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As another example, suppose you have Saturn in the ninth house. Two of the concerns of the ninth house are travel and foreign countries.You may find that you fear long distance travel in this life, or that you have a strong dislike for a particular country for no good reason. These fears may be rooted in a past life where you were injured while traveling, or lived a particularly difficult life in the country you now dislike.
One of the classically difficult aspects in a birth chart is Saturn square the moon. Karmically, this indicates that you did not receive the nurturing love you needed from your mother in a past life. In this life, this will probably manifest as struggles with your self-esteem. Saturn sets limits and this challenging aspect suggests that you limit yourself too much. Perhaps in a past life some authority figure (Saturn) held you back and undermined your sense of accomplishment. By recognizing these problems and thinking about their roots, you can detach from the present struggle and open yourself up to new ways of approaching the problem.
There are many more keys to your karmic past in the birth chart, of course. In my next article, I will discuss the karmic moon and the moon's nodes as well as the mysterious depths of the 12th house, your hidden past.
