Coba Archaeological Site was our choice for our third day trip in the rented Nissan March. This important Maya site was not new to me. When I worked on my master’s thesis in Anthropology, years ago, I read many journal articles about Coba and the findings there, particularly in regard to Coba’s food crops and its urban settlement patterns. Robert and I then visited Coba shortly after I finished my thesis in 1990. During that visit, my memories of what I learned were very fresh. Alas, my recollections were not as clear this time.
View from top of pyramid on our 1991 visit to CobaYou can see how spread out the ruins are in the photo taken in 1991
At the site entrance, we hired a guide!
We hired a guide for a two hour tour and slowly walked the path from one pyramid to the other. Coba archaeological site is big and the featured pyramids are spread about. Though we walked with our guide to the furthest of the ruins that we planned to see, our guide encouraged us to hire a pedicab for the return to the site’s entrance. He told us that the fares for the rides help his ejido. So we rode in a pedicab back to the starting point at the entrance to the site. You can enjoy our view from the pedicab here!
A view of Coba’s lake from the road leading to the site entrance
During the walk, Robert asked if we could see the lake from the path. The guide led us to a spot where we had a glimpse of the lake. Robert remembered viewing the lake on our visit to Coba in 1991 from the top of the pyramid.
Our guide told us that since the last big hurricane the lake has had crocodiles, which washed in with the hurricane’s waters. He told us that prior to the hurricane, the lake had no crocodiles, so the people of the ejido used it for swimming, but now it is dangerous.
The top of the pyramid offered a glimpse of Coba’s lake 1991
During the walk, our guide showed us copal trees and how the sap is taken and processed to make into a hard resin. Copal is the incense of choice for all the ceremonies around here and was during pre-Colombian times, as well.
Mayan Bees Are Tiny!
Our guide pointed out the Mayan bees on one of the trees. I read about these bees when working on my thesis, but I had never seen one close up. The tiny stingless bees make honey that is more syrupy than the honey of European bees. They live in trees. I was fascinated to see them up close. Later, at an store at the site’s entrance, we purchased a tiny jar of it!
The surprise that I enjoyed on this visit was the opportunity to walk among the trees along the path. The heat of the August didn’t seem to penetrate the canopy of foliage. It actually felt comfortable. Out in the sunlight, away from the cover of trees, though, it was challenging to stand and look at the archaeological ruins! A couple of days before, during our drive through the Sian Ka’an Biosphere Reserve, I had been disappointed that we couldn’t really walk through the forest. Here, we did walk and it was surprisingly pleasant. In the photos above, which are scanned from slides that Robert took in 1991, you can see how dense the foliage is in this part of Quintana Roo.
What do the transits really do? Recently, I received a message from an astrologically aware friend. She wanted to know what my reaction was when Venus was Cazimi the Sun in Leo. She thought this transit was significant because it made an exact sextile aspect to my own natal Venus conjoined Ascendant. The sextile is considered to be an opportunity. At first, I couldn’t remember anything in particular about that day.
The transit coincided with an opportunity to become peaceful!
But something did change that day. On that day, I realized that I had been creating a battle of sorts with my husband for a couple of months and I decided to make peace with myself. The truth is that he wasn’t engaged in battle with me. Our trip to California in the hottest week of the summer left me tired and out of sorts. I simply wasn’t letting go of the mood. So this gentle transit sextile marked a decision that I made to be peaceful, as it revealed to me my own attitude quite clearly. The sextile provided the ease to change, to be in a loving and open state of mind again.
Transits Affect Multiple Planets
I feel the transiting Saturn conjoined to my Moon much more strongly. Saturn is a slow moving planet. Lately, it has be conjoined to my natal moon. My natal moon is the focal planet of a natal partile yod, involving the Sun and Neptune both quincunx to Moon, while natal Moon opposes natal Mercury. Moon is square natal Mars. So when Moon experiences a challenge it sets off multiple reactions.
I feel sadness on and off as Saturn’s apparent motion moves forward and retrogrades back. The energy remains consistent whether the aspect is exact or a few degrees off. It feels as if I am at a happy get together (my own normal internal joy and outward life) but a stranger is the room. This stranger, Saturn, is the room and I know he’s there. When Saturn is in closest aspect to Moon, the dark stranger seems to be shaking hands with me and he is bringing tears to my eyes. Even when the transit conjunction is a couple of degrees from exact, I still see him in the room. And I know he’s going to walk up to me again. What is his message going to be?
