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	Today's Saturn came into existence when, during the [[earth evolution]], [[Old Saturn]], the first embodiment of our [[planetary system]], repeated itself in an abbreviated form. At that time, Saturn resembled a comet wandering around Saturn's orbit with its tail pointing outwards. Due to the gravitational forces of the planetary system, it later formed a closed ring around Saturn. Like Old Saturn, today's Saturn consists essentially only of [[heat]] substance and, according to the laws of Goethe's theory of colour, appears bluish because it is seen as a dark, lightless body through sunlit space. The stratification of Saturn's rings is connected with the different heat layers of which each Saturn consists; one has to distinguish here between neutral, psychic and physically perceptible heat.		Today's Saturn came into existence when, during the [[earth evolution]], [[Old Saturn]], the first embodiment of our [[planetary system]], repeated itself in an abbreviated form. At that time, Saturn resembled a comet wandering around Saturn's orbit with its tail pointing outwards. Due to the gravitational forces of the planetary system, it later formed a closed ring around Saturn. Like Old Saturn, today's Saturn consists essentially only of [[heat]] substance and, according to the laws of Goethe's theory of colour, appears bluish because it is seen as a dark, lightless body through sunlit space. The stratification of Saturn's rings is connected with the different heat layers of which each Saturn consists; one has to distinguish here between neutral, psychic and physically perceptible heat.

	{{GZ\|The Saturn of today relates to the Earth as a boy to an old man. The same living conditions that Saturn is going through today, our ~~earth~~ went through in the past. Therefore, in real occultism one does not speak of Saturn, of the Sun, and so on, but of a Saturn, a Sun, and so on. Our Earth is an older Saturn.\|284\|58}}		{{GZ\|The Saturn of today relates to the Earth as a boy to an old man. The same living conditions that Saturn is going through today, our Earth went through in the past. Therefore, in real occultism one does not speak of Saturn, of the Sun, and so on, but of a Saturn, a Sun, and so on. Our Earth is an older Saturn.\|284\|58}}

	In the human organism the Saturn forces act above all on the [[w:spleen\|spleen]], in the [[plant kingdom]] they are essentially involved in seed formation, and among the earthly metals they have brought forth [[lead]]. As a tree, the [[w:beech\|beech]] is associated with Saturn. In language it reveals itself through the vowel U.		In the human organism the Saturn forces act above all on the [[w:spleen\|spleen]], in the [[plant kingdom]] they are essentially involved in seed formation, and among the earthly metals they have brought forth [[lead]]. As a tree, the [[w:beech\|beech]] is associated with Saturn. In language it reveals itself through the vowel U.

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	In the human organism the Saturn forces act above all on the [[w:spleen\|spleen]], in the [[plant kingdom]] they are essentially involved in seed formation, and among the earthly metals they have brought forth [[lead]]. As a tree, the [[w:beech\|beech]] is associated with Saturn. In language it reveals itself through the vowel U.		In the human organism the Saturn forces act above all on the [[w:spleen\|spleen]], in the [[plant kingdom]] they are essentially involved in seed formation, and among the earthly metals they have brought forth [[lead]]. As a tree, the [[w:beech\|beech]] is associated with Saturn. In language it reveals itself through the vowel U.

			=== The rings of Saturn ===

			According to [[Rudolf Steiner]], Saturn's ring system is the cosmic expression of those health-making, healing forces that also operate in our [[rhythmic system]], i.e. in [[breathing]] and [[circulation]].

			{{GZ\|We pass from nourishment into healing, in that the human being from below always actually has the tendency to become ill, and in his middle organism, in the circulatory organism, must continually develop the tendency to remain healthy. As the impulses of recovery thus continually arise in our middle organism, they leave something straight after the head-nerve-sense system; and we then come, thirdly, to the nerve-sense system. What forces then do we find in the nerve-sense system? In the nervous-sensory system we find those forces which, so to speak, the doctor leaves behind in us. On the one hand, he has a healing effect on the metabolic process. But in having a healing effect on the metabolic process, he is doing something which is now subject to evaluation in the whole cosmos. And I am not telling you anything fantastic, but I am telling you something that is absolutely a reality: this process, that healing processes continually take place downwards in us, evokes the pleasure of the higher hierarchies. This is the joy of the higher Hierarchies in the earthly world. They look down and continually feel the rise of disease out of that which flows up into man from the earthly, that which remains of the earthly qualities of the substances. They see how the impulses of the forces working from the earthly, which lie in the surrounding air and so on, are continually processes of healing. This calls forth the benevolence of the higher Hierarchies.

