Guest guest Posted February 18, 2007 Report Share Posted February 18, 2007 Philosophy of the Transits Article For: New Astrology “Transits” Newsletter TodaysDailyEasternHoroscope/ The Transits Newsletter is Moving! Dear Friends and Members: As many of you know the Transits are one of the most powerful aspects of Astrology. Every day we’re in fact, living within some Transit moment. The Sun, Moon, planets in our Solar system and Constellations are raining down upon us their various unique characteristics and qualities. Some are good and purposeful while others are negative and destructive. You can feel this sometimes. One day you feel ‘good’ for no reason! Other days you feel really ‘bad’ for again, no seeming reason. Before we learn about these Transiting Astrological influences we tend to blame how we feel on outside realities. We find ourselves worrying and the mind picks something from our World to blame the worrying on. I’m worried and it must be because of my job. We feel nervous or anxious sometimes and we need to find the true Astrological reasons. The real reason why we ‘feel’ is because of the many changes of the Big Moon in the sky. Watch the Moon for 2 months and you’ll discover exactly how much of an influence the Moon has in your life! In general, I’ve found that the smaller the Moon is in our personal charts’ the more affected we are by these transits. Also, if we have an aggravated Moon in our birth charts, we’re apt to be more strongly or adversely affected by the Moon. Finally, if we’re overly emotional and especially unsteady on a feeling level then the Transits may be crucial for you to understand. Take another classic Transit experience. Let’s say we’re feeling particularly angry or fiery some time. This comes over us and for the life of us, we can’t find the reason why. We may even go to an Astrologer, (lucky us!) and they when they look at our charts, say: “Ahh, the transiting Mars is moving right across your Moon right now!” And, though you may not know what that means, but it explains what’s going on in your life. Especially, two weeks later when Mars is sufficiently away from ‘that’ Moon, you experience that fiery ness disappears! Why? Because of these myriad shifts in the Transits. But, where did it go? Why did it come? And, how long it will last? It went the way of all Transiting Astrological moments. It changed. Each day, the Sun, Moon, planets and Stars are out there doing their thing. Therefore we should have a fundamental understanding of these Transiting Stars. Once we understand how the Transits affect us and others, then we can look ahead and know the specific Auspicious and Inauspicious or delicate days over the this next month or year! Real Purpose of the Transits The real purpose of all the movements of the Stars is to give us, each one of us, an environment in which to evolve! The Stars moving around is our World. The Stars movements have a special relevance for each one of us. There are in fact, two ways to look at these Transits. #1 For the World The transits reflect to the entire world the general realities going on in the world. The transits radiate to the Earth specific vibrations which effect and then affect everyone in the World. The World evolves through the details of the Transiting Astrological realities. The most recent tsunamis and 2 years of extreme hurricanes was predicted in the Transits. I remember getting some emails from Indian Astrologers who said: “Beware, in the next 2 ½ years some dangers in water like hurricanes will be coming.” That was before Saturn went into Cancer several years ago. I remembered this when we had some of the worst tsunamis and hurricanes over those two years of Saturn/Cancer’s transit. I also watched how different people ‘felt’ during this same period. #2 Second, Purpose of the Transits I also became aware that many people were feeling very rough, uneven, sad, worried and even depressive during that period! It was like the New or Full Moon of each month; when people go the most berserk, but it was happening all the time! I had already been used to watching the Stars. In fact, I’d been watching Saturn for over 15 years before Saturn went into Cancer. So, I “KNEW” these affects were due to Saturn’s movement into and through Cancer. Cancer, after all, is the home of the Moon in Astrology. So, it isn’t too much of a stretch to understand why Saturn’s movement there might be having these predictable negative affects. 3 Major Aspects of Astrology There are in truth 3 most significant or major aspects of Astrology. There are these Transits but there is something else called the Dasa Periods. And finally, there are all the realities of the details in our Charts! Our Charts #1 Astrological Influence Our charts are the #1 Astrological influence that we’re all living. This means no matter what’s happening with the Stars, out there, what’s happening inside, here, is the most crucial. However, it’s very difficult to talk about everyone’s charts in an Astrological newsletter. The Way In which the Transits Affect us We can talk, therefore about some more ‘general’ ways in which the Transits will be affecting us and our charts. For example traditionally there are two ways in which the Transits can be found to influence us. #1 you can look at your chart’s Rising Sign. The second way in which you'll hear about the Transits is in terms of one's Moon Sign. Personally, I have found the Rising Sign more accurate so my Transit newsletters and reports are based on the Rising Sign. In terms of the Rising sign, there was