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What are the planetary transits ?
The continuous movement of planets around the Sun, at different speeds, causes that every day exists in our Solar System a combination of planetary positions unique.
A Natal Charts is a symbolic representation of the positions of planets in the sky, in a while determined in the time: our birth.

When we compare the planetary positions at any time of our life, with those of our birth, we obtain a picture that shows the tone and the quality of our integration with the cosmos at that moment. This technique of astrological prediction is denominated Transits.
Since we know the trajectories and speeds of planets, we can know its exact position, and therefore the interrelation with our Natal Chart, at any time: past, present or future.

Horoscope of transits shows where are the planets at a moment in relation to the position that they occupied at the time of birth. The transits of the Sun, Moon, Mercurio and Venus are those of smaller importance since they last little: only hours in the case of the Moon, and few days in the others. From Mars to Pluto the planets have greater periods of revolution and their effects in the houses can be noticed some months or, in the case of Jupiter, even a year or more.
Jupiter takes 12 years to turn around the Sun, Saturn takes 29 years, Uranus 84 years, Neptune 168 years and Pluto needs 248 years to cross the complete zodiac.
The transits of slow planets (Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto) indicate critic periods . In the case of Neptune and Pluto its period of activity usually lasts more of a year.
Any transit of these planets notices times keys of learning, lessons that appear through change and of the crisis. The best way to confront a crisis is to glimpse the meaning and “to cooperate with the inevitable”. Old the Chinese called to a crisis wei-chi, a combination of the words wei (danger) and chi (opportunity). We can consider a crisis like a tragedy, that there is to avoid whatever the cost, or a little while decisive that offers the opportunity to change and to evolve - and pass more in the school of the life.


 


Types of transits: by aspect, by house.


We call aspect in astrology to the angle formed between two points of the Zodiac. The most important aspects are:

Conjunction 0°
Sextil 60°
Square 90°
Trine 120°
Opposition 180°.
Example: if your natal Mars is at 25° of Virgo and Jupiter today is at 25° of Piscis, the opposed sign, it means that today you have a transit by aspect: Jupiter "in transit" makes opposition to your natal Mars.

The transits by house take place when a planet in transit is within the limits of the house.

 

What's the Orb


The orb indicates the force and intensity of the influence of the transit. Minor orb indicates the greater influence. Technically the orb of an aspect is the deviation of its exact angle. When the orb is ZERO the aspect is EXACT, then it reaches his strongest influence possible.

For example: your natal Mars is at 25° of Virgo and Jupiter today is at 27° of Piscis, the angle among them is of 178°. As the angle of exact opposition is 180° the deviation is of 2°, for that reason we say that Jupiter in transit makes opposition to your natal Mars with an ORB of 2°.

In order to interpret a natal chart orbs of until 8° can be admitted, but for the transits the orbs usually do not admit majors to 2°.


In most reports the time period for a transit is given as:

Jupiter square Saturn: April 1, 2012 (from Feb 15, 2012 to May 15, 2012)

"Jupiter square Saturn" means that during the given dates "transiting Jupiter" is squaring your "natal Saturn". That is to say, the first factor that appears is always the transiting planet (present position of the planet in the zodiac), while the second component of the pair is "natal", or the position it was in the zodiac at your birth.

That transit starts in mid-February, reaches greatest intensity around April 1, and ends in mid-May.
The first date listed is the time when the influence has reached maximum strength; we can call this date the "peak date".
The influence starts on the beginning date (Orb=2º), gradually increases in strength until the peak date is reached (Orb=0º), and then it gradually fades out until the ending date is reached (Orb=2º).

You may also notice that the same transit shows up periodically during the year; this is not unusual and is due to the retrograde effect.

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