			[[File:GA230_170.gif\|300px\|center\|The rings of Saturn; drawing from GA 230, p. 170]]

			Now imagine what you can study in that world body which has been placed, as it were, at the boundary of our planetary system as the most worthy spiritual object of study. In the centre there is that which contains within itself the forces which, if we think of them as concentrated on Earth, are disease-causing forces, and in the surroundings the circling forces of health-making are revealed. And he who is sensitive to such things sees in the rings of Saturn in such a form as cannot be perceived in that which surrounds the Earth, because he is standing in it, that which is the circling health. This ring of Saturn is still something essentially different from what astronomers say of it. This ring of Saturn is circling health, and the interior of Saturn is the sick, the sick-making, seen in purest concentration. And so on Saturn, which is placed at the extreme end of our planetary system, we see the same process taking place that we continually carry within us through our metabolism and through our circulatory organism. But we also see, when we look at this, how our spiritual gaze is directed to the world of the Second Hierarchy and the First Hierarchy in particular; of the Second Hierarchy: Kyriotetes, Dynamis, Exusiai; of the First Hierarchy: Seraphim, Cherubim, Thrones. If we are attentive with the spiritual eye to Saturn and its ring, we are directed towards these upper Hierarchies as they look, I would say, benevolently towards this ill-making and health-giving.\|230\|169ff}}

			== See also ==

			* {{WikipediaEN\|Saturn}}
			* {{WikipediaEN\|Rings of Saturn}}

	== Literature ==		== Literature ==

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	== Spiritual significance of Saturn ==		== Spiritual significance of Saturn ==
	~~[[File:Saturn seal.gif\|thumb\|[[Planetary seal]] of Saturn]]~~[[File:Saturn seal.gif\|thumb\|[[Planetary seal]] of Saturn]]		[[File:Saturn seal.gif\|thumb\|[[Planetary seal]] of Saturn]]

	The '''Saturn sphere''' is the dominion of the [[Thrones]], who were the lords of the [[Old Saturn]] evolution. The leading [[Archangel]] of the Saturn sphere is [[Oriphiel]]. In [[Hinduism]], the regent of Saturn is called '''Shani''' ({{Sanskrit\|शनि}} ''Śani'' m.). He is the son of the Sun God [[w:Surya\|Surya]] and his wife [[w:Chhaya\|Chhaya]] ("Shadow"). His weapons are the spear and the arrow bow. His [[w:vahana\|vahana]], his animal vehicle, is a [[w:crow\|crow]]. The astrological influence of Shani is considered a bad omen.		The '''Saturn sphere''' is the dominion of the [[Thrones]], who were the lords of the [[Old Saturn]] evolution. The leading [[Archangel]] of the Saturn sphere is [[Oriphiel]]. In [[Hinduism]], the regent of Saturn is called '''Shani''' ({{Sanskrit\|शनि}} ''Śani'' m.). He is the son of the Sun God [[w:Surya\|Surya]] and his wife [[w:Chhaya\|Chhaya]] ("Shadow"). His weapons are the spear and the arrow bow. His [[w:vahana\|vahana]], his animal vehicle, is a [[w:crow\|crow]]. The astrological influence of Shani is considered a bad omen.

