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  The Influence of Mars’ transit in Aries in 2005 - 2006
Mars, during this transit in Aries, aspects Saturn which is transiting Cancer since the end of May 2005 and will continue to transit Cancer until the end of July 2007.
Mercury is the ruler of the 7th house of friends and enemies, as well as the ruler of the 10th house which indicates the status of business and economic activity.
Mars is the planet of inflation, therefore during this transit there is potential for inflation in matters connected with petroleum, electricity, natural gas and all other matters associated with energy – which will naturally increases production costs.
www.vedicastrology.com /articles/ArticleMarsTransit2005-06.htm   (780 words)

  
  Transits of Mercury and Venus
Such transits are fairly rare : for Mercury a number occur each century, but for Venus they are less frequent, pairs of them occur separated by 8 years, but the pairs are themselves separated by either 105.5 years or 121.5 years.
The second transit of Mercury, occurs on 9 November 2006 and, unlike the May 2003 transit, is fully visible in New Zealand.
Later in November the expedition observed a transit of Mercury from Mercury Bay in New Zealand during the exploration of the coast line of the country.
www.rasnz.org.nz /Transits.htm   (1231 words)

  
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Transit MARS trine natal Neptune Jan 5 through Jan 8, Exact on Jan 7 This is a period to use your intuitive abilities, increase your spiritual awareness, investigate dreams and the occult, and carry out as much of your work and other physical activities as possible behind the scenes.
Transit MERCURY opposed natal Venus Jan 18 through Jan 19, Exact on Jan 19 When it comes to handling interpersonal relations, enhancing the beauty or harmony of an environment, or planning social events this is apt to be an exceedingly difficult period.
Transit MARS square natal Saturn Jan 27 through Jan 30, Exact on Jan 28 The difficulties and delays you encounter during this period are likely to be caused by lack of preparation, planning, and organization--either on your part or that of others.
www.moonspells.com /ie/transitsample.txt   (24081 words)

  
 Molly's Astrology: Mars: the warrior   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
This is the glyph representing Mars: the universal symbol for males.
Mars is the outermost of the “personal” planets (the Sun, the Moon, Mercury, Venus and Mars).
The mythological god Mars is often shown with a shield, a sword, and a bright star of light on his crotch.
north-node.com /astrology-tutorials/mars   (427 words)

  
 NASA - Mercury
Because of Mercury's size and nearness to the brightly shining sun, the planet is often hard to see from the Earth without a telescope.
Mercury does not have enough gases in its atmosphere to reduce the amount of heat and light it receives from the sun.
Mercury is surrounded by an extremely small amount of helium, hydrogen, oxygen, and sodium.
www.nasa.gov /worldbook/mercury_worldbook.html   (1493 words)

  
 NASA's Solar System Exploration: Planets: Mercury: Overview
Mercury is the second densest planet after Earth, with a large iron core having a radius of 1,800 to 1,900 kilometers (1,100 to 1,200 miles), about 75 percent of the planet's radius.
Mercury's outer shell, comparable to Earth's outer shell (called the mantle), is only 500 to 600 kilometers (300 to 400 miles) thick.
Mercury's magnetic field is thought to be a miniature version of Earth's, but scientists are uncertain of the strength of the field.
solarsystem.nasa.gov /planets/profile.cfm?Object=Mercury&Display=OverviewLong   (673 words)

  
 Transit of Mercury from Mars - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A transit of Mercury across the Sun as seen from Mars takes place when the planet Mercury passes directly between the Sun and Mars, obscuring a small part of the Sun's disc for an observer on Mars.
Transits of Mercury from Mars are much more common than transits of Mercury from Earth: there are several per decade.
The inclination of Mercury's orbit with respect to Mars' ecliptic is 5.16°, which is less than its value of 7.00° with respect to Earth's ecliptic.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Transit_of_Mercury_from_Mars   (387 words)

  
 Kepler Mission > Characteristics of Transits   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The fractional change in brightness or transit depth is equal to the ratio of the area of the planet to the area of the star.
Because grazing transits are not easily detected, those with a duration less than half of a central transit are ignored.
Since a chord equal to half the diameter is at a distance of 0.866 of the radius from the center of a circle, the usable transits account for 86.6% of the total.
www.kepler.arc.nasa.gov /sci/basis/character.html   (784 words)

  
 Mercury Facts and Pictures - Explore the Cosmos | The Planetary Society
Mercury is sometimes called the densest object in the solar system, though that’s not exactly true.
Because Mercury is a small planet, models predict that it should have radiated away enough of its primordial heat for its core to have frozen solid.
Mercury’s shrinking caused the lithosphere to crack and crumple together, forming the scarps.
www.planetary.org /explore/topics/our_solar_system/mercury/facts.html   (983 words)

