Do you ever look up a chart of just the current transits at your location (not a personal transits chart) in moments that make you curious because of some thought or occurrence?
I think getting in a practice of doing this can be one of the best ways to wrap your head around astrology better, also around the concept that everyone and everything is connected. 🌀
The chart of the moment at my location always shows dynamics that fit my situation or thoughts, even if I am not also putting consideration towards where my natal placements would interact with the chart. (You can do that too of course!)
I’ve found the ascendant of the chart (the most time-sensitive part, and the helm/starting point of any chart) generally immediately gives huge context. For example, when I was writing last night about how my responsibilities feel like they make me suffer less the last few days, and also wrote I need to get *serious* about my mental health… I looked up the transits and found SATURN smack dab, to the degree, on the ascendant of the local chart. 🪐 🙏 I seem to usually find a planet conjunct the ascendant whenever it occurs to me to look up the transits out of curiosity… but if there isn’t one, the ascendant ruler should still be pretty key!
Where the planets are in the houses also tends to give a lot of context to my thoughts or whatever is happening, when I look up the current transits for my location. It’s a little bit like horary astrology the way I embrace this, except I’m usually not looking up charts of the moment in order to try to answer a question (I have done that!)… usually it’s just to get the context of dynamics at that time which the planets shed light on… and to keep myself forever satisfied and fascinated with how astrology always works! 🤩 It’s helped a lot with learning too!
Close studying of one’s personal transits actually isn’t even necessary to see how the macrocosm (Universe) reflects microcosms trickling all the way down from earth, to a region, to an individual. I keep that awareness of where my natal placements interact with the transits because it does help with understanding the most personal implications of astrology for my life! But I tend to be in greater wonder over how we really all fit into the picture.
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I hope these observations and/or advice have been helpful and inspiring 💖✨
