As I get closer to my birthday this month I'm diving deeper into readings on Saturn's Return. This is an astrological period of life when the planet Saturn completes its orbit around the Sun, coinciding with the time of our birth. This happens about every 29.5 years, which means this period typically impacts your life the first time when you're somewhere between 27 - 32 years old.

According to Emily Trinkaus with Tarot.com, Saturn is the cosmic task-master, the demanding teacher who presents you with obstacles and challenges so you can gain strength and wisdom. Saturn represents what is important to you, and shows the goals you are here to pursue based on your values. It's the tough love planet whose lessons can feel harsh. However, whatever losses you experience during your Saturn Return are really helping you in the long run, compelling you to come into integrity with your truth.

This month I'll turn 29, pretty much putting my smack-dab in the middle of my Saturn's Return season. I've also been doing more research on my astrological sign. Capricorns tend to be successful, over-achieving, and a bit up-tight. All true of my personality and life in general. Capricorns have a fierce drive for success, are strong minded and mature. They're competitive, and they love when a solid structure is put into place. Capricorns often wish to take care of everything themselves (I am a self-proclaimed control freak), can be materialistic and snobbish (guilty), but can also be extremely generous. It's amazing to me how spot on these descriptions are. I've always been competitive, I like to take charge, but also have structure in place. I tend to be impulsive and impatient with the things I want. At the same time, I like to think I am extremely generous with those that I love (working on the part related to those that I don't love...).

Shannon Kaiser wrote a piece for the Huffington Post about Saturn's Return. She writes that all of the things you have outgrown or no longer want are coming loose durning this period so you can step into a revised version of yourself. The last two years have seen an incredible amount of change in my life. Although initiated by me for the most part, these changes were painful and lonely. But they also did just what they were meant to do - they shook things up, broke things down, and created space for new endeavors and challenges to rise to.

Saturn's Return is all about exploration, learning, and deep inner reflection. Funny enough, they're all things I've been working on focusing on in my life the last couple years. Guess I'm on the right path:)

xxo