a constellation or set of stars on the horizon at the exact moment of our births. That constellation is called the Rising Sign. It represents the sign that was literally rising on the East horizon at the exact time of our birth. That rising sign then, reflects our personality, what we’re like, and how we come across to people. Find the Rising sign in your chart and see if you don’t feel like an Aries, Taurus, Gemini, etc. That Rising sign, then, sets up your whole chart. Divide the sky into 12 slices of a pie and the rising sign is one of the 12 classic Astrological Signs of our Zodiac. So, if you have a Gemini Rising on the horizon that is your Rising Sign. That Rising Sign is also called the First House. Rising Sign Is the First House The Rising sign being in the first house means the qualities and characteristics of that Sign are coming to us and flowing through our self, personality, body and even, how we’re coming across to other people. All these qualities of personality, body and self are the unique characteristics of the First House. Once you determine what your First House, Rising sign is then all the other ‘Signs’ of our Zodiac will be found in the other Houses. So, if you have the #3 Sign Gemini in your 1st House, then the #4 Sign Cancer would be in your 2nd Also, in the next house, the Third House, the #5 Sign Leo would be next. In your Fourth House, the #6 Sign Virgo would be there. House. Make a drawing. Take a piece of paper. Make a big circle on that paper. Then, put a dot in the middle of that circle. Through that ‘dot’ make 12 equal slices of a pie. These will stand for both the 12 Houses of your chart, and the 12 Signs of your chart! Find a slice that’s on the East side of the page. Let’s say the top part is the Northern direction and the bottom is the South. The East side will be on the right while the West will be in the left. On the day we were born the Sign that was on that Eastern horizon was your Rising Sign. It’s also called the Ascendant and reflects those classic characteristics of the First House, personality and body. 12 Signs Within the 12 Houses Of our Charts First thing is to put our unique Astrological Rising sign in one of those slices on the right. Put a roman numeral One there. That stands for your Rising Sign or your 1st House. Now, put the other roman numeral numbers 2-12 in the other slices. Put the #2 in the slice directly below the Rising Sign one. Then, put a #3 in the next slice, four in the next house, five, six and all the way around the drawing. There should be a number in each of the 12 slices. Also, go clock wise. In other words the second number should be below the first one. The next sign should be below that, moving clock wise. Also, these descending slices should be in the southern direction. If you’re putting them, in the slices ‘above’ your Rising sign, you’re putting them in the wrong slices. Once you have the roman numberal numbers in all the twelve slices then put the Signs in those slices. So, if you have the Sign Gemini in your first slice, or House; then put the next Sign Cancer in the next slice. It should be in the slice or House that has the #2 roman numberal in it too. The next slice should have Leo, then Virgo is next. After Virgo comes Libra, then Scorpio, Sagittarius and then Capricorn and Aquarius. The final slice should then have Pisces and all the 12 slices now, have one of the 12 classic Signs of our Zodiac. 1st House You know have the 12 slices of your chart! These slices, called Houses represent the different aspects of the life. First House stands for personality, body and how we come across to others. The Sign that’s in your 1st house has to do with the all-important qualities and characteristics of your personality. You can find the literal energy of your personality by understanding the energy of your first house Rising sign. Of all the slices or houses, this one is probably the most important. 2nd House The Second House stands for food, how we speak and certain aspects of our family life karma and even wealth. The Sign in the second house has to do with the quality, energy that underlies how you eat, speak and move towards the attainment of wealth. 3rd House Third House has to do primarily with younger siblings, brothers and sisters. The Third House also is called the House of communications. How well we communicate depends upon the Third House. Also, performing arts and music are looked at in the third house. The 3rd house Sign has to do with the climate underneath your intimate relationship with younger siblings. Learn to feel the nature and meaning of the different sign energies in all the different slices and houses of your chart and life. 4th House In the 4th House is a declaration of our peace of mind. Therefore classic fourth house symbolisms include the Mind, emotions, home and especially one’s relationship to one’s Mother. The Sign in your 4th house is crucial because it represents the basic undertone of how you create peace of mind. The sign in your 4th is the basic quality or vibration that you ‘are’ at home and in emotional relationship with others. I have Capricorn in my 4th house. I didn’t understand the significance of this energy for me until I realized I am Capricorn ambitious for how I achieve peace of mind. 5th House The 5th House has to do with education. How well we do in education is a great reflection of the Astrological realities, strengths and so-called tension within our 5th House. Also, such things as children, intelligence and even romance or especially pre-marital relationships is looked at due to the fifth house. The Sign in your 5th house represents the flavor of your fifth house of education and children. Therefore, if you’re in school still seek to understand the unique qualities of your 5th house sign. If you have children, how you parent and the climate in which you are raising your children will be a reflection of the Sign energy in your 5th house. 