What is transit in astrology. Transits of planets
Sources: Bernadette Brady. Marion March and Joan McEvers.
The transit, being a completely new energy that a person encounters, is perceived as so foreign to the conscious mind that it is quickly projected into the outer world so that the conscious mind can safely view it. From this safe observer position, the conscious mind can desensitize itself to this energy and, over time, internalize this alien type of energy brought by the transit.
The significance of transits depends on personal factors such as free will, attitude and approach to life, health, age and general outlook on life.
The interpretation of transits must be combined with other transit aspects operating at the same time, as well as with natal, progressed and directional aspects. The actual aspect formed by the transiting planet is less important than understanding the characteristics of the planets in contact with each other and what this combination can promise and how to resolve it most constructively.
Any forward movement in the horoscope can only bring you what is already promised in the natal chart.
Transits are universal, i.e. the transiting planet at any given time will have a certain zodiac position, and this position will be the same for everyone. If a planet changes its zodiac sign, the entire globe will experience the energy of that planet moving into a new sign. If a planet becomes direct or retrograde, this also happens on a universal level. That. zodiacal information about the sign of a transiting planet, the direction of its movement and aspects to other transiting planets is not of great significance for a given person if the planet does not aspect his chart.
Transits affect us not only on an external level. Our reactions to transits, progressions or directions can be felt on any or all levels because we must not forget that the ultimate criterion is always free will. If you want to be unhappy, then you will be so, no matter what happens to you astrologically, psychologically or physically. If you want to live a positive life, you will succeed no matter how many stumbling blocks you encounter along the way.
Each important event will have several aspects(these can be aspects of progressed, directional or transit planets), but not every aspect will indicate an important event.
Only slow-moving planets, starting with Jupiter, can warn us in advance of activity in the horoscope; fast-moving planets may narrow down the timing to a specific week or day.
Don't worry too much about the kind of aspects formed (conjunction, trine, square, etc.); rather focus on the possible positive or negative uses of the combination of planets and the houses and signs involved.
When you work with transits, you will realize that the so-called difficult aspects seem to be more effective than trines or sextiles. People tend to take all the pleasant events for granted, but complain about every little difficulty.
Any event (transit) has three phases:
Beginning, reason; at first you have the origins of the situation. Because of these events, other events described by the transit will occur.
The event itself: Then you have an underlying theme of transit.
Consequences of the event: on end you have consequences - what was affected by the event, the result of the event.
Transits to planets
Then:
Cause: the top row (the natal position of the planets involved in the transit) can usually be considered as the area of life where the event originates.
Action: the middle row (the house through which the transiting planet moves) is the arena where the main event takes place.
Consequence: the bottom row (houses of the natal chart, ruled by the planets involved in the transit) are the areas of life affected by the consequences of the transit, i.e. result.
Transits to Angles: passage of a transit planet through the Cross of Matter. When a transit connection is formed from any of these points, this energy is applied directly to that corner point, focusing on the problems of that house. All aspects to angles, except the connection, relate to Asc and MC.
Table:
Transit sorting
Frequency rule: The frequency of transit occurrence is inversely proportional to its influence. The slower a planet moves in its orbit around the Sun, the more significant the effect it has when it forms a transit to the natal chart.
Rule of movement: The speed of a natal planet or point is directly proportional to its reaction to receiving the transit. Transits to personal planets and the Cross of Matter have a more significant effect compared to transits to planets starting from Mars. The only exception is Saturn: any transit of Saturn to any of the radix points is very significant.
Aspect Rule: The smaller the harmonic (the number by which 360 is divided to get an aspect) of an aspect, the greater its influence in transits.
Aspect Strength:
1. Union and opposition.
2. Square and trine.
Z. Semisquare, sesquiquadratic and sextile.
4. Quikons.
Retrograde movement of transits
A transit is technically in an orbit from the moment of first exact contact until the moment of last exact contact with a particular degree and minute of the natal planet or point. Events that begin during the formation of a transit will take the entire duration of the transit before reaching completion.
The number of transit interactions with the natal point has a certain meaning, because it represents the number of times (and/or length of time) that fate deems necessary to learn a particular lesson that is critical to personal development.
The first passage of the transit symbolizes observation: the recording of something that is not in our consciousness, it is observed for the first time, in order to later become part of our conscious knowledge. Therefore, the first contact of an aspect can be the greatest shock.
