Timing and cycles
Second Pass
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Second Pass is the middle exact contact when retrograde motion repeats a transit.
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- Transits & Cycles
- Related
- Birth Chart, Zodiac, Transit
Second Pass means the middle exact contact when retrograde motion repeats a transit.
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Where readings of Second Pass go wrong
A common error is to make second-pass language sound like failure.
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Sources and editorial method
This entry summarizes the tradition in the Almanac's own words; where no source is listed, it is an editorial summary rather than a primary text, and symbolic readings are named as the tradition's, not as fact.
- Source
- The Great Almanac Dictionary
- Category
- Transits & Cycles
- Last updated
- 2026-09-26
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Common questions
What is Second Pass?
Second Pass is the middle exact contact when retrograde motion repeats a transit.
What do people get wrong about Second Pass?
A common error is to make second-pass language sound like failure.
