RED WHEEL/WEISER

from the bowels of the earth

This Saturn opposite Saturn cycle sets the tone for the next cycle at forty-five. The experiences that a young person has in relation to his or her parents during this testing-period will have much to do with what the mid-life struggle will be about. Since we have identified Saturn as both the inner sense of personal dimensions, limits and boundaries as well as the externally imposed definitions, the struggle that occurs at the opposition is something of a threshold struggle.

Though teenagers may appear inarticulate to their parents and other adults, they are eloquent with each other in their exploration of the unknown.

Unduly sensitive to criticism

One can hardly be responsible in relationships before one can be responsible for one's own emotions.

It is nature's way, to seek balance

Mars being the sub-ruler of Scorpio

man tied to his mother after the age of eighteen will have a difficult time with women in his life.
The young man must ‘divorce’ his mother before he can truly mate with an equal.