Pluto transiting trine natal Mars

Pluto transiting trine natal Mars

This is a transit of great regeneration, which lets us transform and renew our life in depth, with effective and evident results, without great effort. Our efforts might even be titanic, but our psychophysical energy will be so high it supports us and to make us almost tireless. If we come out of a period of crisis or illness, this is a fantastic transit to recover and to be reborn, because Pluto can rebuild on ruins and Mars offers the necessary tools: strength, will and determination. Particularly when Pluto trines our Mars we can work successfully on our career, help us with examinations, competitions, important tests or challenges. We will also be able to take benefit from a dedication to sport, which makes us both physically and mentally stronger, more powerful and more confident in our abilities. The sextile aspects operate deeply regarding our goals, which we can modify and adapt to new and greater ambitions, with the certainty of being able to achieve them even without help. Even if commitment to ourselves is priority number one, in this period we get the best from ourselves when we work with others, because our identity grows stronger compared to others; we will know how to stand out, how to define our character and how to be recognised for our value and as a point of reference. This is a transit that makes us natural and charismatic leaders: if our influence over others will be used for the common good, it could also generate remarkable personal advantages.

Uranus transiting trine natal Venus

Uranus transiting trine natal Venus

It is the typical transit that brings love to the ones who have not found it yet ... regardless of the fact that they are looking for it or not! And often it is a sudden and unforeseen love: for example, we can begin an exciting relationship with someone who used to be only a friend until the day before, or vice versa with a person met by chance, short time ago. In this period, love becomes a simple and gratifying way to escape from boredom and the daily routine; in contrast to the stressful transits, it is not to be said if the relationships started now should last or not, on the contrary! Especially when Uranus trines our Venus, what changes is substantially our way of relating to the others and of living a sentimental relationship, because even if we are already in a couple we will feel the need of brightening up the relationship, of saving it from monotony, and will be able to insert elements of new passion, maybe presenting ourselves to our partner in more tangled and maliciously unconventional garments. The sextile aspect can concentrate more on the social life: we attend new environments, make new friendships, open to new interests, hobbies or to relaxation, ... In general we live following our spontaneous excitement, we are interested in all that is different or that we have never done before, we feel stimulated by the sense of freedom and at the same time we become more respectful for the others' freedom. It is the perfect transit to start a diet or to completely renew the look and the wardrobe, showing to the world as younger and provocatively attractive!

Uranus transiting trine natal Mercury

Uranus transiting trine natal Mercury

The perfect transit, especially from an intellectual and professional point of view. Our life is brightened up by new things, meetings, knowledge and unusual and stimulating experiences; our habits might be altered in a good way, and instead of feeling destabilised we accept this all with curiosity and versatility. When Uranus trines our Mercury, we manage to grasp precious opportunities, because our mind is more open, sharp-witted, intuitive and swift, so that we manage to remove the rigidity of rational schemes and to create alternatives, to think outside the box, to identify original and innovative projects. It is a good transit for journeys of discovery. Also, the Uranus sextile Mercury transit is very stimulating and may open new roads to our future. In this period the only thing that really annoys us is boredom, routine, habits; we are only interested in all that is new, both mentally and socially. As a result we can act disrespectfully or provocatively ... we don't act consistently, but we like to try, to know, to discover, to invent: therefore we look for new friendships, new working contacts, and our curiosity can lead us to have an interest in new activities or disciplines, to travel and to suggest our ideas with enthusiasm. We are happy to change our plans if someone or something can offer us a more exciting alternative.

Saturn transiting opposition natal Moon

Saturn transiting opposition natal Moon

This is a transit that not always is shown through clear facts, but that at a psychological level can be very significant and hard. It is as if Saturn were asking us to take a journey inside ourselves, removing coverings to reach the root of things, to what is really worthwhile: therefore it will aim at taking away our illusions, and emotional attachment to things, images and obsolete self-images. When Saturn transits opposite the Moon often expresses itself in his function as "gardener", when it cuts the "dry branches" of life even if we think that they are still green: sometimes mature women may reach menopause, mothers have to accept their children growing up or leaving the nest, moving away and becoming free; other times sentimental relationships may come to an end, or more generally a phase of existence ends, characterised by those relationships or by the idea we had about them. In the square aspect something analogous can happen, even if sometimes nothing at all happens. We realise that time has gone by, life is no longer what we once believed in and, perhaps, it has never been what we wanted it to be. Disenchantment, melancholy or regret can accompany a period of solitude, a lack of appetite, both real or metaphorical, and even become depression if we let these feelings nurture in our soul; vice versa, if we are able to use and not be dominated by this transit, we will be able to re-join our inner reality with the external and objective one, based on ourselves having become rightly (albeit forcedly) more honest and mature.