The second phase symbolizes learning - awareness or recognition: recognition of the issue and our role in it, not yet accompanied by an understanding of what to do with it or how to manage it, but only recognition that it exists and is going to become part of our life - this can be very difficult phase of transit.
The third contact of the transit is assimilation: the energy that was once so unfamiliar, foreign and unsettling appears to blend into the background of other everyday memories, resources and experiences.
At the first contact of a particular transit, events occur that are beyond personal experience. At second contact, the person does something that will allow him to incorporate these events into his world. And the third contact is a period of assimilation, a time when the current problems of the transit are no longer a problem, but fade into the background, successfully connecting with the person's life.
If the transit is long and consists of five contacts, then it is possible that the second stage of “training” will take longer. This means that there will be difficulties in adapting to the new situation caused by the transit. If the transit is short - as is the case with some Jupiter and Saturn transits, which may only have one contact lasting no more than a week - this is an indication that the person has already internalized this information before. The real transit issues that need to be worked out will be very mild with very few, if any, consequences.
Transit orbs:
standard orb - 1 degree.
modifications based on experience: orb - 12 minutes of arc.
Movement:
a) if the transiting planet approaches the natal point, comes within 13 minutes of arc from the natal point, but becomes retrograde before the aspect becomes exact, the person does not begin to experience transit at this time. The transiting planet must be within 12 arc minutes before its impact is felt.
b) when the transiting planet last passes through the natal point, even if it is still within 12 minutes of arc, aspect completed.
Exceptions:
a) When during transit movement, Saturn changes direction and begins to move towards the natal point - and in this direct movement it will reach an exact aspect to the natal point - then This start of transit. If the transit is already in orbit, then periods of change of direction are also periods of climax. Those. when Saturn becomes direct and is about to move forward a few degrees past the natal point, the transit will be in the orbit from the day it became direct.
b) Uranus transits are accurate, and events usually occur on precision days.
Transits and karma. Stefan Arroyo. Marion March and Joan McEvers.
During any transit, we can either sow the seeds of new karma or reap karma that was previously activated.
In most cases, it is impossible to know whether we are simply dealing with past karma or creating new karma that we will deal with in the future, or whether it is a mixture of both. We must therefore approach all experience with the assumption that we are creating new karma, and therefore use some degree of caution when situations seem to require it. But if our the best efforts fail to keep us away from a particular predicament or activity that we perceive as having a negative impact on our spiritual growth, we may assume that it is past karma that is “ripe” to be paid.
While there is no definitive way to know whether a person is reaping karma or sowing new seeds, there is a general difference among transits that needs to be pointed out. Transits of Saturn and Pluto are very often times of harvest, periods when we are confronted with the results of past actions and thoughts.
In fact, because of this, Saturn has been known for centuries as the "planet of karma", since its transits often correspond to apparently predetermined events. Pluto transits often show a somewhat similar pattern of experience that not only seems predetermined, but is often completely incomprehensible.
Transits of Jupiter and Uranus, on the other hand, very often correspond to a time of seeding, when potential future developments are revealed to us. We receive directions and directives for further development, the implementation of which will take years and decades. The house positions of transiting Jupiter and Saturn are of fundamental importance because they reveal so much about the structure, quality and rhythm of a person's cyclical participation in society as a whole.
Key notes of transit influence:
Pluto brings to the surface and transforms, often completely ending the old form of life or expression.
Transiting Pluto moves so slowly that its significance is not much different from the significance of progressed or directional planets; its aspects are in the orbit for almost three years. Pluto sows the seeds of change and transformation - but the actual germination of these seeds may come later. Often when one of the fast moving transiting planets activates an area that was previously affected by Pluto. Pluto stands for strength, intensity, concentrated long-lasting energy, rebirth, transformation, the ability to start over and rebuild, the desire to do things on a large scale and the energy of the masses; but it can also mean coups, obsession, brute force, dramatic change and a criminal element.
Neptune undermines, dissolves, sensitizes, improves and spiritualizes. Can mean insight or illusion, idealism or seeing everything in a rosy light, inspiration, imagination and creative thinking. It may represent your sense of compassion, your intuition, or your perceptions being so clouded that you can easily fall prey to fraudulent schemes or get caught up in deception. This is the most elusive of all the planets, and your ability to use Neptunian principles positively or fall prey to them depends on your degree of self-awareness.