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	* Ronald Weinberger: ''Präzise Bestimmung der Rotation des Saturn''. Naturwissenschaftliche Rundschau 59 (12), S. 664–665 (2006), {{ISSN\|0028-1050}}		* Ronald Weinberger: ''Präzise Bestimmung der Rotation des Saturn''. Naturwissenschaftliche Rundschau 59 (12), S. 664–665 (2006), {{ISSN\|0028-1050}}
	* Reinhard Oberschelp: ''Giuseppe Campani und der Ring des Planeten Saturn. Ein Dokument in der Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Bibliothek.'' Reihe Lesesaal, 35. C. W. Niemeyer, Hameln 2011, ISBN 3-8271-8835-0 (u. a. mit Abb. von 1666)		* Reinhard Oberschelp: ''Giuseppe Campani und der Ring des Planeten Saturn. Ein Dokument in der Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Bibliothek.'' Reihe Lesesaal, 35. C. W. Niemeyer, Hameln 2011, ISBN 3-8271-8835-0 (u. a. mit Abb. von 1666)
			* Hans Wilhelm Haussig (Hg.): ''Götter und Mythen des indischen Subkontinents''; Wörterbuch der Mythologie. Bd. 5
			* John Dowson: ''Hindu Mythology & Religion''. Rupa, New Delhi 2004 (14. ed.)
	* [[Rudolf Steiner]]: ''Der Mensch als Zusammenklang des schaffenden, bildenden und gestaltenden Weltenwortes'', [[GA 230]] (1993), ISBN 3-7274-2300-5 {{Lectures\|230}}		* [[Rudolf Steiner]]: ''Der Mensch als Zusammenklang des schaffenden, bildenden und gestaltenden Weltenwortes'', [[GA 230]] (1993), ISBN 3-7274-2300-5 {{Lectures\|230}}
	* [[Rudolf Steiner]]: ''Bilder okkulter Siegel und Säulen. Der Münchner Kongreß Pfingsten 1907 und seine Auswirkungen.'', [[GA 284]] (1993), ISBN 3-7274-2840-6 {{Lectures\|284}}		* [[Rudolf Steiner]]: ''Bilder okkulter Siegel und Säulen. Der Münchner Kongreß Pfingsten 1907 und seine Auswirkungen.'', [[GA 284]] (1993), ISBN 3-7274-2840-6 {{Lectures\|284}}

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	[[File:Saturn from Cassini Orbiter (2004-10-06).jpg\|thumb\|Saturn in natural colours, photographed on 6 October 2004 by [[w:Cassini-Huygens\|Cassini-Huygens]] from a distance of 6.3 million km.]]		[[File:Saturn from Cassini Orbiter (2004-10-06).jpg\|thumb\|300px\|Saturn in natural colours, photographed on 6 October 2004 by [[w:Cassini-Huygens\|Cassini-Huygens]] from a distance of 6.3 million km.]]

	'''Saturn''' ([[w:Egyptian language\|ancient Egyptian]]: ''[[a:Hor-ka-pet\|Hor-ka-pet]]''; {{HeS\|שַׁבְּתַאי}} ''Shabatai''; {{Sanskrit\|शनि}} ''Shani''; astronomical sign: <big>♄</big>) is in the occult sense the outermost planet of our [[solar system]] and closes it off, as it were, against the outer cosmos as an independent being. Saturn's sidereal orbital period is 29.457 years. According to [[Rudolf Steiner]], the planets known today beyond Saturn, in particular [[Uranus]] and [[Neptune]], came into being later and are not directly connected with the straight-line development of our planetary system.		'''Saturn''' ([[w:Egyptian language\|ancient Egyptian]]: ''[[a:Hor-ka-pet\|Hor-ka-pet]]''; {{HeS\|שַׁבְּתַאי}} ''Shabatai''; {{Sanskrit\|शनि}} ''Shani''; astronomical sign: <big>♄</big>) is in the occult sense the outermost planet of our [[solar system]] and closes it off, as it were, against the outer cosmos as an independent being. Saturn's sidereal orbital period is 29.457 years. According to [[Rudolf Steiner]], the planets known today beyond Saturn, in particular [[Uranus]] and [[Neptune]], came into being later and are not directly connected with the straight-line development of our planetary system.
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	The planet is named after the Roman god of wealth and harvest, Saturn. Its astronomical symbol ♄ stylises the god's crescent.		The planet is named after the Roman god of wealth and harvest, Saturn. Its astronomical symbol ♄ stylises the god's crescent.

