pluto transits (and transsaturnians)
I'm not entirely sure why astrologers are so fixated on Saturn transits. For me, the transiting planet that creates the dominant theme - to which all other transits are subordinate to - is Pluto. And Saturn is more emphasized in my natal chart than Pluto! Saturn binds you to your karma, Pluto (and perhaps the other transsaturnians) allows you to transcend it. Perhaps other's Pluto experiences are different?
Arroyo writes, "Pluto transits often coincide w/the absolute and total end of an old phase..." Arroyo also writes that it takes years to assimilate the *full meaning* of a transsat transit, esp Pluto. I knew the time of transPluto conj moon (before I knew anything about astrology) was an immeasurably significant time and I had a bare bones idea of what it was about, but it took me years to flesh out the full meaning. I'm still building on it today.
If I may be so impertinent to add another layer to Pluto's transits... it would be one of psychic wealth. Pluto's name connotates wealth, as he is indeed, lord of the underworld. My experience w/Pluto is primarily one of restoration. The great gaping voids left by the dominant ideologies of a "late capitalist", pomo society can be addressed through the transsats, as they are the keys to energies which are beyond human consciousness. To restore the void and to gain such wealth in knowledge is the service of Pluto, and the price you pay will be through the complete loss of your innocence. (Hence, the myth in which Pluto rapes Persephone. Note the similarity b/w this myth and that of the fall of Eve, and the fairy tale of Bluebeard.)