  
 Friends of Astrology
Transit Jupiter spends almost all of this forecast year in the sign of Scorpio, where it is forming a lovely sextile aspect with your natal Sun.
Even transit Mars in Taurus is providing a beautiful trine aspect, which gives you the energy and enthusiasm to motivate you to action.
Mars here is forming a difficult opposition aspect to your natal Sun, and with the issues at home your career may take a back-seat to more pressing problems.
www.friendsofastrology.org /annforcasts/Capricorn.html   (1914 words)

  
 Mars Transits by Celeste Teal discusses Mars transits through the houses and each aspect.
The aspects made by Mars to the natal planets during its transiting cycle and the natal house it energizes must also be considered.
Although the aspects made by transiting Mars to the natal planets will show whether individual efforts are supported or challenged, and by whom, the house position of Mars is important in determining the possible area of ramifications from its transit or retrograde motion.
Any aspect of Mars to the Moon signifies issues and events relating to the home, family or mother figure and is similar to a fourth house transit of Mars.
celestteal.bizland.com /mars_transits.htm   (5505 words)

  
 APOD Search Results for "Mercury"
Superimposed on Mercury's dark silhouette is a detailed image of the planet's rugged surface based on data from the Mariner 10 probe that flew by Mercury in 1974 and 1975.
Mercury is actually moving most rapidly (left to right) through the field and days earlier was seen to cross in front of the solar disk.
Mercury's disk is silhouetted against the seething plasma as it follows a trajectory near the edge of the Sun.
antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov /cgi-bin/apod/apod_search?Mercury   (10451 words)

  
 SPACE.com -- Viewer's Guide: Watch Mercury Cross the Sun
Mercury and Venus are the only major planets we can ever see crossing the face of the Sun.
Transits of Venus happen less than twice a century (the next one is scheduled for June 6, 2012).
As Mercury moves across the face of the Sun, it will appear absolutely jet fl in contrast to the lighter gray of any sunspots that may also be present on the solar disk.
www.space.com /spacewatch/061103_night_sky.html   (1299 words)

  
 Mercury | Scholastic.com
Mercury is scorched on one side by the hot sun for long periods of time, and is so hot that lead would melt.
Mercury is so small with respect to the sun that no one would notice Mercury's tiny shadow.
Yes, this happens — it is called a "transit." Since the planets are so much smaller than the sun, it looks like a small fl dot moving across the face of the bright sun.
content.scholastic.com /browse/article.jsp?id=4849   (593 words)

  
 Astrological events: Transit of Mercury- November 2006
This transit or passage of a planet across the face of the Sun is a relatively rare occurrence.
Only the transits of Mercury and Venus are visible from the earth as their orbits lie inside that of the earth.
This November transits recur at intervals of 7,13 or 33 years.The next transit of Mercury will occur on 9th May 2016 and will be visible from the Americas, Europe, Africa and Central Asia.
www.findyourfate.com /planets/mercury-transit.htm   (340 words)

  
 Friends of Astrology Annual Astrological Forecast for Aquarius
Transit Uranus continues its journey through the sign of Pisces, where it is shaking up your financial situation.
On June 28 transit Mercury joins Mars and Saturn in Leo, bringing on a “war of words.” You may feel you are being forced to concede on every issue simply to maintain harmony.
The retrograde of Mercury between October 28 and November 17 will only complicate issues as you find you may need to repeat your efforts as paperwork is lost and messages don’t get through.
www.friendsofastrology.org /annforcasts/Aquarius.html   (1539 words)

  
 Transit Of Mercury
During the transit, Mercury's tiny disk-jet fl and perfectly round-will glide slowly across the face of the Sun.
Radars on Earth have pinged Mercury and received a strong echo from polar craters.
Mercury may actually be collapsing in on itself as its massive iron core cools and contracts.
www.spacedaily.com /reports/Transit_Of_Mercury_999.html   (888 words)

  
 Exploratorium | Transit of Mercury | 2006
On November 8, 2006, Mercury slowly slid across the face of the sun during an event known as a transit.
A transit of Mercury is relatively rare—there are only about a dozen in a century.
Because of Mercury’s diminutive size, the transit couldn't be seen with the unaided eye, but it was visible with a telescope (with the proper filter) or by using a homemade optical projector.
www.exploratorium.edu /transit   (261 words)

