This theory is very young. About 10 minutes old. I've been looking at synastry charts this evening and reading a little bit of Jan Spiller wisdom, when a note she makes about Saturn suddenly impacted me.

She says: "It is your destiny to manifest success in the area shown by the placement of Saturn in your birthchart. This is the very part of your life in which you feel limited and awkward due to past life misunderstandings about how to create success."

Just a little while ago I was pondering exactly what the Saturn energy truly is. The only thing that came to me is that is seems heavily karmic, much in the way the moon's nodes are.

Anyway, I was struck by how the placement of Saturn in my 10th house illustrates what Jan Spiller says about it to a T. That is indeed the sorest, most challenging area of my life.

Then, of course, I immediately wanted to see where Saturn sits in the charts of the people most close to my heart. I went to a friend's chart and saw his Saturn sitting (so incredibly poignantly) in his 7th house of partnerships/relationships - indeed a sore spot for him that I am currently being dragged through the mud with to spur transformation. Then I noticed it's in the sign of Taurus, and found it interesting that his primary partner is a Taurus (with a stellium to boot), and wondered if he instinctively sought out Taurus energy in her to help him with his 7th house Saturn issues. Or perhaps more specifically, he sought her out for a relationship that can bring the karma to the surface to be resolved (he is currently having trust and intimacy issues with his partner).

Then I went to my husband's chart, and noticed his Saturn in Aries (in 9th house). It suddenly dawned on me that his ex-wife was an Aries, and was a relationship in his life which taught him more than any other relationship, and helped him through a lot of his karma.

Then I went to a past lover's chart (whom I have much unfinished business with), and noticed his Saturn sitting conveniently in Virgo in his 8th house. I am a Virgo with North Node in Virgo... and have always intuitively known that this lover sought me out for a great deal of heavy past-life and childhood baggage that needed to be brought to the surface.

Would any of you like to probe into your charts (and maybe the charts of loved ones) and test this theory? See if you can find any karmic/major life resolution connections with your Saturn and with one or multiple people who have played significant roles in your life?