			== Spiritual significance of Saturn ==
			[[File:Saturn seal.gif\|thumb\|[[Planetary seal]] of Saturn]][[File:Saturn seal.gif\|thumb\|[[Planetary seal]] of Saturn]]

			The '''Saturn sphere''' is the dominion of the [[Thrones]], who were the lords of the [[Old Saturn]] evolution. The leading [[Archangel]] of the Saturn sphere is [[Oriphiel]]. In [[Hinduism]], the regent of Saturn is called '''Shani''' ({{Sanskrit\|शनि}} ''Śani'' m.). He is the son of the Sun God [[w:Surya\|Surya]] and his wife [[w:Chhaya\|Chhaya]] ("Shadow"). His weapons are the spear and the arrow bow. His [[w:vahana\|vahana]], his animal vehicle, is a [[w:crow\|crow]]. The astrological influence of Shani is considered a bad omen.

			Today's Saturn came into existence when, during the [[earth evolution]], [[Old Saturn]], the first embodiment of our [[planetary system]], repeated itself in an abbreviated form. At that time, Saturn resembled a comet wandering around Saturn's orbit with its tail pointing outwards. Due to the gravitational forces of the planetary system, it later formed a closed ring around Saturn. Like Old Saturn, today's Saturn consists essentially only of [[heat]] substance and, according to the laws of Goethe's theory of colour, appears bluish because it is seen as a dark, lightless body through sunlit space. The stratification of Saturn's rings is connected with the different heat layers of which each Saturn consists; one has to distinguish here between neutral, psychic and physically perceptible heat.

			{{GZ\|The Saturn of today relates to the Earth as a boy to an old man. The same living conditions that Saturn is going through today, our earth went through in the past. Therefore, in real occultism one does not speak of Saturn, of the Sun, and so on, but of a Saturn, a Sun, and so on. Our Earth is an older Saturn.\|284\|58}}

			In the human organism the Saturn forces act above all on the [[w:spleen\|spleen]], in the [[plant kingdom]] they are essentially involved in seed formation, and among the earthly metals they have brought forth [[lead]]. As a tree, the [[w:beech\|beech]] is associated with Saturn. In language it reveals itself through the vowel U.

	== Literature ==		== Literature ==

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	The apparent angular diameter of the planetary body is between 15″ and 20″, depending on the distance from Earth, and that of the rings between 37″ and 46″. The so-called equatorial stripes of the cloud layers are less distinct on Saturn than on Jupiter, which is probably related to a high-layered haze.		The apparent angular diameter of the planetary body is between 15″ and 20″, depending on the distance from Earth, and that of the rings between 37″ and 46″. The so-called equatorial stripes of the cloud layers are less distinct on Saturn than on Jupiter, which is probably related to a high-layered haze.

	As of 2019, 82 of Saturn's moons have been discovered, more than Jupiter's. Saturn's largest moon by far is [[Titan (moon)\|Titan]], 5150 kilometres across.		As of 2019, 82 of Saturn's moons have been discovered, more than Jupiter's. Saturn's largest moon by far is [[w:Titan (moon)\|Titan]], 5150 kilometres across.

	The planet is named after the Roman god of wealth and harvest, Saturn. Its astronomical symbol ♄ stylises the god's crescent.		The planet is named after the Roman god of wealth and harvest, Saturn. Its astronomical symbol ♄ stylises the god's crescent.

