Michael Allgeier describes in this book the challenging transits of the cosmic heavyweights Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto. He points out both their risks and the tasks and opportunities that lie behind them.

The difficult transits of the slow-moving planets are somewhat like the key to our happiness. The famous philosopher Nietzsche once said, "What does not kill me makes me stronger." The same can be said for these challenging transits. It is primarily the difficult transits of the slow-moving planets that drive us forward and shape our destiny. They can bring us to the brink and cause us to fall. However, overcoming them makes us strong and puts us on our path.

Without the tension, pressure, and friction that these difficult transits create within us, we would not move or develop. Ultimately, they are the challenges that life presents us to help us progress and free ourselves from burdensome karma.