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SUN Conjoined SATURN: Astrology Aspects Series

SUN Conjoined SATURN: Astrology Aspects Series

Guest writer: Arwynne O’Neill   –   Published: February 2024

Sun Conjunct Saturn

The Sun and Saturn will be conjunct at 9° Pisces on February 28, 2024. This is an aspect that occurs once a year since the Sun goes through each sign for one month, and Saturn has a 30-year orbit so it spends about two and a half years in each sign, give or take a couple of retrograde periods. Dates for the last 80 years are listed below so you can find your Saturn placement if you don’t know it.

This is a hard-working and somewhat somber transit but it can also be very rewarding if you’ve been working hard. This can be a time when your hard work pays off, where you can achieve long-term goals or prove yourself to others through determined effort. On the negative side, you might find that your desire to assert your individuality or autonomy could be hindered or limited by this transit of Saturn.

 

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Sun conjunct Saturn in the natal chart

This is pretty universally described as a challenging aspect to have in childhood. Most of the books describe this as an aspect of painful self-awareness, pessimism and potential depression. A difficult childhood with possibly harsh, disciplinarian parents or very conservative. Maybe the child had to work very hard, either in school or by actually joining the workforce at an early age. They’re often very serious or even melancholy and emotionally withdrawn. The conjunction in Pisces would certainly amplify that emotional melancholy and depressive nature.

Sue Tompkins, in her wonderful book “Aspects in Astrology,” says this aspect is characterized by self-denial, self-discipline, self-control, self-defense. Other keywords are the importance of authority, illumination of fears and the importance of time because of course Saturn is the planet of time, and the awareness of restrictions and limitations.

She goes on to say when Saturn touches any planet in the natal chart, the person tends to crave the things that planet represents, and when it’s the Sun, people with this aspect yearn to be considered important because they believe or fear that they’re really insignificant, and those feelings start in early childhood. Sun-Saturn children often do not feel a strong sense of their own importance; for some reason they feel their uniqueness and individuality were not recognized, reinforced or accepted. Their tough exterior can mask a desperately sensitive inner life, which may express itself in long-form creative writing, world-building or caring professions, especially those that are emotionally challenging for others. They may be excellent helpers and healers but not particularly nurturing one-on-one.

In adulthood, this aspect is described as conservative, disciplined, ambitious, solitary, hard-working, and often exhibiting a dark sense of humor. They can be trustworthy, good mentors, dependable and often very successful in the long term. Someone you want on your side in the zombie apocalypse or tax season!

They can often become exhibitionists or obsessed with their self-importance because of this perceived repression. So what may start out as an inferiority complex can go to the other extreme where they have a grandiose sense of their own importance in adulthood because they’ve had to carve their personality out of the rough rocks of austerity.

Saturn in Pisces keywords

Spiritual dedication, deep emotions or being an emotional “rock,” limiting beliefs, conservatism or austerity, dogmatism, transformation through hard work, old souls.

Saturn in Pisces dates

Feb 14, 1935, to Apr 25, 1937
Oct 17, 1937, to Jan 14, 1938
Mar 23, 1964, to Sep 16, 1964
Dec 16, 1964, to Mar  3, 1967
May 21, 1993, to Jun 30, 1993
Jan 28, 1994, to Apr  7, 1996
Mar  7, 2023, to May 24, 2025
Sep  1, 2025, to Feb 13, 2026

Celebrities with Sun conjunct Saturn in Pisces

Zack Snyder, Justin Bieber, Dean Stockwell, Dakota Fanning and Alexander Graham Bell.

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Sun and Saturn conjunct but not in Pisces

Robert Duvall, Matt Dillon, Al Pacino, Sting, Kibe Bryant, Tracey Ullman, Pink, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Vladimir Putin.

  

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Arwynne O’Neill works as a research astrologer in Vancouver, with a focus on delving into historical cycles and how they relate to societal transformations as influenced by the energies of the outer planets.

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Lunar Aspects: Basic Natal Astrology

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Games for the Twelve Signs

Games for the Twelve Signs

Author: Arwynne O’Neill   –   Originally published: January 2024

Games for Each Sign

Arwynne has a closer look at the types of games that appeal to each sign.

