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JOURNEYS YEARLY SOLAR RETURN REPORT
Once each year, the Sun returns to the exact position that it held at the time of your birth. This report outlines the astrological influences on the year ahead for the positions of the planets at the precise time of your annual solar return.
The report delineates the influence of the Ascendant, Midheaven, Sun, Moon, and each of the nine planets as they interact with each other and with the Houses of the horoscope. Because there is such a wealth of information, you may find it helpful to orient yourself by first reading the following three sections in their entirety (including their subsections):
§2 – The Solar Return Sun: The Central Focus of the Year.
§3 – The Solar Return Ascendant: Personal Themes for the Year.
§15 – Connections between Planets and House Cusps: Key Events of the Coming Year.
The report is based on your natal and solar return charts cast for the following data:
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Table of Contents
Natal and Return Data Used in this Report
§1.0 – Introductory Comments: What is a Solar Return?
§2.0 – The Solar Return Sun: The Central Focus of the Year
§2.1 – The House Occupied by the Sun: Major Issues of the Year
§2.2 – The Sun’s Aspects in the Solar Return Chart
§3.0 – The Solar Return Ascendant: Personal Themes for the Year
§3.1 – The Return House Containing the Planet Ruling the Return Ascendant
§3.2 – The Natal House Highlighted by the Solar Return Ascendant
§3.3 – Aspects of the Ascendant in the Solar Return Chart
§3.4 – Planets Rising in the 1st House of the Solar Return Chart
§4.0 – The Solar Return Midheaven: Worldly Status, Career, and Public Activity
§4.1 – The Return House Containing the Planet Ruling the Return Midheaven
§4.2 – The Natal House Highlighted by the Solar Return Midheaven
§4.3 – Aspects of the Midheaven in the Solar Return Chart
§4.4 – Planets in the 10th House of the Solar Return Chart
§5.0 – The Solar Return Moon: Your Emotional Life
§5.1 – Aspects of the Moon in the Solar Return Chart
§6.0 – Mercury: Communication, Learning, Short Trips
§6.1 – Aspects of Mercury in the Solar Return Chart
§7.0 – Venus: Love, Money, Values, Relationships
§7.1 – Aspects of Venus in the Solar Return Chart
§8.0 – Mars: Initiative, Leadership, Drive
§8.1 – Aspects of Mars in the Solar Return Chart
§9.0 – Jupiter: Opportunities for Growth and Expansion
§10.0 – Saturn: Duty, Responsibility, Important Lessons, Hardship
§10.1 – Aspects of Saturn in the Solar Return Chart
§11.0 – Uranus: Novelty, Originality, Disruption
§11.1 – Aspects of Uranus in the Solar Return Chart
§12.0 – Neptune: Spirituality, Creativity, Self-Deception, Confusion
§12.1 – Aspects of Neptune in the Solar Return Chart
§13.0 – Pluto: Power, Control, Intense Emotional Experience, Transformation
§13.1 – Aspects of Pluto in the Solar Return Chart
§14.0 – The Solar Return Part of Fortune
§15.0 – Connections between Planets and House Cusps
§15.1 – Solar Return Planets with Return House Cusps
§15.2 – Solar Return Positions with Natal House Cusps
§15.3 – Natal Positions with Solar Return House Cusps
§1 – Introductory Comments: What is a Solar Return?
Introduction
You have certainly heard the expression “Many happy returns!” – a reference to the annual cycle that begins at your date of birth. The astrological Solar Return is a chart cast for the moment when the Sun returns to the exact position it held in your Natal horoscope. Each year the Solar Return marks the start of your personal New Year, and astrologers look to the Solar Return horoscope to see what events and issues await you in the year ahead.
Astrologers have proposed many methods for interpreting the Solar Return chart. This report follows the method of Alexandre Volguine (1903-1976), a French astrologer who, in 1937, first published his 15 years of research on Returns. Until his death in 1976, Volguine continued to update his study of Returns in subsequent editions of his classic text, “LA TECHNIQUE DES REVOLUTIONS SOLAIRES”. For those interested in the astrological theory, the method of Volguine is outlined in the appendix to this report.
In accord with Volguine’s method, this report is based on a Return chart cast for your location (which may be different from your birth place) when the Sun returns to its position in your Natal chart. Because we insert an extra day into the calendar every four years during the leap year, your Solar Return may occur either on, or a day before or after, your calendar birthday.
If you do not know your exact time of birth, you can still do a general Return chart by using as your presumed “birth time” the exact moment of sunrise on your birth date. The Solar Return chart calculated from a sunrise birth chart provides a generally accurate astrological forecast for the year ahead; but, if possible, use your actual time of birth to get the most accurate forecast.
According to the astrological theory of Solar Returns, the Natal chart represents a basic blueprint of the individual (similar to the DNA within the nucleus of the cell) and the Return chart reveals the annual renewal or reactivation of the Natal chart as measured against both the ongoing movement of the planets and the newly generated set of House cusps at the time the individual’s Natal Sun is “reborn” at the annual (SR) birthday. A key feature of Return chart interpretation involves studying the relationship between the annual Return Houses and the birth chart Houses.
Beginning with the next section, this report will review and interpret the major factors identified by Volguine for identifying the themes and events that will dominate your life during the coming year. The current Solar Return chart actually spans a period of about a year and a half because its influence is felt from three months before the current birthday until three months after next year’s birthday. This three-month transitional overlap between subsequent Returns represents the period when the themes of one year gradually give way to those of the next.
A note on stressful aspects:
In some delineations you will read that an adverse event could occur if the planet being discussed forms discordant aspects in the chart. The harsh aspects are the semi-square (45 degrees), the square (90 degrees), the sesqui-square (135 degrees), the inconjunct (150 degrees), and the opposition (180 degrees). In addition, the conjunction (joining together) of certain pairs of planets is intrinsically difficult because of the conflicting nature of the planets involved. To determine whether a stressful aspect is in effect, you may need to refer to the section where the aspects formed by the planet were first discussed in the report.
Into every life a little rain must fall. Do not be alarmed if negative predictions show up in various sections of this report. Stressful events often hover as potentials in the background but never materialize. The repetition of a trend in several parts of the horoscope chart is the key to accurate prediction in astrology. In general, adverse events occur only when many aspects or configurations repeatedly point toward their manifestation. If a stressful event is mentioned but once or twice, it is unlikely to manifest. In any case, forewarned is forearmed.
On Aspect Strengths: Next to the aspects you will often find a listing of the “strength” of the aspect. The number you see is based on how close the aspect is to being exact. The higher the number, the more exact the aspect. The aspects range in strength from a low of about 1 to a high of about 8. Theoretically, the very close aspects are more likely to manifest in your life.
Astrological Houses in the Return Chart
If you are not familiar with astrology, it will help to know a little about the astrological Houses as you read this report. You probably know that there are 12 signs of the zodiac. In a similar way, astrologers divide the horoscope wheel into 12 “Houses,” which look like a pie cut into 12 pieces. Each House represents a particular area of life. The 1st House starts at the Ascendant, which is the point where the zodiac circle in the heavens crosses the horizon in the east. By convention the Ascendant lies at the “9 o’clock” point on the circle. The remaining Houses follow the 1st House in a counterclockwise direction around the wheel so that the 10th House, which symbolizes your career and standing in the world, lies at the very top of the chart. The entry point into each House is called its cusp. Below is a list of the twelve Houses and some of their key meanings for reference as you read this report.
1st House: your body, personality, personal initiatives, life force.
2nd House: money, income, possessions, values.
3rd House: communication, analytical thinking, writing, local travel, siblings, neighbors.
