maleficent and saturn's dichotomy ☆
a continuation of my "notes on saturn in 10H"
disclaimer: i will be using tropical and sidereal (vedic) astrology, but i am very much a beginner in vedic astrology. i believe that the two systems can co-exist and do work together! (that view is subject to change though)
donna murphy (voice actress): aquarius moon
🪐 as explained in my previous post, saturn not only restricts and deprives but also rewards whoever works hard enough to earn its blessings.
cate blanchett: moon conjunct saturn
🪐 as explored in claire nakti's video, the cinderella fairytale is littered with saturn symbolism. she describes the "evil stepmother" archetype as symbolising the restrictions of saturn and the "fairy godmother" archetype as saturn's rewards. cinderella's stepmother is notoriously cruel towards her, turning her into a servant and constantly belittling her.
eleanor audley (voice actress): anuradha sun
🔮 a twitter user (hxtgirlb) pointed out that several maleficent actresses have saturn placements and so i wanted to explore maleficent as the embodiment of saturn.
🔮 maleficent is left out of the invitations to aurora's christening and, in turn, curses her to prick her finger on a spindle and sleep forever unless she is kissed by her true love.
🔮 she symbolises the fairy godmother trope through offering a solution to the curse (true love's kiss). she is also a literal fairy!
🔮 maleficent's name also includes malefic and saturn is described as the great malefic in astrology.
the evil stepmother ☆
angelina jolie: pushya ascendant + moon conjunct jupiter
🪐 in the live action remake of sleeping beauty, saturn's influences become much clearer. maleficent is burned by iron due to her being a fairy, and iron is ruled by saturn.
🪐 stefan starts as a young peasant boy and falls in love with maleficent. he betrays her and uses iron chains to cut off her wings in order to gain favour with the king. he later becomes the king. this demonstrates saturn's power to raise status, as maleficent's wings led to stefan's ascension to the throne.
🪐 maleficent, as the embodiment of saturn, enacts karma on stefan by cursing his daughter, aurora.
more synchronicities with saturn's rulership:
• crows and maleficent's partner is a crow
• black and this is the colour we see her wear predominantly
• the father and it was aurora's father who caused the curse
• life-restoring remedies and maleficent improves the curse by offering the solution of true love's kiss
the fairy godmother ☆
🪄 this tumblr post on saturn worship (please check it out!) retells roman saturn mythology. interestingly, saturn was seen as the ruler of the golden age and the deity of abundance.
🪄 claire nakti assigns the fairy godmother archetype to juno, jupiter's wife. this is why we see fairy godmothers with prominent jupiter AND saturn placements. one of juno's symbols is the lotus, which is associated with all saturn nakshatras in vedic astrology.
🪄 they also embody saturn's wife, ops, who was seen as the protector of abundance and the "mother of all."
🪄 maleficent's role in the movie is the protector of the moors, the land she is from, and she is seen as a mother by all the mystical creatures that live there. she also becomes a mother-like figure to aurora and aims to reverse the curse she put on her as a baby.
🪄 the oppressive saturn that is more widely known in astrological circles reflects his greek counterpart, cronos. he ate all his children, but zeus, to prevent them from overthrowing him due to a prophecy.
🪄 the rewarding saturn reflects the roman god that rules over the golden age and promises abundance and a life devoid of suffering. in the film, maleficent turns out to be aurora's true love and saves her via a kiss.
sidenote: cinderella and aurora both wear blue, which is ruled over by saturn. they also go through hardships put on them by their evil stepmother/godmother before being saved by their fairy godmothers.
🪄 both princesses are also lifted up to a queen status through the actions of their fairy godmothers. cinderella becomes the king's wife and therefore queen, while aurora becomes queen of the moors.
more fairy godmother examples in media:
whitney houston: saturn atmakaraka + moon conjunct jupiter
verna felton (voice actress): pushya sun and moon conjunct saturn. pushya's deity is brihaspati, aka jupiter.
jennifer saunders (voice actress): moon in purva bhadrapada (aquarius) and sun in punarvasu
thank you so much if you read all the way up to this point! i have always been enamoured with saturn as it is conjunct my midheaven, and i have anuradha moon and saturn atmakaraka in vedic astrology. discovering jupiter's connection to this dichotomy was also amazing as i am jupiter dominant in both systems! this post format was inspired by @vindelllas (an amazing blog, please check her out). i hope you enjoyed this post <3
— ven8s