Join her and her special guest Katia as they chat about the games that each sign loves.

 

Listen more >>> Games for Each Sign

Aries (March 21 – April 19)

Fast-paced games like competitive sports, racing games, or action-packed video games, first-person shooters and fighting games, anything Martial.

 

Taurus (April 20 – May 20)

Poker, and anything with betting. Board games with strategic elements, gardening games, or simulation games that allow you to build and customize aesthetic elements.

 

Gemini (May 21 – June 20)

Trivia games, word games, or multiplayer games that involve social interaction and communication.

 

Cancer (June 21 – July 22)

Cooperative board games, simulation games with nurturing elements, or storytelling games. Life, the Sims, and unconventional games that let you explore history or family dynamics with emotional impact.

 

 

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Leo (July 23 – August 22)

Party games, performance-based games like Charades, murder-mysteries or anything that allows you to perform and showcase your creativity and charisma.

 

Virgo (August 23 – September 22)

Puzzle games, word games like scrabble, trivia, and games where you organize things, or simulation games that require attention to detail. RPGs with intricate storylines, vast inventories and crafting.

 

Libra (September 23 – October 22)

Multiplayer games, social deduction games, or anything that involves teamwork, balance and cooperation.

 

Scorpio (October 23 – November 21)

Mystery games with supernatural or occult elements, dark and intense horror games like Resident Evil or Silent Hill, deep thinking strategy games, escape rooms or immersive RPGs with a captivating storyline.

 

Sagittarius (November 22 – December 21)

Global or interplanetary adventure video games like Far Cry, Dragon Age or Tomb Raider, exploration-based video games, or board games that involve travel and discovery.

 

Capricorn (December 22 – January 19)

Monopoly, of course! Strategic board games, resource management games, or simulation games that involve building and planning, especially empire building games like Grand Theft Auto.

 

Aquarius (January 20 – February 18)

Innovative and unconventional board games, virtual reality games, science fiction games or anything that challenges traditional thinking, allows you to make your own rules or think outside the box. Nothing too realistic.

 

Pisces (February 19 – March 20)

Story-driven video games, creative and artistic games, visual puzzles like Tetris or relaxing simulation games. Also, beautiful nonlinear games like Destiny.

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Venus Square Chiron

Venus Square Chiron

Author: Arwynne O’Neill   –   Originally published: January 2024

Venus square Chiron

On February 5, 2024, Venus squares Chiron. Venus is going to be at 16° Capricorn and Chiron is at 16° Aries so this is a square in the cardinal signs.

We all pretty much know what Venus means; it’s the goddess of love, it’s about relationships, it’s about beauty, and it’s also about money. But fewer people know what Chiron is.

 

 

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Chiron

Chiron was a centaur in Greek mythology and in astrology it represents the wounded healer. So wherever you have Chiron in your chart — its sign placement and the house it’s in — is where you may experience a psychological wound that enables you to grow stronger in whatever area it symbolizes, and help others because of the pain that you’ve overcome in your own life.

We’ve done an entire episode on Chiron in Aries because that’s where I have Chiron. I am going to be having my Chiron return over the next year or so, which is an aspect everybody has around the age of 50. So if you want to know more about Chiron in Aries, you should definitely listen to that episode.

Listen >>> Chiron Returns

The Transit

When we have Venus Square Chiron, this can create a lot of inner tension that can be really painful for people. It can make you feel like you’re being emotionally abused, bullied or taken advantage of. It can make you feel trapped in your relationships or like you are being sabotaged. You can feel as though you want to help people but they just lash out at you and there can be a lot of self-criticism and overstepping of boundaries with this aspect.

If you’re in a relationship that has a lot of emotional conflict it could become heightened around this time, and if you are in a relationship where one of you has set yourself up as sort of the protector or the savior of the other, things could really become tense at this time.

Read more >>> Chiron

Read more >>> Square Aspect

Read more >>> Venus

Venus square Chiron in the Birth Chart

In the natal chart this aspect can create a lot of tension within a person’s relationships. They may continually attract or be attracted to people who are bad for them, emotionally damaged, emotionally unavailable and this can really hurt their self-esteem in a number of ways.