Saturn transiting square natal Venus

Saturn transiting square natal Venus

When transiting Saturn makes hard aspects to natal Venus, relational contexts are affected by its critical evaluation, like being put through an exam: some relationships that exist through habit rather than anything else go into crisis, we feel suffocated by out-dated roles or realise that people are not who we thought they were. Whether it concerns family, friendship, love or work, the most difficult thing is to recognise the sense of emptiness that we feel, including "what" or "who" we don't like anymore (and especially why), without letting this disenchantment depress us. In particular, when Saturn squares our Venus it can be difficult to give useful meaning to the frustration that we feel. Rules, obligations, bosses or parents stifle our creative spark, our creaking bodies make us feel our age, little or nothing seems important or exciting; this results in a loss of motivation and perspective. The purpose of Saturn is to reorganise our lives through responsible choices, conscious decisions and, if necessary, sacrifices aimed at achieving greater autonomy. The opposition aspect can have a greater effect on direct relationships, especially couples. There can be a loss of interest or passion, or we struggle to be together when and how we want to be. In some cases we fell trapped in a relationship that demands more than it gives, or our partner starts whining or becomes difficult, asking us to respond to questions that we are not ready to face. What we are expected to do is to decide what values are important to us, including what we really want from our life, concentrating on what we find reassuring about our future and separating it from what belongs to the past.

Saturn transiting square natal Mercury

Saturn transiting square natal Mercury

During the stressful transits Saturn is certainly demanding, and it often acts as Mercury's master, firm and strict, testing the aptitudes, competences and preparation of a little boy! Of course, the little boy would prefer to keep having fun; this aspect can therefore be quite hard, according to the signs involved and the individual's character, and in some cases we will experience its weight in a more frustrating way, rebellious and depressing ... Be careful of the people we meet during this transit, because they might be particularly wise or authoritative, but prove to be suffocating or dominant as well. When Saturn squares Mercury it could be that we are confronted with problems with work, needing to tighten our belt or to struggle on through hard times. In general Saturn will ask us to stop playing, dreaming, putting off or delegating our responsibilities, and especially - if appropriate- to stop bluffing ... If we are young we will probably feel scared by these requests, demands or needs that adulthood brings with it; if we are already adults we might instead suddenly feel old, burdened by duties and perhaps by a few regrets. In both cases, it would be an error to search for eternal youth or for endless postponements: the moment has arrived to act our age.

Saturn transiting square natal Sun

Saturn transiting square natal Sun
The vital energy of the Sun often suffers during the stressful transits of Saturn with a sense of limitation, of frustration or melancholy. We feel burned out, older or tired, or burdened with too many responsibilities, unable to find immediate and new motivation for what we do. Depending on the house occupied by the individual Sun, the sectors involved can differ: from work to sentimental matters, up to strictly physical, health-related worries for ourselves or our relatives. At times a father figure can be called into question, for example young people can go through a phase, where they expect him to be something unrealistic before discovering a real relationship, aware of his pros and cons. Even without concrete events, something forces us to face the reality, and this could be psychologically more painful depending on how much we relate to short-lived values. In the opposition aspect, it is usually our way of relating to people that is tested: we become more bad-tempered and excited, and we can lose our idyllic vision of people, learning to understand who deserves our affection and our esteem, as well as, on the other side, to accept that we can't always ask for affection or respect from everybody. When Saturn squares our Sun we lock horns more often under the effect of passing time, and we move to separate ourselves from the idea of being young and free, especially if we have already reached maturity. Saturn can be quite strict with the Sun, but the aim of its transits is always and only that of making our sense of responsibility, autonomy and consciousness grow.