Transits to my moon “trigger” other planets in my chart.
Like in a game of pool, the transit affects all the other planets in play (within orb of aspect).
Some transits are felt throughout the chart!
In addition to the conjunction, there is a “game of pool” type of energy around my chart that gets activated by any planet conjunct my Moon. When Saturn bumps the Moon, the Moon sends its energy to Mercury, to the Sun, to Mars and to Neptune, all sitting between 0° and 4°. So Moon’s issues trigger anger (Mars), mental agitation (Mercury), a longing for spiritual oneness (Neptune), and a longing for a creative role (my Leo Sun).
And I’ve noticed that when the slow moving planet walks into my 10th house, it affects me greatly. I’ve worn so many hats through my life, used a variety of talents. I’ve enjoyed putting on different occupations, different roles, so when the slow moving transits occur in my 10th house, initially, I don’t know what my role should be. I don’t know how I can most be of service to others and to myself. It is really disconcerting to flounder, in my sense of my outward role. I know I am Spirit-Soul (Moon in Pisces). But what does Spirit-Soul do in the outer world? The 10th house is not about money. The 10th house is about our place before the public, career, how we identify when we are asked upon being introduced to someone new “so, what do you do?”
Looking back
Months have gone by since writing the above blog article. Saturn has moved way past the interactions with my Moon, Sun, and Neptune. I’ve got a habit tracker app. I listed all the things that I think are important for good health in the app. Things like breathing exercises certain yoga practices using eye wash a lot of health practices and spiritual practices that I did many years ago are on my new list. My list even includes reminders to call my friends or contact people or write in my blog. So Saturn had the effect of making me feel empty and kind of structureless, career-less and friendless. The healing response is that I have put a better structure in place. It’s working! And as a result of having this structured list I have created space in my life in my days is to write, to talk, and share what I know. As a person who has spent her whole life studying, teaching, and learning, I will continue doing what I have always loved.
Sian Ka’an Biosphere Reserve day trip from Playa del Carmen was our first day trip since moving to our apartment here in Playa. Though we had other places in mind as well, the Sian Ka’an Biosphere Reserve topped our list. Up until recently, the comfy buses were great for travel between cities and withing cities, but we knew we would see more if we rented a car. The car we rented was a Nissan March, a smallish simple 4 door hatchback. Robert did all the driving.
From Playa del Carmen, we headed south to Tulum. The main beach road in Tulum, Avenida Coba, is also the highway that heads south into the biosphere reserve. Robert’s goal for our day trip was to get as far as the Boca Paila bridge.
Sian Kaan road sign
The unpaved road was a bit rough. Since the car was small, Robert drove slowly and very carefully. That way, he managed to avoid bottoming out in holes, ridges or gullies on the road’s surface. The road obviously had endured some rainstorms since the last grading, but recent days had been dry, so it was a perfect time to explore. Although it isn’t that far from Tulum, it took about two hours of driving on the unpaved road to get to the bridge. The foliage of the reserve is beautifully green, deep and dark. I would have loved to walk a bit in the forest. It appeared to me that the plants were bigger there, the fan palms had enormous fans, the pinnate palms were tall with deep green fronds.
The fan palms seem enormous in the Sian Ka’an Biosphere Reserve!
Sian Ka’an Biosphere Reserve is not exactly as I expected, but lovely nonetheless!
I expected a park where we could get out and walk among the trees along the road and access the beach. But through most of the zone, at least as far as the Boca Paila bridge, there was fencing near the road. The fencing demarcated private or off-limit property, so that we could not access the beach on the one side nor the lagoon on the other. Some of the properties had signs indicating they were lodges or guest houses of some sort. There is a rustic restaurant in the reserve a few kilometers from the entrance. We did go there. At the restaurant, though we didn’t access the beach, it appeared that we could have walked down to it. The picture below is of the beach from the dining area.
A simple restaurant near the entrance overlooks the ocean
Since we had planned only a day trip, I hadn’t done research on staying in the Sian Ka’an biosphere reserve. We do plan to visit Sian Ka’an Biosphere Reserve from Playa del Carmen again, but not for a day trip. We will stay at Punta Allen, the end of the road settlement that offers various levels of lodging to visitors. Next time, to get there, we will take public transportation, a tour, or rent a much sturdier vehicle.