Uranus accelerates the rhythms of nature, hastening change; destroys, revolutionizes and brings to awareness what was below the threshold of consciousness. Archetypally it symbolizes unexpected changes, sudden passions, spiritual awakening, intellectual stimulation, intuition, originality, inspiration and divine dissatisfaction. When used positively, its vibrations can symbolize heightened creative thinking, an increased understanding of metaphysical issues, and a sublime enjoyment of the unusual, unexpected and sudden. For those who try to maintain the status quo, the influence of Uranus can seem overwhelming. People with strong Earth/Water charts who are conservative and seek reliability may be frightened by sudden changes or impulsive actions. Air/fire signs seem to be attracted to variety. For those people who never count to ten and like to take risks with confidence, the influence of Uranus can be excessive. These people may act too impulsively, too hastily and carelessly, or simply behave in completely erratic ways.
Saturn slows down the rhythm of nature, thus concentrating your experience; compresses, confronts a person with a realistic approach to life. The sphere transiting Saturn is well suited to laying new foundations and starting positive construction in some direction. Negative use of Saturn principles can mean feelings of renunciation, limitation and disappointment. You may experience career difficulties, physical weakness, separation, too much responsibility, and even grief.
Jupiter opens the door to new plans, aspirations and improvements; sets you up for future opportunities; encourages expansion into new areas of experience. Denotes areas of expansion and expansion, including physical areas (urge to overeat with resultant weight gain when transiting Jupiter aspects Asc or Sun). In the archetype it represents prosperity and success, patronage, cooperation, luck, gifts, growth, desire to learn, possible trips or trips to foreign countries, issues related to religion and law. Jupiter is considered a "benefic" planet and has a wonderful reputation, but unless you understand your natal Jupiter and have worked with Jupiterian energy, the transit itself cannot work miracles. The wonderful feeling of ease associated with Jupiter can just as quickly turn into self-indulgence or a tendency to overindulge in food, drink, drugs, entertainment, gambling, idleness and other “fun” things.
Mars disrupts the normal rhythm of nature, imparting energy to it and encouraging action; often makes a person impatient and temperamental. It acquires greater significance in all events related to the physical body. Mars energy is important for feelings of self-confidence, desire for achievement, sense of timing, stamina and sexual desires. Many astrologers do not take transit Mars into account in their annual forecasts. Some point out the houses it passes through, others mention certain aspects that need to be treated with caution. Since this generally means difficult or stressful aspects, it can create certain conditions in the client, as if your prediction is causing the event to happen - or, by becoming part of the client's consciousness, can be realized. This is one of the ethical problems that all astrologers face - to speak or not to speak. If you speak and a “possible” unfortunate event occurs, have you, as an astrologer, caused it to happen? If you don't speak up and an unfortunate event occurs, could it have been avoided by warning the client? There are no clear answers. You must follow your conscience: pay special attention to the client's position.
Venus harmonizes, smoothes the flow of experience and expression of human energy. Sometimes corresponds to good news or a feeling of release from tension. Can highlight pleasures, social affairs, your popularity, love relationships, material resources and values. When it is moving retrograde, you may find it wise to put off buying some very expensive or large items. This doesn't mean that something terrible will necessarily happen to you, but often some minor troubles will pop up that could have been avoided. When making an annual forecast, you don't have to worry about Venus transits, but you should check its movement if your client has a specific question related to a specific need or day.
Mercury rarely important, but sometimes corresponds to communications and meetings that are significant. Relates to contacts, communications, correspondence, buying and selling, transport and training. Most astrologers advise clients not to make new expensive purchases (car, house, etc.) or sign contracts while Mercury is in retrophase. We must realize that through free will we can concentrate on not losing important papers and not allowing ourselves to lose mental peace. The Mercury retrograde period can be an excellent time to clear out remaining tasks, pay outstanding bills, finish unfinished business, and clarify confusing concepts. This is a good period for research, writing, and anything that requires deep thought. If a person has retro Mercury in the radix, during the transit retrophase things will go well for him, he will have clearer thinking. In the annual forecast, it is appropriate to indicate to clients the periods of Mercury retrograde so that they can accordingly build your plans .
Sun and moon must be taken together as a whole; The position of the new moon is the most important as it excites everything it aspects. The Full Moon can also aspect the natal planets. Since the Sun can represent your energy level, will to live, chances of success or failure, your ego or any dealings with superiors or authority figures, its transit aspects are especially important when considering favorable work and career opportunities, problems with health or when it comes to surgery. Once a year, near your birthday, the Sun returns to its natal position and activates all natal aspects of the Sun. This is an excellent time to continue working on any unresolved natal issues and to face challenges that you have previously avoided.
