Planets in Transit: Life Cycles for Living Paperback – February 7, 2002

Astrologer Cali Revati recommended this book and I am glad I listened. A must have in your astrology library!

This book is a wonderful guide for intermediate-level astrologers who have a foundational knowledge on astrology, but are still learning. It goes into each transit, each aspect (conjunct, sextile, square, trine) as well as the houses—IN DEPTH. This book absolutely blew me away; a wonderful addition to my resources for astrology. Would recommend !

My original go to text that I still use today to completely understand my cosmic journey.It is updated to include a few transits of Pluto in the twenty first century.

This book gets all the stars it can get because this is most probably the definitive work regarding this subject (so much so that the passages encountered in the Daily Horoscope on Astro.com, as well as in its Forecast section, are all excerpted literally word for word out of this book.) This book has come in handy time and time again. Not only does it help in determining what planetary forces are currently active in one's life at any given moment, it can be deftly employed to peer into the future or the past, or snoop on the transits of other people you know with equal vigor (but, such is the nature of understanding transits, and any resource could easily provide these.) I think what sets Robert Hand's literature apart is his deep reservoir of knowledge and experience he very visibly exhibits in his analyses. It's quite apparent he's working with a vast comprehension of the various manifestations of each combination of planetary energies. And what's more, his advice is practical. He's not really the Liz Greene type, delving into the depths of the psychological process. His approach is much more grounded in real world application (however, he does provide insights as to the likely psychological impact of those transits which offer such things.) There's a cut and dried qualiy to his writing which reminds me of a dad talking on occasion, and a note of very dry humor which surfaces once in a while, or at least I think it's humor, "Pluto transiting conjunct natal Pluto. This transit does not happen to anyone except possibly right after birth." My one and only real criticism is that I would have liked each passage to be longer. They are usually 3 to 5 decent sized paragraphs, but not more, and only fill up two thirds of each page, albeit typed in relatively fine print. In any case, this book has been my go-to resource whenever a transit question comes up and the option to sift through pages of search engine results of questionable origin and integrity just isn't beckoning me. It's totally comprehensive, including all the transits, with the sore exception of Chiron, my personal favorite planet(oid) or what-have-you. This book still gets the 5 stars, but wouldn't it be nice if Mr. Hand released a new edition that also included Chiron......Ahhhh, le Sigh!

But so what? This is a great cheat book for quickly analyzing transits (current, or temporary planet locations) and their GENERAL effects. It's a great book and you should own it--but--it, like so many other books on astrology look at the planets, signs, and aspects from the outside, seeing the effect, and not the cause. This book will not help you understand the why's and how's, but most people don't even know about this stuff, much less want to learn it. Therefore it is a "must own" to sit on your desk (keep it close by) and when you want to see how the Moon square Mars in Libra is affecting your no-good ex boyfriend this weekend, this will give you instant answers.What this book will not do is help you get inside Mercury in Cancer and understand how a mutable planet trapped in a gooey cardinal, prime water, first triad, second quadrant sign acts, and how this temporary effect colors reality (perception, the effects of actions based on perception, and the energies that set all of this up), or how to capture this transiting energy and use it toward your own goals. But then where can THAT INFORMATION be found (in public)? For that you have to go to (mystery) school.But still, it is a good book; especially if you just want quick, easy answers. As always, thanks for reading.

Awesome

This book has exhaustive and amazing coverage of the transits, all nicely organized from inner to out planets with page end tabs for easy location of each planet.Transits are an often misunderstood and overlooked aspect of chart interpretation, but with this book, you'll know much more about the influences and how they relate between each planet. Each aspect is covered in a way that both the professional and the novice alike will have no problem finding the meanings for each planetary transit, whether it be for interpreting the natal chart, to planning and writing "horoscopes".Of course the mathematical formulas are given in the beginning of the book so that you can find each aspect, should you decide to do it the old fashioned way, but with today's computer software, the aspects are so easy to find, that this book acts as a great tool simply when you need an interpretation.I highly recommend this book for anyone interested in astrology!

If you're not quite a professional astrologer but know enough to understand what a "transit" is, then this book is invaluable for you as well. Using the full depth of his experience and talent as a professional astrologer, Rob Hand has written a masterwork that explains what to expect from the various astrological transits. He includes transits forming all Ptolemaic aspects from and to every planet as well as the ascendant and Midheaven. His descriptions are comprehensive and, as you would expect, highly accurate. As a professional astrologer myself I use this as well to augment and confirm my own interpretation and of course it's extremely helpful in assessing my own transits since it's always difficult for an astrologer to read their own chart. This is a definite "must have" for every astrologer or person who avails him or herself to the insights provided by this ancient art.