	== Literature ==		== Literature ==

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	Every 20 years or so, a [[Great Conjunction]] of Saturn and [[Jupiter]] takes place. Some astronomers and historians suggest that the [[Star of Bethlehem]] at the time of Jesus' birth may have been a Great Conjunction in the years 7 to 6 B.C.<ref>Burkard Steinrücken: [http://sternwarte-recklinghausen.de/data/uploads/dateien/pdf/sternvonbethlehem.pdf ''The Star of Bethlehem - How far can serious astronomical interpretation go?''] (German), [[WikipediaDE:Westfälische Volkssternwarte\|Westfälische Volkssternwarte und Planetarium Recklinghausen]], 26 March 2003, retrieved 23 December 2017 (pdf; 1.8 MB).</ref><ref>Johannes Kepler: ''De Stella nova in pede Serpentarii'' (1606)</ref> The most recent, spiritually very significant Great Conjunction occurred in the evening of December 21, 2020, in the [[zodiac sign]] of [[w:Capricorn (astrology)\|Capricorn]].		Every 20 years or so, a [[Great Conjunction]] of Saturn and [[Jupiter]] takes place. Some astronomers and historians suggest that the [[Star of Bethlehem]] at the time of Jesus' birth may have been a Great Conjunction in the years 7 to 6 B.C.<ref>Burkard Steinrücken: [http://sternwarte-recklinghausen.de/data/uploads/dateien/pdf/sternvonbethlehem.pdf ''The Star of Bethlehem - How far can serious astronomical interpretation go?''] (German), [[WikipediaDE:Westfälische Volkssternwarte\|Westfälische Volkssternwarte und Planetarium Recklinghausen]], 26 March 2003, retrieved 23 December 2017 (pdf; 1.8 MB).</ref><ref>Johannes Kepler: ''De Stella nova in pede Serpentarii'' (1606)</ref> The most recent, spiritually very significant Great Conjunction occurred in the evening of December 21, 2020, in the [[zodiac sign]] of [[w:Capricorn (astrology)\|Capricorn]].

			== The physical planet ==

			Saturn is the sixth planet in the [[solar system]] as seen from the [[Sun]] and, with an equatorial diameter of about 120,500 kilometres (9.5 times Earth's diameter), is the second largest after [[Jupiter]]. However, with 95 Earth masses, it has only 30 % of Jupiter's mass. Because of its conspicuous ring system, visible even in a small telescope, it is often called the ring planet, although ring systems have also been found on the other three gas planets.

			Saturn has an average distance from the Sun of a good 1.43 billion kilometres, its orbit runs between that of Jupiter and that of Uranus, which is further away from the Sun. It is the outermost planet that is also clearly visible to the naked eye and was therefore known thousands of years before the invention of the telescope.

			As a gas planet, Saturn has no solid surface. Its upper layers consist of about 96% hydrogen. Of all the planets in the solar system, Saturn has the lowest mean density (about 0.69 g/cm³).<ref>David R. Williams: ''[https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/saturnfact.html Saturn Fact Sheet]''. In: NASA.gov. 15 October 2019, retrieved 21 April 2021.</ref> Saturn stands out from the other planets because of its distinctive, bright and long-known rings, which consist largely of chunks of water ice and rock.

			The apparent angular diameter of the planetary body is between 15″ and 20″, depending on the distance from Earth, and that of the rings between 37″ and 46″. The so-called equatorial stripes of the cloud layers are less distinct on Saturn than on Jupiter, which is probably related to a high-layered haze.

			As of 2019, 82 of Saturn's moons have been discovered, more than Jupiter's. Saturn's largest moon by far is [[Titan (moon)\|Titan]], 5150 kilometres across.

			The planet is named after the Roman god of wealth and harvest, Saturn. Its astronomical symbol ♄ stylises the god's crescent.

	== Literature ==		== Literature ==

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	[[File:Saturn from Cassini Orbiter (2004-10-06).jpg\|thumb\|Saturn in natural colours, photographed on 6 October 2004 by [[w:Cassini-Huygens\|Cassini-Huygens]] from a distance of 6.3 million km.]]		[[File:Saturn from Cassini Orbiter (2004-10-06).jpg\|thumb\|Saturn in natural colours, photographed on 6 October 2004 by [[w:Cassini-Huygens\|Cassini-Huygens]] from a distance of 6.3 million km.]]

