Saturday, February 2, 2013

Celestial Watch: Planetary Transits in Feb 2013

"Destiny" Painting by Gregory Young


Key Planetary Transits:


Sun:

Sun continues it's journey in another inimical sign, Aquarius on Feb 12, 2013. Leo natives may be particularly facing a hard time with two back-to-back transits of Sun in two inimical signs. Not to mention they have a particularly strong 3rd house with exalted Saturn and Rahu. It is best for them to not enter into any arguments and fights. Avoid legal hassles. 



Saturn:


Saturn turn retrograde on Feb 18th 2013. When Saturn is benefic in the chart or plays an important role in native's horoscope such as for Capricorn, Aquarius, Taurus, and Libra (ascendants/lagna and moon sign)... this is a challenging period. If you have malefic planets or Sun or Moon in your natal Libra house, you will feel the effects of retrograde Saturn. If Saturn is malefic in your natal chart, retrograde Saturn may provide some relief. 

Anyways, Saturn is a hard task master and a very karmic planet. Its retrograde motion will take us back in time or life and old problems that need to be taken care of will re-surface. For eg. if Libra is your 7H in natal chart, than retrograde motion of Saturn in your 7H will bring past problems related to married life, relationships, and business partnership back to surface. Retrograde Saturn will then force you to resolve these problems that you may be either avoiding or neglecting. 

Saturn is also a planet of delays, so do not expect sudden and immediate changes in your life especially related to these old problems. Frustrations, delays, gloominess, loneliness, misery, disputes, problems in masses, etc. are some of the effects. The best is to be patient and and the karmic planet will award you appropriately. 

If you have retrograde Saturn in your natal chart, you may feel more impact.

As mentioned earlier, it is best to keep your head down, work hard, and be very very patient if things are not moving ahead. Your patience will be rewarded in the end. So if you are impatient about a relationship or promotion or pay hike, hold talks on the matter for some time. 


Mercury:
Mercury turns retrograde on Feb 23th 2013 in Aquarius. Mercury is the planet of intelligence, communications, computers, internet, speech, etc. Retrograde Mercury can cause disruptions in the above fields. 

Virgo and Gemini natives will particularly feel the effects. For Gemini, retrograde of Mercury is in 9H, hold off on making huge decisions related to education, financial matters, and stock investments. For Virgo, Mercury will be retrograding in 6H, take care in matters related to service and health. 


For others, think before you speak... it may either hurt others or cause misunderstandings. 


Regards!