difference between progression and transit charts?
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aniani
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Transits happen all year around as planets move all the time and they show how a transiting planet can affect you at a particular period of time.
Progressed chart happens slower. The sun moves a degree a year. So it could be anywhere between 2-30 years before it moves into the next sign. The moon moves a degree in a month so it is in the same sign around 2 and half years.
I am sure if you google, there would be many articles to help you better understand the difference between progressions and transits in a natal chart.
Progressed chart happens slower. The sun moves a degree a year. So it could be anywhere between 2-30 years before it moves into the next sign. The moon moves a degree in a month so it is in the same sign around 2 and half years.
I am sure if you google, there would be many articles to help you better understand the difference between progressions and transits in a natal chart.
ukdesifem
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transits pertain to current events in one's life. Natal positions are fixed for life You could live for 200 years even, and it would still be the same.
Transits in the houses represent new events and ongoing events.
Progressions are about mental states, and how these develop over time.
Transits in the houses represent new events and ongoing events.
Progressions are about mental states, and how these develop over time.
ukdesifem
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Progressions show how people develop over time. So if a person has natal Sun in Virgo, and Progressed Sun at 45 years in Scorpio, then they were born as a practical and diligent person, changed into a level-headed person (Libra) and are now a more passionate, darker, and purposeful person (Scorpio).
Osamenor
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It's not that simple. Sun sign manifests in lots of different ways, and progressed sun doesn't change your original sun sign, just puts another layer on top of it. In the above example, the chart native is always a Virgo. They will be best fulfilling their purpose, and experiencing personal growth, when they are developing and perfecting some kind of skill. It might be an art form, it might be a job kind of skill, it might be a sport or martial art, it might be just something they do day to day.
Being practical and analytical is how Virgo achieves its skill perfection, although it doesn't always show in their visible personality. Some Virgos just put all their practicality into their private development.
When the progressed sun transits to Libra, a Libra message gets layered on top of that Virgo. In this example, the sun would progress to Libra when the native is about 15. They would still be a Virgo, they would still think in a Virgo way, and they would still need that Virgo kind of development, but now there would be something Libran about it. Maybe they develop an interest in the arts. Maybe they were using their Virgo-ness to be a high achieving student, and now they turn their academic interests to medicine or psychology or law. Maybe they experience a shift in how they relate to others.
When the progressed sun transits to Scorpio, there would be a Scorpio layer on top of all that. Again, the native is still a Virgo, and they're still about self development through perfecting a skill, but now they need to work that skill on a deeper level. Depth, and stripping away the superficial pleasantries of Libra, is a Scorpio message. Maybe something with a Scorpio theme emerges: they had been a writer of novels, and now they turn to writing murder mysteries. Or, they had been a psychoanalyst, and now they learn hypnotherapy and add that to their practice.
The purpose of using progressions is to reflect life. We don't stay the same our entire lives, but the astrological chart for our moment of birth doesn't change. Progressions reflect, in a very broad way, the kinds of changes that we go through.
Another use for progressions is seeing which transits are most likely to manifest in our lives. If a transit is echoed by a progression, its effects will be felt much more strongly than if it is not. For example, let's say that a chart has transiting Mars conjunct the natal moon, while the progressed moon is entering Aries and forming a trine to progressed Mars. Something with a moon/Mars theme is highly likely to happen, and happen in a very noticeable way.
If it were the same Mars conjunction to the natal moon without any echo in the progressions, it would manifest in a small way. Maybe there would be an argument with a family member that quickly blows over. Maybe the native would enjoy a competitive card game with Mom. With an echo in the progressed chart, it's going to be much bigger. Not just a competitive and enjoyable card game, maybe constant one-upmanship within the family comes to a boiling point. Or some such thing.
JUPITERASC
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JUPITERASC
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but please do you know anything about solar revolution can you explain it ?
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Osamenor
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but please do you know anything about solar revolution can you explain it ?
I've never heard of solar revolution. Do you mean solar return?
JUPITERASC
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that's because "a solar Return" is a modern term
In fact 2000 years ago the modern "solar return" was known as "The Solar Revolution"
Benjamin Dykes has translated a book on Solar Revolutions
Persian Nativities III
- Most complete translation available
- Extensive Introduction explaining predictive methods
- Profections, transits, distributions, firdariyyat, solar revolutions, ninth-parts, and more available at http://www.bendykes.com/persians.php