6th House The 6th House has to do with health. Therefore, how health one is, one’s tendencies to get sick, one’s strength of recuperation is looked at by the sixth house. Sixth house is also the house of ‘enemies’ so karmas with daily work are looked at by the 6th house. The Sign that’s in your 6th house has to do with the overall tendency or characteristic of your 6th house of health. This is extremely important because this ‘sign’ energy has a lot to do with how you stay health. For example, in my chart I have Pisces in my 6th house. I’ve noticed over time, that the Pisces energy of freedom is very important to me. In fact, when my freedom is diminished or I can’t get enough of that I notice that seems to affect my health negatively. 7th House The 7th House is called the house of Partnerships. Therefore, the classic partnership of marriage is looked at through the seventh house in one’s chart. Though, in fact, all partnerships are looked at through the seventh. Therefore, the 7th is also the house of Business partnerships and even business administration. The seventh house is also opposite to one’s first house. So, it shouldn’t be a surprise that the spouse house is a mirror to our own life or self. Many people experience their marriages this way. The spouse seems to reflect back to us many, many things about ourselves. Knowing this helps us understand the nature and the purpose of our partnerships. The Sign that’s in your 7th house represents the overall quality and background in your married life. If you have Gemini there, you may have two distinct Geminish qualities or vibrations. It may be important for you to realize this about yourself and especially for your spouse to realize you have a kind of dual nature or vibration here. 8th House The 8th House has to do with longevity. Therefore, how long we will live is a reflection of our 8th house. The eighth house is also called the House of life-span. How long will our life-span be and the Knowledge and Wisdom for expanding our length of life is looked at in the 8th house. Therefore, the eighth house is also called the House of Transformations. Life transformations are the key to longevity or life-span. How well we rest, how well we transform ourselves from one state to another is an important ingredient of length of life. The 8th House is also the house of addictions. If the 8th House is weak or challenged then we may have the transformative qualities of compulsions, obsessions and addictions. The Sign that’s in one’s 8th house represents the vibration of the entire qualities and realities of the eighth house. If you have Cancer there then the classic Cancer qualities of careing, feeling and compassion are the energy within one’s 8th house. 9th House The 9th House is the house of God. All spirituality is then, looked at through the all-important ninth house. God, and one’s relationship with authority is looked at in the 9th house. One’s path of spirituality then, is greatly reflected in the Astrological realities within one’s 9th house. The Sign that’s in one’s 9th house represents the basic energy that’s the back drop or tone of one’s entire spiritual life. How we progress in and achieve our spiritual goals depends first of all on the Sign energy that’s there in the 9th house. 10th House The 10th House is the classic house of career. All karmas and characteristics of our work, profession and career are looked at in the 10th house or slice in our charts. How successful we will be, the specific careers that truly fit us are a reflection of our 10th house. Whether you are an independent person, and especially how well you get along with others in the work mode depends upon your tenth house. The Sign that’s in your 10th represents the overall flavor of your ideal career energy. That Sign in your 10th represents how you feel and how you like to be, how you like to flow in career. If you can’t be that flavor that you are, there, then that will negatively affect your work. For example, some people who have Aquarius in their 10th houses often times don’t quite know how to integrate that special vibration with the nature of their career life. Aquarians, by their very nature love being different. They also are very creative and non-traditional. Therefore when Aquarius is there they end up being different then others at work. Sometimes this doesn’t go over well. Therefore, knowing why we like thinking differently, you may have heard of that expression, “thinking out of the box”. This is a classic Aquarian description. Sometimes, we can be that way at work. Sometimes, certain work environments don’t appreciate or aren’t conducive for allowing us to be this way. 11th House The 11th House is called the House of Gain. Therefore, how we gain, how we gain financially is looked at in the eleventh house. All manners of financial gain are understood by looking in the nature of the 11th house. The first thing I like to look at is the back ground ‘Sign’ energy that’s in the 11th house. That tells me what’s the ideal vibration of how one attracts or makes money. For me, I have Leo in the 11th house. Ever since I was young I’ve loved my independence and have been in business for myself. This is often the quality for people with Leo there. Therefore find the energy in your 11th house. Because how we make money is such an important house this basic ‘sign’ backdrop energy is crucial for your eleventh house of wealth. 