The amazing thing about astrology is how our major life events occur at the same time as major astrological events.  Many of us have heard of the “30-something” years, the time that occurs around the age of 30, when we have to grow up and “put away childish things.”  So well-known is this age that there was even a television show called “thirtysomething” in the '80s.  And this time of being forced to “grow up” is called the “Saturn Return” in astrology.

Saturn is the energy of duty and responsibility, and so it is also about the limitations our responsibilities place on us.  The “Saturn Return” time is the time when the energy of the planet Saturn (which travels around the outside of the birth chart) returns to the place it was when you were born, as Saturn “returns” to its birth position.  This causes a “hard hit” of Saturn energy, where you feel the weight, duty, responsibility, and restrictions of getting older.  You become aware that you can’t do the things you used to do as a child.  Since, as an adult, you are expected to take responsibility for yourself and your actions, with that comes an awareness of the many limitations you now have to face on this “adult path” you are now taking.

So when we become or are close to becoming 30, we become aware of all these things, as we say goodbye to our childhood and hello to our adulthood.  We feel the loss of all the things we dreamed of as a child but, now that we’re older, know that we will never do.  We aren’t going to become the doctor, firefighter, daredevil, lion tamer, or world traveler we thought we might be.  It’s time to decide what career path we want to take, to answer that question we asked ourselves long ago, “What do I want to be when I grow up?”

Tim Wilson is an astrologer who devotes his life to opening up as many people as possible to the wonders of astrology.  You can begin your astrological journey at http://wilsontc.stormloader.com/#continue .