4th House: home, family, parents, past conditioning, final endings.
5th House: fun, romance, recreation, vacations, children, sports, gambling, creative self-expression.
6th House: service, health concerns, daily grind, subordinates, tenants, pets.
7th House: significant others, consultants, partnerships, contracts, lawsuits, open enemies, the public.
8th House: death, sex, taxes, joint finances, surgery, investigation, transformation, occult studies.
9th House: higher education, long-distance travel, religion, philosophy, the law, foreign interests, publishing, broadcasting.
10th House: career, worldly status, honors, public standing, reputation authority, bosses, parental figures.
11th House: friends, hopes & wishes, group involvements.
12th House: solitude, imaginative endeavors, confinement, hospitalization, spiritual pursuits, loss of freedom, secret enemies, self-undoing.
§2.0 – The Solar Return Sun: The Central Focus of the Year
General Significance of the Sun
The Sun, ruler of Leo, is the most important “planet” in the Return. The primal energy of the Sun makes possible our life on earth. The Sun enlivens, asserts, illuminates, vitalizes, promotes, fathers, energizes, individualizes, elevates, and makes conscious. Astrological aspects involving the Sun show how we achieve (or fail to achieve) honor, status, recognition, achievement, and individuation – how we shine, create, and make our mark on the world. People signified by the Sun include fathers, husbands, mature men, bosses, authority figures, and people of influence. In health matters, the Sun symbolizes the heart and the spine.
The Return placement and aspects of the Sun may involve us either personally through health matters and life circumstances governed by the Sun, or indirectly through people symbolized by the Sun. We will next look at the zodiacal sign and House positions of the Sun in the Solar Return chart.
Return Sun in Virgo
The Return Sun occupies the exact location in the same sign as the Sun in your birth chart. Having the Sun in meticulous Virgo generally makes you modest, shy, disciplined, discriminating, analytical, practical, reliable, efficient, health conscious, good with details, and fond of helping or serving others. You are probably a bit apprehensive and feel that you can’t be too careful. Your faults may include worrying too much and being overly fussy, fastidious, and critical of yourself and others.
Having considered the sign containing the Sun, we now turn to the Sun’s Return House position, which highlights the central themes of the year ahead.
§2.1 – The House Occupied by the Sun: Major Issues of the Year
Return Sun in the Return 10th House
The Sun occupies your Return 10th House and places the focus on career, honors, professional advancement, authority, parental issues, worldly status, and associations with people of influence. This is a year when you can shine — a time of recognition, popularity, credit, and prestige. You could assume a position of influence or leadership. Business contacts that you develop at this time may lead to new and exciting career opportunities. You may need to look after the affairs of a parent or authority figure. Matters related to your mother may take on special importance. Events may occur that affect your reputation or public standing. A change in marital status or employment is commonly indicated by this placement.
§2.2 – The Sun’s Aspects in the Solar Return Chart
Return Sun inconjunct Return Neptune (Strength: 2.36)
This can be a year of artistic, musical, poetic, or religious inspiration. Neptune heightens your intuitive and imaginative creativity. Glamour, glitz, and illusion may become appealing. Spiritual experiences could involve you in an increased awareness of hidden dimensions of reality. You may need to reconsider your pursuit of a cherished dream or ideal. Events may occur that dissolve the boundaries of your ego, enhance your appreciation of mortality, and make you more cognizant of the universality of human experience. You may engage in activities that selflessly assist others or promote the common good. You will want to reserve time alone for reflection, prayer, and meditation. Neptune is a slow-moving planet and this influence may be felt for several years.
This stressful Sun/Neptune aspect warns that the self-sacrifice of Neptune could turn into victimization, paranoia, martyrdom, or deliberate self-harm. In rare cases, you, or someone close to you, may entertain thoughts of suicide. You would be wise to shore up your mental health and avoid acting as your own worst enemy. You may confront issues involving escapism, confusion, self-deception, hopelessness, drug or alcohol abuse, illicit behavior, con games, or loss of touch with reality. Be sure to stay attuned to your own inner psychological states and motivations.
A significant man could pass from your life. Extra responsibilities for children may arise. If other factors suggest health problems, this aspect could signify mysterious or difficult-to-diagnose ailments, either physical or emotional, that affect you or a significant other. On occasion, grief, loss, hospitalization, or confinement may be indicated.
Return Sun sesquiquadrate Return Jupiter (Strength: 1.32)
The Sun stressfully aspecting Jupiter advises you to remain cognizant of the dangers of immoderation in all your activities throughout the year. Difficulties may arise because of greed, arrogance, extravagance, or illicit behavior. Events may stimulate your awareness of philosophical, religious, moral, and ethical issues. It is important to avoid taking unnecessary risks and to remain aware of your own limitations. Health problems that are the result of excess, overindulgence, lack of proper precaution, or poor nutritional habits may surface.
§3.0 – The Solar Return Ascendant: Personal Themes for the Year
The Ascendant-Descendant or East-West Axis in the SR chart
The East-West Axis of the astrological map represents the Celestial Horizon. The Ascendant (in the East) signifies the filter through which you view the world and the manner in which you project your personality toward others. It also reflects your physical body and your personal initiatives. The Descendant (in the West) symbolizes your partnerships, close relationships, and the way you get along with other people.
Planets that form close aspects with the East-West Axis of the Return chart will color your personality style, personal initiatives, and manner of relating. The degree of the zodiac rising in the East (the Ascendant) varies with your location on earth at the time of your Solar Return. If the Return Ascendant receives particularly stressful aspects, some astrologers advise their clients to travel to a location that will minimize or negate those aspects on the day of their Solar Return. In the following section we consider the influence of the horizon (Ascendant-Descendant) axis in the year ahead.
Return Ascendant in Scorpio
The Scorpio Ascendant emphasizes the intense and secretive sign of the scorpion. This year you will need to deal with matters related to power and control, taxes, loans, debts, mortgages, joint finances, sexual issues, psychological conflicts, alimony, or property owned jointly with others. Sound financial management, perhaps involving large sums of money, will be essential. You could find yourself involved with investigation, research, near-death experiences, legacies, or inheritances. Sexual activity may increase. Your need to get to the bottom of things will be strong. Superficial living simply will not do this year! A strong inner need to connect to something more rich and meaningful will motivate you to seek out intensity.
More than any other sign, Scorpio represents transformation. A noteworthy separation or ending may occur in such a year, and if it does, you can be certain that it was “meant to be”. Significant personal growth and healing are possible. Wisdom can be gained by paying attention to your gut feelings and intuition. Now is a time to bury the hatchet and seek reconciliation with significant people in your life, especially those who may soon leave this earthly plane.
The Ascendant signifies your body. If the Ascendant-rulers Mars and Pluto form stressful aspects you could encounter health problems (such as illnesses, accidents, injuries, burns, heat stroke, etc). Because Scorpio governs the functions of excretion and reproduction, potential health difficulties could involve the genitals, the gall bladder, or the organs of elimination. Please note that these health issues are only remote possiblities.
Pluto and Mars are respectively the modern and traditional planetary rulers of the sign Scorpio. Thus, Pluto and Mars are the rulers of the Ascendant in this year’s Return chart.
