# Transits & Orbs

### Transits are time-based patterns that take place at regular intervals, based on your chart. An orb is a buffer zone around an angle to define what we count as an aspect.

They are based on the relationship between where a planet is right now and where a planet was at the time of your birth (in your natal chart).

### Since you were born, the planets have continued to move.

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### When the current position of a planet forms an [aspect](https://www.costarastrology.com/how-does-astrology-work/aspects) with where a planet was when you were born, we call that a transit.

### For instance, the Sun moves through the zodiac once every year and has big transits every three months (every time it completes one-quarter of its 12 month cycle).

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#### SUN: 365 DAY CYCLE

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#### Transiting Sun →

#### square natal sun

- Every Sept ~19
- Ego troubles

#### Transiting Sun →

#### Opposite Natal Sun

- Every Dec ~19
- Reflecting about being

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#### ← TRANSITING SUN CONJUNCT NATAL SUN,

#### OR SOLAR RETURN

- Your birthday!

Every June ~19
- Ego activation

#### ← Transiting Sun

#### Square Natal Sun

- Every March ~19
- Ego troubles

#### Transiting Sun →

#### Square Natal Sun

- Every Sept ~19
- Ego troubles

#### Transiting Sun →

#### Opposite Natal Sun

- Every Dec ~19
- Reflecting about being

#### ← TRANSITING SUN CONJUNCT NATAL SUN,
#### OR SOLAR RETURN

- Your birthday!

Every June ~19
- Ego activation

#### ← Transiting Sun Square Natal Sun

- Every March ~19
- Ego troubles

### All the planets have individual cycles of different durations.

#### ← TRANSITING Saturn

#### opposite natal saturn

- Age ~14, ~44, ~75
- Reflecting about discipline

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#### Transiting Saturn → conjunct natal saturn, or saturn return

- Age ~29, ~58, ~87
- Activation of responsibility

#### SATURN: 28 YEAR CYCLE

### Each aspect between a pair of planets has a meaning.

#### When two planets make a transit, the planets are only exactly in aspect with each other for an instant.

### An orb is just a buffer zone for what counts as an aspect.

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Solar return ends at 3° after being exact.

Solar return starts 3° before being exact.

Different astrologers use different orbs for different purposes, ranging from 1° to 10° on either side.