I have read some warnings about traveling while saturn is transiting the 9th house, don’t travel you won’t have fun or if you do travel you should travel to a saturn ruled country. London is one I have been there, Mexico is another been there twice, New York check I live there and India…pass I’m not up for the flight. My New Years resolution last year was to take one major vacation a year this year Costa Rica next year my goal is the Amafi coast. I’ll take a 4 day trip to PR here and a 4 day trip to Las Vegas there I once even flew to Paris for a weekend. But I have never taken a long vacation that lasted for over a week. It’s hard for me to relax. I was a amazed at the ways I could see saturn transiting my 9th house manifest 3 days in to my vacation. Keep in mind Saturn is also in Sagittarius sign of long distance travel

First and foremost this was an all inclusive thoroughly planned trip it involved getting up at 5am the days were planned from morning to night with activities. (I never ever plan and I’m not a morning person) this is so saturn, after all saturn rules structure 

I once read “you always take the natal placement of a planet with you during a transit” and I truly felt that way on this 10 day meticulously planned trip. In my natal chart Saturn resides in my 6th and 7th house. 6th house rules daily work and while on this vacation I learned many lessons I will take with me to work. I work in a hotel and am continuously annoyed that people checking in do not want to leave a credit card well what do you know I didn’t have to leave a credit card at my hotel and it drives me nuts when people leave luggage in the room and believe someone will magically pick it up at check out. Well wa-la in Costa Rica someone does magically pick up the bags from the room! I learned a lot of lessons-God saturn is always some how related to work and lessons-and I will bring many back to work regarding hotel customs in other countries. I haven’t forgotten that Saturn is in retrograde motion so I have been given an opportunity to review my habits and reconsider the way I relate to other people.

I also have saturn in the 7th house- people sometimes forget that the 7th house isn’t merely your marriage and business partners it rules “others” period the 1st house is you and directly across from that is the 7th-others and what do you know most of the individuals on my trip were my mothers age!

It never occurred to me that I would be traveling with “older” people when I saw saturn transiting my 9th but Saturn does rule maturity and the 9th house rules long distance travel. That is how Saturn manifested for me, these are things an astrology cook book website won’t  tell you. I enjoyed my trip and I loved talking to people about their lives the lessons they learned, the regrets they had marriages that fell apart , others that lasted, who had children and who couldn’t. I learned a lot about people and the ways we are all connected, the way our lives are similar at any age, in any country of any social status.  I laughed to myself when one person advised me to put sun screen on because I was getting sunburn and another lovely women told me danielle you have 10 more minutes in the pool then the bus is leaving. So parental …that’s Saturn for you. 

Im packing up and getting ready to leave saturn is about to retrograde across my natal venus in gemini in the 3rd house; Gemini and the 3rd house both ruling transportation I left my car at the shop while I was away only to be informed I have a bill for car repairs upon my return I had been putting off that are THREE times the amount I was expecting to pay.  Saturn rules time & one of the things I had done was a timing belt I had also been putting some other stuff off and off and off and Saturn always forces your hand. What you didn’t do/learn during Saturn direct he will certainly get you on the retrograde. I was Also a very nice boss of mine was terminated, apparently someone reconsidered his position Saturn like I said always goes back to work, retrograde involves reviewing. Saturn was squaring his Virgo Sun (Saturn square sun is one of the most difficult transits IMO) 

 What Saturn transits have you experienced? When it goes through the 1st house you discover maturity through the 2nd your finances may be restricted in the 5th house you may find it difficult to conceive a child, Saturn transits involve maturity, hardships, delays, challenges, I would love to hear about yours.  Follow me on Instagram to check out my vacation pics xo StarsMoonandSun1