From Illusion to Reality: Tips to Work with Saturn Retrograde

This year, Saturn retrogrades between June 04 and October 23, 2022. This period seems long but it is a great opportunity to learn some great life lessons.

Saturn, the lord of structure, discipline, authority and karma

In astrology Saturn is the lord of structure, discipline, authority and karma. He is the Father within us. Which makes it one of the most fearsome planets in all of astrology. Most astrologers believe that our first return from Saturn marks our entry into adulthood, where we have to learn to become our own parents. Saturn's return tends to bring challenges where you will feel tested and adjusted to align with your soul purpose. If you learn to love Saturn, this planet will push you to be the best version of yourself.

I enjoyed myself a lot those first months in Australia with my travels, meetings, and even romantic adventures. I did let myself go in my fantasies instead of seeing things as they really were. For the past few weeks I have felt crackles like bursting soap bubbles all over my upper body. So what was my body trying to tell me?

Bubbles of Soaps and Champagnes

In integrative psychology, what happens inside the body is a reflection of what happens outside of us. The bubbles of tension in my body echo the bubbles or imaginary worlds that I create and evaporate in an instant.

The illusions that we create are very beautiful but they have no consistency behind them. By creating those “bubbles”, we play with the world of appearances. Welcome to the world of illusions!

It's totally OK to dive into our bubbles if we do it mindfully. It can even be very pleasant like a glass of champagne but we know that taking the whole bottle will give us a headache.

One of the biggest lessons Australia and Saturn is teaching me is how to lift the veils from the world of illusions. The great master Saturn comes to whisper to us:

"I'll come back to give you what you thought you had let go, until you learn your lesson..."

Lesson of Saturn: Return to your own Structure

This Saturnian period will bring us back into our unconscious patterns with the appearance of confused repetitive relationships. And this is when Saturn asks us to come back into our own structure.

In yoga we practice the Asanas, which are defined as yoga postures to sit still emotionally, physically and spirituality in our “Shambala”, which means in Tibetan “our Inner Kingdom”.

It reminds me of my trip to Asia, with the mantra that we find everywhere in the cities of the Himalayas "Om Mani Padme Hum", that reveals the steps to free ourselves from our sufferance and gain in empathy, courage, compassion, patience and to make the difference between the world of illusions and our truth.

Saturn teaches us that one of the greatest causes of our suffering is the fall between our expectations and reality. He offers 4 months of work with him to reduce this distance between our idealization and reality.

By doing this, Saturn assures us that the further we advance on our path consciously, the lighter the weight on our shoulders and the easier the road to our liberation and alignment to our truth will be.

Tips to work with Saturn Retrograde

The trick to work with Saturn is not to get discouraged by its challenges, but to stop and listen to the message the planet of discipline is trying to send us. If you take the time to integrate the lessons Saturn is teaching you, it will change your life for the better.

Thank you so much for taking the time to read this new journal! I wish you a beautiful journey in company of Saturn,

Lots of love from Sydney,

Laurene ❤️