12th House The final house, called the 12th house is the end of the chart. Therefore it’s the house of endings, finalities, and fulfillment. What we can do to bring the very purpose of our lives to fulfillment is gleamed by the 12th house. This 12th house is also called the house of enlightenment and represents the final, ultimate reality. Funnily enough the 12th house is also called the house of Loss. Because when one goes to the end, one ends up transcending or going beyond. That flavor of beyond is a gain of spiritual life but a loss of relative existence. Therefore the 12th house is both a house of inner enlightenment but also a house of outer loss. The twelfth house in mundane terms is called the house of expenditures. How we spend, how well or how balance our spendings are is a reflection of our 12th house. The Sign that’s in our 12th house has a lot to do with the overall quality of our inner and spiritual life. Also, how well we save depends on the qualities in our 12th house. Major Benefits of the Transits o #1 major benefit is to know what the nature and characteristic of the environment will be for any future period. Knowing what the quality of the future will be like is a priceless advantage of knowing the Transits. o #2 The practical qualities of the future can be identified as being specifically positive or negative. Therefore, the most Auspicious and Inauspicious of any future time can be discovered. o #3 The Transits can be known for their personal relevance for us and our charts as well. In other words, we need to know how the Transits will be affecting us! Therefore, watch the Transits for 2 months and you’ll have a mucn better feeling for the Transits relevance. o #4 Sometimes, the Transits are important for us to know. As I said this happens quite often when the Moon is delicate or fragile in a person’s chart. However, for those with relatively bigger Moon’s the Transits may not be quite so important. However, even for those persons, knowing what the majority of other people will be feeling and receptive to will be crucial. For example, once you discover what the nature of the future transits will be like you’ll have an inside track for what most other people in the World will be feeling. o #5 Transits are used especially for personal predictions. If one sees that the sometimes negative acting Saturn is going to be moving through one’s 6th House of health over the next 2 ½ years this can be a very important fact! Not only can the positive and negative forces be seen in life, in general, but these same influences can be seen in terms of the details of our specific birth charts. Therefore, find out how much the Transits are affecting YOU! Then, pay attention to the Transits to determine what will be going on with other people. One day I was meeting with one of my customers. Before I did Astrology I had a small construction business. One day I was meeting with one of my customers. He said to me: “Mark, ah, why is it that every time we meet together….it’s….like a kind of blessed event!” I was of course, startled by his comment. “Ahhh, I’d love to take credit for what you’re saying, hehe. However, I’ll tell you my secret!” I proceeded to explain the concept of the Transits and how I’d learned to discover which are the most auspicious and which the most inauspicious days of each month. “You know there are probably 5-10 really good days in each month. Also, there are 5-10 days which are relatively inauspicious or difficult days. I’ve just learned to stay away from those that tend to be problematic and emphasize those days that are supposed to be smooth.!” “Well, I have to say you seem to have done a good job at it. Cuz every day our interactions have been smooth, easy and always successful.” “Well, I’m sure you and your chart have something to do with it too. But, it is possible to know ahead of time what the future will be life.” You know modern day Meteorology has discovered how to predict the future. By studying the various weather patterns today, they’re pretty good at predicting at least about 7 days ahead. Imagine if you could predict a whole month ahead. Imagine if you could predict 6 month, even a year in advance. I now know what the various flavors will be for the entire rest of my life! It’s an amazing experience to know. Once we know what the weather may be like coming up we can plan better our events, our picnics, and especially crucial and significant plans, projects and endeavors. However, there is another aspect of Astrology which also impacts greatly this understanding of the Transits. Life is a State of Mind Once we know how the World’s environments may be affecting us, we can still do something about it. For example, let’s say we’re one of those people who are strongly affected by the Winter’s overcast sky’s? We may find that every Winter we feel marginally depressed after 2, 3 even 4 months of cloudy sky’s. So, the ability is there to be able to predict and to know that ‘cloudy days’ may be negative for us. So, are we doomed to always suffer during these inevitable ups and downs? No! We also can learn how to strength those planets that are responsible for the negative, inauspicious or difficult transiting days! If we find for example that we’re especially sensitive to the Moon’s