This is often because they think they can heal or save the other person and can they end up getting dragged down Into the depths themselves. They often romanticize romantic pain, which is also great for art but not a great approach to relationships in general, and they can feel inadequate, like they deserve criticism, or they can become addicted to emotional pain in relationships, at sort of the most extreme end of the spectrum.

Of course the reason we’re focusing on the negative is because with the square aspect you are really going to see more of the sort of the negative side than if they had, for example, Venus trine or sextile Chiron, which maybe would make them a great nurse or caregiver or something.

 

Artistic Outlets

Since Venus rules artistic pursuits, a lot of that pain can be used to create amazing music and art, which we often see with harsh Venus aspects but that doesn’t make it any more fun for the person with the aspect. They can be very sensitive to the opinions of others and they can go overboard in analyzing every little detail of their relationships, either criticizing the other person or trying to save the other person, or becoming enmeshed in bad habits and dangerous, toxic behaviors because they fall in love with either the wrong person or they find themselves attracted to that dark side.

 

Celebrities with Venus square Chiron

Angelina Jolie, Leonard Cohen, Arthur Rimbaud, Sinead O’Connor, George Michael, Russell Brand, Courtney Love, Joe Biden, Stanley Kubrick, Judy Garland, Chris Cornell, Bill Murray, Leo Tolstoy and Val Kilmer.

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Sun Conjunct Pluto

Sun Conjunct Pluto

Author: Arwynne O’Neill – Published January 2024

 

Sun Conjunct Pluto

On January 20th, 2024 the Sun is going to be conjunct Pluto at 29° Capricorn. This is the last major aspect that Pluto makes in Capricorn as the Sun and Pluto both move into Aquarius the next day. Pluto’s final transit into Aquarius comes in November, after a brief retrograde this fall.

So we’re going to talk a bit about what you can expect from this transit, then what it looks like in your natal chart and then we’ll have some celebrity examples.

 

Listen to episode >>> Sun Conjunct Pluto

   

The Sun Conjunct Pluto in Transit

This transit happens once a year, so next time the Sun and Pluto are conjunct in January 2025, they’ll be in Aquarius.

As we’ve said before, anytime Pluto connects with a personal planet and the Sun is about as personal as it gets, we can expect to feel its effects. They won’t really not long lasting because the sun moves pretty quickly, but it’s about a day or so. Of course, if you have the sun in Capricorn you will have been experiencing the Pluto conjunction for a while and if you have it at 29° Capricorn that aspect will be exact on January 20, so all of this will apply to you in a big way.

The Sun conjunct Pluto in transit can dramatically increase your desire for power and your ability to influence outcomes in your life. You may feel this heightened intensity within yourself or you could observe it around you, and it could lead to power struggles. You may become controlling and manipulative towards other people or you may begin to feel paranoid, as if hidden enemies were plotting against you, but this is probably not how most people will experience this transit.

A more productive use of these energies would be conducting research and investigatimg mysteries or deep instrospection. You may be able to get to the bottom of psychological issues at this time because this transit can bring about the sort of obsessive behavior that’s obviously beneficial if you’re investigating anything.

Some dramatic or upsetting events may occur, especially involving power struggles and reversals of fortune, the mighty being brought down by hidden secrets coming to light or abuses of power being exposed.

In your life this would be a good time to excavate, investigate, and eliminate… That could be as simple as de-cluttering, getting rid of anything that’s getting in your way and no longer serving you, and this could include relationships or work that’s unfulfilling and anything else that you have outgrown and that’s holding you back. You have access to extra reserves of power at this time that you should try to make use of, in the form of both willpower and the will to power.

The Sun Conjunct Pluto in the Birth Chart

People with the Sun conjunct Pluto in their charts can be profoundly intense people, they can wield great power and influence but they could also be subject to powerful forces and those forces can either destroy them or make them stronger. They can be incredibly ambitious people with a great deal of willpower and a probing, piercing nature that can come across as overbearing.

