Calculate planetary transits - Current transits with natal chart comparison
post_astrology_transitsCalculate current or future planetary transits (positions of all bodies now). Optionally compare transits to natal chart to find transit-to-natal aspects. Returns all 14 celestial bodies (the 10 classical planets, the lunar nodes, Chiron, and Black Moon Lilith) with signs, degrees, and speeds. When natal chart provided, includes transit aspects (transiting Sun conjunct natal Mars, etc.) with orbs and applying/separating status. Perfect for daily transit forecasts, aspect alerts, and personalized transit reports.
Input Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| date | No | Transit date in YYYY-MM-DD format (defaults to current date) | |
| lang | No | Response language (BCP 47). Supported: en, tr, de, es, hi, pt, fr, ru, zh-Hans, zh-Hant. Defaults to en. Coverage varies by domain, and a field with no translation in the requested language returns English. | en |
| time | No | Transit time in HH:MM:SS format (defaults to current time) | |
| compact | No | Set true for the same data in a compact shape: arrays of same-shaped objects arrive columnar as {"__cols":[names],"__rows":[[values]]}. Lossless, typically 40 to 52 percent fewer tokens. | |
| nodeType | No | Lunar node convention. "mean" is the smoothed average node, which always moves retrograde; "true" is the osculating node, which tracks the real perturbed node, oscillates up to about 1.5 degrees either side of the mean on a 173-day cycle, and can briefly turn direct. Neither is more correct and they almost always fall in the same sign. Applies to the North and South Node. True is the osculating node and the default, because it is what most Western chart software reports; mean is the smoothed node preferred by several evolutionary schools, so pass "mean" to match one. Nothing else in the chart changes, and the two agree on the sign except when the node sits within about 1.8 degrees of a cusp. Defaults to "true". | true |
| timezone | No | Transit timezone: decimal hours from UTC OR IANA name (e.g. "America/New_York"). IANA resolved to the DST-correct offset for the transit date. Defaults to 0 (UTC). | |
| natalChart | No | Optional natal chart data to compare transits against |