Key notes of planets activated by transits:
Pluto. Transits to natal Pluto affect the use of a person's inner strength and resources. Sometimes a psychic experience is evident, other times various compulsive patterns of thinking and behavior are activated. Transits to Pluto are often unclear to those who have little awareness of their inner life. These transits sometimes mark the end of an entire chapter of life (especially if the transiting planet is Saturn, Uranus or Neptune), leaving behind only an empty shell and distant memories.
Neptune. Transits to natal Neptune are especially important for spiritually oriented people. Since Neptune itself represents a state of extreme passivity, it must be activated by other planets (especially Saturn, Uranus, Pluto or the New Moon) in order to manifest strongly and constructively. These transits will be a time of transformation or definition of a person's ideals, a confrontation with expansionism, or an increase in psychic sensitivity. When Neptune is activated by Saturn or Pluto, a moderate crisis often occurs, because both encourage the integration of a person's ideals or the purification of escapist tendencies and self-deception. Often during such transits, some circumstance causes us to turn our attention to something that we would like to ignore. Often, but by no means always, there is a sexual problem (especially with transiting Pluto), as Western culture seems to specialize in self-delusion, unrealistic ideals, hypocrisy in this area of experience, because... Western culture does not have any life myth or other way of understanding the connection between sexual energy and spiritual reality.
Uranus. Transits to natal Uranus affect how free a person feels, how they express their uniqueness and originality, and how they deal with restlessness and desires for change and excitement. These transits also have an impact on any new risky ventures the person enters into. A person's concept of what really constitutes independence often undergoes an important change when Uranus is activated by transiting Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune or Pluto.
Saturn. Transits to natal Saturn can influence a person's entire life structure and all his long-term aspirations, but the emphasis usually falls on the area of life that is most associated with a sense of material security. Consequently, everything that constitutes a person's work, professional activity or daily activities is most often the focus of these changes; and this just as much includes the role of homemaker and mother as any role in the professional world. While the transit of Jupiter to Saturn often corresponds to an improvement or expansion of a person's professional situation, the transit of Uranus, Neptune or Pluto is often perceived as a period of marked uncertainty and uncertainty about work and social status.
Jupiter. Transits to natal Jupiter primarily affect a person's future plans and aspirations, whether it affects business or financial ventures, educational or travel plans, or the general direction of a person's efforts for self-improvement through religious, philosophical or metaphysical activities. Transits of the four outer planets to Jupiter often have the effect of significantly changing a person's future plans and his awareness of his true potential.
Mars. Transits to natal Mars feel like changes in the way you assert your rights and the methods you use to achieve your goals. Increased clarity about whether What would you like(except during a Neptune transit), as well as a noticeable change in the flow of your physical and sexual energy. For men, this is often a striking change in their sense of strength and confidence in their masculinity; both sexes often experience an increased sense of competence and ability to assert their own desires.
Venus. Transits to natal Venus are experienced as changes in one or a number of areas: relationships and emotional activities, financial affairs, aesthetic tastes and personal values. These transits also directly correspond to how happy and content a person feels in everyday life. For both sexes there is often a noticeable change in their feelings of attractiveness and self-control; women often experience important changes in the development of their sexuality and confidence in their femininity.
Mercury. The importance of Mercury transits is often underestimated because they do not usually correspond to direct radical changes in circumstances or particularly painful crises. However, since transits to Mercury affect the way a person thinks and expresses his perceptions, they should be given as much attention as any other important transits. Especially when Mercury is aspected by the five outer planets, there is a powerful influence on the way the conscious mind functions, in many cases leading ultimately to a completely different attitude towards life (even though the changes may be subtle and not directly obvious to others) and/ or to involvement in a new skill or field of study.
Sun. Any transit to the natal Sun can be important, even transits of Venus, Mercury and Mars, since everything that the Sun aspects directly comes to your immediate consciousness. These transits most often affect the way you try to express yourself in a confident and integrated way, also impacting your creativity and sense of well-being. They are important in your overall attitude towards life and in your way of expressing your whole self; they also have a direct impact on your physical vitality.
Moon. Transits to the natal Moon influence how a person feels about himself, how comfortable he is with himself and his current life situation, how he views his connections with children, parents, family life or other areas related to his “roots”. Safety and security factors are predominant in the person's mind at this time, and he is often preoccupied with thoughts of where he belongs (i.e., where the person feels truly comfortable). Women often develop a new awareness of their femininity and its implications for their future plans. Both men and women, however, have the opportunity at this time to heighten their awareness of their lunar nature: soft, yielding and nurturing qualities.
