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Your horoscope represents the position of the planets at the time of your birth and is called your “natal chart” (Latin: natus = birth). We refer to the planets at the time of your birth as your “natal planets” and they remain in the same sign throughout one’s life e.g. Venus in “Libra” or Mercury in “Gemini” etc. This is what a Natal chart looks like and never changes once a person is born!
The center is the Celestial Horizon and at the top is the MC which is the noon position for the Sun every day i.e. the highest position it reaches in the sky. This is also the cusp of the 10th House and the whole 10th House represents fame and recognition. When Saturn transits the top of one's chart, it is the zenith of one's career and you can be either famous or infamous depending on whether you truly deserve it or have gone through many shortcuts to get there!
In the center is the Earth and the outside of the chart represents the Ecliptic or the apparent Sun's path and the Zodiac but not the actually constellations as we take the signs of the zodiac starting at zero degrees of Aries instead of the actual constellations.
Transit of Planets: Your natal chart is a picture of the planets at the time your birth.
Obviously the planets do not stop moving when one is born and we refer
to their movement around the belt of the Zodiac as the “transits”. Transit of a planet is simply the movement of a planet around your chart. A transits
reflects your experiences and lasts only for the duration of the
planets stay at a certain degree. For this duration, you will act as if
you were born with the inclination reflected by the planetary aspect.
For example, you may be going through an adverse Mars/Neptune transit
in which case you will be obsessed with what you do. You will also
become prone to intoxication through drugs, alcohol or music etc.
As
the planets transit, they move in a counter-clockwise manner around
your natal chart. During their transit, they make different angles to
their natal position i.e. the degree they occupied at the time of your
birth. These angles are called “aspects” and they have been found to
reflect our changing experiences in life. The natal planets are given
inside your chart and the transits are outside the circle.
Here is the chart of President Obama during the 2008 US Election which we had predicted for him to win in a landslide.
Are There Any Good or Bad Planets? There
are certain aspects which represent harmonious events while others
indicate tests, trials, difficulties or sadness in life. However, it is
important to recognize that the transits of the planets simply reflect
your inner needs. Saturn represents your need to strengthen your
foundations while Uranus indicates your urges to be free from all
restrictions. Similarly, the transit of Neptune coincides with your
craving for sadness and denial in order to stimulate your
inspirational, artistic, musical or spiritual side.
There are no
“good” or “bad” transits. We all go through ups and downs of life, but
the key to happiness is to sublimate your feelings and understand the
reasoning behind events, regardless of how sad or traumatic they
appear. A fantastic opportunity or “luck” element may develop when
Jupiter makes some aspect to your natal planets, but you have to lay
the groundwork beforehand to capitalize on it.
In your natal chart, the symbol for the planet is given first, then its degree, then its sign of the Zodiac and then the minutes. You can ignore the degrees and minutes for now and just focus on the planet and its sign. For example, if Mercury is 15° 9" of Leo, it will be written as 15° Leo 9" (with the Leo symbol instead of the letters).