transits, this is not only important for us to know. But, this also is telling us that the Moon is probably one of the planets that may need to be strengthened or developed. Life is a State of Mind In fact all negative transits are telling us two things. #1 they’re telling us of the nature of the outside World. However, these same transits are also telling us about the nature of our inner World. Positive transits are telling us about the positive planets within us while the Negative one’s are also telling us about our negative, weak or undeveloped planets. I’m sure you’ve heard the idea that life depends upon our state of mind. This is most obvious during these long, cloudy Winter days. They’ve even made up a name for it. If you’re one of those strongly affected by the lack of Sun days you may have the dis-ease SAD. SAD stands for seasonal adjustment disorder. Some are finding that the crucial lack of Sun energy or vitamin D goes down during such days. I’ve also found that those who are more ‘sad’ during such SAD days have a more vulnerable or smallish Moon in their charts. In other words, these outer environmental transiting days depends upon our Moon, minds. Therefore, if there was some way to improve or strengthen our very Moon’s within, then we could also change and improve all of our negative or unhappy Transiting days. The Real Purpose of the Transits The real purpose of the Transits then is to not only show us which of our Planets are positive and which ones negative. The real purpose is to give us the opportunity so we can see if what we’re doing is improving our planets! Therefore, once we’ve determined with the help of the transits; which are positive and which negative. Secondly, we can begin a self-improvement strategy to literally strengthen and develop any of our weaker, so-called malefic functioning planets. Transits Show Us How We’re Doing The Transits, then will show us how well we’ve improved our planets! I remember years ago, now, when I first began studying the Transits. One cycle I particularly noticed was the Waning cycle of the Moon. I felt always especially vulnerable and rough emotionally, during the heighth of the Waning part or the New Moon time. At the time it was kind of alarming to me because I thought “God, I’m going to always be this way.” Later, however, I began to realize there was some lesson there for me. Later, still I realized that the Moon’s cycles were a kind of intense Rest & Activity of the entire month. Like the Daily rest cycle at night, the Waning period and especially around the New Moon represented a unique monthly, rest cycle. After I learned this I realized maybe I should be more in-tune with that cycle. So, I rested. I took it more easy. I rested more around the New Moon and learned to focus more on outward things during the Waxing cycle. After about 1, year of this I noticed an amazing difference in my experience. I was no longer feeling so rough or uneasy emotionally during the New Moon. This was in spite of a life long habit of feeling uneasy and delicate emotionally. (My Moon was in the 12th house with the negative functioning Saturn in the 12th as well.) So, it was quite an amazing ‘aha’ for me to realize not only can the Transits help me know the future, but also that we’re supposed to improve ourselves. Then, the Transits will become a reflection on how well we’re doing with the overall self-development in our lives! Hope you’ve enjoyed this wonderful discussion about the Stars and especially the role of the Transits in our every day experiences. As many of you know I’ve been writing a very extensive Transits Newsletter now, for over 2 years. As a result of this many of you have come to understand and appreciate the importance of the Transits as I have. However, I cannot keep up the energy on this newsletter unless I get more financial support. Therefore I’ve created a new which will be the home of my future Daily, Weekly, Monthly, and Yearly Transits newsletters and reports. I’m asking for a small $ 20.00 financial contribution so I can continue this service. If you have enjoyed and found important and relevant these Transits discussions, please consider supporting and making sure you’ll continue receiving this very important knowledge. In this new group, as more and more people join I’ll be able to bring more and more attention to this important aspect of Astrology-Jyotish. In the beginning I will do monthly and yearly Transit reports. As more and more people join I’ll do more and more. Thank you for participating with me in this wonderful aspect of Jyotish. I hope we continue with it. When I first discovered the Transits, Astrology, literally came alive to me. Now, 19 years later, after making a Transit chart of each day, for over 19 years, I can say with complete certainty, that the Transits have had the most amazing and powerful effect on my life. For practical reasons we want to be able to see the future. For practical reasons we can see in the Transits a reflection or verification of all the various rules, principles and laws of Jyotish, living in the every day realities of the Transits. Finally, we need to pay attention to the Transits, because they will show us how well we’re doing with the Self-Improvement or Self-Development in our life! To join this new group please go to: TodaysDailyEasternHoroscope/ Good Luck! Sincerely, Mark Kincaid Founder Nature’s Astrology www..com Personal email at: markkincaid Jai Guru! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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