§3.1 – The SR House Containing the Planet Ruling the SR Ascendant
Return Pluto in the Return 2nd House
Pluto, the planet of radical change and transformation, occupies your Return 2nd House of values, possessions, and income. Events may occur that will help you to put your values in perspective and to get your financial house in order. Attend to financial matters that have built up over some time so that you can begin a new cycle of growth. This is a good time to get rid of things you own that are no longer useful and to repair or refurbish items that you wish to keep. Changes in the source or nature of your income are possible. Money can be earned from matters related to research, investigation, healing, sexuality, financial management, or the affairs of the dead. Take this opportunity to increase your sense of mastery over your life through how you handle money and possessions. If it’s time for a change, this position will aid you to determine a new financial plan that is self-empowering.
§3.2 – The Natal House Highlighted by the Solar Return Ascendant
Return Ascendant in the Natal 7th House
The Natal House placement of the Return Ascendant shows where you are most likely to take personal action during the coming year. Your dominant interests and activities will center on 7th House issues such as marriage, partnerships, significant others, contracts, negotiations, lawsuits, adversarial relationships, alliances, consultations, and dealings with the public.
The Return Ascendant-Descendant axis also highlights 1st House issues such as personal projects, leadership, initiative, self-promotion, and matters of self-interest. Your appearance and the way you present yourself to others will assume great importance. Pay special attention to how you use and care for your body. You may wish to engage in a diet and exercise program to improve your stamina and endurance. If you have any physical complaints, get a medical exam.
§3.3 – Aspects involving the Ascendant in the Solar Return Chart
Return Ascendant sextile Return Mercury (Strength: 2.93)
Mercury favorably aspecting the Return Ascendant puts a positive light on communication, education, travel, and commerce. This year will be full of mental activity, talk, letters, phone calls, writing, travel, movement, busy work, short trips, and frequent comings and goings. You tend to be more youthful, agile, adaptable, quick-witted, and verbally expressive. You may teach, take classes, or receive training under this influence. Pursuing further education can have a beneficial effect on your career. Activities that require physical movement and dexterity are especially appealing. You are also likely to have frequent contacts with siblings, young people, kin, neighbors, and members of your local community. Things that you write or say help to define who you are to others. A major trip is possible.
§3.4 – Planets Rising in the First House of the Solar Return Chart
Solar Return Planets occupying the Solar Return First House
The Return 1st House reveals your yearly personal or psychological activity. Any planets that occupy the Return 1st House show the nature of your activity and your psychological reactions during the coming year. If a planet lies close to the Return Ascendant (within 5 degrees), you will have a fair amount of personal control over the action. Planets in the 1st House that lie further away from the Return Ascendant (more than 5 degrees) indicate that you will have less control and be more at the mercy of the forces symbolized by those planets.
The Return planets that occupy your Return 1st House are listed below. If this section is blank, there are no 1st House planets in your Return chart.
§4.0 – The Solar Return Midheaven: Worldly Status, Career, and Public Activity
The North-South or Meridian Axis of the Solar Return Chart
The North-South or Meridian Axis of the astrological map represents your vocation, public image, parents, and family matters. The Midheaven at the top of the chart (due south in those charts of the northern hemisphere) symbolizes your career, worldly status, and public activities. The Imum Coeli (I.C.) at the bottom of the chart signifies your home, your domestic life, and the final conclusion of pending affairs.
Planets that form close aspects with the North-South Axis of the Return chart will color vocational and family matters during the year. The degree of the zodiac on your Return Midheaven depends on your location on earth at the time of your Solar Return. If the Return Midheaven receives particularly stressful aspects, some astrologers advise their clients to travel to a location that will minimize or negate those aspects on the day of their Solar Return. In the following section we consider the influence of the meridian axis in your Return chart.
Return Midheaven in Leo
The Midheaven in Leo suggests that your career, status, and public activities will involve your ability to put yourself in the spotlight and make your unique mark upon the world. You will be self-confident and assertive on the job. Your ability to sell yourself and your ideas can lead to advancement in your career. Others are likely to recognize and reward your achievements at this time.
The House position of the Return Midheaven’s planetary ruler gives further information about your social reputation and vocation in the year ahead. The planet ruling the Return Midheaven is discussed below.
Because the Sun rules the sign Leo, the Sun is the ruler of the Midheaven in this year’s Return chart.
§4.1 – The SR House Containing the Planet Ruling the SR Midheaven
Return Sun in the Return 10th House
This interpretation appeared previously in section §2.1 – The House Occupied by the Sun: Major Issues of the Year.
§4.2 – The Natal House Highlighted by the Solar Return Midheaven
Return Midheaven in the Natal 6th House
The Return Midheaven at the top of the Return chart reveals the actions and circumstances of your life that will be most visible to others during the coming year. When the Return Midheaven lies in your Natal 6th House, it highlights issues related to work, health, illness, co-workers, and pets. You are likely to have added job responsibilities in such a year. It is possible that you could take time off from work for reasons of health or to pursue a needed form of therapy. The welfare of a parent may occupy your mind. Your own needs and desires tend to be subordinated to the needs of others at this time.
§4.3 – Aspects involving the Midheaven in the Solar Return Chart
Return Midheaven conjunct Natal Venus (Strength: 6.30 )
With the Return Midheaven conjunct your Natal Venus, others are likely to view you in terms of your outward appearance and your material possessions. This aspect increases your popularity and brings many social contacts into your life. An increase in income from career is also possible. You may take public action with regard to matters ruled by the Natal or Return Houses with Taurus or Libra on the cusp. Your sense of fairness, balance, and harmony could lead to some type of public recognition.
Return Midheaven conjunct Natal Jupiter (Strength: 4.39 )
The Return Midheaven conjunct your Natal Jupiter brings career opportunities and often correlates with a promotion, an academic degree, or a public honor. You may need to travel or be in contact with people from other cultures in connection with your work. In some cases, you may need to relocate to accept a new job position. Those in positions of influence and authority tend to be favorably disposed toward you. You might even rub elbows with the rich and famous. Your popularity increases, and you could assume some type of public office. Your expansiveness and broad-mindedness could lead to some type of public recognition. Changes in your worldly status could also include marriage or the birth of children into the family. You may take public action with regard to matters ruled by the Natal or Return Houses with Sagittarius or Pisces on the cusp.
§4.4 – Planets in the Tenth House of the Solar Return Chart
SR Planets in the Solar Return Tenth House
The Return 10th House relates to career, family, worldly status, and any public actions you take during the year. The Return planets that occupy the Return 10th House reveal the nature of such public activity and how it may affect your vocational and family life.
The Return planets that occupy your Return 10th House are listed below. If this section is blank, there are no 10th House planets in your Return chart.
Return Sun in the Return 10th House
This interpretation appeared previously in section §2.1 – The House Occupied by the Sun: Major Issues of the Year.
Return Mercury in the Return 10th House
Mercury, the messenger of the gods, in your Return 10th House of vocation emphasizes the need for clear communication in the career arena. Careful analysis, verbal fluency, logical thought, and pragmatic problem solving are your pathways to greater success. You may have to deal with news and information from a government agency or someone in authority. Professionally, you may be asked to give presentations, receive instruction, write, lecture, teach, or share your ideas with the public. Your ability to communicate effectively and reach a wide audience, perhaps via the Internet, can advance your goals. You could become involved in discussions about job duties or contract negotiations. Issues related to sales, commerce, or advertising may occupy your mind. Young people may learn about the rules and structure of society. Manual dexterity and physical agility may be required in the workplace, and work-related travel is a possibility. This is a good time to update your resume and to network with others in your chosen field.