View from the Puente Boca Paila (Boca Paila bridge)
The PuenteBoca Paila was the turnaround point of our day trip. We stood on the bridge and took some photos. It was a very hot afternoon. Although Robert would have gladly walked to the ocean on the nearby path, it was too hot for me to attempt it and waiting in the car would have even been hotter. Next time we hope to choose a cooler day for our visit!
Traveling when old has similarities and differences to traveling when young. Two years ago, Robert and I uprooted ourselves to travel in Mexico. But we didn’t settle in one place. We’ve traveled around. The ease of using the buses, planes, hotel and Airbnb sites made short term stays in different areas fun and affordable.
We have more luggage now!
There’s a big difference between the kind of traveling we do now and the kind that we did in the ’60s ’70 and even the ’80s. For one thing, we use suitcases now, while we preferred backpacks back then. Everything we need for our everyday lives fits in two suitcases, each, but they aren’t little suitcases. Dragging them through a bus depot or airport is embarrassing. I used to travel lightly and proudly, without encumbrances other than a small backpack.
Things that we didn’t need before when traveling include things that didn’t exist in the 60s, 70’s and 80’s, like our laptops, cell phones and their associated cables and chargers, keyboards and my 21 inch monitor.
I have a lot of vitamins, a neck massager, a “ma roller”, wraps for knees, wrists and elbows, a heating pad, ice pack and more. Even though I don’t have any aches and pains at this moment, I carry these tools. And though seldom, I have used each and every one at least once on this journey. In reality, it’s a lot easier to pull something out of my suitcase than try to find an open store in some tiny unfamiliar town at ten o’clock at night or 5 in the morning.
Mail
As a grownup and elder, I don’t have a mom or dad to take care of my mail and things back home. Thankfully, with cell phone and laptop, I take care of most of my mail (digital), order supplies that I need and pay taxes online. Infrequently, we order physical mail to be sent from our physical mail center, when we can’t get back to pick it up in person.
When we left for Mexico, I had only clothes for moderate and warm weather. After a few months in the tropical lowlands, we went to Mexico City in mid-January. The cold was impressive and we immediately went shopping for sweaters, jackets and warm pants. These items added to what I carry. I replaced my small suitcase with a larger size. Now, my several changes of clothes include items both for the cool highland climates and tropical lowlands. I only buy clothes that wash and wear easily. Though I wash some things by hand, most often we take our clothes to a nearby lavanderia. Here in Mexico, do-it-yourself coin-op laundromats exist in some cities. We prefer those.
Good health is vital when traveling!
Since my first serious encounter with tropical illness in 1965, I don’t take good health for granted.. Therefore, I have vitamins and herb supplements that I would have never dreamed of carrying in my youth. Supplements that are reputed to build the immune system are part of my daily regimen. For my mental and physical well being, I think this two year journey has been very beneficial.
We pay attention to the body’s need for exercise and fresh air, so we travel slower.
A big change between now and when we were young is that our bodies rebel when confined to a bus or airplane seat for hours. While we used to cover lots of ground by traveling long distances at night, we avoid overnight rides now. We plan our trips so that we are on a bus or plane for no more than four to six hours, preferably two or three. We then stay no less than two days at the destination. This gives us a chance to stretch out, walk, rest, and see a bit of of a new place. Even if not a preferred destination, we have found there is going to be something interesting to see or do everywhere.
Photos are easier to take and store now!
In the past, photos taken by my camera required developing into prints before I could see them. It seemed costly to take too many and I was never sure if they would turn out right. Some of the places we have visited lately are places we visited 30, 40 or even 60 years before. I wish I had more of my old pictures to use as comparison photos, but I only have a few of each place, some not in focus or with good lighting.
Of course, my cell phone takes great photos. I can take as many as I want and discard the failures! And keep them in the cloud for future viewing. It’s great to not have to lug slide projectors and slide trays around. Fortunately, I scanned all my old slides, converting them into digital jpgs in 2006. All my old slides are in the cloud now, too.
Carolyn 1966 on Cousin Inez’s deck overlooking the harbor of Genoa, Italy
Selfies are not very flattering!
Daily in social media I see photos of young beautiful women who pose so gracefully in front of every monument, beach or festive crowd. That is not us at this time of our lives. I wish I had more photos of a photogenic me, but, alas, the photos reveal me as I really am.
Traveling when old is just as fun and exciting as it was when we were younger, but we cover less ground than we did before!