If the planet is the ruler of the Asc, Sun or Moon Sign, the influence will almost always be greater than if that planet is relatively unrelated to important themes in the chart.
Any connection with Asc or Dsc one of the five superior planets in transit is usually important, often dramatic and immediate with lasting consequences. Such transits not only affect your approach to life in general and your confidence in who you are, but also your health and vitality levels.
May 23, 2009Once upon a time, astrology was the privilege of those in power. Kings and pharaohs consulted astrologers not because they were fascinated by the complexities of human nature, but because they wanted to know the future. They needed to decide:
- when to start a war and when to create an alliance;
- when to stock up on grain and when to build a temple;
- when to get married or when to run away from town.
In short, they wanted to know how to live, and astrology managed to provide them with some answers.
Today, each of us can take advantage of this benefit - drink from the cup of wisdom of the ancient science of astrology. Part of it is in your natal chart. You can also get a lot of information from the current positions of the planets.
Transiting planets- This is the location of the planets at a given moment in time. As transiting planets travel through the Zodiac, they come into contact with the planets of your birth, promoting changes in your life, giving you certain opportunities and stimulating the occurrence of events.
Is transiting Saturn conjunct your Venus? Prepare to fight depression. Transiting Uranus crossing your midheaven point? Career changes await you. Every time a planet in the sky forms an aspect to a planet or angle in your natal chart, it affects different parts of your soul.
Unfortunately, this article is not large enough for us to analyze all transits. Let's ignore transit squares (they bring stress), sextiles and trines (they help). And in general, we will not mention the aspects created by transit Venus, Mercury or the Sun. These planets move so fast that their influence is fleeting. True, the Moon scrolls through the Zodiac so quickly that it breaks all imaginable records in this race. But it is so close to the Earth that we constantly feel its influence.
We will talk about such slow-moving planets as Mars (it floats around the Zodiac for two whole years) and Jupiter (it takes six times longer), Saturn and Uranus, Neptune and Pluto, which move even more slowly. We will only look at the conjunction and opposition of these planets, transiting Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto, to your natal Sun, Moon, planets, ascendant and midheaven.
The easiest way to understand their influence is to make a copy of your natal chart and place the transiting planets around it. The inner circle represents the natal chart, and the outer circle shows the position of the transiting planets.
In order to find out exactly the location of transiting planets and whether they are within the orb of conjunction or aspect to the planets of your birth, you need to get professional advice by surfing the Internet, or, much better, purchase an astrological calendar from which you will find out the exact location of the planets .
Transit aspects of planets in examples
Anne Moreau Lindbergh was the author of 14 books, the mother of six children, and the wife of the aviator, Charles Lindbergh, who crossed the Atlantic in 1927 and immediately became a national hero (though his reputation was later tarnished when he accepted an award from the Nazi government). But even with such a husband, it is not surprising that Anne gained fame on her own merits, which is exactly what you would expect from a person whose tenth house is as packed as hers.
After Charles Lindbergh's triumphant flight, he was appointed Goodwill Ambassador to Latin America. In December 1927, he visited Mexico City, where he met Anna, the daughter of an American diplomat. A year and a half later they got married. Anne's chart (center), surrounded by transits during her time with Charles. Note that Jupiter, the planet of opportunity, and Uranus, the planet of surprises and sudden events, are conjunct in her seventh house of marriage. Any astrologer could conclude that Anna would soon meet some very unusual person.
The inner card is the birth card. Planets on the outer circle reflect transits.
A year and a half later, when Uranus was still in Anna’s seventh house, the young people got married. Almost three years after this event, the Lindbergh couple's 20-month-old son was kidnapped and murdered. This kidnapping went down in history as the “kidnapping of the century,” and was even more terrible than the O. J. Simpson case.
Note that Saturn, the planet of limitations, is now in her fifth house of children, and Uranus, the planet of surprises, is in her eighth house of death and transformation. We must emphasize that these two transits did not necessarily initiate such an extremely rare and tragic event. After all, everyone with an ascendant around 21° Libra also has similar transits. The natal chart shows the potential (probability) of an event that can happen. There is no doubt about it: the close opposition of natal Uranus to the natal Sun, Mars and Neptune clearly indicates the possibility of violence. Transits affect the potential of her card.
