, restructuring or strengthening relationships.
It will be essentially a bad time? I couldn’t say that. It will be a time of attention, patience and reflection, rather than impulsive activity. At time there will be restraints and some of the relationships could turn into some sort of coldness. But most of the time this will be like a balance for some sort of exaggerations or even errors related to that specific relationship which are now cleaned and the relationship put back on the right track.
Saturn Transit in Libra through Houses
Depending on your personal chart, your Libra sign stretches over a specific house. This transit will influence that specific area of your life.
1st House
A little bit of patience and analyze will take place here. You will start pondering your own intentions towards your relationships: what you expect, what you give, what you can build. This transit will make you more cautious than usual and perhaps a little bit outside the social circle.
2nd House
Some more tests concerning your material possessions, especially joint possessions. Delays, riddles or unexpected shortages may occur at this time. You will find it hard to acquire or apply new skills, as well as getting what you need in a timely manner. If properly handled this will leave you after the transit with bigger value than you had when you entered.
3rd House
Communications and short trips impediments. You will have to be more careful about your words and the way you initiate communication all together. You will find limitations on how people understand you and sometimes on how you can understand and relate to other people needs.
4th House
Your role as a family member is deeply challenged. If you are a caregiver there will be more asked from you. If there are roles inside the family that you avoided so far, you will have to get on that track. A sense of discipline and hard work will emerge out of it.
5th House
No more play like it used to be. There will be much more dryness than you used to have in your relationship. If there was fun before, now it will be only business. Your capacity of taking yourself seriously inside a relationship will be deeply challenged during this transit.
6th House
Your work colleagues will get the front page somehow. The 6th house is about the public service and how you cope with that. Saturn places some limitations or coldness around so you will have to do some extra work in order to identify and reach out to people who need you, regardless if you feel the need or not.
7th House
There will be some serious shaking over partnerships here. Being them marriages or business partnership, this transit in the 7th House will make them almost useless. Subsequently, if properly handled, this transit in the 7th House could bring you some long lasting relationships, provided that you enter them in a very open and honest way.
8th House
Things will come to an end somehow. Or, in much better wording: things will be drastically transformed. There is some old order which needs to be eradicated now for the new order to take place. This will challenge your ability to let go of things or relationships which are no longer necessary.
9th House
It may be that you will acquire some sort of knowledge in regard to relationships. You will start to understand why you chose – or get chosen by – specific relationships. It might be also that you will do some sort of long distance travel or even a temporary relocation in this process.
10th House
This could be a time of achievement as well as a time of decay. Saturn will test your public image during this transit. If you’re having gaps in what you present to the world, hidden spots or events, Saturn will bring them to the light. Remember, the goal is not to make you ashamed of them as it is to learn the associated lessons and move on,
11th House
Your groups and friendship connections will be strained. There will be pressure coming from this area, usually in the form of tests: trust, honesty and discipline will be at stake. If there are hidden reasons for your friends to be around you (or for you to be a friend of someone) those reasons will be brought to light.
12th House
Unexpected events will take place, usually emerging from your unconscious realm. The 12th house is the house of reclusion and karmic debt, so be prepared to meet some people from other lives or to pay some debt you may not even know you had. Perhaps this is the house which will benefit most from this transit.
Personal Story
The last Saturn transit through Libra took place for me about 29 years ago and caught me between my 4th grade and my 5th grade. The involved house was the 9th house (same as the current one, obviously), house of long distance travels, learning and communication.
At the half of the transit something really important happened: I changed schools. The 4th grade was the last year spent in my neighborhood school. After that, I applied for the best college in town, which was outside my neighborhood (at that time, for a kid, that was like moving to a different country 
). I started to go to that college for the 5th grade. I completely changed friends, local environment and I was exposed to a flow of new information. The 5th grade was a very different approach: we had teachers for any topic we studied (until then we had only one teacher), we started to have mid -trimester tests (called “thesis”) and I had to review my entire relationships approach. The change was so big and powerful that I can barely remember how was in the 4th grade. It was like reaching a completely new level. Almost totally unrelated to the level I enjoyed before.
I have very good memories about that time, it was an easy, fulfilling and, almost all of the time, careless period. Hopefully, this transit will have the same effect.
