Your birth chart is a snapshot of the sky at the moment you were born. It is fixed in time and the planetary aspects and placements within your chart are your life’s blueprint — that never changes. That is why your Sun, moon, and rising sign (i.e., the keys to your chart) are yours for life.
As time goes on, the planets travel through the signs of the zodiac and activate different parts of your birth chart. These movements are known as transits — which is astrology’s way of tracking what themes will become activated based on their relationship to your birth chart.
While your birth chart tells you who you are and what your purpose is, your transits explain the current themes of your life and the places where you are being asked to grow, stretch, and show up. These transits might be helpful or challenging, depending on the planets involved and the nature of the contact. You’ll begin to feel the impact of a transit (start date), before the exact moment that it occurs (exact date), and continue to feel it for some time afterward (end date).
Although all CHANI app users can see how the individual planets in the sky are impacting them in real-time based on their rising sign via their Planetary horoscopes in the “Today” section of the home page, your personal transits can be found in the premium Transits tab. These update any time a planet in the current sky makes contact with a planet in your unique birth chart, so remember to check back frequently to understand what themes are beginning and ending for you. This is as tailored to you as astrology gets.
What transits are in the CHANI app and why?
There are a few things we take into consideration when deciding which transits to display in the CHANI app:
- The relationship between the transiting planet or point and your natal placement. This is called an aspect. We only use traditional aspects in the CHANI app: conjunctions, sextiles, squares, trines, and oppositions.
- How notable or subtle the transiting planet tends to be. To avoid overwhelming users, we focus on the transits that are likely to have the most impact on your life.
- How personal the natal planet or point is. The more personal and sensitive the natal point, the more likely you’ll notice subtler transits. For example, your Sun or Ascendant are extremely sensitive placements, so we include all of the traditional aspects in the app, whereas we only include conjunctions with your natal nodes, for example, because other transits are so subtle, you are unlikely to feel them in your daily life.
With that in mind, we include the following aspects and their interpretations in the CHANI app:
Conjunctions
- All planets forming a conjunction with your natal points and planets will be documented in the CHANI app.
Sextiles, Squares, Trines, and Oppositions
- Transits for the transiting Sun, Moon, and Mercury as they form aspects with your natal Sun, Moon, and Ascendant.
- Transits for Venus and Mars as they form aspects with your natal Sun, Moon, Ascendant, and visible planets (Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn).
- Transits from Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto to all natal points and planets.
If you believe that one of these transits is happening for you, and it is not listed in the CHANI app, please reach out to support@chani.com and we will be happy to help.