§5.0 – The Solar Return Moon: Your Emotional Life
General Significance of the Moon
The Moon, ruler of Cancer, receives and reflects the light of the Sun. As such, the Moon symbolizes the inner, reflective, receptive, emotional, and subconscious aspects of human life. The Moon represents our feeling states, heredity, instincts, habit patterns, our early experiences with mothering, and our domestic life. Astrological aspects involving the Moon reveal how we react emotionally, and how we give or receive nurturing and comfort. People signified by the Moon include mothers, females in general, and the significant women in our lives. In health matters, the Moon symbolizes cyclic changes, nutrition, and female issues; also, the breasts, the stomach, and the brain matter.
The Return placement and aspects of the Moon may involve us either personally through health matters and life circumstances governed by the Moon, or indirectly through people symbolized by the Moon. Lunar aspects that are said to perfect on a certain date have an orb of a month or longer. We will next consider the Return zodiacal sign and House placements of the Moon.
Return Moon in Gemini
The Moon in Gemini brings changes and fluctuations to your emotional life. You may spend a lot of time this year talking and thinking about your feelings, perhaps in an effort to impose rationality on your gut instincts. You may experience a tendency to remain aloof — wanting your head to rule your heart at this time. Indecisiveness and fear of commitment commonly accompany this placement. Relationships with siblings, neighbors, and close kin may become a focus of attention. Frequent travel could become emotionally taxing.
Return Moon in the Return 7th House
The Moon, which reflects your feelings and mood states, occupies the Return 7th House of marriage, partnerships, open adversaries, and contractual agreements. Your partners and close associates are likely to be especially nurturing and emotionally supportive, or they may turn to you for support. You are especially attuned to the emotional needs of others. Intimate supportive and nurturing relationships become a priority. Your emotional life comes into high focus, and fluctuations in your mood may play a prominent role in your life. Activities that involve dealings with the public are likely. Lawsuits undergo many fluctuations. Your relationships with women, including your mother, may require attention. If the Moon forms positive aspects, you could enter into marriage or a favorable business partnership.
§5.1 – Aspects involving the Moon in the Solar Return Chart
Return Moon trine Return Venus (Strength: 6.09) – Aspect perfects on 10/19/11.
Pleasant Moon/Venus contacts bring love, tenderness, affection, fun, and companionship into your life. Love affairs, romance, popularity, social invitations, travel, marriage, pregnancy, and childbirth are common during such a Return year. This is a good time to spruce up your appearance and indulge yourself a bit. Creative, musical, or artistic projects go well. Opportunities for increased income are likely to arise. You are able to deal more calmly with stressful events that arise during the year.
Return Moon sextile Return Uranus (Strength: 4.41)
The Return Moon favorably aspecting Uranus often brings pleasant unexpected changes to your emotional or domestic life. At the same time, you may feel a strong need for freedom and independence. A move or a change in your home environment is possible. Personal relationships take surprising turns under this influence.
Return Moon square Return Neptune (Strength: 1.80)
With the Moon stressfully aspecting Neptune, you may experience confusion and lack of clarity in your emotional life. Feelings of loss, grief, sadness, or hopelessness are not uncommon. Be careful whom you entrust with personal information, and guard yourself and your loved ones against exploitation by others. Any self-deception, denial, sneakiness, or underhanded behavior is likely to have untoward consequences. Plans based on illusion, wishful thinking, or a desire to escape from legitimate obligations will only lead to failure.
Doubt and tests of faith may occur in your spiritual life. Despondency and self-defeating attitudes sometimes accompany this aspect. If you have the courage to grapple with your inner turmoil, this aspect will increase your sensitivity, compassion, intuition, spirituality, and creative imagination. You will also become more aware of your inner psychological states and unconscious motivations. If there are other indications in the chart, this stressful aspect to Neptune can indicate a hidden illness or a need for hospital care, involving either yourself or someone you care about. Women in your life could experience difficulties due to carelessness, inattention, drugs, alcohol, or chronic illness. You should personally remain alert to the dangers posed by intoxicating substances. In most cases, however, this aspect indicates some confusion of boundaries on the domestic front and in close personal relationships. You are more emotionally vulnerable this year.
Return Moon sextile Return Mars (Strength: 1.25)
The Moon in contact with assertive Mars stirs your emotions and enlivens your relationships, especially with the women in your life. Strong feelings are likely to rouse you to action. You are forceful and forthright in your dealings with others. People are likely to follow your lead and applaud your initiative. Sometimes this aspect indicates marriage, especially in a female chart. This will be a year in which you express a great deal of energy, passion, and assertiveness.
Return Moon sextile Natal Ascendant (Strength: 4.90 )
This aspect enhances your close personal relationships, which are characterized by warmth and friendliness. You feel nurtured and supported, and you lend your support to others. Matters related to home and family proceed smoothly. Benefits may come through women. Overall, this has a very positive influence on your emotional life.
Return Moon oppose Natal Mars (Strength: 4.54 ) – Aspect perfects on 12/02/11.
Your emotions may lead to conflicts or aggressive outbursts. Don’t let little things get on your nerves. Everyone has their quirks. Don’t sweat the small stuff.
§6.0 – Mercury: Communication, Writing, Learning, Selling, Short Trips
General Significance of Mercury
Mercury, ruler of Gemini and Virgo, was the messenger of the gods. Mercury symbolizes language, communication, the thinking process, the intellect, writing, correspondence, education, commerce, transit, movement, and all means of transport. Astrological aspects involving Mercury show how we think and communicate our ideas to others; also, how we move about in our community. People signified by Mercury include writers, communicators, salespersons, students, the young people in our lives, messengers, drivers, neighbors, siblings, and other kin. In health matters, Mercury symbolizes the tongue, upper extremities, lungs, respiratory system, nervous system, thyroid, and the sense of sight.
The Return placement and aspects of Mercury may involve us either personally through health matters and life circumstances governed by Mercury, or indirectly through people symbolized by Mercury. Travel accidents are often shown by afflictions to Mercury, especially hard aspects involving Mars or Uranus. We will next consider the Return House placement of Mercury.
Return Mercury in the Return 10th House
This interpretation appeared previously in section §4.4 – Planets in the Tenth House of the Solar Return Chart.
§6.1 – Aspects of Mercury in the Solar Return Chart
Return Mercury square Return Moon’s North Node (Strength: 3.03)
Return Mercury square the Lunar Nodes tends to cause friction in relationships, which can lead you to feel rejected or disliked by people who disapprove of your behavior. You will need to make a special effort to be sociable and to get along with other people. Watch what you say because verbal friction can be a cause for later regret. The affairs of a child may become a cause for concern.
Return Mercury sextile Return Ascendant (Strength: 2.93)
This interpretation appeared previously in section §3.3 – Aspects involving the Ascendant in the Solar Return Chart.
Return Mercury conjunct Natal Pluto (Strength: 2.90 )
Return Mercury conjunct Natal Pluto heightens your powers of communication, and you can easily influence others with your thinking. Your mind is sharp mind and your observational skills are keen. You are able to get your message across convincingly. Your thoughts may turn to matters symbolized by Pluto such as death, rebirth, transformation, sexuality, power, and control. You will need to avoid becoming too fanatical about an idea. Intense experiences can occur while traveling or while sharing ideas with others.
§7.0 – Venus: Love, Money, Values, Relationships, Art, Beauty
General Significance of Venus
Venus, ruler of Taurus and Libra, was the goddess of love and beauty. Venus symbolizes attraction, romance, partnerships, social life, affection, harmony, fashion, art, style, luxury, money, possessions, indulgences, and sensual pleasures. Astrological aspects involving Venus show how we give and receive love, especially of the romantic sort; also, how we manage our finances, find pleasure, and adorn ourselves. People signified by Venus include lovers, wives, important women in our lives, artists, decorators, musicians, and anyone dedicated to the pursuit of beauty and/or pleasure. In health matters, Venus symbolizes problems of self-indulgence; also, the throat, the kidneys, the lower back or lumbar region, the parathyroids, and the sense of touch.
