I'm going to offer some examples, but I don't expect you to view it as proof. It is too isolated and anecdotal to be that, but I want you to see an example of the process in action as I have experienced it. Just a few examples won't prove a thing, but it will explain some things you might be missing.
I recently researched Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, so let me take advantage of that data and my familiarity with it. I use transits and solar arc directions most in my predictive work, and that is what I will demonstrate with .
The progress of the Pitt-Jolie affair was a notorious topic that unfolded in the press. At glamour.com, they offer a timeline of the affair. It begins in summer of 2004. That is when the rumors started. Pitt-Jolie denied the rumors then, but they later revealed that that was when the fell in love while filming a movie.
So I am progressing Pitt's chart to August, 2004.
Imagine how complicated this must be astrologically. Pitt has fallen in love, with all the heady feeling of that, but he is troubled by the events and what effect it will have on his marriage. The solar arc at that time was 41-degrees and 25 minutes.
Solar arc Ascendant is conjunct Pitt's Venus. Many people get married at such a time. Pitt has fallen in love with someone not his wife. Solar arc directed Uranus has moved to square Pitt's natal Moon ( which is close to his Venus). This suggests a dangerous event of libertine behavior. A desire to exceed his boundaries is a risky way. The astrologer sees that it will soon square his Venus suggesting divorce. Solar arc Neptune has moved to conjunct Pitt's Sun. Sun is allowed a wide orb in solar arc directions as in natal astrology. sa.Neptune as passed n.Sun by a little more than two degrees, but that is a normal amount of orb for Sun. This suggests that he is susceptible to charm and seduction.
Solar arc Sun/Moon midpoint has moved to natal Saturn. Obviously that is trouble. It is trouble in general, and it is trouble especially for his marriage.
Astrologer and midpoint pioneer, Alfred Witte, said of this situation:
"Serious and difficult times. Not a good time to marry. obstacles to marriage. Sorrowful marital states. Sudden enmity in friendship and marriage. Divorce and separation."
Sun and Moon both get a wider orb, and so does the Su/Mo midpoint.