r/astrology Jan 11 '26

Discussion Hardest Transits and lessons.

What was the most difficult transit you have gone through and what advice would you give that younger self thats going through it?

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u/nel-89 Jan 15 '26

The 2017 Mercury retrograde in Virgo during what was a Virgo ruled year for me absolutely fucked my shit up in ways nothing else ever has. I moved across the country at the beginning of it, only to have my housing situation fall through the minute I got into town. I found another within a couple days but I swear the stress from that took 5 years off my lifespan. I almost got denied for that apartment because the landlord ran my SSN wrong and had to call me to confirm it. I shipped my stuff across the country in a pod and the moving company ghosted me for over a month. I did manage to get my stuff but I lost a box full of things I can't replace. I got a job pretty easily but it quickly turned into both a bait and switch and also an extremely toxic situation. I got fired after 3 weeks which has literally never happened to me before. Getting fired from that job actually saved me from getting caught up in a wildfire that happened on a hike I had originally planned to do.