What a transit is
A transit compares a planet's current position with a natal placement. A transiting planet can conjoin, oppose, square, trine, or sextile a planet or angle in the birth chart.
Fast and slow transits
The Moon can describe a brief mood or moment. Mars may activate a theme for days or weeks. Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto can describe longer developmental periods because they move slowly.
Exact dates and active windows
A transit builds as it moves toward exactness and fades as it separates. Retrograde motion can bring more than one exact contact, creating a sequence rather than one isolated date.
How to use a transit
Look for observable themes, practical choices, and the natal house being activated. A transit describes context and timing; it does not guarantee a specific event.
Meet the sky as it is now
Astro Realm turns live transits into personal forecast windows with chart evidence.
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