  
 Quarter Million Year Canon of Solar System Transits
From the Earth, transits of Mercury and Venus are visible; recently, observers were treated to these spectacles in back-to-back years: 2003 and 2004.
The triple transit visible from Mars is a transit of the Earth, Moon, and Mercury which occurred in the year -55962 (Julian calendar) so, sadly, you missed it, and no other triple transit from Mars figures in the canon.
We define the "centre" of the transit as the integration step with the maximum depth; for this transit of Mercury, as seen from Earth, this occurred at 07:40 UTC with a depth of 0.0669 which, within the granularity of the integration, agrees with the actual time of geocentric mid-transit at 07:52:23.
www.fourmilab.ch /documents/canon_transits   (8624 words)

  
 Mercury Transit on November 8 -- Watching our Solar System at Work - Planetary News | The Planetary Society
The November 1999 Mercury transit was captured by the Transition Region and Coronal Explorer (TRACE) mission.
Most of us know that Mercury is the smallest planet in the solar system (since Pluto was kicked out of the category in August).
Instead, the orbits of both Mercury and Earth are tilted with respect to the Sun's equator.
www.planetary.org /news/2006/1102_Mercury_Transit_on_November_8_.html   (1049 words)

  
 The Transit of Mercury
Mercury's Transit across the path of the sun is virtually invisible to the naked eye, and telescopes using projection onto screens, or fitted with special safety filters, are required.
But because we view Mercury as being about 200 times smaller than the diameter of the sun, its Transit is like a spider crawling over a large football.
Those who will be fortunate enough to see the Transit should check with a local observatory to find out when the Transit will take place in their local time.
www.quazen.com /Science/Astronomy/The-Transit-of-Mercury.7366   (459 words)

  
 ScienceDaily: Rare Transit Of Mercury
Science Daily — When Mercury goes in front of the Sun on Wednesday, Nov. 8, a rare event, scientists from Williams College and the University of Arizona will be observing it from vantage points on earthbound mountains and with orbiting spacecraft.
Pasachoff and Schneider have already used the 1999 transit of Mercury to unravel a centuries-old mystery known as the fl-drop effect.
From the ground, the transit of Mercury will not be as visible as 2004's transit of Venus, since Mercury's disk will be too small to be seen without use of a telescope or binoculars.
www.sciencedaily.com /releases/2006/11/061104090501.htm   (1385 words)

  
 Transit of Mercury - May 7, 2003
The Transit of Mercury on May 7, 2003, was seen in its entirety across Asia, Africa and Europe, and at its end at sunrise in easternmost North America and South America.
Transits of Mercury can occur only in the months of May and November, because, to be seen from Earth, it must be near one of the two nodes of its orbit.
Mercury transits in May at intervals of 13 and 33 years, and in November at intervals of 7, 13 and 33 years.
www.astromax.org /activities/2003/tm030507.htm   (1492 words)

  
 Transit of Mercury
That transit was indeed a rare event that we were privileged to observe.
The transit begins at 2:12 pm when tiny Mercury will “contact” the southeastern edge of the Sun (the edge of the Sun closest to the western horizon).
Mercury is so tiny that you won’t be able to detect it with the unaided eye anyway, so don’t be tempted to try.
www.theskyscrapers.org /content3770.html   (969 words)

  
 Sky & Telescope - A Rare Transit of Mercury Occurs Today - AOL Research & Learn
Mercury will "transit" the Sun for about five hours, looking like a tiny round sunspot creeping westward across the enormous surface of our home star.
Mercury is remarkably tiny compared to the sun, appearing only 1/200 as wide during this transit.
Deepest transit occurs around 4:41PM ET, when Mercury is a little closer to the sun's center than edge.
reference.aol.com /space/skyandtelescope/_a/a-rare-transit-of-mercury-occurs-today/20061106120309990001   (990 words)

  
 2003-May-07 : The Transit of Mercury : Live Images : Worth Hill Observatory (UK)
Mercury is quite a small planet, so will appear only as a very small fl dot on the face of the Sun.
In 2003, the May 7th event is a Transit of the planet Mercury across the face of the Sun.
Mercury was showing a fairly thin crescent when viewed visually, but due to being so close to the horizon the image was quite unstable, hence it is blurred in the video image above.
home.freeuk.com /dgstrange/transit.mercury.2003   (1684 words)

  
 Mars Transits
Under Mars transits, we feel the need for greater activity and assertiveness in the area that is being hit.
With any Mars transit to your natal Mercury, you should be able to handle any communication task with grater ease because Mars craves action and gives courage.
On the positive side, Mars transiting in aspect to your natal Neptune is excellent for anything involving creativity and imagination, especially anything to do with art, painting, film making, dance, and music.
www.bobmarksastrologer.com /transitsMars18.6.htm   (2492 words)

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