What an «important period» is in astrology
An important period is when a slow planet approaches a point of your natal chart to within one degree. Viki computes this mathematically: she takes planetary positions from the ephemerides, compares them with your chart and pins the day of entry into exact phase. No intuition involved — pure calculation.
Why the slow planets
The Moon crosses the whole chart in a month; Mercury and Venus in weeks. Their transits are about mood and small events: flagging them with messages would be spam.
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto move over years. Their approach to the Sun or Moon is the kind of thing after which people say «everything changed from that year on».
Why the Sun and Moon
The chart’s two principal points: essence and needs. A transit to them touches the whole person, not one sphere. Transits to other planets matter too, but the alerts are deliberately limited to the weightiest — otherwise there’d be far too many messages.
What «orb under a degree» means
The orb is the gap between the exact angle and the actual one. While it’s wide, the influence is diffuse. Once it drops below a degree, the period works at full strength. That’s the point at which the message arrives.
How long it lasts
- Jupiter — usually one-two weeks in exact phase.
- Saturn — a month and longer, often with a return due to retrogradation.
- Uranus, Neptune, Pluto — months, in three waves: direct pass, retrograde return, second direct pass.
You can ask in advance
No need to wait for an alert. Ask any time: «what important periods do I have in the next six months» — Viki will compute and list them.
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