Dear Purple,
I'm sorry for your bad news. But yours is simply another example of the traditional astrology we are taught simply does not work consistently with respect to "predictions". The rules that have been passed down do not work except sporadically and they cannot be trusted. I have seen this over and over when trying to understand things in my own life. Because traditional astrology doesn't know the half of it regarding "predictive" astrology, I came up with a saying that helps me after I have tried to fit the pieces together and they just don't fit. It is, "God can screw you just as easily under good aspects as He can reward you under bad aspects". And vice-versa.
I believe what astrologers do not understand is that transits add energy. But it is not true that a trine always supplies good energy nor does a square always provide negative energy. It is energy, pure and simple. This provided energy then must go through some sort of "circuit" in order to "flow" and thus become active. No circuit, then no flow, and then nothing happens. This is why when you are under a bad Saturn transit, which can last weeks or months, that not every day is bad. Not every day does the Saturn energy get triggered in a negative way. I believe the answer to the whole problem of transits and "predictive" astrology involves the Sun and Mercury (the energy and the "switch" that closes the circuit), along with various planets in close aspect in the proper signs (triplicities and quadruplicities) along with the North Node and the South Node (but the Nodes do not operate at the same time - one or the other is and must be in the circuit, and depending on which one it is will the event be positive (North Node) or negative (South Node)). There is a lot to understand and I can't help you much more than what I have expressed because I am still trying to chase it all down myself. It is no small job, as you must know.
