Journeys Sample Report

Solar Return Forecast Starting 1/13/2008 for Orlando Bloom

SOLAR RETURN ANNUAL 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):

The report is based on your natal and solar return charts cast for the following data:

Orlando Bloom

Thursday, January 13, 1977 9:15:00 AM

Canterbury, United Kingdom

Time Zone: 00:00 (UT)

Longitude: 001° E 05'

Latitude: 51° N 17'

Bloom Orlando Rtn for 1/13/2008

Sunday, January 13, 2008 9:41:12 PM

Solar Return, 0° Separation

London, United Kingdom

Time Zone: 00:00 (UT)

Longitude: 000° W 10'

Latitude: 51° N 30'

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 Capricorn

The Return Sun occupies the exact location in the same sign as the Sun in your birth chart. Having the Sun in Capricorn generally makes you careful, dependable, ambitious, determined, organized, disciplined, reliable, serious, and prudent. Your faults may include being overly shy, materialistic, rigid, exacting, rule-bound, or conventional.

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 4th House

The Sun occupies your Return 4th House where it focuses attention on conditions in the home and at your base of operations. Matters related to your family, parents, elders, and domestic life come to the fore. Real estate dealings, final endings, and the conclusion of pending projects occupy your attention. You could meet someone with whom you would like to settle down. This could be a year when you bring someone new into the family. Laying the foundation for your future growth and security becomes a high priority. Under this influence some decide to renovate their homes or to change residence entirely. The health and well-being of parents or other family members may become a source of concern. You are likely to seek greater understanding of your roots, ethnicity, family values, and the traditional beliefs that you absorbed during childhood. You may also spend time pondering how things will eventually turn out, including what conditions will prevail at the end of your days. Finally, the Sun in the 4th House can also affect the opposite 10th House and bring career matters to the fore.

§2.2 - The Sun's Aspects in the Solar Return Chart

Return Sun trine Return Ascendant (Strength: 5.37)

The Sun favorably aspecting the Return Ascendant tends to increase your popularity and bolster your self-esteem. This is an excellent aspect if you are running for office or seeking approval from others. You manifest more self-assurance, charisma, vitality, and leadership ability. Others are likely to notice and to reward your talents and accomplishments. You may receive an honor, an award, a degree, or some other form of public recognition during this year. Your relationship with your father may come into high focus. Some marry or have children at this time. Your physical health and stamina are generally above average in such a year. Close relationships, business partnerships, and contractual agreements are all favored. Sales, negotiations, counseling, legal advocacy, or any activities that involve one-to-one contact with others are likely to prosper. This aspect does much to protect against stressful factors that may be found elsewhere in the chart.

Return Sun inconjunct Return Mars (Strength: 2.08)

These two fiery planets in harsh aspect can stimulate the adrenaline, leading to rash, aggressive, or impetuous behavior. Excessive haste or speed could have adverse consequences. Be sure to think about consequences before you plunge into action. This is likely to be an extremely busy year, full of constant activity with little time to rest. Sex may become a high priority. Self-centered, egotistical, or impulse-ridden behavior could cause arguments, hostility, and opposition from others. If not used wisely, the tremendous energy of this combination can lead to overstrain, fever, illness, injury, heart problems, accidents, burns, waste, collisions, conflicts with authority, or a need for surgery.

Return Sun sesquiquadrate Return Saturn (Strength: 1.39)

Saturn limits, restricts, and disciplines the vitality of the Sun. This is a year when you may feel drained, isolated, sad, frustrated, and alone. You could lose sleep because of feeling burdened and overwhelmed by your many obligations. New responsibilities enter your life. Even pleasant happenings, such as increased income, may carry with them the burden of deciding how to wisely invest. From time to time, take a break to restore your health or recoup your energy.

Not infrequently Sun/Saturn aspects manifest as depression or physical illness. This could be due to some type of blockage, calcification, crystallization, obstruction, or to a chronic health condition. Be sure to seek professional attention if you are feeling under the weather. This aspect often correlates with the ending of an important phase of your life. It can signify a period of major stress and tension, such as overwork, personal illness, or unemployment. You may also need to deal with the illness or passing of a parental figure or of a significant man in your life.

