keys to interpreting solar returns pt 1

7/26/2019 Keys to Interpreting Solar Returns Pt 1

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K e y s t o I n t e r p r e t i n g S o l a r R e t u r n s :

A Solar Return chart can be read in as much detail as desired. Some key points toconsider are as follows:

1. The Ascendant of the Solar Return chartwill color the individuals approachto his or her environment for the year. For example if Aries is on the Ascendant inthe Solar Return chart the individual may approach the year with increasedener!y and enterprise and perhaps with some impatience. "t describes theindividuals overall temperament and attitude durin! the period. Read more aboutthe Solar Return Ascendant sign. The ruler of the Ascending sign, and itsposition by sign, house, and aspect,will hold more information as to theindividuals !eneral temperament and focusfor the year.

#. Note which planets and points in the natal chart, if any, are effectivelybrought to an angle of the Solar Return chart.$ets say for example thatthe Solar Return Ascendant is ## de!rees %ir!o and the natal position of %enus is#& de!rees %ir!o. 'he natal %enus is therefore con(unct the Solar ReturnAscendant and one can presume that the condition and issues surroundin! the

individuals natal %enus will be hi!hli!hted )effectively comin! to the fore* in theSolar Return year. 'his consideration shows us what natal conditions or inherent

personality issues are hi!hli!hted in the year of the Solar Return. "f for exampleyou have a natal Sun s+uare ,ars and the Sun is on the Solar Return Ascendant

perhaps with ,ars on the ,idheaven as well we can safely presume that the Sun-,ars stru!!le or challen!e will be especially hi!hli!hted in both a personal

)Ascendant* and public ),idheaven* manner.

. Similarly note which Solar Return planets are on or aspecting Solar Return

angles.'hese are transits that are emphasi/ed in the year of the Solar Return.

&. What is the condition of the Sun? Where is it located by house? )0e knowthe si!n of course because it will be at the exact natal position*. 'his can show astron! area of focus for the upcomin! year. 'he house position of the Sun in the

SR chart shows where )which areas of life* the individual wants to shine. 'heindividual will take pride in this part of his or her life and a bi! e!o investment

lies in this area. e or she has the opportunity to re(uvenate this area. Whatkind of aspects does the Sun ake? See interpretations of the Solar

Return Sun in aspect.

2. Another area of focus this year can be found by determinin! which natal houseis effectively brought to the Ascendant. For example if the Solar ReturnAscendant is 1& de!rees 3ancer and this de!ree is found in the natal fifth housethe natal fifth house is effectively 4brou!ht5 to the Ascendant and will be anotherarea of focus.
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6. 0here is the ,oon7 The position of the !oon by house and sign will showwhere your heart is so to speak. "f for example the Solar Return ,oon is in $ibrain the 2th house you will likely to be emotionally tied up in and concentrated onlove and relationship. A stron! need for personal self-expression will becharacteristic of the year and emotional ups and downs are likely to occur in thisarea of life simply because this is where your heart is8this is the area of life that

you have the bi!!est emotional investment in8and you may not be completelyrational and 4in control5 in this area. ,ore than simple fluctuations will be in store

in this area of life if for example the ,oon is also formin! a s+uare to 9luto in theSolar Return chart. 9rofound chan!es are likely to occur here. 'hus factorin! in

the !oon"s aspects will help refine the readin!. Read more about the SolarReturn !oon by sign, house, and aspect.

. Note that a Solar Return chart can be read much like a natal chart alwayskeepin! in mind that it is transient rather than permanent. "f you are interested inlookin! at a specific area such as finances you can study the Returns secondhouse ei!hth house and the condition of %enus. For example if Solar Return

%enus is opposite Solar Return ;eptune especially if %enus also rules the secondhouse in the Solar Return you mi!ht presume that either this comin! year thereis less emphasis on materialism or that your income mi!ht be fluctuatin! andsomewhat unstable.

. ?ou know the upcomin! year will be a 4bi!5 one )in a transitional sense* when

the Solar Return Sun forms a hard an!le with the Solar Return ,oon. 'his is alsotrue when the Sun is con(unct a Solar Return an!le.

