Transits

Transits are the most vivid method of forecasting: the real, living motion of the planets in the current second of time. “Saturn has entered a new sign” or “tomorrow Mercury goes retrograde” — that is transits. The method lays the chart of the current sky over the birth chart: transit planets travel through your houses and touch the natal planets, creating triggers for events. Transits are the circumstances around you: calls from the boss, sudden breakdowns, changing rules, the mood of those nearby. Fast planets (the Moon, Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars) sweep across the chart in days and weeks — everyday events and mood swings; slow ones (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto) walk the houses for years — global changes, trials, and great gifts of fate. The canon is honest: a transit rarely creates a major event alone — it is the trigger button; if a big event has ripened in the directions, it is a fast transit that sets the exact date.

Metaphor: destiny is a theatre, and the natal chart is its building. Directions are the play's script, progressions are the actor's inner readiness. Transits are the scenery, the special effects and the call to begin: they set the conditions on stage and give the signal “it's time to step out”.

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