Astrology Glossary · Motion and timing
Transit
The current position of a real planet in the sky, read against your birth chart or against today's general weather. Every forecast on Zodified is a reading of today's transits.
A transit is the position of a real planet in the sky right now, read against either your natal chart (which planet it is passing over) or against the day's general configuration. Astrology is a transit-driven practice — almost every prediction is really a description of a current or upcoming transit.
For daily Sun-sign forecasting AIstra reads transits against the Sun-sign positions of the twelve signs, not against personal natal charts. "Mercury transits through your 3rd house this week" means: Mercury is currently in the sign that, counted from your Sun, falls in the 3rd-house position.
Transits are how the sky's slow motion translates into a day-by-day forecast. They are the reason yesterday's reading is not the same as today's, even if the underlying chart is identical. The transits moved.
As it appears in recent forecasts
… luck and expansion that balances out the solitary nature of your twelfth-house transit. While you feel the urge to retreat, do not completely isolate yourself from the opportunities that Jupiter brings to y …
… mind is usually occupied with abstract concepts or future-facing projects, this transit demands that you look at the literal foundation beneath your feet. Tend to the Domestic Sphere This specific alignment …