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Great Teacher,

With the recent transits of Pluto, Saturn, and the South Node in your sign, as well as your powerful Solar Eclipse, you’ve made your presence known to us here on Earth.

Many of us crumble under your heel, beset with trial and tribulation one after the other. Our careers are mostly in a state of disarray or instability and nothing seems to go our way. Our Governments are the same, suffering and crumbling under the hands of incompetent leaders. Our bodies struggle under ill health as we aim to meet your stern demands. Our family lives have suffered and our emotions are insecure. Our houses are not homes. Our mothers are not mothers. We yearn for the Moon’s nurturing embrace, but you shield us from it.

How can we feel loved and fulfilled? Around us, there is only cruelty and heartless ambition. Abuse of power runs rampant and the weak are sacrificed like sheep.

You are an insatiable Master. Nothing we can do is enough. The summit is always a summit in your eyes, a point we will never reach. When will our efforts be enough? Are you even worth it? How do we know when to stop?

And yet, in all your darkness, the light shines through. There must be a lesson here somewhere. Great Teacher, it is you who rules Time and Success. You are the Bringer of Catalyst. Only by your withdrawal of all that is happy, beautiful, and fortunate can we know what is happy, beautiful, and fortunate. Only by your denying us success may we realize how much we want it.

In the end, only those that truly deserve your gifts shall remain. And even those of us that fail your tests will look back and see how far we’ve come under your guidance.

(Sorry for being dramatic, just went through a serious Saturn transit. – Cate)