土星的光環~~生命中不可承受之重啊！

 
 
傳統占星學對於「土星」的詮釋不外乎著重於種種的限制及現實的考驗，逼迫我們不得不去面對的壓力，以自我嚴苛鍛鍊的方式換來終生的最高榮譽。因此在此次課程中我們特別找到一篇深入探索「土星」本質的神聖意涵作為生命不可承受之重的課題講解內容，提醒我們有意識地在時空有限的條件中，與社會群體意識的結合開展出個人獨特的內涵，這是一種責任義務，也是展現生命成熟的一種承擔。尤其對於許多追求心靈境界的朋友來言，如果希望提升意識到天海冥三個行星的層次，首先也必然要完成「土星」的功課。
 
Eilyn以重點摘要的方式在課堂上與學員分享「土星」的智慧，然後我們可愛的學員Sarah以她通暢流利的文筆重新整理詮釋這整篇內容，我們共同同意在部落格上發表，讓更多專研占星學的朋友多一份資料參考，在此我們謝謝Sarah無私的奉獻，感恩~~
 
Saturn: The societal self
土星：社會化的自己
 
The placement of Saturn in the birth chart symbolizes how we can most effectively work within the limits of reality in order to achieve what is possible in a given lifetime. Saturn symbolizes the repository容器of collectively accrued “objective” knowledge: the known structure and organization of the world. By utilizing such information constructively, we effect significant accomplishments: ultimately, by adding our achievements to the repository of knowledge composing the social-collective self.
 
　　土星在出生圖的位置上，代表了我們在被限制的現實中，以最有效率地達成有限生命的可能性。土星代表了全體意識的容器，產生“客觀”的知識：這世界已知的結構與組織。有建設性地使用這樣的資訊，我們會產生重大的成就：最後，把我們的成果，加入到社會集體自我中的知識容器中。
 
        Saturn rules 1.social mores習俗, 2.codes of behavior, and 3.modes of social organization that, over time, have proven to be effective in creating stability, structure, and order. Therefore, Saturn is associated with practical, conservative保守守舊, and authoritarian 權力approaches to accomplishing tasks, fulfilling duties, and working in carefully defined boundaries of time and space. Self-discipline, character strength, work, and responsibility all serve as internal anchoring mechanisms that keep us properly嚴格地related to and focused on the demands of reality. Without such sobering清醒冷靜嚴肅internal ballast, one would lack an overall mortal context within which to properly live, operate, and function in society as a whole.
 
　　土星掌管著1.社會習俗2.行為規範3.社會組織的行為模式。隨著時間流逝，它會被證明是有效地影響了穩定、結構與次序的構造。土星也與經驗、保守、掌握權力成就任務、實現個人抱負，並清楚地界限出在時空中所運作的範圍等，有所關連。自我訓練、性格磨鍊、對全體服務的責任，就像內在的錨點機制，讓我們嚴肅地認同並專心於現實的要求。如果沒有這樣冷靜嚴肅的內在穩定力量，一個世界會缺乏整體的人類背景，無法讓人適當地生活、運作，也無法在一個社會中發生作用。
 
        While over identifying with the restrictions imposed by Saturn’s “laws of limitation”* will lead to anxiety, inhibition, or rigidity, a mastery of Saturn’s lesson of adjusting to reality will lead to greater freedom. Through the informed manipulation 操作of the known patterns of reality, the subjective world of imagination, intuition, and vision is permitted a structure within which to manifest in the objective world of time and space. By admonishing us to conform to laws that govern what can be practically accomplished in the three-dimensional world, Saturn prepares the stage for the next level of symbolism, signified by its neighboring planet, Uranus. By mastering such restrictions and fixed limits, we can actualize the reformations, innovations, and inventions symbolized by Uranus.
 
　　以另一個方面來看待這些被強加於土星的限制，所謂的限制條件，將會帶來焦慮、壓抑或是僵化，土星的支配課題，是調整現實世界，以達到更大的自由。經由對實體的已知模式所操作反應，想像力、直覺與觀念的主體世界，可以在客觀的世界時空中，清楚地被架構呈現。借由提醒我們遵守在這三度立體空間中能被實際完成的限制條件，土星為下一個層級的象徵準備了個舞台，與它鄰近的星球有關－天王星。借由控制這些約束及被確定的限制，我們可以實現天王星所象徵的改革、創新與發明。
 
        Saturn primarily directs itself to accomplishment within the social-collective. The assumption of a professional role through which one partakes in a social hierarchy is the usual mechanism through which Saturn’s energy is channeled, connecting the individual- (Sun) and the interpersonal self-identity (Mars) to the larger social network: the spirit of social-collective organization (Saturn). Saturn’s upholding支持 of the status quo is linked to the Plutonian Zeitgeist: the prevailing spirit sweeping through the transpersonal unconscious (Pluto), which, in turn, leaves its mark on the manifest social organism (Saturn).
 
　　土星主要的目標是，讓它完成社會化的共同體。通常的例行程序是，個人透過參加社會階級來承擔個人的角色地位。透過土星的能量被接引，與個人(太陽)，及人我之間的定義(火星)做一連結，進入大型的社會網絡之中：社會集體化的精神組織(土星)。土星所支持的重要性，在冥王星時代中，主要的精神是，透過超越個人的無意識(冥王星)，全面地轉化，拋棄社會組織的印記。
 
        While Uranus destabilizes 暗中顛覆outmoded forms of social organization and collectively held beliefs (creating reformations, reversals, and shocking innovations), Saturn’s ultimate purpose is to maintain reliable structures that provide a practical means of organizing such methodologies, beliefs, and innovations. Saturn’s stable structures promote the longevity of such things but only once these reversals have become the accepted norm and are integrated into the scientific, governmental, and economic systems of the day. Until such a time, the tendency of Saturnian energy is to hold fast to and to conserve the old form, largely through restrictive measures that inhibit unexpected alterations in the recognized social structure. In a similar fashion, within individual life, Saturn crystallizes and conserves patterns of behavior that lend them-selves to the effective, practical functioning of our lives, so that, in time, we will labor successfully toward our greatest accomplishment.
 
　　當天王星暗中顛覆了社會組織的老舊形式，與全體共有的信念(發起改革，廢棄舊有，及令人震驚的創新)，土星根本的目地，在於維護可靠的結構，提供了實用的組織意義，像是方法論、信念，與新制度等。當這些理念性的事物變成了公認的基準，並與當代的科學、政治，以及金融體系融合為一體時，土星穩定的結構，會促進這些事務的壽命。直到一段時間之後，這土星的能量傾向，已經被穩固並保有原來的形式，在被認可的社會結構中，透過大量的限制手段，來禁止突發性的改變。在一個相似的生活方式裡，個人的生命中，土星將引領人們自身的有效行為模式、生活中的實用性，等等之類的，在時間中，具體化與保存，我們將順利地往我們偉大的成就緩步前進。