Saturn: The People's Planet Saturn represents people. Famous people. Normal people. Abnormal people. Abnormal people who rule other people and kill millions of other people. People you will never hear of. People long gone. People yet to come. Saturn represents human life and human life=people.Saturn plays a central place in Measuring History for various reasons:• It defines the end of our visible-by-eye solar system; Saturn is the last planet visible to the naked eye; the distance between Saturn and Uranus equals the distance between the sun and Saturn.• Saturn’s orbit closely parallels the human growth cycle as in one Saturn orbit equals one human generation.• Saturn waves (Saturn-Uranus, Saturn-Neptune, Saturn-Pluto) have an apparent trigger effect that ties the inter-century events connected with the three more outer planets to intra-century events on which history always turn.Saturn's connection to these three basics in life moves the entire exercise from a theoretical tome about the outer planets to a explaining that the reason Measuring History works because of Saturn's tie between humanity and history as described by Saturn's interaction with all the planets.Physical Limitsof Saturn's Orbit Saturn & Human Growth Patterns Saturn's association with limits extends beyond its physical orbit. Its tie to the human-growth cycle connects its physical location to the boundaries described by human physiology. The orbit's average length of 29.5 years closely equals the full period from birth to full adult maturity. Along the way, the quadrature alignments of Saturn's orbit coincide with major development milestones defined both by physicality and social mores. For instance, the midpoint of Saturn's year coincides to age 14-15 in human years, the time of puberty. Puberty, more or less, defines our physicality, while also pointing to our reaching the physical goal of existence: reproductive ability. Of course, each body reaches puberty at different ages, according to genealogy, environment and other factors. Nonetheless, puberty, and by extension, the midpoint of a Saturn period, acts as a standard against parents and society measure. Just as importantly, the quadrature alignments/checkpoints also serve as barometer for what happens between the landmarks, a metaphor we can apply to all quadrature alignments across the solar system. By understanding how Saturn defines physical limits ties into humanity's, we gain a new, objective tool that ties humanity to history. The diagram compares the human growth process from the ages 0-30 segmented by quadrature alignments. Working from left to right the wave begins with Saturn's position at birth. Its endpoint is near age 30 when Saturn reaches the same position it was at birth, a Saturn return. The quadrature alignments appear at ages, 0, 6-7. 14-15. 21-22, 28-29. When seen through these divisions, we see the human life according to these segments0-6: Early growth and cognitive development. Considered the most critical development stage, a person moves from infant through toddler through school age in modern societies. In all societies the child spends a majority of the their time with at least one parent, especially from ages 0-37-14: From childhood to puberty. Children in modern societies begin their first forays from the nest, with a good amount of time away from parental oversight, but still under supervision. In hunter-gatherer societies children already have intimate knowledge of what is edible and contribute to the gathering process. Early in this quadrant children learn they will die, drastically altering their life perspective. This is also the period where children mature sexually on a physical level; by 14 humans can produce children and could already be married in some cultures across history; levels of physical maturity vary from individual, but we can be certain that the brain has not fully developed yet15-21: Here the “child” loses all vestiges of childhood and moves to early adulthood. The body takes full adult form, while the brain does not reach full physical development until age 25; along with physical maturity comes the need and desire to define oneself as individual; balance between personal freedom and familial oversight could arise; and of course, issues of life or death can arise because teenagers can also produce children; in societies where fertility rates are low, families will push for offspring; in modern societies this ability acts as a disadvantage to many22-29: Despite outside appearance the human body still matures, not reaching complete physical maturity until the average of 27. Around that age cell-growth reaches its peak, on average the body begins to lose more cells than it creates from now until about age 60 (the rate of decay accelerates after that); at or around 30, when Saturn returns to its position at an individual's birth, all societies expect a citizen to act responsibility; in most cases individuals at this age have begun or think about starting families.More than any other planet, Saturn represents the human condition, its limits and possibilities. For those familiar with astrology, Saturn’s connection with the limits comes with little surprise. Within the discipline of measuring history, this characterization takes on greater importance. The diagram above, explained below, details why, but to summarize Saturn's connection to the human growth remains consistent across the ages.