Saturn’s transit into Virgo brings focus to both personal health and community health care.  Virgo is an earth sign and the natural sixth house ruled by Mercury.  The sixth house is associated with the intestinal system and specifically with digestion and absorption.  Saturn is friends with Mercury and functions well in Virgo. Both share a strong work ethic and pragmatic approach in dealing with life issues.  Both are utilitarian and systematic.  Depending upon the house number, Saturn in Virgo will be good transit as long as vata is managed appropriately.  

Sorting out life’s essential requirements on an emotional level, is similar to the physical process of digestion (our digestive gut is called a ‘second brain’, not by accident). Our small intestine sorts and breaks down 90% of our required daily nutrients. The large intestine absorbs the last 10% but primarily functions to reabsorb water and compact  the small intestine‘s caste-offs into feces. This process again, is parallel to the mental process called discernment.  With good discernment, we evaluate the usefulness of either activity or event and shed what will only clutter or confuse.  Are we using our energies for good purpose, with clear perception and insight?

Currently, Mercury’s retrograde with Saturn in Mercury’s most pragmatic constellation of  function, is an opportunity to refine our life’s purpose.  It is a time to revisit what has worked Vs what no longer works in our lives, thereby freeing up energy that maybe lying stagnant.  Saturn slow things down and may slow down our digestion as well if Agni is weak.  If Agni is strong, in process, we absorb more fully, those much needed nutrients called Prana in ayurveda.