Language Fluency
I’ve traveled in Mexico since the 1960s. In the 60s, I had just come out of high school and college where I spent four years studying Spanish. In subsequent trips, I never was at a loss for words. But when we came to Mexico in 2021, I would open my mouth, rapidly speak a few words and then a deafening silence. Somehow, in the past twenty years, I had forgotten most all the Spanish I used to know. Limited to only remembering some words and phrases and verbs only in the present tense. I would have feared for my memory, in general, but in the past twenty years, I had no problems with remembering other things that seemed important. Passing the real estate exam, substitute teaching, running a small online business, mastering the art of horoscope interpretation, and more occupied the past two decades, so it must have been just a matter of attention and practice.
Language Apps to the Rescue
Language apps are wonderful for filling in the memory gaps. Google Translate helps when I read articles or even a menu in Spanish. I downloaded the Language Transfer app and use it sometimes. It helps with understanding the structure and origins of Spanish.
I use Duolingo daily. I love how the lessons are short and easy to do at various times during the day. At first Duolingo was frustrating, because it took me through beginner’s, present tense lessons, for almost a year before “introducing” me the past tenses. But obviously, I needed the review, or the app would have moved me on faster. I’m still not fluent, but I am heading there. And in addition to learning the language, it feels like there are other learning benefits. All in all, travel has been good for my brain!
Relocation astrology is a relatively recent branch of astrology. It isn’t one of my specialties, but I am aware of it and calculate relocation charts from time to time. Astrology software quickly calculates relocation charts, so I often look at them to see how different places might affect me. But I haven’t actually made any serious choices using them.
Since leaving California, Robert and I have been traveling through Mexico. It’s been an exciting journey for us – a journey of connection to each other and exploration of the greater world. We have not yet integrated into a community anywhere, as we’ve been moving a little too fast for that. At the same time, we haven’t had a sense of social isolation.
Relocating to Playa del Carmen
Shortly after arriving in Playa del Carmen, we signed a 6 month lease for an apartment. All of a sudden, after signing that lease, I felt very very lonely. I felt like I was in a trap. The sense of isolation surprised me. After a few days went by with no change of mood, I remembered to create a relocation chart for this area.
All of a sudden I could see it quite plainly, my Moon is in the 8th House here. Saturn is in my 1st. My friendly natal Venus in Gemini is in the 12th in this location. A big chunk of my depressive feelings lifted as I saw that it was locational and situational. It wasn’t Robert isolating me, it was a locational choice and I am free to move, albeit with a loss of money. Interestingly, moving here coincides with transit Saturn conjoining my natal Moon. So it is as if I moved to a place, unknowingly, where the energy of the Saturn conjoined Natal Moon transit would be actualized.
A lesson I’ve learned is that traveling with the concept of just visiting is totally different than committing to stay, in the same way that dating is different from marriage. Astrology speaks to all these conditions, and the next time I get ready to sign a lease I’m going to be sure to check my locational astrology chart.
Besides that we love the beaches, we chose Playa del Carmen for a long stay because of the warm, year-round ocean temperatures, familiar stores and services, good restaurants, and the Cancun airport, which is less than an hour away.
The full moon was ethereal rising over the water. It is easy to imagine staying a long time in a place as beautiful as Playa del Carmen.
My first visit to Playa was in 1992, when Playa had sand streets and a few one story guest houses or small hotels. At that time, Playa’s claim to fame was its ferry service to Cozumel. Since then, the city has elevated its position into a destination in its own right. When we visited in 2021, we decided it would be a good choice for a longer term stay. At the time, though, we opted to continue our journey through Mexico.
Street near the ferry dock.
I found the comparison photo, below, on the web. The top photo shows Playa as it was in 1974 while the photo below it is from 2010. When we visited in 1992, it’s size was still similar to the 1974 view
Playa del Carmen 1974 and 2010.
We visited many places in Mexico between 2021 and 2023.
Between 2021 and 2023, we visited Merida, Mazatlan, San Miguel de Allende, Puerto Vallarta, Tlacapaque, Mexicali, Tijuana, La Paz, Progreso, Ajijic, Campeche, Tulum, Orizaba, Cordoba, Villahermosa, Coatzalcoalcos, Palenque, Chetumal, Bacalar, Ciudad del Carmen, Mexico City, and more. We stayed from a few days to several weeks in each locale, returning to Playa del Carmen this past June.
