Transits of the Planets
© 2005 Curtis Manwaring
In the broad scheme of things, the transits were the last consideration that Hellenistic astrologers were interested in to see what is going on in the natives life at any given time. The time lords and their natal configuration were considered far more important because each individual reacts differently to the same transits in the sky that are going on at any given time. There is a heirarchy involved, but transits were considered relevant, particularly if natal planets do not testify about a given subject matter and since as Schmidt says, the planets are in the service of heimarmene, trying to give the native his due, the natal planets may not always give testimony, or testimony may be deferred to the later time.
Valens says that planets are not testifying unless they are time lords at the time. So transits may be mute if they are not relevant to the testimony. This is one of the reasons why I developed the program Delphic Oracle with the transit interface, because at any given time it is important to know if that transit is actually "active". There is also potentially qualifying testimony that may negate the effects of a transit if at birth the testimony conflicts with what heimarmene has in mind for that individual. The reader of these delineations should keep this in mind; because of heimarmene, some things are not possible, for instance that a 6 month old give birth...
This is the largest section of the site, and there are sections on how a transiting planet aspecting the lord of a given house in your chart brings about these affects. Keep in mind that at this point I have not done these delineations through full scale Hellenistic analysis. Most come from my personal conjectures about general principles found in medieval astrology. Some, though the minority, come from personal experience. These transit delineations also exist in my Timaeus program which automatically look to see if any of these transits are taking place in your natal chart.
Automatically access these delineations from your system tray with Timaeus Horoscope Software.
