u/Far-Government-6551

Like most in this sub, I've kind of just accepted that this version of civilization is not going to continue. It doesn't even particularly make me sad anymore, because human civilization creates just as much if not more suffering (human and non-human) than it relieves. It saddens me how many people are suffering now and will be in the years to come, but this is the price of living a human life for the last 10,000 years at least. Who says we should have it any differently?

However, I get some relief from knowing that we got a billion years before the sun makes this rock uninhabitable. So as long as a few humans survive (which I think is very likely), our consciousness will persist, evolve and create new adventures. Our tech won't survive, but the human spirit will survive, and to me that's the only thing that really matters.

Maybe the species that humans evolve into will do a better job of something like 'civilization' in 5-50 million years, when tectonics push more fossil fuels to the surface. Hell, maybe in that time evolution will select even more for compassion and co-operation, simply because we'll need it to survive on our post-climate-wreckage planet.

Or maybe we never restart a high tech civilization, who cares? Human life is so much more than just what we think of currently as civilization.

I have a big Saturn transit coming up starting this month (conjunct moon in 12th, trine natal Saturn in 8th), and I've had thoughts on my mind of what's being expected of me at this time in my life. There's a lot of transitioning going on - I'm looking for a new place to live, I've started a new relationship, I'm between jobs and deciding whether to re-enter the workforce or pursue my art with more discipline.

That last one highlights one of the polarities I'm confronting - whether I need to take responsibility for my own inner direction and let it guide me into a more vocational career, or whether I need to accept a dull 9-5 job as part of 'what I have to do' to find security.

And this is the crux of my question: when we talk about 'accepting reality' as part of Saturn's domain, are we talking about accepting and taking responsibility for one's inner reality, or the outer, social demands? Or both? Is it dependent on other things in the chart (for example - I also have Uranus conj Sun, which obviously adds weight to the individualism side of this equation)?

I've just read a lot of horror stories describing Sat-conj-moon transits and I terribly would like Saturn not to kick my ass haha. Any insight or advice would be welcomed.