Dr
Z's Transit Authority
One
of the most straight forward, common, and basic techniques used
in predictive astrology is that of "transiting" planets.
If you've previously done any cursory investigations
of astrology on the Internet - then
you've probably already been exposed to and heard the term "transits" being
casually bantered about.
Snapshot
Your birth chart is a snapshot of where the planets were located
on the Western Tropical Zodiac at the exact moment when you were born.
However, your life (and time) refuses to stand still - and the planets
continue on with their individual journeys through the sky, forever
circling the Zodiac….
Here's
what a "transit" is: the positions of the moving (transiting)
planets are compared with the stationary planetary positions in one's
birth chart.
Planetary
Playhouse
Transiting planets are continually acting out their grand theatrical
performances with your birth chart (planetary positions and houses)
as their chosen stage, scenery, and backdrop.
Generally
Speaking...
The "strongest" or most "significant" transits occur
when one of the slower moving (transiting) planets (Jupiter, Saturn,
Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto) makes an aspect to ("hits") one of the
faster moving (but stationary) birth chart planets (Sun, Moon, Mercury,
Venus, and Mars).
The
astrological concept of transiting planets is generally analogous
to the Jungian psychological concept of an archetype being "constellated" (i.e.
energy produced through friction) in the human psyche.
Whether
or not depth psychologist Carl Jung purposely chose the language "the
constellating of an archetype" in deference to astrology
(i.e. the term Constellations), I'm clueless. However, early
in his professional
life, Jung became a devotee of astrological principles and
symbols.
The
idea is that the "transiting" (moving) planets reflect
inner archetypal "time clock" and cycles of energies. These
cycles reflect the natural patterns of growth, development, and maturity
occurring within each one of us. These inner energies are "constellated" as
the transiting planets pass over the stationary birth planets.
Why
do these inner energies often become linked with external "time
and space" events in your life?
As
Carl Jung stated: "when an inner situation is not made conscious,
it happens outside as fate."
These
inner energies are often unconsciously "projected" (by
you) out onto your external "time and space" reality. So - from the
personal, subjective standpoint of the "ego" (or the "I") - transits
are oft times experienced as external events that "appear" to
be happening "to us."
The
rationale for primarily looking to the slower moving (transiting)
planets - Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto - is: the longer
a slower moving (transiting) planet hangs around in one place in
the chart - the longer its archetypal, life changing energies are
hanging around one place in your psyche and projected out into external, "time
and space" reality in the form of external "time and space" events.
The
Houses
I hate overloading you with information, but I'm going to do it anyway.
It's
also very important to take note of which natal (birth) houses the
slower moving (transiting) planets - Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune,
and Pluto - are passing through.
It's
especially important to take note of when the moving planets pass
over:
the
Ascendant (1st house cusp)
the IC (4th house cusp)
the Descendant (7th house cusp)
and the Midheaven (10th house cusp).
(The "cusp" being
the very beginning point of the house.)
The
Ascendant, IC, Descendant, and Midheaven "angles" of the chart act
like filters. They act as entry points through which the particular
energy of the passerby planet is able to flow freely into and "color" the
chart. Therefore
transits over these angles very often correspond with the happening
of significant external life events.
Common
Pitfalls Here
are a few of the Pitfalls we've all been guilty of falling into when
first beginning to take a look at transits. (and still fall into on
occasion)….
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A
Few Quick Tips
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List
of Suggested Reading:
Predictive
Astrology for Novices:
The Changing Sky by Steven Forrest (buy
it now at Amazon.com)
Predictive Astrology for whatever the next level is called:
-
-
Roadmap
To Your Future by Bernie Ashman
-
The
Changing Sky by Steven Forrest (it's not just for novices)
-
- Uranian
and/or Cosmobiological Astrology (if you have to ask, then
you don't need to know)
-
Dial
Detective by Maria Kay Simms
-
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