§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 Virgo

The Return Ascendant in Virgo highlights matters related to health, hygiene, therapeutics, service, duties, daily work, and activities requiring attention to detail. This is a year when you will need to utilize your capacity for logic, organization, discrimination, and analytical thinking. You may be called upon to teach or instruct others. Because the Ascendant signifies your body, check to see whether the Ascendant itself or the Ascendant's ruler Mercury forms stressful aspects. If so, you could encounter health problems during the year.

The Houses of your Natal chart with Virgo on the cusp as well as the House of your Return chart that contains Mercury, the ruler of Virgo, indicate areas of your life that will be in high focus during the coming year. Planets that form close aspects to Mercury in the Return chart indicate the types of people and events involved.

Mercury is the planetary ruler of the sign Virgo. Thus, Mercury is the ruler of the Ascendant in this year's Return chart.

§3.1 - The SR House Containing the Planet Ruling the SR Ascendant

Return Mercury in the Return 5th House

Agile Mercury in the Return 5th House enables you readily to communicate your creative ideas. Recreational and artistic projects are favored. Invitations to social events arrive by phone or in the mail. Fun, romance, and amusements are favored activities. You might work with children to develop their creativity, or you might inspire others to develop their inner potential. Time dedicated to reviewing your investments is well spent. The 5th House rules love affairs, which could be numerous but possibly brief under the influence of Mercury. Much time could be spent communicating with a lover. Small winnings at lotto or the races are possible; but you will need to be careful with gambling or speculative investing.

§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 trine Return Sun (Strength: 5.37)

This interpretation appeared previously in section §2.2 - The Sun's Aspects in the Solar Return Chart.

Return Ascendant inconjunct Return Neptune (Strength: 4.23)

Neptune stressfully aspecting the Return Ascendant suggests that confusion, lack of clarity, poor judgment, denial, distrust, inaccuracies, misunderstandings, or unrealistic expectations could affect contractual agreements and close relationships, including those with a spouse or partner. Issues of honesty and integrity come to the fore. This aspect often points to clandestine activities in which one person intentionally deceives or tells falsehoods about the other.

Someone you care about may be less than honest, violating your trust and causing you emotional pain. You may need to correct or clarify rumors that could besmirch your reputation. Be careful to check the accuracy of all details in any legal contract or settlement. Families with adolescents should observe their children for signs of drug and alcohol abuse. This is a good year for a physical examination because occult, mysterious, or allergic health conditions may come to light. On occasion, a period of hospitalization may be signified.

Return Ascendant square Return Venus (Strength: 2.34)

Venus in square aspect to the Ascendant indicates stress, tension, or lack of cooperation in marriage, partnerships, and close relationships. Teamwork may be marred by dissension and disagreement. Partners may not carry their fair share of the workload. Women in your life can become a source of worry, strain, sadness, or anxiety. Feeling unloved or unwanted can take a toll on your health.

Return Ascendant square Return Mars (Strength: 1.46)

Return Mars square the Return Ascendant highlights your assertiveness, exuberance, and pioneering spirit. You have tremendous energy available to pursue your ambitions. Because this is a stressful aspect, you could become involved, as either perpetrator or recipient, in overly aggressive or potentially violent behavior.

§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 Gemini

The Midheaven in Gemini suggests that your career, status, and public activities will involve a great deal of communication and many contacts in the community. Variety and mental stimulation become important aspects of the work that you do. You will probably travel and be frequently on the go with job related activities.

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 planet Mercury rules the sign Gemini, Mercury 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 Mercury in the Return 5th House

This interpretation appeared previously in section §3.1 - The SR House Containing the Planet Ruling the SR Ascendant.

§4.2 - The Natal House Highlighted by the Solar Return Midheaven

Return Midheaven in the Natal 4th House

The Return Midheaven lies at the top of the Return chart where it 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 4th House, it causes you to examine your roots, heritage, and traditions. Home, family, and domestic concerns take on added importance. Your relationship with one or both parents comes into high focus. Real estate dealings may occupy your time. You could experience a significant ending that alters your social status or public image in some way. A long-standing endeavor may reach its final conclusion. Activities in the home may draw public attention. This is a good time to review your plans for retirement and how you will spend your old age.