***Parents have different concerns for children based on their gender. Girls approach life with different concerns. Society's expectation diverge according to gender. Saturn's orbit, as seen in wave form, takes these differences into account. Yet, Saturn appears at the same position for women and men across time at each of life's turning points. In short, Saturn's orbit measures generations objectively across time. Again, we see another instance of the traditional definition of Saturn's connection to borders and limits holding up to scrutiny.The body, seen through the connection to human growth, represents the first limit. Our bodies come with built in programs to grow sexually active at puberty, obtain peak cell growth near age twenty-seven, and accelerate cellular decay after the second Saturn return (about age 58). Because people make societies, all cultures operate within the confines that Saturn mirrors. They operate on the knowledge that men and boys act differently toward women and girls depending on what side of puberty they fall under. How cultures either legislate or condone certain behaviors related to pubescence differs according to need. Hunter-gatherer and agrarian societies required earlier procreation. Agrarian ones needed more labor, placing different needs on women. Of course, everyone matures at various rates, some earlier, some later. History, a study of general humanity only concerns itself with the general standard rather than specific episodes. Besides, everyone compares her/himself to the physical milestones we all pass through.Society also limits us according to our physical milestones. Today's societies expect children to enter school by ages 6-7. Youthful behavior, tolerated to certain ages, is condemned after say age 30. The Uranus Discovery StoryWhat does the discovery of Uranus have to do with Saturn? Perspective. The distance between Saturn and Uranus is somewhat over the distance between the Sun and Saturn. Put another way, the distance between the two planets equals the size of what humans once considered the entire solar system. Saturn distance from Sun: 1,429,400,000 kmsihttp://www.solarviews.com/eng/saturn.htmUranus distance Sun: 2,870,990,000 kmsDifference: 1,441,590,000 kmsFinding Uranus meant doubling the size of the what we knew about our planetary system. From the simplest view, the discovery took the millions of years of human development that lead up to the unveiling of the new planet. In many ways, uncovering was one of the most important developments of human kind. The event did not happen overnight and required acceptance of heliocentric motion, making that part of the story. In so many ways, episodes coincident with finding the new planet must be considered as an addition to our perspective. Saturn Waves & The Trigger AffectSaturn waves, the periods described by the span between the conjunctions between Saturn-Uranus, Saturn-Neptune and Saturn-Pluto combines Saturn's tie to physical limits and its connection to human-growth. The combination means that if you took a cause-effect relationship view between the planets (though the planets do not control us in any fashion) Saturn waves look they have trigger Uranus-Pluto, Uranus-Neptune and Neptune-Pluto events; the overwhelming events that occur between centuries and historical ages get pulled down to earth through Saturn waves. Think of how much this makes sense in the context of how people make history. History goes beyond events that happen in chronological order. It records how people interact with time. It also chronicles when cultural trends significantly change and how cultures interact with one another. People, of course, make up all cultures, validating the statement: 'people make history'. Above, we detailed how Saturn's orbit closely correlates with human-growth milestones. The logical extension that Saturn waves tie the meta events of history to people's lifetimes.Saturn-UranusSaturn-Uranus waves appear at a frequency 45 years, thus appearing twice a century. They clearly connect to how markets (consumers/citizens) with their cultures. An oversimplified view would indicate these waves tie into liberal versus conservative camps within society, but that view of society also takes a too simple view, ignoring that one may take fiscally conservative, but socially liberal stances. Nonetheless, liberal/conservative represents a good starting point. Saturn and Carrying CapacitySaturn-NeptuneSaturn & UnpredictabilityDescartesSaturn's Distance Defined Saturn-PlutoGenerations and SubgenerationsSaturn's VisibilityFor thousands, probably thousands, Saturn represented the end of our solar system. This solar system. From what history tells us, to humans this solar system acted like it looked with the planets revolving around the earth. Once, using mathematics and telescopes, humans altered their view of the solar system, they opened the way to finding the other planets and objects beyond Saturn. In fact, a brief moment after 'natural philosophers' after about 1650 when heliocentric motion gained acceptance, Uranus crossed the lens of an astronomer. This was around 1690, but since discovering planets took some experience, the astronomer failed to note the body's importance. It took until 1783 before astronomers recognized Uranus' place in our solar system and the universe. It's discovery, detailed above, Saturn at Work: The Next Step