The Saturn Return

[Dew k. Mosi]

Anyone ever heard of this?

When you are between 28 and 30, Saturn finally makes it back into your astrological sign at the point where it was the year you were born. For people who believe in this, it signifies a time of great change and upheaval. This is never a really great time for people but when it is over your life is not the same as it was before.

It's weird, but it fits my life so much.

When I was 28, I was working a middle management job, bored but ok with it, in a dying town that I had grown up in. Just as my Saturn Return began, I lost my son, and went into a deep depression for about a year, not really doing much at all to pull myself out of it. Both of my paternal grandparents died. I had no money. I was having family problems, boyfriend troubles, the works.

But as the Return was ending, I decided to move away and pursue the writing career I never even realized I wanted until then. I moved an hour and half away from my family (sounds like it isn't much until you understand that the rest of my family live within 10 minutes of each other), took piddling part time gigs, and began to do what I really wanted to do with my life. I am not rich and famous yet, but I am happy.

Anyone else gone through their Saturn Return? Anyone in the middle of it now?

 

[PLAS]

hehehe, sounds incredibly familiar

when I was 28 I went through a very depressive moment in my life

the relationship with the mother of my kids went into it's most horrible point, it was very aggressive, and to top it off, she did many things that affected me in many different ways

I was alone, had really no faith in my music, my job or even myself, didn't think I'd had a real future

then when I was about to become 30, I bumped into an old friend of mine of many years, we started to hang out because we had both been through similar experiences in our marriages and felt the same way about our lives, feeling in dead end jobs and what not

and then we became a couple, and at first it was all screwy, mostly because we still had lingering stuff from our previous life, but somehow it all started clicking together, and although right now we're going through a very rough time, it has implied changes for us

now we have a band where we create music together, we're planning on getting married a year from now, we have moved into our own house (it was very sad to leave our old apartment) and she's going through a very difficult time getting used to her new, more demanding, but more rewarding job

you know something? I still find it funny when people act as if as soon as you hit your 30's your life is over


it gets hard, but if you play your cards right, it'll be as good as you want it to be

 

[The Incredible Hulk]

my company went bankrupt the day after I turned 30 and I lost my job. Two weeks later I got a much better and higher paying one.

 

[PLAS]

that was quick and easy

wish I had switched to geico too

 

[LexLuthor]

Between 28 & 30 I found the woman who I believe is my soulmate, got back on my feet after being in a couple of years of depression after the woman I previously wanted to marry was killed by her ex boy friend, became more spiritual, my poetry writing skills improved similar to that of an ancient civilization bestowed futuristic technology by alien visitors, started my event production company back up, and lost my father a few months before I turned 30 back in 05.

 

[thedeadite]

Wow, I was never into astrology, but this is kinda weird.
28 - another ended relationship, extreme depression, hospitalization, started university
29 - going to school full time, depression, never left the house, briefly dated a good friend that didn't really work, best friend for the last 10 years moved pretty far away
30 - have to take a year off school, but am with an amazing girl who makes me happier than i've been in a really long time.

 

[redmarvel]

Never heard of it, but it would help explain "Midlife Crises"

 

[Fledermaus]

I was 28 last year, and became a dad. This year at 29, I'm getting married.
More of a coincidence, I think that Saturn comes back into your sign right around the same time you decide to get your s#it together.

 

[jaguarr]

28-30 were pretty good years for the most part for me, but I did have some big career changes and had a couple of rough relationships during that time.

jag

 

[Ryo Jin]

So THIS is why women are usually ready for men around that age. Who'da thunk it?

 

[Dew k. Mosi]

Never heard of it, but it would help explain "Midlife Crises"

naw, midlife crises come later when you are in your 40s.

 

[The Incredible Hulk]

maybe red doesnt plan on living past 60?

 

[AhabTheArab]

so you are assuming that everyone who's 28-30 is in a period of change? jesus.... smoke more weed eh?

 

[PLAS]

so you are assuming that everyone who's 28-30 is in a period of shift? jesus.... smoke more weed eh?

how old are you?

 

[AhabTheArab]

old enough to not believe in astrology. but, i actually had heard of this.

 

[DV8]

I'm scared now . . . I'm starting to get on track w/ my shyt now and I'm about to turn 26 . . . are you telling me that I have 2 years to go uphill just to get jacked up for 2 years!?!? oh man . . .

 

[Spider-Fan]

I believe in astrology, so this is bad. I have about 7 years before my life sucks for two years!

 

[PLAS]

I'm scared now . . . I'm starting to get on track w/ my shyt now and I'm about to turn 26 . . . are you telling me that I have 2 years to go uphill just to get jacked up for 2 years!?!? oh man . . .

you make of your life what you want

 

[Hobgoblin]

So 28 to 30 is a depressing time, huh? Wonderful. I turn 27 in October. Last year I lost my mom to lung cancer and I've been dealing with manic depression for years. But 28 to 30 are going to be especially bad times?

 

[PLAS]

I believe in astrology, so this is bad. I have about 7 years before my life sucks for two years!

first of all, you really don't have to worry about anything right now

and then, to try and simplify it as "ooh, my life will suck for 2 years in 7 years" is a complete lack of vision

you see, as you start living life, that is, you move out of your parent's house, you get a job, start to look for your place in this world, things will happen: job changes, relationship problems, moving, meeting people, falling out with people you know, etc.

all those things tend to pile up and it comes to a point where big and strong decisions have to be made, and this is where the experience you have accumulated throughout your life will come in handy, if you play your cards right, take your risks and learn from your mistakes, it shouldn't be that much of an ordeal

but we seldom prepare properly

it can all be from job decisions, to the sudden arise of lifestyle induced illnesses, etc.

but the fact that we all go through a crapload of stuff, well, that's unavoidable

 

[Spider-Fan]

first of all, you really don't have to worry about anything right now

and then, to try and simplify it as "ooh, my life will suck for 2 years in 7 years" is a complete lack of vision

you see, as you start living life, that is, you move out of your parent's house, you get a job, start to look for your place in this world, things will happen: job changes, relationship problems, moving, meeting people, falling out with people you know, etc.

all those things tend to pile up and it comes to a point where big and strong decisions have to be made, and this is where the experience you have accumulated throughout your life will come in handy, if you play your cards right, take your risks and learn from your mistakes, it shouldn't be that much of an ordeal

but we seldom prepare properly

it can all be from job decisions, to the sudden arise of lifestyle induced illnesses, etc.

but the fact that we all go through a crapload of stuff, well, that's unavoidable

At least I seem to be reaching an upswing right now. In about a year, my life looks to be moving along more to my liking than it is now.

 

[PLAS]

At least I seem to be reaching an upswing right now. In about a year, my life looks to be moving along more to my liking than it is now.

one of life's many beauties is its unpredictability

 

[Dew k. Mosi]

see the point is not that "Oh my life is going to suck" the point is to look at what is ahead and decide if you are going to let life break you or let life make you.

 

[04nbod]

saturn is my astrological planet so something weird is bound to happen

 

[ServantofAllah]

i got 12 years left.