Are solar return charts accurate?

This casts a separate birth chart for your year ahead. I have found Solar Returns to be extremely accurate and a great predictive tool. They often start to “kick in” up to 3 months before your actual Solar Return date. Let’s look at what my 2021 Solar Return chart predicts.

Do progressed charts matter?

“A progressed chart is a good way to map out the different stages of life that a person may go through, while predicting significant events along the way,” Woods says, alluding to these sorts of smaller shifts that a progressed chart might indicate.

Where should I live based on Astrocartography?

When using astrocartography, it’s best to use the lines of beneficial planets such as the sun, Venus, and Jupiter. Mercury is neutral. The moon adds cosiness and warmth.

What does Happy solar return mean?

The happy returns on your birthday refer to solar returns – the moment when the sun returns to the zodiac sign and degree it occupied at your birth. You are wishing them that their birthday will “return” again – many times i.e. that they will have a long life.

Is Astrocartography real?

True astrocartography is wildly complicated, but the gist is that it takes your birth-chart data and scatters it all over the world to recreate snapshots of the sky in other places you might have been born.

What is IC in astrology?

In astrology, the Imum Coeli (IC; from Latin for “bottom of the sky”) is the point in space where the ecliptic crosses the meridian in the north, exactly opposite the Midheaven. It marks the fourth house cusp in most house systems (this is reversed in the southern hemisphere).

What is the solar return chart in astrology?

The Solar Return Chart. The Solar Return is the return of the Sun to its natal position. The Solar Return chart is a summary of the year ahead. A striking year will be one where a planet is partile or within a degree to one of the angles like Ascendant or Midheaven.

Is the solar return in effect for longer periods of time?

[Some astrologers believe the Solar Return is in effect for a longer period of time.] It is especially important to have an accurate birth time when working with Return charts. Note that you can create your own Solar Return chart with some key interpretations with my Zodiacal Free Chart service.

What is the solar return ascendant for Virgos?

2- Note which planets and points in the natal chart, if any, are effectively brought to an angle of the Solar Return chart. Let’s say, for example, that the Solar Return Ascendant is 22 degrees Virgo, and the natal position of Venus is 24 degrees Virgo.

How do I do a solar return?

First do the Solar Return as a Fagan/Bradley sidereal chart using the location of your birthday for the year you are doing it for, NOT the natal location (unless it happens to be the same). Then redo the chart as a normal tropical natal chart using the time and date from the SR sidereal chart.