One often hears amateur astrologers tell people that “hard aspects” in their coming transits that are going to bring an ominous event. This scares people. Sometimes amateur astrologers scare themselves by projecting ominous things coming up for them. Why is this wrongheaded?
It wrongheaded because it misses the positive power of hard aspects. Hard aspects make things happen, push events to start happening, makes an individual start to look at problems in their lives that they may well have kept under the rug. Things that you have procrastinated about, or, quite frankly, want to avoid.
The way to handle these transits is to note the areas of influence. Mars sq Venus is obviously going to be different that say Mercury sq Saturn. Next determine where you think the aspects energy will be released in your chart, start looking around. Are there events in the scope of these two energies that you know need work, then look the matter over. And prepare for something to happen. Maybe the exact event will not be what you deduced it would be, but at least you 1) anticipated a strong energy surge coming up 2) examined areas in your life that at that time might well need to be worked on.
The good news is that hard aspects bring change. The beautiful thing about astrology is that things keep changing, the aspect flow fluctuates as the live force moves along the life map of your natal chart. All change is not easy, life isn’t built that way. Successful people are resilient and forward thinking, looking for the silver lining and the truth that all situations pass and move on. And if one is ready to face a challenge and the adjustments it may cause, then charge on for these challenges are the source of changes that need to be met. It will bring success. It will strengthen you.