§4.3 - Aspects involving the Midheaven in the Solar Return Chart

Return Midheaven trine Return Neptune (Strength: 4.17)

Neptune in harmonious aspect with the Midheaven heightens your idealism and often indicates an interest in spiritual matters. Success may come in artistic, imaginative, glamorous, or creative endeavors. You may find yourself pursuing your dreams without regard for practical matters. This is an excellent aspect for actors, writers, musicians, and for anyone for whom creativity, illusion, and popular appeal are an integral part of their work.

Return Midheaven square Return Uranus (Strength: 2.16)

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 stressfully aspecting your Midheaven, you are likely to experience abrupt changes in your career, status in society, relationship with authority, and professional life. Sudden events may affect the life of a parent or parental figure. Uranus acts like a bolt out of the blue, and you may feel like you've been struck by lightning at some time during the coming year.

This placement of Uranus warns of potential upheaval, health upsets, financial fluctuations, iconoclasm, and anti-establishmentarian behavior. You tend to be more accident-prone than at other times in your life, so be sure to drive carefully and to exercise caution in potentially dangerous situations. Sudden breaks may occur in relationships, and equally sudden romance is possible.

§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 Mars in the Return 10th House

Taking action regarding career, authority, and public status

Mars, the action planet, shows where you direct your energy. In the 10th House Mars energizes the areas of career, advancement, authority, business ventures, public standing, and matters of public concern. Others are impressed by your liveliness and drive. This is an excellent time for making contacts that further your worldly ambitions, but you should avoid making hasty or impulsive decisions about career matters. You may take on more responsibility in your profession or assume a position of leadership and prominence. Political aspirations are favored. You work to improve or change your standing in the world. A change in marital status is possible. Mars in the 10th House also suggests that you may spend time on activities related to a parent or parental figure.

There is a risk of difficulties with career or business matters. Those in authority may give you a hard time, perhaps because of your overly aggressive attitude. The affairs of a parent could occupy your time.

§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 Pisces

The Moon in gentle Pisces makes you particularly sensitive, imaginative, peaceful, and creative at this time. Your dreams, ideals, and spiritual beliefs dominate your emotional life. This placement favors artistic, musical, theatrical, creative, and charitable endeavors. The pursuit of meditation, hypnosis, yoga, dance, and similar pursuits can bring peace and emotional balance to your life. You can make a real difference in people's lives this year by rendering compassionate service to others. If the Moon forms stressful aspects, you could be prone to escapism, depression, hidden illness, self-sacrifice, problems related to drugs or alcohol, or other types of self-undoing.

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 square Return Pluto (Strength: 4.87) - Aspect perfects on 2/12/2008.

Profound changes are likely in your personality and emotional life. You could experience great depth of feeling about matters dear to your heart. You may come to understand, on a gut level, the meaning of human mortality. Issues of power, control, and exploitation could arise in close relationships. A significant woman or an emotionally important relationship may pass from your life. Personal transformation may be brought about through your relationships with women or sexual partners. On occasion, this aspect indicates emotional upheaval, sleepless nights, or mourning over the loss of someone or something you care about. Psychological insights and psychic experiences commonly accompany this aspect.

Return Moon square Return Mars (Strength: 3.53)

The Moon in stressful contact with aggressive Mars may stir your emotions and bring conflict or dissention into relationships, especially with women. An event may leave you feeling deeply hurt or may challenge your basic sense of security. Women in your life may suffer the consequences of precipitate action or excessive force. Difficulties can arise through rash, hasty, ill-conceived, or impulsive behavior. You tend to blame others for your problems. Stress and excitability can take their toll on your health. Moodiness and irritability can mar your relations with family members or with the public. During periods when you are in the grips of strong emotions, it is essential to take the time to cool down and think through potential consequences of any decisions before you put them into action.

§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 zodiacal sign and House placements of Mercury.

Return Mercury in the Return 5th House

This interpretation appeared previously in section §3.1 - The SR House Containing the Planet Ruling the SR Ascendant.

§6.1 - Aspects of Mercury in the Solar Return Chart

Return Mercury inconjunct Return Saturn (Strength: 3.39)

Mercury in discord with Saturn suggests difficulties and delays related to communication, education, or transport. You may need to do some serious thinking and self-exploration. Problems could arise because of what you say, write, or convey to others. Depressing thoughts may impair your performance. Your ideas could meet with opposition. You may be obliged to travel for some reason, possibly related to business or education, and travel plans could run into glitches. Vehicles may breakdown, and accidents or collisions are possible. Children or young people could develop health problems, become burdensome, or require discipline.