The Return placement and aspects of Venus may involve us either personally through health matters and life circumstances governed by Venus, or indirectly through people symbolized by Venus. We will next consider the House placement of Venus.
Return Venus in the Return 11th House
Benefic Venus in your Return 11th House tends to stimulate your social life. Friends and colleagues may assist you in pursuing your goals or realizing a dream. Income from career may increase. Enjoyable times can be had at functions sponsored by clubs, societies, and organizations. You may be asked to assume a position of leadership in a group or organization. You are likely to make new friends, and a friendly relationship could turn into a romance.
§7.1 – Aspects of Venus in the Solar Return Chart
Return Venus trine Return Moon (Strength: 6.09) – Aspect perfects on 10/19/11.
This interpretation appeared previously in section §5.1 – Aspects involving the Moon in the Solar Return Chart.
Return Venus oppose Return Uranus (Strength: 4.50)
Venus inharmoniously aspecting Uranus brings some level of excitement, or possibly disruptions, to your friendships, romantic attachments, and close personal ties. A breakup or unexpected falling out with a lover is possible. However, a new love affair that appears to come “out of the blue” is just as possible. Brief love affairs with abrupt endings sometimes occur, as this aspect inclines you to act on a whim when it comes to attraction, love, and spending money. Children with this aspect in their Return chart may experience the separation or divorce of their parents. Artistic, literary, or musical creations may have a shocking effect. Sudden changes in financial status are possible. This aspect may also correlate with an unexpected pregnancy or the birth of a child. Most of the time, however, this aspect indicates a stronger taste for the unusual in one’s social and romantic life.
Return Venus square Return Pluto (Strength: 4.49) – Aspect perfects on 2/14/12.
Venus in harsh aspect to Pluto intensifies your affections, sexual desires, and romantic attachments. You may experience tension and conflict in close relationships. As Venus represents finances and income, monetary affairs may become stressful. You might need to make a burdensome financial settlement to bring matters to closure. Concerns could arise regarding your own health and welfare, or that of a woman in your life. On occasion, this aspect will signify the death of a friend, a relative, or a close associate during the coming year.
Return Venus oppose Natal Ascendant (Strength: 5.99 )
This is an excellent time for close personal relationships. Love is in the air. Reach out and touch someone. Let your loved ones know that you care.
Return Venus sextile Natal Mars (Strength: 2.95 )
Venus aspecting Mars usually improves your love life. Physical intimacy becomes more enjoyable and rewarding. Relationships with romantic partners tend to benefit.
Return Venus square Natal Midheaven (Strength: 2.29 )
This aspect stimulates your affections and your emotional life. Keep your own desire for love in perspective. Avoid jealously and possessiveness in relationships.
Return Venus oppose Natal Moon (Strength: 1.03 )
This aspect stimulates your affections but can lead to excessive emotionality. Be sure to spend time with your friends and loved one. Avoid falling head over heels into relationships that have the potential to damage your reputation.
§8.0 – Mars: Initiative, Leadership, Drive, Passion, Energy
General Significance of Mars
Mars, ruler of Aries and Scorpio, was the god of war. Mars symbolizes initiative, courage, action, daring, aggression, leadership, drive, physical energy, heat, sexual passion, and the willingness to face challenges. Astrological aspects involving Mars show how we act independently, pioneer ideas, assert ourselves, and deal with competition. People signified by Mars include young men, husbands, leaders, warriors, and important men in our lives; also, those who regularly use force, tools, or weapons in their work. In health matters, Mars symbolizes fevers, cuts, wounds, the head, the muscular system, red blood cells, the gonads, urogenital system, adrenal gland, and the sense of taste.
The Return placement and aspects of Mars may involve us either personally through health matters and life circumstances governed by Mars, or indirectly through people symbolized by Mars. We will next consider the Return House placement of Mars.
Return Mars in Cancer
The planet Mars symbolizes your energy, drive, and personal initiative. The zodiacal sign in the Return chart that hosts the planet Mars modifies how you are able to assert yourself, confront obstacles, and face challenges in the year ahead. With Return Mars in protective Cancer, your energy flows into imaginative, domestic, and nurturing channels. You are likely to be somewhat moody and emotional. Your ambition is heightened, and you tend to be protective and security conscious. Much work may be done at home, but you must also guard against friction on the domestic front.
Return Mars in the Return 9th House
Taking action regarding travel, education, and expanding your horizons
Mars, the action planet, shows where you direct your energy. In the 9th House Mars spotlights higher education, journeys, legal matters, religion, philosophy, publishing, broadcasting, foreign interests, and dealings with people of different backgrounds and with those at a distance. You could be very busy traveling, living abroad, studying, teaching, writing, taking care of legal affairs, or engaging in academic endeavors. You may question theories, ideas, or policies with regard to their underlying philosophy, as you sort out your own ideas on life. Discussing your ideas with a spiritual advisor could be helpful. You may also spend a fair amount of time with in-laws or a partner’s relatives. You could experience difficulties while traveling. There could also be conflicts or problems related to higher education, campus turmoil, publishing, legal matters, in-laws, or people at a distance.
§8.1 – Aspects of Mars in the Solar Return Chart
Return Mars inconjunct Return Neptune (Strength: 6.26)
Mars in discord with Neptune is an aspect of carelessness, discontent, loss, regret, sorrow, and sadness. The raw energy of Mars becomes misdirected by the nebulous influence of Neptune, often resulting in some type of accident or harmful circumstance. Be careful to avoid taking foolish risks based on poor judgments resulting from a misguided view of reality. You may feel as if you are suffering from a festering wound that will not heal and needs to be drained. You could find yourself asking, “What’s the use?” Irritability, inadequacy, and self-doubt may color your thinking and, in some instances, could lead to self-injurious behavior involving you or someone close to you. It would be wise to seek professional counsel if you or a loved one is feeling hopeless or despondent. Guard against deception, and be careful with the use of drugs, alcohol, and toxic substances.
Return Mars trine Return Uranus (Strength: 2.85)
Return Mars favorably aspecting Uranus brings sudden surges of energy and bursts of creativity that can lead to exceptional accomplishments. You know what you want and are willing to take the necessary risks to accomplish your goals. This will be an exciting year in which you have the courage and independence to do your own thing. You are able to break free of obstacles and limiting circumstances that have been preventing your personal liberation.
Return Mars sextile Return Moon (Strength: 1.25)
This interpretation appeared previously in section §5.1 – Aspects involving the Moon in the Solar Return Chart.
Return Mars trine Natal Moon (Strength: 5.69 )
This aspect strongly stimulates your emotional life. You tend to be more passionate and assertive than usual.
Return Mars trine Natal Ascendant (Strength: 3.35 )
You should have abundant energy at your disposal. This is a good time to engage in a program of physical fitness and exercise. You are enthusiastic about marriage and partnerships. Others cooperate with you as you pursue your goals.
§9.0 – Jupiter: Opportunities for Growth and Expansion
General Significance of Jupiter
Jupiter, ruler of Sagittarius and Pisces, was king of the gods on Mount Olympus. Jupiter symbolizes good fortune, benevolence, expansion, learning, publishing, wisdom, long-distance travel, foreign interests, further education, philosophy, religion, and the broadening of one’s horizons. Astrological aspects involving Jupiter show opportunities for advancement, potentials for growth, and our willingness to gather new experience. People signified by Jupiter include mature men, judges, lawyers, physicians, clergy, university professors, politicians, and those who have achieved positions of prominence or influence in their fields. In health matters, Jupiter symbolizes problems due to excess; also, the liver, pituitary gland, thighs, blood, arteries, and the sense of smell.
