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KOSICBUCIAN PHILOSOPHY
QUESTION No. 161.
How is it possible to get on good terms with Saturn?
The inquirer has been under his influence all his life. Sickness,
poverty, loss of inheritance and accidents are bad
enough, but can Saturn also cause us trouble spiritually;
can he put barriers up for our unfoldment when our spirit
is struggling for the good, and are we liberated, from his
influence ivhen we pass out at death ?
Answer: Materialistic astrologists speak of Uranus,
Saturn and Mars as evil, while Venus and Jupiter are
called good. In God's kingdom there is nothing evil. That
which appears so is only good in the making. Neither
must it be imagined that the influences from any of the
planets operate to harrass men. We have come into this
world in order to get certain experiences necessary to our
spiritual unfoldment, and when we seek to understand
the stellar influences we shall find that they are potent
factors in helping us to gain just that experience. Saturn
is the chastener. When we have gone astray from the path
of righteousness, wilfully or unwittingly, we are not allowed
to continue in evil, for Saturn comes to stop us. Perhaps
we have gained an inheritance; we misuse and squander it
in every direction. In doing so, we usually abuse our
body as well. Then comes an aspect to Saturn, a sickness
ensues and we are laid low. We are forced to diet and to
give our system a rest, and as a result we arise from our
sick-bed a new man or a new woman. But the question is,
have we learned our lesson ? During our repose upon the
sick-bed, we have had time to think over the life we have
been leading. Have we analyzed our life, so that we under-