PISCES
With both Mercury (communications) and Venus (relationships) in your sign this week you may find it hard to identify your feelings and whilst there may be a lot of discussion around them, talk doesn’t replace intimacy.
ARIES
End of the week sees the Sun move into dynamic, forceful Aries but with a bit of friction happening with the planet (Mars), for the next few weeks err on the side of caution as you may be a bit accident prone.
TAURUS
Try and go with the flow for a while. OK, I know you may not feel like socialising particularly but it may be advantageous if you manage to put personal feelings aside and direct some energy into networking.
GEMINI
With the ability to make some tough minded decisions or negotiations, enter into some serious discussions whether business or personal. This may include a decision concerning an elderly parent.
CANCER
The Full Moon on this Easter weekend falls in your fourth house of home and family so what better excuse for a party or being with loved ones. Don’t try and be too organised though, Full Moons are better handled if we allow for spontaneity.
LEO
The energy of the Sun enters your solar 9th house bringing a focus on more external affairs. For the past month much has been happening internally and you are now more than ready for some action. Easter could see you going away for a few days.
VIRGO
Mercury your ruler opposing serious Saturn could cause delays to those plans you have in mind. Of course if you are prepared to compromise and approach discussions with an open mind things will proceed quickly.
LIBRA
If you are able to work consciously with the Full Moon, which is in Libra this month, then you will be letting go of that Mr Nice Guy/Gal image and stop worrying about what others may think.
SCORPIO
If you haven’t learnt how to be assertive and self expressive instead of dominating and argumentative then this lack of self-awareness will soon be brought to your attention, probably by a work colleague.
SAGITTARIUS
You may be tempted to stretch the truth a little and the archer is sometimes forgiven for this because they are such good storytellers. Just be careful of over- exaggeration as it may change a situation.
CAPRICORN
Miscommunication may cause delays this week but it works to your advantage as the resulting negotiations shows you have the understanding and ability to clearly know what is going on, even if others don’t.
AQUARIUS
Make sure your car is in good working order, as this month seems to see you gearing up for a bit of travel. Whether this is work related or simply that your daily life requires much more running around.
THE SECOND SATURN RETURN
At approximately age 52 we come to our second waning square of Saturn. If you remember the last one was around the age of 21, 22 or almost 30 years ago. The challenge we experience at 52 parallels the challenges we experienced to our consciousness at 21.
At age 21 part of our developmental process was to break away from our dependency on parents, peer group and take responsibility for ourselves. In our early 50s again we need to sever ourselves from established patterns of behaviour, feeling and thinking. Unless we want to become a completely rigid personality our life plan needs to incorporate change and something new. New personal interests for emotional satisfaction should be encouraged to develop whether that is photography, golf, music, dancing or astronomy.
Menopause is a sharp and physical warning for women that cannot be ignored and whilst initially it may come as a shock, by the end of it, the changes both physically and mentally have been assimilated. Physical strength can no longer be taken for granted but for some of us it takes a physical injury before they come to the realisation that middle age is here. Going bald is another physical manifestation of age but fortunately for those men who don’t go down the transplant path or use the creams and lotions, shaving it all off is now a fashion statement. Man boobs are also something that develops with age.
We might like to call this period the youth of old age which starts to prepare and help us come to terms with the natural process of ageing. If we continue to depend on the position we hold or our physical prowess, still trying to compete and prove ourselves without allowing for change, then we are really on the way to becoming grumpy old men and women.
One of the great benefits here is being able to use strategy based on experience.
Daniel Levinson has this period around 50-55 years as the Age Fifty Transition.
Around the age of 60 we experience again an ending and a beginning (as we did at 30) representing a major turning point and a period of significant development. It is the Baby Boomer generation that is redefining this period of life for whether or not it is a self-preservation clause or not many of us never really think about this age until we have reached it.
It has become extremely obvious that a 60-year-old today is markedly different from the same age group of yesteryear. I will not call them the elderly because I believe that to be an insult to the vibrant majority of this age group. It seems that while no one enjoys the physical side of growing older they tend to make the most of it, as seen by those ‘grey nomads’ doing the tour of Australia. What they become increasingly more comfortable with is the psychological and spiritual side of life realising that although the body may lose strength the soul and psyche continues to grow and evolve.
Due to medical advancements we can look forward to a longer, healthier life than any other generation and just as throughout life we may have had business plans now we are feasibly able to plan to manage the next 20 or so years. Self-funded retirement plans are a good example of this.
One niche in life has already been carved out; it is too late to live with regrets but there is still a bright future and it beckons all those that heed the call. For those that don’t heed the call there is an insecurity that sees them clutching at straws, clinging to old ways, afraid of younger competition, resorting to all and any means to stem the ageing process. This can also be a time of mentoring, of giving back, a role that requires experience and maturity. To everything there is a season, a time to reap and a time to sow.
Saturn rules time and longevity. The older we get the better able to handle the restrictions or circumnavigate and manage the responsibilities that our life path is strewn with. Saturn also rules the teeth, skeleton, bones, joints, and skin, all which deteriorate with age.
Saturn is also a symbol for the psychic process, natural to all of us, by which we utilise the experiences of pain, restriction and discipline as a means for greater consciousness and fulfilment. Even if you do not believe in astrology, psychology has demonstrated that there is within our psyche a motive or impulsion toward wholeness and completion.
Daniel Levinson has this period from around age 60–65 as the Late Adult Transition, a time of significant development and a major turning point.
Sources
The Cycles of Becoming – Alexander Ruperti
Saturn, A New Look at an Old Devil – Liz Green
Seasons of a Man’s Life – Daniel Levinson | 