The Return placement and aspects of Jupiter may involve us either personally through health matters and life circumstances governed by Jupiter, or indirectly through people symbolized by Jupiter. We will next consider the Return House placement of Jupiter.
Return Jupiter in the Return 6th House
Jupiter in the Return 6th House enhances your ability to handle the details required to do a good job. Others show their appreciation of your skill and craftsmanship. Benefits come through your associations with co-workers. Any type of service you render is likely to go well. You will also be successful in hiring people to work for you. Opportunities to improve your work environment may present themselves. Your health should be good this year, but there may be a tendency to eat too much and put on weight. This is an excellent time to begin a program of diet and exercise. If you have been suffering from health problems in the past, you may now be able to find the right treatment or cure. The 6th is also the House of small animals, and a pet can bring joy to your life at this time.
§9.1 – Aspects of Jupiter in the Solar Return Chart
Return Jupiter trine Return Pluto (Strength: 1.32)
Return Jupiter aspecting Return Pluto can mean positive changes for your social status. Benefits may come through the government or those in authority. Sexual issues may capture your attention. Events may occur that enhance your understanding of human mortality and promote personal transformation. Travel and contact with other cultures can deepen your appreciation of the human spirit. This aspect carries tremendous power that may propel you to a position of leadership and influence over the masses.
Return Jupiter sesquiquadrate Return Sun (Strength: 1.32)
This interpretation appeared previously in section §2.2 – The Sun’s Aspects in the Solar Return Chart.
§10.0 – Saturn: Duty, Responsibility, Important Lessons, Hardship, Limitations
General Significance of Saturn – The Great Teacher
Saturn, ruler of Capricorn and Aquarius, wrested power from his father Uranus by castrating the ruling father sky-god and casting his genitals into the sea. Saturn symbolizes ambition, responsibility, stability, duty, discipline, boundaries, rules, and regulations. It also represents crystallization, aging, death, fears, restrictions, hard things, the reality principle, and lessons that we must learn. Astrological aspects involving Saturn show how we build structure in our lives and how we deal with the inevitable limitations and losses that life brings. People signified by Saturn include parents, teachers, taskmasters, older individuals, government officials, bosses, and those of a serious disposition. In health matters, Saturn symbolizes blockages, hardening, obstructions, and acid formation; also, the skin, teeth, bones, joints, spleen, gall bladder, knees, the vagus nerve, and the sense of hearing.
The Return placement and aspects of Saturn may involve us either personally through health matters and life circumstances governed by Saturn, or indirectly through people symbolized by Saturn. Look to Saturn to see where your major struggles will occur in the year ahead. We will next consider the Return House placement of Saturn.
Return Saturn in the Return 11th House
With Saturn in the 11th House, you may need to assume more responsibility for a group, club, or organization. Be sure to act with integrity in any venture that you undertake with friends or close associates, as such group activities may come under scrutiny. You could befriend older, more established individuals. Old friends may come back into your life and require your attention. Saturn here can indicate a need to take on the burdens that result from unexpected or accidental happenings.
This position can signify a restriction in income from career. You may need to work harder, deal with bureaucratic hassles, or assume additional duties to maintain your standard of living. Some type of pain or loss may be connected with the welfare of a child. There could be a period of separation from a friend. You might need to give up a cherished hope or desire. If you have been working diligently and with integrity, a wish may now come true.
§10.1 – Aspects of Saturn in the Solar Return Chart
Return Saturn sextile Return Moon’s North Node (Strength: 3.15)
Saturn favorably aspecting the Moon’s North Node signifies positive interactions with older or more experienced individuals. Benefits and recognition may come from elders in government or other positions of authority. Time alone for reflection fosters personal growth. A voluntary sacrifice or renunciation may yield an inner sense of joy and satisfaction.
Return Saturn conjunct Natal Mercury (Strength: 4.47 )
With Return Saturn crossing your Natal Mercury, you are likely to be quite serious about learning, communicating, and other mental pursuits during the year. You are capable of intense concentration and can achieve success in writing, education, research, or any endeavor that requires depth of thought and close attention to detail. There is a possibility of feeling isolated, depressed, or too wrapped up in your own ideas at this time. Travel for some serious purpose may accompany this aspect. You could also feel burdened by the affairs of young people of close kin. Disappointment, frustration, or hardship could arise with regard to matters ruled by the Natal Houses with Gemini or Virgo on the cusp.
§11.0 – Uranus: Novelty, Originality, Jolts, Disruptions
General Significance of Uranus – The Awakener
Uranus, ruler of Aquarius, was the original sky-god who was castrated by his son Saturn in a coup to usurp his power. Venus-Aphrodite was born of the white foam that spread around Uranus’ discarded genitals in the sea. Uranus symbolizes sudden shocking events, electrifying change, willful independence, separations, originality, inventiveness, modern technology, and progressive thinking. The action of Uranus is abruptly and without warning to shatter the old structure built by Saturn.
Astrological aspects involving Uranus show how and where sudden change, excitement, and disruption come into our lives; also, where we are likely to rebel against the past and strike out to do our own thing. People signified by Uranus include scientists, modernists, astrologers, reformers, inventors, eccentrics, and those who insist on marching to the unique beat of their own drum. In health matters, Uranus symbolizes strokes and accidents; also, the ankles and calves.
The Return placement and aspects of Uranus may involve us either personally through health matters and life circumstances governed by Uranus, or indirectly through people symbolized by Uranus. Look to Uranus to see where you can expect the unexpected in the coming year. We will next consider the Return House placement of Uranus.
Return Uranus in the Return 5th House
Uranus in the Return 5th House suggests sudden happenings that disrupt the status quo with regard to children, love affairs, recreational activities, creative projects, and speculative investments. You are highly original and creative. A hobby may take an unexpected turn. Unusual and short-lived love affairs are possible, but beware the risk of an unwanted pregnancy. On occasion this placement may correspond with a pregnancy that ends in miscarriage. Children may disrupt your life in unanticipated ways. Sudden gains and losses can occur in the stock market and other speculative ventures. This is a good year to treat yourself to a far-out fantasy vacation.
§11.1 – Aspects of Uranus in the Solar Return Chart
Return Uranus oppose Return Venus (Strength: 4.50)
This interpretation appeared previously in section §7.1 – Aspects of Venus in the Solar Return Chart.
Return Uranus sextile Return Moon (Strength: 4.41)
This interpretation appeared previously in section §5.1 – Aspects involving the Moon in the Solar Return Chart.
Return Uranus trine Return Mars (Strength: 2.85)
This interpretation appeared previously in section §8.1 – Aspects of Mars in the Solar Return Chart.
Return Uranus conjunct Natal Ascendant (Strength: 7.51 )
Return Uranus crossing your Natal Ascendant suggests sudden events of a disruptive or shocking nature. You are likely to rebel against any restrictions that have previously held you back. You are more original, individualistic, and progressive just now. Your personal interests and initiatives may take unanticipated twists and turns, leading you into uncharted territory. Love at first sight may sweep you off your feet, and existing relationships could undergo major changes or disruptions. A prominent Uranus often warns of accidents, injuries, upsets, and other precipitous events.
Matters ruled by the Houses containing Uranus or those with Aquarius on the cusp, in either the Return or Natal charts, will be especially important in the year ahead.
Return Uranus square Natal Midheaven (Strength: 3.79 )
Return Uranus square the natal Midheaven may bring sudden or disruptive changes to your career and family life.
