The Greatness of Saturn
...touching base before the phase shift
Yesterday, as Venus was trine to Saturn, I found myself doing some sketching while steeped in the chaos of our moment. The expression that appeared on Saturn’s face gave me hope. There’s a glint in his eye and one of those smiles that comes after the tears. It’s hard to care about losing all the possessions I left back in Colorado when I see what is going on in Appalachia. It feels selfish, yet it’s still raw. Our belongings have their value, but they are worthless when put next to human lives.
The greatness of Saturn is always found in our suffering. We never want to go through it, but we must. It’s inevitable. And when it comes, it’s wise not to avoid the feels of the chaos wave. We have no control. There is a deep wisdom to the timing of our losses. We must trust in that. Because if we don’t, we only prolong our suffering.
And as the insanity crests as we move into this election and Israel continues to oil the tracks towards WW3, we must take this Saturn wisdom to heart. It’s all too big for any of us to control. We aren’t going to change any minds. We aren’t going to stop it. We signed up for this, and the test is in how well we handle it.
For me, my rediscovered love for doing art has been helpful in this. Summoning spirits to the canvas is a surprising process. As I slowly retrain my hand and eye, it seems that more of them come in. I’m committed. Ultimately, that is the Saturn work; 10,000 hours into 10,000 days into 10,000 lives. As long as we are committed to whatever our practice is, we become anchored in something that will help us not get washed away by the dark forces on the left or right or in any narrative that isn’t viscerally true to our own experience.
Anyway, it’s been a while since I’ve shared one of these little check-up/newsletters and since it’s pouring on the moor at the moment, I felt the urge to do so since I don’t want to go hiking in the torrent. Below you will find some of my recent offerings.
Thank you for opening…
-adam
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As our mountains burn in Wyoming and the fire grows closer to our towns, with some having already lost their homes, I have been thinking about what I would pack to save and what I would leave behind to burn. My heart goes out to you, and your words about the wisdom in the timing of loss are a potent reminder. My heart is so heavy for the Appalachian Mountains and the Bighorns. I saw someone say that our mountains will never be the same in our lifetime, and it’s almost too much for my heart to bear. I’m trying to digest the lessons and the rebirth. Bless you for your writing; it is medicine for the moment. ❤️🔥
Adam - That sketch is wonderful! (Says Saturn-ruled me). It seems that we are indeed in a Ketu time...losses everywhere. I'm so sorry about your loss of carefully chosen treasures. That's hard. My heart breaks for Appalachia and the regular people just trying to live their lives in the Mid-East... Brutal.
I'm just coming up for air after getting my house ready to sell. It's been a real shit-show these last couple weeks and I may lose a long-term friendship because of it. But the shit show has helped me let go of so much. Last Saturday morning, I drove up to my house and found that the vines I'd spent the last two years training to cover the concrete wall in front of my house had been chopped off and it looked like someone had used a hedge-trimmer to prune the blueberry bush by my front porch. Plants I'd babied were ripped up. Ground cover removed... I lost it. I don't get overly attached to the houses I live in but the gardens are my babies. Today I've been working at letting go of my anger at the boundary violations while standing my ground about paying for it. Your art work seems to be doing a thing around holding everything in a larger context (does that seem accurate?) and honestly, due to another commitment I had for the last month to my community, holding the larger context and staying connected to it is the only reason I made it through.
Keep drawing! Each one gets better... I love it.