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Türkiye
Istanbul
- Region
- Middle East
- Best months
- April to June, September to October
- Tier
- standard
Two continents and twenty centuries on either side of a single waterway. Sultanahmet for the headline sights, Karaköy for the new restaurants, a long Bosphorus ferry for the city's real geography.
Astrological reading
Pluto-rich. Charts on transformative transits often find Istanbul lands unusually deeply.
Character
- city
- history
- bazaar
- bosphorus
How well Istanbul fits depends on your full natal chart, your astrocartography lines, your interests, and your travel companions — the iOS app does the scoring once you sign in. Until then, this is the editorial reading.