Return Uranus conjunct Natal Moon (Strength: 3.54 )
Return Uranus conjunct the Natal Moon brings significant and often sudden change to your emotional life and general circumstances. An intimate relationship of an unusual nature may enter your life. This aspect also tends to heighten your ambition and determination to achieve your goals. Now is a good time to review your hopes and wishes for the future. Friends may be of assistance as you relentlessly pursue your aims. You will need to guard against becoming overly restless, willful, nervous, or excitable; otherwise, you can be a disruptive force in your environment.
Return Uranus trine Natal Mars (Strength: 2.95 )
You are able to act courageously to bolster your freedom and independence. Energy and willpower are available when you need them to pursue your goals. Remarkable achievements are possible through quick and decisive application of effort. You are able to find new ways to assert yourself, express your individuality, and do your own thing.
§12.0 – Neptune: Spirituality, Creativity, Self-Deception, Confusion
General Significance of Neptune
Neptune, ruler of Pisces, was the god of the oceans. Neptune symbolizes boundlessness, intuition, psychic sensitivity, compassion, spirituality, sleep, unreality, creative imagination, artistic inspiration, fantasy, illusion, Hollywood, subconscious processes, fog, confusion, self-sacrifice, and self-defeating attitudes. Astrological aspects involving Neptune show how we attune to the feelings of others, use our imaginations, distort our perceptions, undo our own efforts, and also how we deal with the dissolution of old structures in our lives. People signified by Neptune include poets, artists, dreamers, musicians, mystics, spiritualists, idealists, sensitives, and those who compassionately tend to the needy. In health matters, Neptune symbolizes the feet, sleep difficulties, intoxicants, mental disorders, and problems with drugs and alcohol.
The Return placement and aspects of Neptune may involve us either personally through health matters and life circumstances governed by Neptune, or indirectly through people symbolized by Neptune. We will next consider the Return House placement of Neptune.
Return Neptune in the Return 4th House
Neptune in the Return 4th House raises the possibility of some misunderstanding, deception, or confusion with regard to home, family, parents, real estate, rental property, or domestic matters. A longstanding situation, relationship, or preoccupation related to such matters may dissolve or be hard to understand. Issues of dependency on home and family come up for resolution. This is a year when you can seek your dream home or settle into the domestic life you have been wishing for. If you plan to buy real estate, be sure to verify its value before signing any contracts. Neptune here can also signify a desire to understand the origins of your current personality patterns and psychological conflicts.
§12.1 – Aspects of Neptune in the Solar Return Chart
Return Neptune inconjunct Return Mars (Strength: 6.26)
This interpretation appeared previously in section §8.1 – Aspects of Mars in the Solar Return Chart.
Return Neptune inconjunct Return Sun (Strength: 2.36)
This interpretation appeared previously in section §2.2 – The Sun’s Aspects in the Solar Return Chart.
Return Neptune square Return Moon (Strength: 1.80)
This interpretation appeared previously in section §5.1 – Aspects involving the Moon in the Solar Return Chart.
Return Neptune oppose Natal Venus (Strength: 4.83 )
Your emotional sensitivity is greatly heightened. Acting on illusions about love and money can lead to loss or hardship. Beware of deception in your love life. Your own feelings of inadequacy can lead you to attach yourself to questionable individuals. The energy of this aspect is best directed into creative, musical, and artistic endeavors.
Return Neptune sextile Natal Midheaven (Strength: 1.67 )
Now is a time to integrate your material and career ambitions with your ideals and spiritual beliefs. You feel a need to give back to society and may engage in some type of service work.
Return Neptune oppose Natal Jupiter (Strength: 1.52 )
You tend to be overly idealistic and easily swayed by others. Beware of starry-eyed romanticism, and don’t let yourself get conned by promises that are too good to be true. Foolish speculation and unwise risks can see your hard-earned money going up in smoke.
§13.0 – Pluto: Power, Control, Intense Emotional Experience, Elimination, Radical Transformation
General Significance of Pluto
Pluto, ruler of Scorpio, was the Greek Hades, lord of the underworld. He abducted and raped Persephone – an action that ultimately brought about the season of winter on earth. Pluto symbolizes power, control, domination, the management of joint resources, penetration, unconscious processes, irresistible forces; also, uprooting, elimination, death, regeneration, rebirth, radical transformation, and the ending of a phase of life. Astrological aspects involving Pluto reveal which deeply buried factors in our lives need to be brought to the surface so that they can be reviewed, reworked, transformed, or eliminated. People signified by Pluto include miners, psychoanalysts, occultists, undertakers, money managers, and anyone whose work involves exposing that which is concealed or hidden. In health matters, Pluto symbolizes the gallbladder, the sex organs, the organs of elimination, and the body’s ability to restore itself.
The Return placement and aspects of Pluto may involve us either personally through health matters and life circumstances governed by Pluto, or indirectly through people symbolized by Pluto. We will next consider the Return House placement of Pluto.
Return Pluto in the Return 2nd House
This interpretation appeared previously in section §3.1 – The SR House Containing the Planet Ruling the SR Ascendant.
§13.1 – Aspects of Pluto in the Solar Return Chart
Return Pluto square Return Venus (Strength: 4.49) – Aspect perfects on 2/14/12.
This interpretation appeared previously in section §7.1 – Aspects of Venus in the Solar Return Chart.
Return Pluto trine Return Jupiter (Strength: 1.32)
This interpretation appeared previously in section §9.1 – Aspects of Jupiter in the Solar Return Chart.
Return Pluto square Natal Ascendant (Strength: 4.48 )
Return Pluto square your natal Ascendant has a profound impact on close personal relationships. You are likely to change and grow dramatically through your partnerships and closest ties with others. Major changes in your personality are likely at this time.
Return Pluto conjunct Natal Midheaven (Strength: 3.78 )
This could be a year of changes affecting your career and worldly standing, as you shift your focus on profresional levels. A prominent Pluto can also indicate a year in which you learn much about your own inner workings, or confront your inner demons. You abhor superficiality this year, and you are likely to take steps towards expressing yourself in a more authentic manner, especially professionally.
§14.0 – The Solar Return Part of Fortune
Return Part of Fortune in Cancer
The Return Part of Fortune is a benefic point whose location in the chart is based on the relative positions of the Sun, Moon, and Ascendant in this year’s Return. It symbolizes those areas of life that are likely to be especially profitable and productive in the year ahead. Knowing where your greatest benefit lies will allow you to focus your energies so that you can achieve a greater measure of success.
When in Cancer, the Part of Fortune advises you to make optimal use of your capacity for caring, nurturing, protecting, and defending what you care about.
Return Part of Fortune in the Return 9th House
The Part of Fortune in the Return 9th House indicates success in long-distance travel, higher education, and foreign interests. You may be able to spread your message to people at a distance. Your life can be enriched through the study of philosophy and religion. Opportunities may arise through contacts with foreigners, in-laws, or people who come from a very different background than your own. Exposure to new ideas and other cultures will have a very positive effect in broadening your horizons.
Return Part of Fortune sextile Natal Pluto (Strength: 2.56 )
This beneficial aspect brings general good fortune that can profoundly affect your life for years to come. There may be a marked improvement in your financial circumstances. Any type of investigation, research, or in-depth study is likely to go well.
§15.0 – Connections between Planets and House Cusps
Alignments of Planets with House Cusps
The House cusps are power points in the chart, and any planet that aligns closely with a House cusp will be especially prominent in the year ahead. Planet to House cusp alignments often portend specific events whose nature combines the symbolism of the planet and the House involved.