They can read people very well and get to the bottom of matters because they are excellent researchers they have very political minds, so they can be very effective leaders. They value their privacy, and they can even come across as mysterious or paranoid. They can also get embroiled in decadent, self-destructive behaviors, ruthless power struggles and manipulation of others. They are often attracted to the dark side, or the Underworld, which may include addictions, criminal activities, etc. But they can also become great investigators or go up against the powers that be and bring about change from revolutionary or investigative activities.

Celebrities and Historical Figures with the Sun Conjunct Pluto

And you can really see this in some of our celebrity examples. Artists with this aspect are often instrumental in creating art, movies and literature exploring the relationship between power and the powerless.

Celebrities with Sun conjunct Pluto:

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Martha Stewart, Steve Wozniak, Mick Jagger, Emmet Till, Alan Turing, Hunter S. Thompson, Hulk Hogan, Lance Armstrong, Victor Hugo, Charlie Sheen, Tim Burton, Jada Pinkett Smith and Emperor Nero.

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More on this topic:

Read more >>> Sun

Read more >>> Pluto in Aquarius

Read more >>> Steve Wozniak’s Planetary Complexes

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Saturn’s Aspects

Saturn’s Aspects

Author: Alison Price   -   Published: August 2025 Planetary Aspects I am continuing on with a series on the planet's aspects which is part of a basic natal astrology reading series which I'm working on about the aspects of the planets. Cornerstones Aspects are one of...

Natural Cycles

Natural Cycles

Introduction

In the universe, the celestial bodies above us are bound by natural cycles. As a professional astrologer with a passion for mindfulness and creativity, delving into the cosmic dance of the Sun, Moon and planets brings an opportunity to connect with the pulsating energy that surrounds us.

Read more >>> The Great Year

The Sun

The Heart

At the heart of our solar system, the Sun reigns as a radiant powerhouse, providing the life force that sustains our planet.

Its journey through the zodiac, marking the changing seasons, influences not only our climate but also plays a pivotal role in astrological interpretations.

As the Sun transitions through each sign, its energy imparts unique qualities, influencing our moods, behaviors, and overall vitality.

 

Read more >>> Solstice Turning Points

Read more >>> The Wheel of the Year

 

The Moon

Illuminating the Feelings

In the night sky, the Moon takes center stage, casting its gentle glow upon the Earth. Its phases, from the waxing crescent to the waning gibbous, create a celestial rhythm that mirrors the ebb and flow of life.

The New Moon heralds’ new beginnings, while the Full Moon illuminates our deepest emotions. As a mindfulness practitioner, tuning into the lunar cycles provides a powerful opportunity for introspection and self-discovery.

 

Read more >>> New Moon Wishing

Read more >>> The Lunation Cycle

Read more >>> The Lunar Nodes

The Planets

Inner Wanderers

Beyond the Sun and Moon, the planets weave their intricate patterns across the heavens. Each planet carries its own unique energy and symbolism, influencing the cosmic narrative.

 

Read more >>> Mercury’s Retrograde Cycle

Superior Wanderers

From the assertive energy of Mars to the expansive wisdom of Jupiter, the planets offer a rich tapestry of archetypal forces that shape our experiences on Earth. Mindfully observing their movements allows us to align with the universal energies at play.

Read more >>> Saturn Returns

Read more >>> Your Second Saturn Return

Read more >>> Post Natal Returns of the Uranus, Neptune and Pluto

Embracing the Wisdom of Natural Cycles

As we navigate the transits, it’s essential to approach these natural cycles with a sense of mindfulness and openness. Just as the planets follow their orbits with purpose, we too can align our intentions with the rhythm of the cosmos. Creative endeavors, personal growth, and spiritual exploration can be enhanced by attuning ourselves to the energies present during specific celestial alignments.

Conclusion

In the universe, the Sun, Moon, and planets continue a cosmic dance. As a professional astrologer with a keen interest in mindfulness and creativity, I believe that to embrace these natural cycles brings an opportunity for self-discovery and inspiration.

Journey forward with an open heart and a keen awareness of the celestial rhythms that surround us.

