by Robert Wilkinson

Since I believe my new book “Saturn: Spiritual Master, Spiritual Friend” contains more than a few gems of wisdom and insight, I’m posting a few pieces from various parts of the work each week. Today we are exploring the planetary octaves, one of the most important factors in mastering our inner planets to express our Higher Self.

Traditionally, we are told Mercury is the “lower octave” of Uranus, and Uranus is the “higher octave” of Mercury. We are told Venus is the “lower octave” of Neptune, and Neptune is the “higher octave” of Venus. And we are told Mars is the “lower octave” of Pluto, and Pluto is the “higher octave” of Mars.

It is easy to see the correlations here, since Mercury is the coordinating mental function through which we explore and learn all the knowledge there is to learn, while Uranus is the synthesizing, creative, individualizing part of our spiritual nature. Mercury explores, evaluates, categorizes, and assimilates knowledge, while Uranus allows us to weave all we discover into a truly individual form of expressing our unique way of realizing and applying the knowledge we’ve found.

Venus is the aesthetic principle, the part of us which attunes to people, art, beauty, and all the things we like in any given period of life. Neptune represents broad, amorphous concepts that are “in fashion,” those things, behaviors, and ideas that appeal to a larger collectivity and take ten thousand shapes. As we learn to express our Venus function ever more perfectly, we can bring into manifestation what is appealing or pleasing to many.

Mars is how we use energy and assertively “attack the problems of life,” cutting through binding things, conditions, and circumstances, allowing us to become good spiritual warriors in any field of activity. Pluto represents the force of absolute transformation, and those events by which we die to an old life and are reborn to a new one. As we refine our Mars expression, we become agents through whom the transformational process may move its magic and cut through obstacles and obstructions in the process.

From one point of view, these are not separate energies, since they all reside within all of us, each to be realized and practiced in the right place and time. As we develop, expand, and refine how we express Mercury, Venus, and Mars energies, we naturally build the bridge to mastering our expression of how Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto operate in and through us. This is where Saturn, the gatekeeper and spiritual Friend who offers us different disciplines to develop different skills, is all important in the process of evolving from limited abilities to mastering all our inner functions.

Over time and experience, Saturn helps us train Mercury not to be scattered and unfocused, allowing our mental function to move beyond old limitations of mind so we can express our uniqueness. Saturn helps us train Venus not to be superficial, vain, and self-preoccupied, allowing our expression of what’s beautiful or valuable to move beyond old limitations to express the beauty of a larger ideal. Saturn helps us train Mars not to be impulsive, abrasive, or needlessly destructive, allowing our ability to act to be in perfect alignment with the transformational need of the moment.

I introduce a revolutionary development in the planetary octave relationships in the section immediately following this part of Chapter 2. You’ll have to get the book to find out more about this leading edge offering.

This book takes an entirely new look at our inner Saturn and the power it gives us to take command of our lives and destiny. If Saturn represents all that limits us and holds us back, it’s only because we must master those lessons so we may become spiritual adults and fulfill our purpose for being alive on Earth. By knowing our Saturnian strengths, we can overcome fear and any sense of victimization or powerlessness.

It was written for both astrologers and non-astrologers, and gives the reader the power to understand why some things happened when they did, and offers ways for you to “make friends” with this part of our existence and take command of your destiny. As you read each chapter, you’ll become more aware of all the factors assisting Soul growth through understanding how Saturn relates to Dharma and various types of karma, and how it represents the Ring-Pass-Not, or that part of us which must learn certain lessons so we can find purpose and meaning in each chapter of life.

The second part of the book examines how Saturn cycles mark major points of choice and change throughout life, and what we can expect when Saturn makes conjunctions, squares, and oppositions to our planets and Ascendant. There are tables assisting the reader to know when Saturn was in each sign, so even those with little or no understanding of astrology can track the timing on their major life changes. There is an entire chapter dedicated to the Saturn Return, perhaps the most important times in life when our decisions profoundly shape our future.

Part two closes with a chapter on one of the most important factors in our personal unfoldment: how the progressed Moon and transiting Saturn cycles track each other throughout life and relate to our emotional growth, and a chapter on a global phenomenon happening since 2003 impacting everyone on Earth. The Epilogue offers a few insights about living “the spiritual life,” and opens dimensions of higher and broader possibilities of personal evolution, regardless of which path to Truth we may be on.

This is a book you will reference many times for many reasons, and each time you pick it up you’re sure to find undiscovered gems of insight on each page. This book can help you throw off all the attitudes and memories which have held you back from finding and living the life and purpose you’ve been searching for since you were young. Welcome to the journey of self-discovery, and finding your power to live your life on your own terms, fulfilling your reason for being alive as an Eternal having human experiences!

Please order your copy today! You can go to the Createspace page and this should be all you need to order your copy. Oh, and I’ve been told that people who live overseas can get their copy much faster by going through Amazon, which now has the page up. And if you would, please write a review on the Amazon site, since the more reviews, the bigger the boost on their site. (The ebook won’t be available until February, since it requires entirely different formatting for layout and graphics. That will take some time.)

© Copyright 2016 Robert Wilkinson