The three sections that follow will look at the contacts, if any, (1) between Return planets and Return House cusps; (2) between Return planets and Natal House cusps; and finally, (3) between Natal planets and Return House cusps.
When comparing the Solar Return and the natal charts, any close alignment between a planet and a House cusp is highly significant. In fact, the conjunctions of planets with House cusps in the superimposed natal and return charts usually pinpoint the major factors that will be operative during the year. Pay close attention to the following three sections because they highlight the specific events that you will need to deal with in the coming Solar Return period.
§15.1 – Return Planets connected with SR House Cusps
Solar Return Planets Connected with Solar Return House Cusps
This section considers the influence of any planet or point in the Solar Return chart that forms a close connection with a House cusp in the Solar Return chart.
Return Neptune conjunct Return 4th House (Strength: 5.13 )
Return Neptune conjunct the Return 4th House cusp acts to dissolve past attitudes toward home, family, parents, traditions, and property matters. Long-standing concerns about landed property and real estate may gradually resolve over the course of the year. A change of residence is possible. Some may find their dream home or move to a location near the sea. Spiritual growth takes place through reflection on domestic, familial, and parental issues. You are likely now to reflect on your spiritual progress, your time left on earth, and the need to contribute something meaningful to humanity.
There may also be difficulties on the home front. You or a family member could be affected by drug abuse, alcohol problems, or hidden illness. Some type of deception or illicit activity could take place in the home. Psychological counseling can be of benefit in understanding family affairs and the foundations of your own personality. It is also possible that you or a member of your family may require hospitalization or confinement. On occasion, this placement can mean the passing of a parent or parental figure.
Return Sun conjunct Return 11th House (Strength: 4.14 )
The Sun on your Return 11th House cusp often brings improvements in income from your career. Relationships with friends and associates go well. You may assume a leadership role in a group to which you belong. Children become a source of pride. You could realize one of your fondest hopes and wishes. Modern ideas, offbeat activities, technological interests, or New Age topics may become appealing.
Return Uranus conjunct Return 5th House (Strength: 3.34 )
Uranus, the Great Awakener, represents surprise, novelty, originality, and disruption. Uranus is also a symbol of nonconformity, independence, sudden insight, and electrifying change. With Uranus crossing your 5th House cusp, you are likely to experience creative changes in creative projects, recreational endeavors, speculative ventures, and dealings with children.
Return Moon’s North Node conjunct Return 2nd House (Strength: 2.43 )
The Moon’s North Node on the cusp of the 2nd House advises you to focus on enhancing your talents and resources. Recognizing your own worth is an important step in obtaining the financial security that you desire. Getting your financial house in order can free you for personal growth.
Return Jupiter conjunct Return 7th House (Strength: 2.28 )
Return Jupiter conjunct the Return 7th House cusp brings expansion to your marriage and partnerships. Legal matters go well, and any type of consultation work prospers. This is a favorable position for writers, musicians, performers, politicians, and those whose livelihood depends on their popularity with the public.
In general, Jupiter conjunct one of the angles of the chart is a sign of success, honor, financial gain, opportunity, protection, recognition, and achievement. It is not uncommon to marry, have children, receive an award, or get a promotion under this influence. You might also start college, complete a degree, make a significant journey, settle a legal issue, or participate in events that expand your life in a positive direction. Religious and philosophical matters are also favored.
Return Venus conjunct Return 11th House (Strength: 1.84 )
Return Venus on the 11th House cusp gives a boost to your social life. You can expect to make new friends and to be active in clubs and organizations. Friends and acquaintances help you to pursue to your ambitions and goals for the future. Income from career may increase. Benefits may come through women. Children may be a source of joy.
§15.2 – Return Positions connected with Natal House Cusps
Solar Return Planets or Points Connected with Natal House Cusps
This section considers the influence of any planet or point in the Solar Return chart that forms a close connection with a House cusp in the Natal chart.
Return Ascendant conjunct Natal 8th House (Strength: 7.33 )
Making a clean sweep
The Return Ascendant conjunct your Natal 8th House cusp puts a strong emphasis on human mortality and on matters related to birth, death, and transformation. Issues related to insurance, legacies, illness, surgery, sexuality, reproduction, and the afterlife could occupy your mind. You may want to research a subject and delve deeply to get to the bottom of things. Studies of occult subjects are especially appealing. Psychologically you can get to the root of emotional hang-ups from the past. Financially, you should be able to revamp and reorganize your money situation. Some type of significant ending and new beginning is often associated with the placement. On rare occasions, a brush with death is possible.
Return Part of Fortune conjunct Natal 5th House Cusp (Strength: 6.94 )
The Return Part of Fortune conjunct the Natal 5th House cusp promises success in romance, creative endeavors, speculative investments, and dealings with children. If you have ever wanted to express yourself on stage, now is the time to do it. Your artistic projects are well received. The children in your life may receive some type of honor or recognition.
Return Venus conjunct Natal 7th House Cusp (Strength: 5.99 )
Return Venus conjunct the Natal 7th House cusp favorably influences your close personal relationships. This is often an indicator of marriage or a similar committed relationship. Any type of partnership is likely to do well. Your popularity is high, and you may appear before the public. Lawsuits, if any exist, are likely to be decided in your favor.
Return Jupiter conjunct Natal 2nd House Cusp (Strength: 1.61 )
Return Jupiter conjunct the Natal 2nd House cusp brings growth, expansion, and a sense of ease to the area of income and finances. You may acquire an especially valuable possession at this time. Wisdom is derived from reflecting on what you truly value in life.
§15.3 – Natal Positions connected with Return House Cusps
Natal Planets or Points Connected with Solar Return House Cusps
This section considers the influence of any planet or point in the Natal chart that forms a close connection with a House cusp in the Solar Return chart.
Natal Moon conjunct Return 5th House (Strength: 7.19 )
Loving feelings
The Return 5th cusp conjoining your Natal Moon adds a boost to your emotional and love life. You are likely to feel especially supported by the objects of your affections. Your feelings are likely to find expression in artistic or creative ways.
Natal Ascendant conjunct Return 5th House (Strength: 3.85 )
Major happenings in your love life
The Natal Ascendant conjunct the Return fifth House cusp highlights your love life, creative or self-expressive projects, recreational activities, and connections with children. There is likely to be a significant event that affects your most intimate relationships. A romance could develop, perhaps leading to an engagement to marry. Women may become pregnant or give birth. Men may become fathers. If you are involved in any creative or theatrical endeavors, artistic success and achievement often accompany this placement. You need to express yourself on a creative level this year, and this can occur through a romantic affair, relationships with children, or creative hobbies.
Natal Uranus conjunct Return 11th House (Strength: 2.63 )
A new perspective on friendship
The Return 11th House cusp conjunct Natal Uranus brings new and unusual people into your circle of friendships. One of your friends may act in a surprising way. You are likely to rethink your hopes and wishes for the future from a novel point of view. Your desire for independence could put you at odds with a group to which you belong. The study of astrology or far out subjects could now become appealing.
Natal Moon’s North Node conjunct Return 6th House (Strength: 1.96 )
Meticulous efficiency is amply rewarded
With the Natal Lunar Nodes falling across the 6th and 12th House cusps of the Solar Return chart, you are advised to take care of your health by engaging in a sensible regimen of diet, rest, and exercise. Paying attention to the details of your daily life is the key to personal growth. A co-worker, subordinate, or tenant can open doors to new opportunities. A pet may bring joy to your life. During rough spots this year, don’t give in to the temptation to play the martyr and to put your worst foot forward.
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