Exploring planetary transits
To trace your transits, you first need to make a copy of the blank chart. Place the icons of the planets located at the time of your birth in a large circle in the center, and along the outer edge indicate the position of the transit ones; read the relevant article to interpret the result. When you study the dual chart you created, you will find a lot of different transits.
- Question: Which ones do you need to pay special attention to?
The rule is that the transits that have the strongest impact are those of the slowest planets - Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. Depending on the increase in the speed of movement of the planets, the influence of their transits weakens. The aspects that are created by the faster planets are interesting but fleeting. Aspects created by slower transiting planets to slower natal planets (such as Uranus opposing Pluto or Neptune conjunct Saturn) impact an entire generation and may be almost unnoticeable. But the aspects that "slow" transiting planets make to your personal natals - Pluto conjunct your Moon, Uranus conjunct your Sun, etc. - will write entire chapters in the book of your life.
People seriously interested in astrology often come across such a scientific term as transits. We’ll look at what this is in our next publication. You will also learn about the basic principles of predictions, retrograde movement and the impact of transits on our lives.
An important part of scientific astrology
Any astrological forecasts (for a year, a month or a day) are made based on transits. What does transit mean? In astrology, this term is usually used to refer to the aspects that form the relationship between the position of stars and planets at the birth of a person with the current state of the cosmogram. In order to find out this, it is necessary to draw up a picture that reflects the position of the planets and stars at the moment of a person’s birth. To obtain information, in addition to the exact date of birth (down to minutes), you need to know the region (latitude and longitude). As a person grows older, the position of the planets in the zodiac circle changes. Thus, planetary transits influence our destinies.
How are transits taken into account in predictions?
From now on we will call the natal planet (the one that influenced you at birth) the natal house. The event itself, which is about to happen, consists of three stages. It originates from the natal position of the planets involved in the transit. Then the main event occurs, and only then the person experiences the consequences of the influence of the transit (result). Astrologers connect planets not only through the house, but also through the sign itself. Moreover, a transit planet may have greater or lesser strength depending on its influence in the natal horoscope.
What types of transits are there?
We have already found out what transits are. Now let's talk about their differences. Fast-moving celestial bodies that influence our lives are usually called personal planets. These include Mars, Mercury, Venus, Sun and Moon. They are responsible for a person's character. Slowly moving planets (Saturn, Jupiter) are responsible for the sociality of a particular individual.
Another group, consisting of Neptune, Uranus and Pluto, directs its power to profound changes in consciousness. All celestial bodies in the zodiac circle pass through hemispheres, divided into sectors depending on the cardinal directions. Also, each planet has a direct or retrograde period of motion. Moreover, transits of planets in astrology are deeply influenced by retrograde (trying to go backwards) movement. An exception to this list may be Venus, which itself has a reverse rotation.
How an event is formed
Now let’s learn more about what predictive astrology is. Transits during the first contact form the situation and are a prerequisite for its occurrence. As we said earlier, the retrograde movement of planets is important for the formation of a particular event. That is why the second aspect, which gives rise to the development of an event, is most often associated with retrograde. This gives the situation strength, momentum, acceleration. As you understand, the third contact ends the event, and the person has to make one decision or another.
Aspect Connections
The heroes of our today's publication are transits. What are trines, squares, conjunctions and other predictive methods? Let's talk about this briefly right now. While slow-moving planets can warn us of an event, an "invasion" by Mercury, the Moon or Mars can narrow the timing of an event down to the day. The type of aspects formed may include the conjunction of two celestial bodies, three (trines), four (quadratures) or more.
It doesn’t really matter how many celestial bodies influence your situation (conjunction and opposition are considered the strongest). Focus your mind on the possible consequences. If the proposed event has a pronounced positive imprint, accumulate energy to move forward. If the stars promise negative consequences, be extremely careful in your actions, statements and even thoughts. Paradoxically, sometimes the most difficult aspects seem to be the most effective. A person is programmed to be positive and does not see anything out of the ordinary in it. It is customary to struggle with difficulties; as a rule, this brings results.
Predictive methods
Now let's talk about what progressions and transits are in astrology. We have already learned that transit is the main aspect involved in the predictive method. In addition, there are additional methods that are no less important, but more subjective. These include solar and lunar returns (progressions), intensified by transits. Astrologers are very fond of using detailed charts based on the symbolic location and movement of the planets. This card is called progressive. The progressions themselves (secondary directions) are built on the principle of similarity. The main pair of the cycle is day and year (solar cycle) or day and month (lunar cycle).
