Last November, my dear friend Patrick and I worked together on a practice that took Liz Gilbert’s beautiful practice of “Letters from Love” and added a planetary element.
We explored the ways in which challenges in our lives can often make us feel like something is wrong. But sometimes the message we are getting is actually a “not yet” rather than a “not ever.” All humans go through these experiences. They can be seen as a gift from the ruler of time, Saturn.
As Patrick has taught me, Saturn teaches lessons from the School of Hard Knocks. However, as we worked with a practice of direct writing, and asked for guidance, the insights were compelling to me. As with my Letters from Love, which I wrote about last October, I received unexpected wisdom and comfort from these dispatches.
I’d like to share with you a letter from November 20, 2023.
Dear Saturn, what would you have me know today?
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Dear Cristy,
You are loved. Everything I do is to help you grow.
I realize sometimes this can feel strict. But my guidance provides the vehicle for your abundance. I know you appreciate the humor of this and the fact that your first vehicle borrowed my name for it’s brand, Saturn.
You knew you’d need to acquire your first car when you arrived in Minnesota 25 years ago and realized public transit was not the same here as it was in San Francisco. You used your financial discipline to have the faith you needed to make this move. Trusting you would figure it out, and you have.
When you rely on the wisdom of other people to move forward, rather than trusting your own soul, you noticed there was a course correction. It wasn’t anything you did wrong. This was how you learned, and how my lessons were delivered.
When you struggled for years working on that thesis for your master’s degree and went through depression while your first marriage was ending, I was there to walk you through it. I deeply appreciated the ways you suffered before you learned how to set boundaries.
And as you’re learning now, these boundaries you are learning to set (with my lessons in your pocket) are loving.
These boundaries allow you to nurture yourself well and care for your body and soul. They allow you to be even more generous, because dispersing your energy in all directions doesn’t serve you or anyone.
Life will keep handing you more opportunities than you know how to fulfill. (Jupiter in your 10th house has seen to that.) Your task right now is about developing discernment, and feeling okay about saying no or “not now” when necessary.
Mercury is quite active in your chart, and sometimes he makes it seem like you can’t slow down. Don’t let him bully you.
I’m here to remind you of the longer game plan and the bigger arc of the story. Relax in knowing I’m going to let you experience all that is meant for you. Sometimes you must slow down to notice and digest experiences before you rush to the next one.
There is NO rush.
Thank you for listening and for sharing these exchanges with Patrick also.
Love,
Saturn
If you are going through Saturnian times in your life right now, we are honored to offer support to help you along your journey.
Loving Saturn Resource Kit
When life gets difficult, it's not easy to feel the love beaming down at you from the skies above. It takes work to appreciate how the hard times help you grow, and in these times we can turn to Saturn.
Saturn understands how feelings of frustration, inadequacy, heaviness, constriction and sadness are important for our evolution, and it wants nothing more than for you to feel how resilient you are. When you choose build a supportive relationship with Saturn, you will learn to transform these dense emotions into peace, power, fulfillment, strength and joy. You will start to see that Our Universe was always rooting for you, and you will find a deeper reverence for the life you get to live.
This Resource Kit will help you connect with the loving wisdom of Saturn through conversation, meditation, journaling, embodiment and a one-on-one coaching session. It was born from a joint project between Patrick Geary (Intuitive Astrologer / Energy Coach) and Cristy De La Cruz (Astrology Enthusiast / Somatic Coach) to change their Saturn stories.
The more Patrick and Cristy spoke with Saturn, the more they felt its loving support beneath the tangle of fear on the surface. They offer this same pathway to you through these resources:
Foundational Conversation about the essential qualities, gifts and promises of Saturn (75 mins)
Immersive Meditation to connect deeply with the presence of Saturn that lives within you (45 mins)
Somatic Practices to process emotions during challenging times (5 practices: 50 mins)
Energy Clearing and Support Meditation to release heaviness and invite positivity (10 mins)
Guided Journaling Exercise to let go of (your) thoughts
You'll also get a link to book a Saturn Discovery Session (30 mins) with Patrick and/or Cristy. You'll get to know your own unique relationship with Saturn in your birth chart, and you'll discover what part of your life Saturn is lighting up with its wisdom today. ✨🪐✨
For a free sneak peak at what’s inside of this package, check out episodes 80 and 81 of the Somatic Wisdom podcast. You’ll hear an excerpt of the Foundational conversation and the guided journaling excerpt.