Saturn in Scorpio, South Node (SN) in Cancer

Saturn in Scorpio ♏︎ in the natal chart

Work Style: Saturn in Scorpio in the natal chart can create a very determined and self reliant person. You tend to take on work with great responsibility and emotional attachment. Saturn in Scorpio individuals like to work in environments that require resourcefulness, alliance building, and secret intelligence. You are very intuitive and can be very successful in business. Your preference at work is to be given autonomy and independence requiring work to be done on your timeframe.

Life Lesson: Saturn in Scorpio in the natal chart indicates one who has compassion and kindness but often struggles to receive these gifts. You may have periods in life of disillusionment or disappointment in others. Due to your ability to know and understand people’s motivations you may tend towards manipulative behaviors. With Saturn in Scorpio you are learning to let go of control. You are learning to allow people have freedom of choice and to support people in finding their own free will and autonomy. Saturn in Scorpio individuals can have an intensive nature. You are learning what parts of yourself or your resources to share with the people who rely on you. Saturn in Scorpio individuals are accepting not to influence the free will of the people in their life.

South Node in Cancer ♋︎ in the natal chart

If your South Node is in Cancer in the natal chart then this indicates past lives or past situations in your current life in which you felt like a victim to your own destiny. This placement indicates a tendency to narrate your life and see your experiences as a story playing out in front of you. You have a deep connection to the cycles of the universe and often see yourself as flowing within it. This has lead you to be fatalistic in many ways or caused you to develop a profound sense of surrender in which you do not feel you can direct your own fate.

At times you may fall into depression or victim tendencies preferring to get sucked into the narratives of the past, family, and relationships. You are learning to understand your involvement in these situations and the role you can play in directing your own life path. As a natural storyteller you are beginning to understand your ability to weave your own narrative.

 Individuals with the South Node in Cancer are developing a fierce sense of ownership and control over their own lives. Letting go of your dependency on others or an over attachment to your “story” is paramount in your healing journey.