How do solar returns work?
For some reason, people are almost always daunted by their solar return. If you’re a beginner, a solar return is a chart of drawn for the time your Sun (solar) returns to the exact place it was when you were born. This is also known as your birthday! It’s possible for your solar return to […]
Birthdays are a big deal in astrology. Look at your solar return chart for insight into the year from birthday to birthday. Your solar return ascendant shows how you go out into the world. When my solar return ascendant was in Pisces, things were quite cloudy. I seemed to be going in two directions and
Hi Elsa, What happens when a Solar Eclipse (or Lunar Eclipse) happens on your birthday? In 2020, I am supposed to have a Solar Eclipse right on my birthday. For some reason I feel like that is a remarkable thing and something I should take notice of and prepare for. Looking Ahead United States
The “solar return” occurs when the Sun returns to the exact position it was when you were born. This is on your birthday or sometime the day before or the day after. A chart is cast for the time of the solar return. It gives information as to what kind of year you’re going to
This is from a email consult for a man with a Cardinal T-Square in his Solar Return… “…All in all, it should be a good year. It will be demanding, but you’re likely to wind up top of the pile rather than beneath it. It’s just hard to ignore this kind of Cardinal force.
In the old days you had to either calculate a chart by hand. In the early 90’s, I lived in the city. I could go to the local metaphysical chart and get a chart done by a computer for about four dollars. They’d hand me a sheet of old time computer paper, with the chart
I wrote a piece about solar returns in 2009 – Solar Return: As Far As I Can See, They Work Beautifully. I had a cardinal grand cross in my solar return at the time. That was the year this blog became a structured business. My current solar return is also pretty heavily cardinal. Next year’s