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Venus Trine Neptune

Venus Trine Neptune

 
This is a Guest Post from Arwynne O’Neill, research astrologer and the co-host of the Starzology Astrology podcast.

 

Venus trine Neptune

by Arwynne O’Neill

Today we’re going to be talking about Venus trine Neptune which will be exact on Christmas Day this year, December 25, 2023.

Venus will be at 25° Scorpio and Neptune will be at 25° Pisces.

So this is a water trine between Scorpio and Pisces, which has a very flowing, romantic, intense, spiritual sort of energy which is kind of perfect for Christmas because it’s all about this soft, mystical, snowy (if you’re living in the northern hemisphere) sort of feeling.

It could be great aspect to have around the holiday season because it will create warm, fuzzy feelings between people and smooth out the edges that might otherwise be rough.

So whether you’re getting together with family, having a romantic dinner with your partner, seeing the kids or bringing together a lot of people who may normally have conflicts throughout the year, this aspect could just smooth all that stuff out and make it a really lovely evening.

There might be a bit of delusion in that because Neptune is kind of like the old trope of adding Vaseline to the camera lens to smooth out all the wrinkles in an aging actor or actresses’ face, but that’s what Venus-Neptune aspects do brilliantly.

 

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Listen to the full conversation about Venus trine Neptune with Arwynne and Katia on teh Starzology Astrology podcast.

Venus in Transit

Venus only takes about 10 to 12 months to move through the entire zodiac and depending on the retrograde periods.

It can spend as little as two to three weeks in a sign and as many as five months, so its aspects are not uncommon but when it touches an outer planet, I think it’s much more interesting to talk about.

If it’s in aspect to Uranus, Neptune or Pluto then we definitely want to look at it because the effects will be felt for a couple of days on either side.

And of course it’s super interesting when someone has this or any Venus aspect to an outer planet in their birth chart.

Some keywords for Venus and Neptune aspects are idealizing, spiritual, imaginative, living in a dream world, artistic, creative, sympathetic, warm and deep emotions, but not always seeing things as they are.

If you meet someone under a Venus Neptune soft aspect, you might not be seeing them as they really are, and if you have this aspect in your birth chart, you might struggle with seeing people as they are on a day-to-day basis.

If you have a certain vision of someone which very different from what they really are, that’s obviously going to cause problems once the honeymoon phase has worn off.

“Projection” is another Neptune buzzword, both for its association with psychology and self-delusion but also with cinema and the projection of images on screen that are larger than life yet completely illusory.

 

In Your Chart

People with Venus trine Neptune are going to be seeking perfection and a sort of heavenly inspiration from their partners.

They’re going to elevate them on the pedestal and they might not see them clearly, so there’s that soft focus lens which diffuses the details and can create a wonderful, creative, dreamy sort of individual.

Getting outside the realm of relationships, this can be an incredibly artistic expression of Venus, which we can see in the following celebrity examples:

 

Celebrity Examples

Arianna Grande, Kurt Cobain, Amy Winehouse, James Dean, Miles Davis, Anthony Bourdain, F. Scott Fitzgerald, JRR Tolkien, and Alan Watts, so we really see the creative and spiritual sides of this aspect, but a dark side that includes addiction, escapism, self delusion, and in some cases even suicide.

Also, Abraham Lincoln, which is interesting because he famously had a very loving and egalitarian relationship with his wife.

He’s best known for being the president who freed the slaves, which speaks to his idealism and sensitivity, but we also know him as a tragic figure who was emotionally devastated by the death of his young son while he was in office.

 

Venus trine Neptune Movies

This is absolutely the aspect that rules the fairy tale and the happy ending!

Some movies that exemplify this aspect include Splash,

The Shape of Water, La La Land, and The Little Mermaid.

If you think of any other great examples, feel free to share them with us. We’d love to hear from you!

 

 

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Arwynne O’Neill: Research Astrologer

Arwynne O’Neill works as a research astrologer in Vancouver, with a focus on delving into historical cycles and how they relate to societal transformations as influenced by the energies of the outer planets.

Arwynne’s artworks

Arwynne’s Instagram @mspinkdotcom