Saturn in Virgo, South Node (SN) in Cancer

Saturn in Virgo ♍︎ in the natal chart

Work Style: With Saturn in Virgo in the natal you will be a very meticulous worker. You have a strong work ethic and pour yourself into the task you are working on. Individuals with this placement are often exceedingly dedicated to their chosen career path. Once you have decided upon a career you rarely change your mind or switch careers. As a Saturn in Virgo you are very skilled at diagnosing problems this can take place in healthcare but also in the corporate world as an auditor or inspector. You are typically a strict rule follower only allowing yourself to break the rules if necessary. 

Life Lesson: With Saturn in Virgo you are often working through challenges regrading your role or status. You often find yourself in a helping and support roles and are unsure how to see your way out of that. Saturn colors your personality with great discipline. You may tend to make yourself out to be the martyr and are learning to be the master of your own destiny. Saturn in Virgo individuals often put a lot of pressure on themselves to be perfect. You are learning to relax, take things in stride, and understand that you are not fated to take the brunt of a situation you are not responsible for.

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.