When we chose Playa del Carmen for a six month stay, we rented an apartment in an eclectic gated community called Tohoku. The location is about a half mile walk from the beach. There are supermarkets close by and a Walmart, a bit further away.
Our first apartment had a lovely view from the roof.
Within walking distance in every direction, there are restaurants. The mariscos restaurants have all manner of fish and seafood dishes. We like Nativo Restaurant and the natural food store nearby, where we get freshly made blender drinks and juices to go with our meal. There is a lot more we want to explore here. Playa del Carmen is big and spread out.
View of Playa del Carmen, to the west, from our rooftop.
One of the reasons for the spread of Playa del Carmen is that, by law, no building can be more than five stories of living quarters with a sixth floor deck. So there are no high rises. I think this five-story rule is a good rule for a town, although it does add to the width and length of housing developments.
Something that we have enjoyed on previous visits is Playa’s proximity to the archaeological sites in the Yucatan. We haven’t visited any yet on this leg of our journey. That will be the subject of another post.
Palenque is a beautiful archaeological site in the state of Chiapas, Mexico, which we visited last week.
The Temple of the Inscriptions, also known as Pakal’s tomb, is one of many pyramids in the beautiful Mayan archaeological site of Palenque.
It’s been over 30 years, but last week we visited Palenque, a beautiful Mayan archaeological site in the state of Chiapas, Mexico, for the second time. The slippery steps of the pyramids and the tree and vine covered mounds which are un-excavated structures were fun to climb years ago. The falls I’ve taken in recent years, just walking on dry sidewalks, gave me doubt that I would be agile enough to do much more than take a photo from below. Using the zigzag method that Robert showed me, I did slowly make it to the top, as you can see in the photo.
Carolyn and Robert at Palenque
We hired a guide to show us the pyramids and to walk us through the forest.
Ricardo, pictured below, guided us at the site for the official two hour pyramid and selva (woods) tour. The selva tour takes the path through the forest behind the temple complex of Pacal and the Red Queen. The path weaves among structures which appear to be tall mounds, much larger than the restored pyramids. Lianas and gigantic trees whose roots penetrate the mounds conceal most of the walls and ceilings.
Ricardo is an official guide at Palenque
Ricardo showed us one of Palenque’s many springs.
In the selva, he guided us to a natural spring. Our guide claimed that fifty-six springs provided life-giving water to Palenque’s inhabitants. As we stood in the forest at the spring, we could easily imagine the sacred energy that the ancient Maya perceived there.
Ricardo, our guide, showed us one of Palenque’s many springs
He also showed us the canals and explained how the Maya of Palenque made straight sided canals, lined them with a type of smooth stucco coating and roofed them with stone. In places, the roofed part is still intact and we walked on top of it.
The Maya built straight sided aqueducts.
We were quite impressed with the size of the freshwater canal. In ancient times, it had smooth plastered sides and a stone roof covering . Can you see, in the photo below, the remains of the solid top in the distance?
Aqueduct at Palenque
After our visit to the ruins and woods, we visited the site museum. The displays showcase the artifacts found in the pyramids. The large incense burners have faces of gods or a shaman. There are also the delicately modeled reliefs which were carefully removed from the pyramids’ walls.
The site museum was interesting, as it houses many artifacts from the site.
Orizaba is a Pueblo Magico southeast of Mexico City.
Visiting Orizaba was the highlight of our journey , in no small part because of the the tram that takes visitors up from the city of Orizaba to a mountain above the city.
View from the tram.
Visiting Orizaba was the highlight of our journey. Orizaba is southeast of Mexico City and is a designated Pueblo Mágico in the state of Veracruz. The city boasts a tram, a river walk alongside a river-flanking zoo, a planetarium, a Palacio de Hierro (Iron Palace) designed by Eiffel, the architect who designed the Eiffel Tower, good food (which to me is seafood), friendly people, lovely vistas of hills in all sides, fresh air, lots of green plants everywhere, graceful arches and ancient walls that have weathered for hundreds of years, and a botanical garden with tropical plants and various species of orchids, many of which are native to the area.
A city park
The city park, with beautiful trees, flanks one of the main streets
Walking to our Airbnb from the Palacio de Hierro we passed the park above. The variety and lushness of the foliage amazed me. We walked into the park, then through it, we admired the plants while children played nearby and families and couples strolled past.
