During the 2025–2026 Saturn in Pisces transit, some members of the occult community commented that they felt they had received the brunt of Saturn’s harsh lessons—feeling a punishment so severe that each day felt like a year’s worth of suffering. Many of these members are still left bracing themselves from the aftereffects, even though we are now well into the Saturn in Aries transit. Feelings that life was cruel, or better yet, that the planets had cursed them increased as they watched others who were unaffected by Saturn’s strictness advance in business, health, and other areas, while they themselves had to forge a new identity from the aftermath.
I sympathized with those who wrote to sites expressing their discomfort, as planning for a transit is not exactly the same as protection from its adverse effects. But now that it is over, I have to ask you who suffered: “What was your individual lesson, and are you stronger or weaker now?”
We as practitioners commonly experience periods when we feel our magick and abilities are so strong that we can move heaven and earth. Yet, when the natural cycles of growth and decay come upon us, we think we can, and should, override a planet’s lessons and bend it to our Will because we simply don't have time for the pain. While this is a common instinct, it definitely isn’t the best approach, and it certainly won’t make us wiser or stronger as practitioners.
Until Saturn left Pisces earlier this year, I can admit that I developed a hatred for Saturn. I know… after so many decades on this path, you would think I would have developed a profound understanding of how significant and necessary planetary transit lessons are to our growth. But I realize now that I had not. And at the time, I didn't care. It was only when I trained my eye to see the bigger picture—the totality of life’s experiences and the value of each necessary lesson—that things shifted. I realized these trials were required for me to pass not only to achieve my immediate goals, but to sustain my life as an Occultist and secure my eventual legacy. It was then that I put my student cap back on and listened to my cosmic teachers.
Saturn had a very important message for me: I needed to learn and embrace boundaries, limitations, structure, and long-term gains. In the occult space, I had experienced quick gains my entire life. That which I wanted to master, I mastered pretty easily. However, when it came to life in the external world, I ran through it just as quickly. During this transit, boundaries with people had to be enforced, financial boundaries were forced upon me, and I had to learn how to measure and ration everything in my life. There were no spells that could soften the blow or speed things up; I simply had to go through it.
I learned that the right idea at the wrong time is fundamentally a bad idea. No matter how it is packaged, if it is not the correct season, it will yield no fruit. This lesson was incredibly important because I started to see how planetary rules are enforced not just in my life, but in the lives of others. I finally started to see the method to the universe's madness.
A common, major flaw I find in the occult and witchcraft communities is the delusion that you can pray or use magick to reverse eclipse or transit effects. That is emphatically incorrect. Attempting to do so will only lead a practitioner to frustration and ruin, especially if the transit is malefic. As an Occultist, it is not enough to wear the label but fall victim to the exact same plights as the uninitiated. We know better—or at least we should—and if we know better, we must apply what we know.
Because of this, I learned to respect boundaries and restrictions. Planning to travel during Mercury Retrograde is a complete no-no, unless it is a dire emergency. Starting a business during an unsupportive transit will cause it to fail. Looking for the love of your life when Venus is not positioned favorably is also something I would never do. Why? Because when you have the help of the planets, they act as a super-accelerator. Trying to force the opposite is like trying to keep ice cool in hell—it just isn’t worth it.
At this point, I can listen to people talk about their lives and accurately figure out what transits they are dealing with and how they are being affected. If you are starting a business, you want to pay close attention to what transits are affecting your 2nd and 10th houses, depending on your specific industry. Utilizing this timing marks the absolute difference between hitting a bullseye or failing in business for most of your life.
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