	'''Saturn''' ([[w:Egyptian language\|ancient Egyptian]]: [[a:Hor-ka-pet\|Hor-ka-pet]]; {{HeS\|שַׁבְּתַאי}} ''Shabatai''; {{Sanskrit\|शनि}} ''Shani''; astronomical sign: <big>♄</big>) is in the occult sense the outermost planet of our [[solar system]] and closes it off, as it were, against the outer cosmos as an independent being. Saturn's sidereal orbital period is 29.457 years. According to [[Rudolf Steiner]], the planets known today beyond Saturn, in particular [[Uranus]] and [[Neptune]], came into being later and are not directly connected with the straight-line development of our planetary system.		'''Saturn''' ([[w:Egyptian language\|ancient Egyptian]]: ''[[a:Hor-ka-pet\|Hor-ka-pet]]''; {{HeS\|שַׁבְּתַאי}} ''Shabatai''; {{Sanskrit\|शनि}} ''Shani''; astronomical sign: <big>♄</big>) is in the occult sense the outermost planet of our [[solar system]] and closes it off, as it were, against the outer cosmos as an independent being. Saturn's sidereal orbital period is 29.457 years. According to [[Rudolf Steiner]], the planets known today beyond Saturn, in particular [[Uranus]] and [[Neptune]], came into being later and are not directly connected with the straight-line development of our planetary system.

	{{Quote\|It is the quality of Saturn, above all, to cool and seldom to dry, probably because it is farthest from the heat of the sun and the moist exhalations of the earth. In the case of both Saturn and the other planets, there are also forces arising from the observation of their aspects to the Sun and Moon, for some of them seem to modify - by increase or decrease - conditions in the environment in one way, some in another.\|[[w:Ptolemy\|Claudius Ptolemy]]\| ''Terabiblos'', Book I, ''The Power of the Planets''}}		{{Quote\|It is the quality of Saturn, above all, to cool and seldom to dry, probably because it is farthest from the heat of the sun and the moist exhalations of the earth. In the case of both Saturn and the other planets, there are also forces arising from the observation of their aspects to the Sun and Moon, for some of them seem to modify - by increase or decrease - conditions in the environment in one way, some in another.\|[[w:Ptolemy\|Claudius Ptolemy]]\| ''Terabiblos'', Book I, ''The Power of the Planets''}}

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	{{Quote\|It is the quality of Saturn, above all, to cool and seldom to dry, probably because it is farthest from the heat of the sun and the moist exhalations of the earth. In the case of both Saturn and the other planets, there are also forces arising from the observation of their aspects to the Sun and Moon, for some of them seem to modify - by increase or decrease - conditions in the environment in one way, some in another.\|[[w:Ptolemy\|Claudius Ptolemy]]\| ''Terabiblos'', Book I, ''The Power of the Planets''}}		{{Quote\|It is the quality of Saturn, above all, to cool and seldom to dry, probably because it is farthest from the heat of the sun and the moist exhalations of the earth. In the case of both Saturn and the other planets, there are also forces arising from the observation of their aspects to the Sun and Moon, for some of them seem to modify - by increase or decrease - conditions in the environment in one way, some in another.\|[[w:Ptolemy\|Claudius Ptolemy]]\| ''Terabiblos'', Book I, ''The Power of the Planets''}}

