How to Find Transits in Your Birth Chart by House

As of October 27, 2026, Venus is retrograde in Libra, Mercury is retrograde in Scorpio, and Mars is moving through Leo. The next New Moon arrives November 9 at 16°53′ Scorpio, so knowing how to find transits in your birth chart can show which life areas these cycles emphasize for you.

Start with your birth time and rising sign

Your birth chart needs your birth date, time, and place. The birth time matters because it helps determine your rising sign, also called your Ascendant, and where the twelve houses begin. If the time is off, house placements can shift.

Find your rising sign on your chart, then check which house system the chart uses. Whole sign houses are a beginner-friendly way to map transits: each house covers one complete zodiac sign, starting with your rising sign as the first house. Other systems can place house boundaries differently. For a broader introduction, see this guide to how the twelve houses work.

The house tells you the life area involved. The sign tells you the style or subject matter of the transit. A transit through your second house, for example, brings attention to resources, income, possessions, and personal values.

Find Libra, Scorpio, and Cancer on the wheel

Locate the zodiac signs around the outer edge of your chart. Follow them around the wheel until you find Libra, Scorpio, and Cancer. In whole sign houses, the sign’s position relative to your rising sign gives you its house number.

Use this quick method

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Start counting with your rising sign as house one.
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Move one sign at a time around the zodiac in order.
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Find Libra, Scorpio, and Cancer, and note the house number beside each.
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Repeat for Leo, because Mars is currently transiting Leo.

For example, if Taurus is your rising sign, Taurus is the first house, Gemini the second, and so on. Libra is your sixth house, Scorpio your seventh, Cancer your third, and Leo your fourth. The same transits therefore emphasize work and routines, partnerships, communication, and home life for this chart.

Cancer matters here as a sign you may want to locate in your own chart. It is not the current sign of Mars: Mars entered Leo on September 28, 2026. If you want a quick overview of Cancer’s traditional themes, see this Cancer guide.

Match each transit to its activated house

A transit activates the house containing the sign it is moving through. As of October 27, Venus is retrograde in Libra and Mercury is retrograde in Scorpio. The November 9 New Moon will also fall in Scorpio. Mars is in Leo, so its current house is the one containing Leo in your chart.

Write down the house for each sign. For instance, a Libra rising chart places Libra in the first house, Scorpio in the second, and Leo in the eleventh. Venus retrograde then calls attention to first-house topics such as identity and self-presentation. Mercury retrograde and the New Moon highlight second-house topics, while Mars energizes eleventh-house concerns such as friends, groups, and longer-term goals.

Cancer’s house is part of the same map, but these four events are not currently transiting Cancer. A natal planet in Cancer may still matter in your personal chart, but it is not the house location of the listed Libra, Scorpio, and Leo transits.

Read Mars, retrogrades, and the New Moon by house

The house gives a practical starting point for interpreting a transit. It does not predict one guaranteed event. Instead, it helps you decide where to watch for revisions, fresh starts, or a push to take action.

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Venus retrograde in Libra: Reconsider how you handle the topics of your Libra house, especially relationships, agreements, money, or priorities. Venus moved back into Libra on October 25 and is due to turn direct on November 14.
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Mercury retrograde in Scorpio: Review conversations, plans, and information tied to your Scorpio house. Mercury turned retrograde on October 24 at 20°58′ Scorpio and is scheduled to turn direct on November 13.
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New Moon in Scorpio: On November 9, the New Moon at 16°53′ Scorpio begins a new lunar cycle in your Scorpio house. Think of it as a useful point to set an intention or make a small plan, not a guarantee that something will happen immediately.
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Mars in Leo: Notice where you are putting effort, asserting yourself, or getting impatient in your Leo house. Mars entered Leo on September 28 and is expected to enter Virgo on November 25.

Degrees add another layer. If you have Venus at 15° Scorpio, the November 9 New Moon at 16°53′ Scorpio is close to that natal placement. In astrology, that closeness is called a conjunction, an alignment at roughly the same zodiac degree. You could use it as a prompt to consider what you want to begin or reconsider around the house containing Scorpio.

Retrogrades have particular meanings in astrology, but the house helps make the interpretation specific. This explanation of retrograde periods can help if you want to understand why astrologers often frame them as review cycles.

Why your Sun sign alone cannot locate these transits

Your Sun sign tells you where the Sun was in the zodiac when you were born. It does not, by itself, tell you which houses contain Libra, Scorpio, Cancer, or Leo in your personal chart. That house map depends on the rising sign and the chart’s house system.

Two people with the same Sun sign can have different rising signs, so the same transit may fall in different houses for them. Use your rising sign for a house-based reading, then treat your Sun sign as another layer of context rather than a substitute for the chart.

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Once you know the houses involved, track what actually changes there, and use the dates as checkpoints for reflection rather than fixed predictions.