The Sade Satti is a 7 1/2 years time period when Saturn moves across the Moon. It begins when Saturn enters the house before our natal Moon and it ends when Saturn leaves the house after our natal Moon (Vedic astrology) or when Saturn conjuncts the Moon using a 45 degree orb (western astrology). It comes around every 29 1/2 years, so for a quarter of our lives we are in a Sade Satti. Most of us will get three of these. They are times that are often associated with loss and challenges. Dennis Flaherty talked about it as if it is the winter time of our lives. It is a time when the energy is focused in the roots. We may not see much flowering or growing, but something under the ground is transforming greatly.
Since I am at the end of my Sade Satti, I thought I would pass on what I learned. 1. Slow down. There is no hurry, no rush, no race. Everything happens in its own time. 2. Loss happens. The most natural things in life are birth and death, beginnings and endings. There is nothing to hold on to. 3. Don't push the river. Anytime I felt like I was pushing, I was going in the wrong direction. Go to number 1 and wait til clarity arrives. 4. Deconstruction is good. Allowing the pulling apart of constructs is ultimately a great adventure, a beneficial process and a joy. It is the release of that which has done its time. It is a clearing. It requires us to trust, not in ourselves or the world, but trust that there is a Great Intelligence in the Universe that is omnipresent and always working. 5. Solitude is essential. The call into solitude during our Sade Satti is not to be ignored. Solitude will bang on your door til you answer. Answer as soon as you can and welcome the void. 6.Release all expectations. Unlike in any other time in your life, expectations are likely to lead to disappointment. This is not a time for worldly growth unless it happens without our intervention or wishes. What brought joy was deepening into study, self-exploration and spiritual practice. 7. Things are rarely how them seem. It was during my Sade Satti, after the death of both of my parents, that the great mysteris of my were unveiled. It was a time of peeling away the layers of deception and trauma. In general, I wish I hadn't tried so hard to make everything okay. Sometimes, sitting in the dark and waiting would have been the best course of action. There are many factors that determine how our Sade Satti will be for us. Our relationship with Saturn, what houses it rules, what house it is in, is it a benefic or malefic for our chart, what dasha we are in, what transits we are in during the 7 1/2 year time, and where our moon is--are all factors in determining how our Sade Satte's will be. If we have a strong and beneficial Saturn, with a strong Lagna Lord and a bright Moon, we may have easy success and lots of great things happening in our Sade Satti. For me, Saturn is a strong malefic, I am in my Saturn dasha and Saturn is in my 12th house of loss. I got the loss part full on, but I have seen people sail through their Sade Satte. For those of you who are in this time, one thing that supports us during the Sade Satte is listening to or chanting the Hanuman Chalisa. It is a long prayer which I tried to learn but haven't yet. Here is a link to Krishna Das' singing it. May the pure light within guide you on.
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