The zoo in Orizaba flanks the river.
The river that runs through Orizaba is flanked by a zoo that extends along the sides of the river. The weathered arches from bygone days create animal enclosures by the clever use of chain link fencing across the face of each arch. There are jaguars, parrots, and other animals, most indigenous to the area.
The river walk reveals arches
One of several solitary jaguars.
There is a Planetarium in Orizaba
We went to the Planetarium, but it wasn’t open when we were there and it wasn’t clear to us when the next planetarium viewing would be. But it was worth the attempt, anyway, as the planetarium dome and its surroundings are picturesque. In the same complex as the planetarium there is Disneyesque medieval castle which, when we were there, seemed to be the destination for young people, perhaps a school field trip.
The planetarium dome is picturesque as is the surrounding scenery
Use an astrology app to find your current or past astrology transits and read about their effects.
The moon has phases – so do our lives.
Looking at your astrology transits with the Time Passages astrology app will enable you to find your current or past astrology transits and read about their effects. You can then compare the descriptions of the transit effects with the actual events or feelings in your life. What if more than one transit aspect is going on in your life? In reality, that is usually the case. Consequently, you will want to identify which of the transits seems to be most potent for you. Was it a type of aspect, such as the square, sesquiquadrate, semisquare or opposition, or was it the trine? Or, were several several aspects to a particular planet giving more emphasis to its energies? An app can help you learn more about astrology, in general, and about your own reactions to planetary energies.
Astrologers pay close attention to transits, the daily motion of the planets in relation to the natal chart.
Use an astrology app like Time Passages to track transit effects
I look at transits daily, either by viewing the planetary positions using a sophisticated computer program, an ephemeris, or an app. For a newbie, I recommend Time Passages app for your phone. For a solo user, it is free and available on Google Play. I don’t have any “interest” in the app, but I suggest it to my students and other learners because I like the way it shows the dates that each transit will be in effect.
I made a short video to show how to read about the transiting aspects once you download the app and put in your own birth data. Watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66cxaaUXzxM&t=12s
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Looking at transits in a personal forecast differs in many ways from the generalized forecasts in magazines.
Full moon over water reminds us that the tides are affected by the moon’s phases.
When I look at transits, I compare of the planets’ positions in the sky at a given moment to the planets’ positions in a person’s natal chart.
I’ve explored astrology for over 50 years, so I am well aware that we are all born with very different charts. The planets today affect each of us differently based on our natal chart.
Since many people happily follow astrology weekly prediction articles, I wanted to find out what the popular astrology column authors used as the basis of their weekly predictions. I wanted to know how the writers generalize their predictions to cover a large group of people with different natal charts
The moon has phases – so do our lives.
Comparing several columns by different astrologers revealed that not every astrologer focuses on the same transiting degrees. With many aspects at play during any one week or month, the weekly column astrologers appear to pick and choose among them.
Surely, using positive directed thoughts can mitigate fear and open the mind to avenues of response which provide a more favorable outcome to a temporary condition.
The common thread in all the astrology columns was not the aspect and the type of outcome that the aspect would cause. The common thread was actually advice or suggestions of the need to respond to all changes by using one’s own positive directed thoughts to guide one’s own life.
Positive thinking is a valuable tool!
The suggestion to develop a positive outlook solution for dealing with each possible scenario is a feature common to all columns I read. Because the nature of newspaper or magazine forecasts is to generalize by looking at transits for an entire group (all Leos or all Scorpios or all Geminis and so forth), positive thinking advice gives the reader a generally useful mental strategy for disarming fear, which can apply to everyone.
Unlike a generalized horoscope forecast, the transit forecast reading applies only and accurately to you.
An astrology forecast reading reveals the cycles of time in your life.
The transit forecast specifically for you is based on your birth time, place and date – your natal chart, that applies to you and you alone. Because of its accuracy and specificity, it will show opportunities, reveal challenges to be aware of, and describes emotional or psychological states that you are encountering. In addition, by calculating the transits for several years in the past, we can, with almost uncanny accuracy, describe conditions in a person’s life in a time in the past.
A professional personal astrology forecast is based on information in the current skies as it specifically relates to your own natal chart.
Your natal chart, or personal horoscope, is based on the exact time, date, and place of your birth. Astrologers compare the information coded in your natal chart to the current sky positions. We call this “looking at transits” or doing the transits. Interpreting it is called a “transit forecast”.
