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翻译：饼妹 校队：湮灭

作者：Annabel Burton 

在神话象征中，土星代表的是时间，也称作为克洛纳斯（Cronus）并且表达着“父亲的时间”。土星表明了是一个具有一定权威性的象征，同时我们的一切都被时间掌管着。
Saturn is the mythological figure of Time, also known as Cronus and we have the expression 'Father Time'. This indicates a certain authoritative figure, and we are all ruled by time.

人类大部分的痛苦和不满都是来自于有过多的时间，时间不足或者是因为一些时间规定的原因而没有达到目标。我们经常赞美别人对于时间有很好的感知，尤其是在表演艺术和喜剧方面。
其实我们都很敏锐的察觉到它的存在，可是我们又没有办法控制它。
Most of human misery and dissatisfaction comes from either having too much time or not enough, or failing to achieve something within a certain time frame. We praise people who have a perfect sense of timing', especially in performance arts and comedy.
So we are all acutely aware of its existence, and yet we cannot contain it.

我们到了自身发展的一个关键点——对于时间的准确测量变得极为重要；如今我们都被钟表支配着，经常还是数码的，我们工作和休闲的时间被分割开来了。
We have reached a point in our development where the precise measurement of sections of time has become paramount; we are ruled by the clock, usually a digital one, as our working and leisure hours are compartmentalised into sections.

上千年以前，对于时间和季节的测量都是从星星、行星、还有月亮的周期观察中总结出来的。有必要知道何时播种粮食，何时感受到寒冬还有季节的变化很重要，不过没有人需要赶在7.42到尤斯顿（英国一个火车站）！  (译者：某个英国人的典故，并不是很清楚)
Thousands of years ago, time and the seasons were measured by observations of the stars and the planets and the cycles of the moon. It was important to know when to sow crops and when to expect the dark winters and seasonal changes, but nobody needed to catch the 7.42 to Euston!

如果我们不把我们的世界测量的如此精确会发生什么？
What would happen if we could not measure our world so precisely?

占星学是关于时机的；在出生的那一刻星盘还有行星的周期便成立了，而且这些将直接影响个人的生活。
Astrology is about timing; a chart is set up for the moment of birth and the cyclical nature of the planets directly impinges on the life of the individual.

在大约二十九岁的时候，土星回归到出生时候的位置，这个阶段被视为是一个人生命中一个重要的里程碑。这是一个评估一个人目前为止所达到的成就还有也许对未来会有变化时刻。
At the age of around twenty nine, Saturn returns to its position at the time of birth, and this stage is seen as an important milestone in a person's life. It is a time to assess what has been achieved so far, and perhaps make changes for the future.

可以说这个时间点是我们真正的变成了大人变得成熟的时候，在我们的感情还有事业上需要去面对困难的抉择时候。
It could be argued that this is the point where we really become adult and reach maturity, having to face difficult decisions regarding our relationships and our status professionally.

因此，许多人在这个时间点碰到了危机，也许是经历离婚，有了孩子，变成了多余的那个人，或者是失去了父母。土星教会了我们要真实，真正的生活，而不是我们自己所期望的那样。
Consequently, many people face a crisis at this point by going through divorce, or having a child, or being made redundant or perhaps losing a parent. Saturn teaches us to get real, and deal with life as it is, not how we would like it to be.

时间是一份珍贵的礼物，一个充实完整的生活，或者一个空虚没有意义的生活完全取决去我们如何使用它。
Time is a precious gift; how we choose to use it can make the difference between a life complete and fulfilled or empty and without meaning.