Versatility of aspects
At a given period of time, the transiting planet has a certain position in the sky. This means that it will influence the situation equally for everyone. When the zodiac sign changes, all earthlings experience the energy of a transit planet. The same can be said about the influence of directness or retrograde. All of the above aspects are universal if they do not appear in the natal chart.
Fate teaches a lesson
Transits of planets in astrology are in an orb (interval) from the moment of first contact to the last. In this case, a specific degree, minute of the natal planet and even a point are taken into account. A transit can interact with the natal point several times. Fate allocates this number (or length of time) for a person to learn a specific lesson. Moreover, the better the information is assimilated, the higher the personal development of the individual.
As we have already said, the influence of transits occurs in three contacts or phases. The first encounter with an event (observation) can be a huge shock, because the person has never experienced it before. The second phase, when awareness of what happened occurs, is usually compared to learning. At this stage, a person develops an understanding of the situation and thoughts about managing his actions. Astrologers say that the second phase of transit is the most difficult, because it is during this period that a person needs to look for solutions or ways out. The third contact of transit (not always the last) forms the assimilation of the material. Once foreign energy merges with daily memories and transforms into internal resources or experiences.
In our today's publication, we get acquainted with such an astrological concept as transits. We have already learned what this is. Now let's delve a little deeper into the theory and look at some interesting facts. Sometimes the transit can be long in time, which means it can consist of five contacts. In this case, at the learning stage, a person will have to “consolidate” the material. Sometimes short-term aspects are observed, especially under the influence of Jupiter and Saturn. In this case, one contact is formed, and the information has already been learned by the person earlier. You can consider such a transit as a reminder.
There are so-called planets of karma - Saturn and Pluto. But if events are clearly predetermined, then the transits of a dwarf planet act in an almost incomprehensible, mystical way. During periods of influence of these planets, a person reaps previously activated karma. This means that we are dealing with previously formed thoughts and actions. In addition, you can form karma yourself, or, as astrologers say, “sow seeds.” All created developments can be successfully used in the future. Thus, the transits of Jupiter and Uranus coincide with the so-called sowing time. “What goes around comes around” is an absolutely true folk wisdom. During this period, a person discovers his potential for future development.
Our publication has already mentioned transits and quadrants (quarters of the zodiac circle). The quadrants are divided into astronomical spring, summer, autumn and winter. Each period has three zodiac signs, starting with Aries. The spring quadrant symbolizes childhood with the dominant Ceres. People with a highlighted first quadrant in the natal horoscope definitely need a mentor. The second period with dominant Mercury represents youth, the third with dominant Chiron represents maturity, and the fourth (Neptune) represents old age. So, if a person has an autumn quadrant highlighted in his natal chart, he can become a pessimist in life, but only reveal his maximum potential in old age.
Conclusion
In our today's publication on astrology, we looked at concepts such as transits, what aspects are and how they form predictions. We hope our article was useful to you.
In this post I wanted to summarize my knowledge on reading transits. It might be useful to someone else. (Example from my life).
Transit structure. Cause -> Effect.
The transit planet is the reason. It carries all the natal information: position, control, aspects. The circumstances of the transit take shape in the house through which the transiting planet passes (in projection onto the natal).
The planet receiving the transit is a consequence. It is something that changes under the influence of a cause. The position of the host planet in the house is the sphere of transformation, the place where events unfold. Acquiring new qualities during the transit period, the aspected planet transfers them to its possessions, i.e. to the house she manages.
Example: Transiting Pluto conjunct natal Uranus-Venus in the 9th house.
Natal Venus rules the 3rd and 4th houses and is in the 9th conjunct natal Uranus, co-ruler of the 1st. Thus, the natal chart contains the formula for expansion, improvement (9th house), living conditions (4th house) and relocation (1-3-4-9).
Pluto in natal is responsible for changes, for expanding opportunities, for social assistance from the state (as the ruler of the 9th, 10th in the 8th), for improving living conditions (as the dispositor of Uranus-Venus).
Pluto, transiting through the 9th conjunction with Uranus-Venus, includes the formula for moving and expanding living space.
That. Pluto is the reason - social assistance from the state.
Uranus-Venus - consequence - moving and improving living conditions.
Two components of transit.
