Saturn – Ascendant Opposition – Difficulties in Self – Assertion

By skillfully using the enormous energetic potential generated by the opposition, a person can reach great heights. However, when Saturn enters the picture, the native will need to develop patience and accumulate wisdom through accepting defeats, while giving up open conflicts. These conflicts will inevitably arise in the sphere of professional fulfillment in society, symbolized by the Ascendant. The native will also be outraged by conservative thinking, hypocrisy, rigidity, and servility in communication with people.

The birth of the chart owner is most often overshadowed by difficult labor or medical mistakes caused by a doctor acting according to routine patterns, or by the mother refusing medical help, for example, choosing a home birth with the support of a midwife. Later in life, other people’s interference in the person’s affairs will disrupt carefully thought – out plans, while poverty in the family will push the native to strive persistently toward the top of the social ladder.

Features of the Saturn – Ascendant Opposition

People with this aspect are extraordinarily cautious in communication and initially keep an emotional distance. If the planet of order is in Virgo, Scorpio, or Capricorn, others perceive them as cold, arrogant pedants, although those same people would be surprised to learn how deep and multifaceted the inner world is of a person who outwardly seems interested only in work and advancement toward power.

The native’s childhood, overshadowed by tense relationships with the father or a family member who replaced him, becomes the reason for a guarded attitude even toward those whom the native intuitively likes. This is simply fear of emotional pain and disappointment.

With Saturn in the Sixth House, obstacles to professional fulfillment will constantly arise in life for reasons beyond the chart owner’s control: hostility from superiors, the collapse of a company, lack of interest from clients, or termination of a contract due to illness.

Ailments related to the skeletal and nervous systems may also occur, and rheumatism is possible in old age. To avoid this, the native needs to carefully work through the goals and tasks of the Sixth House. A constant fear of being rejected and a feeling of being unworthy of happiness pursue people with the Saturn – Ascendant opposition throughout life. Other features of the aspect include:

• self – doubt, dependence of inspiration and the desire to act on the approval and praise of others, and reserved speech despite being undeniably well – read and erudite;
• refinement, seriousness, responsibility, discipline, and loyalty to word and deed;
• work and reputation come first, money is secondary, and family comes third;
• constant comparison with competitors: it seems that others do everything better, which encourages self – improvement at a high level of development and makes the native abandon the task at a lower level of consciousness;
• an attraction to communication with older people, or with those who have Saturnian character traits: reliability and calmness;
• a desire to control other people in order to feel personal strength, often through criticism or sarcastic humor.

The opposition of Saturn and the Ascendant is most often an indicator of longevity, even though old age may be accompanied by unpleasant symptoms of rheumatism and osteochondrosis. However, the native is farsighted enough to earn money for comfortable living conditions and treatment in expensive clinics.

Love and Marriage with the Saturn – Ascendant Opposition

As with other aspects involving the planet of power and authority, men and women are not advised to marry before the age of thirty, especially if Saturn is located in the Seventh House of the horoscope. With good karma, marriage will bring happiness, and the union will be long – lasting and strong. However, most often, the lack of emotional warmth from the father in childhood creates a deep conviction that the native is not good enough to be loved simply as they are, without any conditions.

A person with the Saturn – Ascendant opposition attracts harsh and cold partners who evaluate every step according to inflated standards, criticize, and may even humiliate them. This is even more likely if the native’s parents behaved in a similar way.

The fear of falling into a dependent position, or negative experience with a previous partner, pushes the native to the other extreme: a union with a young and carefree partner for whom the native will be an unquestioned authority. In any case, a person with the Saturn – Ascendant opposition will never learn as much about life as they do through relationships with business and marriage partners. By isolating themselves from society, the native only worsens karma and complicates destiny.

Harmonizing the Saturn – Ascendant Opposition

When its forces are applied correctly, the tension of the aspect gives the desire to work tirelessly on one’s destiny. The native is a strong and disciplined person with many plans, goals, and aspirations. Such people can become excellent lawyers, scientists, directors, leaders in any field, strategists, and military figures.

The main thing is not to allow periods of solitude, which are necessary for inner balance, to fill life completely. Development and transition to a new level happen only through contact with people and close relationships. If the native feels that stagnation has arrived and apathy is pulling them in, it means the time has come for new acquaintances.

With Saturn in the Sixth House, increased attention should be paid to health: staying at health resorts, walking a lot, and practicing yoga are recommended. In any case, it is important to communicate with elderly people with genuine interest, whether they are company employees or neighbors, to help them financially and learn from their experience.

Properly chosen talisman stones specifically for the Saturn – Ascendant opposition will help the native become more sociable and emotionally open, and heal the wounds of the past: aquamarine, imperial topaz, tanzanite, blue spinel, and storm – colored spinel.  ✓