	Every 20 years or so, a [[Great Conjunction]] of Saturn and [[Jupiter]] takes place. Some astronomers and historians suggest that the [[Star of Bethlehem]] at the time of Jesus' birth may have been a Great Conjunction in the years 7 to 6 B.C.<ref>Burkard Steinrücken: [http://sternwarte-recklinghausen.de/data/uploads/dateien/pdf/sternvonbethlehem.pdf ''The Star of Bethlehem - How far can serious astronomical interpretation go?''] (German), [[WikipediaDE:Westfälische Volkssternwarte\|Westfälische Volkssternwarte und Planetarium Recklinghausen], 26 March 2003, retrieved 23 December 2017 (pdf; 1.8 MB).</ref><ref>Johannes Kepler: ''De Stella nova in pede Serpentarii'' (1606)</ref> The most recent, spiritually very significant Great Conjunction occurred in the evening of December 21, 2020, in the [[zodiac sign]] of [[w:Capricorn (astrology)\|Capricorn]].		Every 20 years or so, a [[Great Conjunction]] of Saturn and [[Jupiter]] takes place. Some astronomers and historians suggest that the [[Star of Bethlehem]] at the time of Jesus' birth may have been a Great Conjunction in the years 7 to 6 B.C.<ref>Burkard Steinrücken: [http://sternwarte-recklinghausen.de/data/uploads/dateien/pdf/sternvonbethlehem.pdf ''The Star of Bethlehem - How far can serious astronomical interpretation go?''] (German), [[WikipediaDE:Westfälische Volkssternwarte\|Westfälische Volkssternwarte und Planetarium Recklinghausen]], 26 March 2003, retrieved 23 December 2017 (pdf; 1.8 MB).</ref><ref>Johannes Kepler: ''De Stella nova in pede Serpentarii'' (1606)</ref> The most recent, spiritually very significant Great Conjunction occurred in the evening of December 21, 2020, in the [[zodiac sign]] of [[w:Capricorn (astrology)\|Capricorn]].

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	[[File:Saturn from Cassini Orbiter (2004-10-06).jpg\|thumb\|Saturn in natural colours, photographed on 6 October 2004 by [[w:Cassini-Huygens\|Cassini-Huygens]] from a distance of 6.3 million km.]]		[[File:Saturn from Cassini Orbiter (2004-10-06).jpg\|thumb\|Saturn in natural colours, photographed on 6 October 2004 by [[w:Cassini-Huygens\|Cassini-Huygens]] from a distance of 6.3 million km.]]

	'''Saturn''' ([[w:Egyptian language\|ancient Egyptian]]: [[a:Hor-ka-pet\|Hor-ka-pet]]; {{HeS\|שַׁבְּתַאי}} ''Shabatai''; {{Sanskrit\|शनि}} ''Shani''; astronomical sign: <big>♄</big>) is in the occult sense the outermost planet of our [[solar system]] and closes it off, as it were, against the outer cosmos as an independent being. Saturn's sidereal orbital period is 29.457 years. According to [[Rudolf Steiner]], the planets known today beyond Saturn, in particular [[Uranus]] and [[Neptune]], came into being later and are not directly connected with the straight-line development of our planetary system.		'''Saturn''' ([[w:Egyptian language\|ancient Egyptian]]: ''[[a:Hor-ka-pet\|Hor-ka-pet]]''; {{HeS\|שַׁבְּתַאי}} ''Shabatai''; {{Sanskrit\|शनि}} ''Shani''; astronomical sign: <big>♄</big>) is in the occult sense the outermost planet of our [[solar system]] and closes it off, as it were, against the outer cosmos as an independent being. Saturn's sidereal orbital period is 29.457 years. According to [[Rudolf Steiner]], the planets known today beyond Saturn, in particular [[Uranus]] and [[Neptune]], came into being later and are not directly connected with the straight-line development of our planetary system.

	{{Quote\|It is the quality of Saturn, above all, to cool and seldom to dry, probably because it is farthest from the heat of the sun and the moist exhalations of the earth. In the case of both Saturn and the other planets, there are also forces arising from the observation of their aspects to the Sun and Moon, for some of them seem to modify - by increase or decrease - conditions in the environment in one way, some in another.\|[[w:Ptolemy\|Claudius Ptolemy]]\| ''Terabiblos'', Book I, ''The Power of the Planets''}}		{{Quote\|It is the quality of Saturn, above all, to cool and seldom to dry, probably because it is farthest from the heat of the sun and the moist exhalations of the earth. In the case of both Saturn and the other planets, there are also forces arising from the observation of their aspects to the Sun and Moon, for some of them seem to modify - by increase or decrease - conditions in the environment in one way, some in another.\|[[w:Ptolemy\|Claudius Ptolemy]]\| ''Terabiblos'', Book I, ''The Power of the Planets''}}