When you are looking up information in the astrology forecasts and astrology predictions so that you can make decisions about your life, you often read about ‘transit periods.’ If you have an astrologer work on your birth chart, or your solar return chart, you will likely hear this term again.
The planets are always moving in many different directions all of the time, astrologers cal this movement a transit. When a planet makes an influential or important movement through the skies, this period of time will be particularly important for events during that month, year, or throughout your lifetime.
Not every transit period of the planets is created equal, and not even every single transit period is particularly important. The ‘personal’ planets, also considered the inner planets (Mercury, Venus, Mars, and Jupiter) will be smaller, and less influential on your overall life. The transit periods with the outer planets, on the other hand, is an entirely different story.
The transits of the outer planets: Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto are transpersonal planets with important transit periods. Their effects are the most important because they will be felt for a long time, that’s precisely what we are going to talk about today, so let’s discover the impact of the outer planets for life here on Earth.
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As such, in our day to day life and transit periods today, Saturn is the one that places restrictions on us, he is the planet of limitations. He will warn when you are spending too much, loving too much, or eating too much, or overindulging in anything. it will hold the mirror up to your life and show in your birth charts and astrology forecasts, where you need to cut back a bit.
All Saturn wants us to do is to efficiently tend to these details, so that we can enjoy that life. As much as Saturn is about limitations and restrictions when we have the details of our lives in order, it rewards us greatly, The main action for a Saturn transit period is to take care of what you need to be done and enjoy the blessings that will follow.
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Uranus represents all things unconventional. When you see transit periods in your astrology charts that include the movement of the planet Uranus, you can expect things to happen in an odd or unconventional way. Your routine may be shaken up and you might have to be flexible to get things done.
Exceptional genius, talent, and remarkable gifts come with this transit period, so you can expect some unique and wonderful surprises during this time if your birth charts and solar return charts do not also contain insidious aspects. This might be the perfect time for you to follow your passions and see where your dreams take you.
To cope and handle this period of unconventionality is to loosen up the restrictions and limitations that Saturn transits will try to impose. Be creative, do something outside the box. If a problem is vexing you, consider an out of the box solution to it, take matters into your own hands! Let go, and let this god of the heavens work its magic.
As such, the cause that Neptune instills on us during these transits is one where we are to look within to our dreams and intuition, without overindulging on the sensual forms of life. It’s a time for fantasy and romance, and it wouldn’t be a bad idea to combine the two either.
When undergoing a Neptune transit period in your birth charts, you always need to be a little wise to the realities of life, before they completely snow you. At the same time, Neptune gifts you with information in your dream life, and you can get very important information during this particular transit period in your dreams. If your chart indicates you are going through a Neptune transit, keep a dream journal by your bed or in the bag you take to work, and you will be surprised at the information that comes your way at the most unexpected times.
This is a planet that as much as it can fool you offers you a unique psychic perspective that the other planets simply cannot. Follow this spiritual awareness and any and all hunches that come your way when you are being influenced by this god of the sea.
The upside is that this god, and his planet, can bestow wealth and acclaim but not without sacrifice on your part. It means you may have some struggles and dark times before finally finding success and your place in the world.
Pluto may close some toxic doors and open new ones that will manifest the abundance you seek. I’m not going to lie. A Pluto transformation can feel like a hurricane went through your house. Sometimes it was meant to be. If you are looking for blessings, you will always find them. Surrender to the process of transformation, and the blessings and miracles will most certainly appear, this is Pluto’s law.
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* Editor’s note: This article was previously published September 7th, 2013 and has been updated for astrological accuracy.