Transits & cycles

Transits are what the planets are doing now, in real time, set against your natal chart. Mercury retrograde three times a year, Venus retrograde every 18 months, Saturn retrograde annually. Jupiter return every 12 years. The Saturn return — astrology's main 'coming of age' — at 28-29. Pluto transit over your chart angles — once in a lifetime, and not for everyone. Transits are the dynamic layer, and that's where forecasts of favorable periods, crisis moments, and turning points actually come from.

In this rubric we cover current transits: what Mercury retrograde actually brings and where the 'don't sign anything' rule is real versus mythology. How to walk through your Saturn return without losing yourself. What a Pluto transit to a natal planet does, and why it's the kind of crossing that leaves you a different person on the other side. Lunar nodes — how their transits across your chart re-tune your life trajectory.

If you arrived searching 'what's in the sky right now,' we keep a fresh overview. If you want a specific transit read on your specific chart, take the article on that planet hitting that area of the chart. Transits are about time, not fate: they open windows when certain themes are live, but how you play those windows is on you. If you want to see transits to your chart live, check our Calendar.