It’s Your Birthday, Let’s Talk About It
I’ve been fantasizing over this post like all week long and I’ve finally made the time to sit down and write it. I frequently mention that I love offering Solar Return Consulatations and perhaps it’s the Sun entering the darker area of my chart that has me it hint to share just a little more depth on the subject.
THE WHAT: Solar Return charts exist as a result of you being born. Every year you have a Solar Return which happens right around your birthday (day of/before/after).
THE HOW: Solar Returns come about when the transiting Sun conjoins the exact degree of your natal Sun. For example, if you’re an 8° Libra Sun 24” (minutes) this is the EXACT position that the transiting Libra degree Sun has to be at for your Solar Return to kick off in motion.
THE WHO: You silly, the Solar Return Chart takes after your Natal Chart and operates with a specific planet as the guideline for the year ahead. Some could say this specific planet as it relates to the house it’s unfolding in activates the energy of the planet.
THE WHY: Because it can offer solid thematic relevance for expectations in the year ahead. Solar Returns are about showing you where you’ll go in order to grow and can offer a road map.
Side note: the activation I’m speaking of in THE WHO refers to the profection year. In Astrology and most specifically when discussing Solar Returns, profection years speak to a house that becomes activated once every twelve years by way of profection. Year 1-12 per house 1-12 and then the cycle repeats again. In depth, this also applies to the ruler of the house in question and where it sits what aspects it makes and how it manifests are also indicators for profection years.
For me, Solar Returns are as refreshing as when planets start to push into your first house. Here’s your shot, to see your year ahead of you. Let’s say someone is turning 31 this year. We would say they are in an 8th house profection year. Next, we would want to find out what the house is, let’s say Leo cus they’re a Capricorn Rising, this year would be ruled by the Sun so, we would then want to look to the Sun to gather more information. Say this person has Sun in the 3rd house in Pisces, now we have to look at aspects. Maybe their Pisces sun makes a trine to their Saturn in Scorpio and sextiles their Jupiter in Taurus. This impacts their year. If I were looking at this chart, I’d say this year would come with a deep need for communicating their truth outwardly to their family members and maybe as a writer or to people they’re in business with. I’d suggest going back to school, networking with old contacts to see who’s where doing what and lead with the best foot forward when it comes to presenting themselves and believing on their power. And that’s just a minor start!
This doesn’t even factor in how natal charts influence Solar return charts. Personally, I watch for transits on both. This year, I’m a cancer rising so I’ve been watching the way the eclipses have shown up in my natal/Solar return chart and its been extremely helpful with planning next steps and sticking to the code. Having an opportunity to be able to see “a few extra miles down the road” can help me master my time especially with my intuition and knowledge of astrology as my Road maps.
I find that clients especially resonate with these when they “think they know what they want in the year” but, they need the extra boost of confirmation. This is another one of my favorite parts of Astrology: the ability to confirm what we feel with real time energy that’s showing up here and now because it’s on the way and this puts us in position to take ourselves exactly where we need to be.
So, go back to some memorable years of your life and check out your Solar Return charts and see if you notice any patterns or see anything that totally makes sense!
And If you want, you can always book a Solar Return Consultation With me Even if your birthday has passed to get the TEA on your year.
Happy StarMastering 💖