Weddings, engagements to rise from November 2009
No matter what your age or sexual orientation, you can expect to buy a lot more wedding and engagement gifts from November 2009.
On 31 October 2009, Saturn enters Libra until 6 October 2012, with a short retrograde visit back to Virgo from 8 April-22 July 2010.
Saturn is renowned as the Taskmaster of the zodiac. A combination of a “bad cop”, grumpy grandfather and stern school principal, he insists that things are done properly. (Have you noticed the huge emphasis since October 2007 on quitting smoking, health checks and obesity since his travels through health-focused Virgo?). Since he’ll be in Libra, the sign of relationships, partnerships and marriage, you can expect relationships to go under the spotlight for the next three years.
Saturn’s gonna insist, as Beyonce sings, “you better put a ring on it”. Engagements and therefore weddings will rise in popularity as people start to demand commitment. De facto arrangements won’t cut it anymore – on a singular, personal level, or on a societal level, either. Dating will be done with an eye to the future, much more so than before.
Saturn LOVES people getting serious and working hard about whatever area he’s transiting, it’s more than likely that same-sex marriage will become legalised in many (more) countries of the world. Saturn represents commitment so society will demand that we have more “pillars” in place. Pillars of course, provide stability and security, two things that Saturn rules and which have been proven to create wealth, another Saturn area. Marriage has been proven to be one of the strongest long-term ways to create wealth.
Since he is also not the funnest guy in the solar system, I anticipate that laws will be introduced to require people to undergo some type of marital counselling. Divorce applications might be restricted in some way. Saturn’s pragmatism may create a kind of old-school (Saturn loves old-school stuff) move to assessing long-term relationship suitability and marriage for non-sexy reasons, like having a family, combining family wealth, and building a future together. Match-making services could boom in popularity.
Oh, and people could get VERY used to making their way around a wedding gift registry.
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