1@. A consideration that " have found to be particularly si!nificant is criticaldegrees. 'he most si!nificant critical degrees in Solar Return interpretationare #> de!rees and @ de!rees of any si!n. 0hen found in the SR chart there can

be si!nificant events surroundin! the ener!y of the planetpoint itself andor thehouse it rules in the chart. " do look at the classic critical de!rees as well but as a

secondary consideration.

11. For an insi!htful and rather thorou!h analysis of the Solar Return chart look to#lanets in Solar Returns$ %early &ycles of Transforation ' (rowth by,ary Fortier Shea.

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$ets look at an example. 'he followin! is the natal chartof Ann:

'he Solar Return chart for the year we are studyin! is presented below alon! withAnns natal chart in the outer wheel so that we can easily see which natal planets

con(unct the Solar Return an!les.


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"mmediately " honed in on a few standout features involvin! the an!les:

1. Solar Return Bupiter is con(unct the Ascendant )risin!* in the Solar Return chartand it opposes a con(unction of ,ars and ;eptune on the Cescendant. ,ercurys+uares this opposition formin! a '-s+uare. All planets involved are in thefore!round )an!ular* in prominent positions in the Return chart.

#. 'he natal ,oon con(uncts the Solar Return ,idheaven.

. Solar Return ,ercury is con(unct the natal ,idheaven.

0e also note that there is a con(unction of the ,oon and 9luto in the Return chart andthat it trines SR Bupiter and sextiles SR ,ars and 9luto.

,any different issues came to the fore in the year in +uestion. ,ost notably her !oodfriend with whom she maintained a friendship with for a few years committed suicide

and a murder on the same day. 'his of course came as a complete shock and theviolent act rocked Anns world. She had no clue that this man who seemed to be +uite

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Ann of course stru!!led with this tra!edy for some time after it happened. Shestru!!led with !uilt )did she i!nore si!ns he may have been displayin!7* loss )of afriendship* shock and an!er. "f we had looked at the Solar Return chart before theevents happened we would not have been able to predict what actually happened.owever we may have easily seen that Ann would confront some powerful emotionalissues perhaps in a public manner )natal ,oon con(unct the SR ,idheaven* and that

she would stru!!le with illusion!uiltan!erexcess with re!ards to her personalrelationships ),ars con(unct ;eptune at the Cescendant*. ,ercury rules her natal 11th

house of friendships and it also rules her Solar Return 11th house. ,ercury )both nataland Solar Return* is found in the 1@th house con(unct her natal ,idheaven effectively

brin!in! 11th house issues into the fore in a public manner.

'he SR ,oon con(unction to 9luto su!!ests an emotional crisis of sorts. Bames A.Dshelman in his book Interpreting Solar Returns describes this aspect as 4Sharpintensive alterations in life situationsE dramatic transformationsDxperiences elicit aprofound climactic emotional response )crisis shock*Dncounterin! the unlikelyimprobable unbelievable.5 )1*

Gf course we cannot expect somethin! as dramatic as what happened in Anns life tooccur as a result of the individual factors found in the Solar Return chart and noted

here. For example ;eptune con(unct the Cescendant in a Solar Return chart takenalone can very certainly represent the encounterin! of disillusionments in close

relationships. "t can also su!!est a year in which the native looks for new meanin!s inrelationships for example.

"t is interestin! to find Bupiter prominent in Solar Returns and transits when forexample a person has had an accident or !oes throu!h somethin! like Ann did. Atfirst it seems counter-intuitive because we consider Bupiter the planet of luck. "ndeed

it does have a protective influence. 9erhaps prominent Bupiter su!!ests a level ofprotection in the sense that the person survived the incident or crisis. Another way oflookin! at it is that Bupiter is the planet of expansion and excess. Dffectively it doesrepresent some level of drama. "nvolved with ;eptune and ,ars and we can easily seethat it expanded or emphasi/ed the ,ars;eptune issues of disillusionment. 0hen indifficult aspect especially Bupiter can su!!est over-confidence and recklessness ormis(ud!ment as a result.

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