Saturn return

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The Saturn return is an astrological phenomenon which occurs and influences a person's life development at 27 to 29 or 30-year intervals according to their "life chart". These intervals or "returns" coincide with the approximate time it takes the planet Saturn to make one orbit around the sun, i.e. 28½ years. It is believed by astrologers that, as Saturn "returns" to the degree in its orbit occupied at the time of birth, a person crosses over a major threshold and enters the next stage of life. With the first Saturn return, a person leaves youth behind and enters adulthood. With the second return, maturity. And with the third and usually final return, a person enters wise old age. These periods are estimated to occur at roughly the ages of 27-30, 58-60, 86-88 and so on.

Contents 1 Significance 2 In music 3 In cinema 4 In theatre 5 In literature 6 In popular culture

Significance

The first Saturn return is most significant because it represents the first test of character and the structures a person has built his life upon. According to traditions, should these structures be unsound, or if a person is living out of touch with his true values, the Saturn return will be a time of upheaval and limitations as Saturn forces him to jettison old concepts and worn out patterns of living. It is not uncommon for relationships and jobs to end during this time of life restructuring and revaluation.
But the Saturn return is not all about painful endings. During this time astrologers note that goals are consolidated and people tend to gain a better vision of where they are going in life. There are added responsibilities and a person may reap the rewards from his hard work. Many major life milestones seem to happen around the ages of 29 and 30. This is why astrologers believe that the 30th birthday is such a major rite of passage because it marks the true beginning of adulthood, self-evaluation, independence, ambition, and self-actualization.
The planet Saturn represents many archetypes, such as Father Time, the Grim Reaper and his scythe, Chronos, and the Lord of Karma and teacher. It is the ruler of limitations, fears, seriousness, responsibilities, burdens, and lessons. While those concepts may come across as negative, Saturn also astrologically rules over civilization, government, structures, harvests, prestige, maturity, discipline and order.

 In music

This astrological phenomenon is a popular reference in literature, music, and other forms of media and art.

• The Primate Fiasco opens their CD "Geek Dreams" with track 1 entitled SATURN RETURNS.
• In 1998, the pioneer of jungle music, Goldie, published an album called Saturnzreturn, preceded by the album Ring of Saturn in the same year.
• The Saturn Return was also referenced by the progressive metal band Tool on their 2001 album Lateralus, specifically the opening track, "The Grudge."
• The neofolk-neoclassical band Unto Ashes released an album entitled Saturn Return in 2001.
• The Saturn Return is referenced by the rock band R.E.M. in the song of the same title on their 2001 album, Reveal.
• It also appears as the title of the 2000 album by the third wave ska/rock band No Doubt as the Return of Saturn; specifically, the album was named so because Gwen Stefani's 29th birthday was occurring. The album title comes from a line in the song "Artificial Sweetener."
• "Saturn Return" is the name of the sixth track on the 2006 Banco de Gaia album Farewell Ferengistan.
• Additionally, the popular rock band known as The Codetalkers released a song on their self-titled debut album about the return of Saturn. The song, titled simply "Saturn," is about life changing events, referenced specifically when singer and writer Bobby Lee Rodgers says "your Saturn's around the bend."
• 4am, which is a track on the artist Goapele's second album, Change It All, makes references to her Saturn return.
• "Saturn Return" is the name of the third track on the 1998 Eraserheads album Aloha Milky Way. Most of the band members turned 27-29 during this period.
• "Saturn Return" is the name of a three piece Alternative rock band that is based in Perth, Western Australia.
• "Saturn's Return" is the name of the sixth track on the 2003 Tchiya Amet's second album "Black Turtle Island" Milky Way Records. It is a song about her Saturn Return Experience.
• "Saturn Returns" is the name of the feature length album from Alex Theory 2009 White Swan Records. It is subtitled "Rhythms of Transformation".
• "Saturn Return" is the name of the final music track of the final album of the punk band Fifteen, Survivor. It details the career of lead singer Jeff Ott and his transformation from a drug addicted homeless youth to an influential punk-rock musician and father of two girls.

In cinema

• Saturn Returns is the name of the 2009 feature length film by Lior Shamriz, shot when he was 29, and this is also the age of the two main characters. It is subtitled "There are no different cultures, only different classes".

 In theatre

• Saturn's Return, a play by leading Australian writer Tommy Murphy, with seasons at the Sydney Theatre Company in 2008 and 2009 when he was aged 29 in his first Saturn return.

• Noah Haidle wrote a play called Saturn Returns, which was first performed at the Mitzi Newhouse Theater, NY. In Saturn Returns, playwright Noah Haidle uses the phenomena of the Saturn Return to take a look at one man, Gustin, during these pivotal moments as he confronts the three women in his life.

In literature

• Nick Carraway in the novel The Great Gatsby turns 30 during the course of the events in the book which coincides with his growing abhorrence for his prodigal lifestyle and extravagantly insular circle of friends.
• The nonfiction music history book The 27s: The Greatest Myth of Rock & Roll includes a section on how Saturn Return might have been a factor in rock musicians' deaths at 27.
• A Beginner's Guide to Dying in India by J.M. Donellan is based on the character Levi's entry into Saturn Return, and how it impacts his life path.

In popular culture

• On the February 12, 2007 broadcast of the Late Show with David Letterman, Drew Barrymore mentioned her Saturn return as the reason for some of the changes in her life.
• Many musicians and other celebrities have died young, particularly at the age of 27.
• There is a piece, Klangtagebuch, by Falk Richter named "Saturn Returnz".
• A film titled Saturn Returns made in 2009 was written and produced by Imri Kahn and Lior Shamriz.
• In 2011 Brianna Graves founded The Saturn Return Project, an investigation of the communications industry in the age of the internet.

Saturn Return

R.E.M.

Easy to poke yourself square in the eye
Harder to like yourself, harder to try
These Elvis poses, postcards and neopryn
Roses a dollar a stem
Everyone's sleeping or pulling a long haul,
the keys in the cooler, it's 3 A.M.
and Saturn is beckoning no one
is off on its own
is offering up
Late shift convenience store
Cut out the lights
Telescope roof towards the
northwestern sky
You pull the ladder up
no one's the wiser
You find your sights and discover
that Saturn is orbiting nothing
is off on its own
is breaking from home.
Harder to look yourself square in the eye
Easy to take off.
You found the ladder in the pattern of your wrist
You've seen and you've marked horizons
Mother was difficult she made you cry
Cover the mirror, look at the sky
You climb into your rocketship triumph
Lift up and hold out your hands.
Saturn is orbiting nothing
is off on its own
is breaking from home.
Saturn is orbiting nothing
is off on its own
is breaking from home.
Saturn return when you chase down its moons
Throw them into a new gravity.
Harder to look yourself square in the eye
Easy to poke yourself, easy as pie
Easy to take off, harder to fly
Harder to wake Galileo.

Vinte E Nove

Legião Urbana

Renato Russo

Perdi vinte em vinte e nove amizades
Por conta de uma pedra em minhas mãos
Me embriaguei morrendo vinte e nove vezes
Estou aprendendo a viver sem você
(Já que você não me quer mais)
Passei vinte e nove meses num navio
E vinte e nove dias na prisão
E aos vinte e nove, com o retorno de Saturno
Decidi começar a viver.
Quando você deixou de me amar
Aprendi a perdoar
E a pedir perdão.
(E vinte e nove anjos me saudaram
E tive vinte e nove amigos outra vez)