For ease of interpretation, you can decompose the transit into 2 components, and then synthesize the results obtained:
1
Psychological. Each of the planets participating in the transit has its own principle, its own psychology (taking into account the very principle of the planet and its position in the sign in the natal chart). The transit planet modifies the natal one, transmitting its qualities to it at the time of transit.
2. Event-based. Possible events are predicted in accordance with active houses without the psychological coloring of the planets. Those. the principle of the planet itself is not taken into account, the emphasis is placed on a bunch of houses, from which a formula of possible events is formed.
Next, you need to link one to the other, determine possible events and their emotional overtones.
Let's take the same example of movingEvent-baseddescribed above. PsychologicallyThe natal principles of Venus, Uranus in Scorpio and Pluto in Libra are at work:Deep emotional changes and experiences, separation from the former circle of friends,new girlfriends, etc. Thus, the move was accompanied by a complex internal transformation, experiences associated with a change in situation and environment. (The conjunction of transit Lilith with Venus aggravated the emotional state for some time, but that was so long ago, I definitely won’t be able to reproduce it; I was 11 years old).
Transit aspects to the natal chart.
A conclusion about the nature of transit aspectation must be made in accordance with the natal chart. Those. We look at whether there is a connection between transiting active planets in the natal chart and the nature of this connection. If there is no such connection in the natal, then the nature of the transit is determined by the transit aspect:
Trine, sextile - harmonious.
Square, opposition - tense.
The connection manifests itself in different ways - 50X50.
If in the natal chart there is a harmonious connection between the planets participating in the transit, then a tense transit creates temporary difficulties, great expenditure of effort, and fatigue, but the result does not carry serious negative consequences. If there is a tense connection in the natal, then the transit includes the problem, realizing it in events. It is worth noting that people do not always perceive stressful aspects as a problem; for some people this pace of life is familiar and they can achieve good results in the conditions of a persistent struggle for a place in the sun. But as a rule, this is still a difficult time and the consequences are noticeable.
In the above example, the conjunction of transiting Pluto gave outwardly positive events (a new spacious apartment), but internally a tense time of change, longing for the former environment. There is no major aspect connection between planets in the natal chart. There is only a dispositional connection and semi-sextile of Pluto and Uranus-Venus.
Repeated transit.
Let’s say that in the transit chart (not in the projection onto the natal chart) there is an aspect of the planets that are interconnected in the natal chart, but the transit itself does not affect the natal planets. This means that some events will happen in the lives of other people and will not leave you indifferent; you can react to them very personally, although you yourself are not a direct participant in them.
When we establish what events may occur, it is necessary to determine the predisposition to any event (more than 1 marriage, death of a child, etc.) using the radix (i.e., birth chart). That is, first we need to determine what kind of events can occur. Events that are not indicated in the radix cannot occur. Planets in houses, almutens speak about life events. All this information must be written down and based on it, work with radix.
Apart from these events, nothing can happen to a person. The radix determines predispositions to events, but not the form and time of events. For example, if there is no indication of marriage in the radix, but the current situation is such that there may be a marriage, then this will mean that the situation will be realized at a different level (the person will take a mistress, or the marriage will not take place). If a person is planning a social rise, but there is no indication of this in the radix, then the person will not receive anything except a bonus or the 13th salary.
What should one focus on when determining the time of an event? To do this, we need to take into account the transits of the planets, i.e. their actual movement from the time of our birth until our death, i.e. we need to look at the ephemeris tables and compare the position of the planets today with the position of the planets in the radix.
After our birth, the planets do not stand still, they move throughout the Zodiac. They transit through the houses of the radix, the places of planets in the radix and through the aspect points of these planets, i.e. they will constantly influence it, and we will constantly experience the influence of the transits of these planets. Conjunctions of transiting planets with radical daughters speak about the most important events of our life (when they pass through their radical places, or through the places of other planets).
Transits- this is the most difficult thing in astrology, because a lot of factors must be taken into account.
First of all, we need to determine which planets are responsible for which events, i.e., we first need to determine the rulers of the houses. Situations associated with a given house are always favorable in cases where transit planets line up around this house. Let's say A2 (almuten of the second house) - . Therefore, there will be an improvement in the financial situation only when the planets do not afflict the transiting Mars and there are favorable indicators in the second house or auspicious. Favorable indicators are considered to be “friends” and “good” radix planets. Let us point out an important rule that helps you deal with transits.
Fast planets influence earlier years of life (Moon, Mercury, Venus). And in later years they are complementary factors. The influence of distant planets increases closer to old age.
