Astrology offers multiple methods to predict events and understand life cycles. These timing techniques help astrologers determine when energies are most active, providing insight into opportunities, challenges, and personal growth.

🔹 1. Planetary Transits

• Definition: Current planets forming aspects to natal planets or points.
• Focus: External events and triggers.
• Duration: Short-term (inner planets) to long-term (outer planets).

🔹 2. Secondary Progressions

• Definition: Symbolic movement of natal planets (1 day = 1 year).
• Focus: Internal psychological growth and evolution.
• Example: Progressed Moon changing sign → emotional focus shift.

🔹 3. Profections

• Definition: Hellenistic technique assigning a house/year theme based on age.
• Focus: Annual focus on specific life areas.
• Example: Age 40 → 12th house profection → focus on endings, reflection, and preparation.

🔹 4. Solar Arc Directions

• Definition: All planets move roughly 1° per year along the solar arc from the natal Sun.
• Focus: Major life events, turning points, and confirmation of other timing techniques.

🔹 5. Primary Directions

• Definition: Ancient predictive method measuring arcs between natal planets and key points over time.
• Focus: Long-term life events, often precise in timing.

🔹 6. Lunar Nodes & Eclipse Timing

• Definition: Transits and progressions involving the North & South Nodes or eclipses.
• Focus: Karmic events, destiny, turning points, and life lessons.

🔹 Practical Approach to Synthesis

1. Identify yearly focus using profections.
2. Observe internal evolution via progressions.
3. Track external triggers via transits.
4. Confirm major life events with solar arc directions or primary directions.
5. Integrate eclipses and nodal transits for karmic insights.

🔑 Summary

• Transits: External events.
• Progressions: Internal growth.
• Profections: Annual life focus.
• Solar Arc / Primary Directions: Major turning points.
• Nodes & Eclipses: Karmic and destiny-related timing.
• Synthesis: Using multiple techniques together enhances predictive accuracy and depth of interpretation.