Saturn

Many people know the stretch of setbacks, stalled plans, and letdown that comes with Saturn's transits and cycles. Astrologer and Jungian analyst Liz Greene treats this planet, so often viewed as the bringer of hardship, from a psychological angle. Her central idea is that Saturn represents a psychic process through which pain can become a source of self-knowledge and understanding.

Greene examines Saturn across the areas astrologers use to read a chart: sign, house, aspect, and synastry, the comparison of two people's charts. She also looks at the planet's place in myth. Her Saturn is an Initiator, a force that asks for honesty in exchange for deeper awareness, self-understanding, and eventually a measure of freedom.

The book is intended for both newcomers to astrology and experienced practitioners. This 35th anniversary edition includes a new foreword by astrologer and author Robert Hand.