Return Mercury square Natal Uranus (Strength: 2.78 )

Your thinking becomes clever and original. Use your new insights to solve old problems. Your mind works very quickly, so be sure to think before you act. Weigh the price of iconoclasm before attacking someone else's belief system.

§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 Return zodiacal sign and House placements of Venus.

Return Venus in the Return 3rd House

Benefic Venus in your Return 3rd House is a fortunate influence for writing, speech, and communication. You can express yourself in a pleasant and charming manner. Social invitations or love letters may come in the mail. You could spend time enjoyably with siblings, kin, and neighbors. Success comes in sales and commerce. Trips and visits for fun are in the offing. You may indulge yourself in mental pleasures and intellectual pastimes.

§7.1 - Aspects of Venus in the Solar Return Chart

Return Venus square Return Uranus (Strength: 5.33)

Venus inharmoniously aspecting Uranus brings disruptions to your friendships, romantic attachments, and close personal ties, which can leave you feeling anxious or emotionally distraught. A breakup or unexpected falling out with a lover is possible. Brief love affairs with abrupt endings are common. 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.

Return Venus square Return Ascendant (Strength: 2.34)

This interpretation appeared previously in section §3.3 - Aspects involving the Ascendant in the Solar Return Chart.

Return Venus sextile Return Neptune (Strength: 1.63)

Venus favorably aspecting Neptune is an excellent aspect for any type of artistic, musical, spiritual, psychological, or creative endeavor. Under this influence you could find and fall in love with the person of your dreams. Benefits come through paying attention to your dreams and intuitions. Mystical experiences sometimes accompany this aspect.

Return Venus conjunct Natal Neptune (Strength: 4.85 )

Return Venus falling on Natal Neptune is a romantic aspect that often indicates falling in love with an idealized partner. Creative and artistic endeavors go well. Travel, possibly over water, can take on a dreamlike quality.

Return Venus trine Natal Saturn (Strength: 3.81 )

This aspect stabilizes your affections. Close relationships tend to go well. You are able to save money and to budget wisely. There is a good chance of increased income from your professional activities.

Return Venus conjunct Natal Midheaven (Strength: 3.71 )

Return Venus conjunct the Natal 10th House cusp favorably influences your professional and family life. Your popularity helps you to achieve a professional ambition. You could receive an honor or award for your accomplishments. Women may be helpful in advancing your career. Artistic projects go well and receive recognition. Romance may enter your life. Marriage or similar committed relationships are common manifestations of this configuration.

Return Venus sextile Natal Pluto (Strength: 1.48 )

This aspect lends depth and intensity to intimate relationships. You can get to know those you love in a more profound and meaningful way. Financially, matters related to borrowing and lending money should go well.

§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 zodiacal sign and House placements of Mars.

Return Mars in Gemini

The planet Mars symbolizes your energy, drive, and personal initiative. The Return sign containing the planet Mars modifies how you are able to assert yourself, confront obstacles, and face challenges in the year ahead. With Return Mars in versatile Gemini, you tend to direct your energy into verbal and mental channels. This placement of Mars can be especially helpful if you are in one of the intellectual professions. Your tongue is quick and your wit is sharp, sometimes provoking disputes and arguments with others. Words said or written in haste can become a cause of conflict. You may also find yourself a bit restless and scattered.

Return Mars in the Return 10th House

This interpretation appeared previously in section §4.4 - Planets in the Tenth House of the Solar Return Chart.

§8.1 - Aspects of Mars in the Solar Return Chart

Return Mars square Return Moon (Strength: 3.53)

This interpretation appeared previously in section §5.1 - Aspects involving the Moon in the Solar Return Chart.

Return Mars oppose Return Pluto (Strength: 2.40)

Mars in tense aspect to Pluto represents a powerful force seething within you that needs control and direction. You might feel superhuman, manic, or invincible under this influence. Used wisely, this energy can give great personal strength and become the foundation of significant accomplishment. Used unwisely, the tremendous energy of this aspect can cause you to act in an overly daring, impulsive, or reckless manner. Injudicious valor could result in fights, quarrels, confrontations, accidents, wounds, violence, or unwise risk-taking. Angry impulsive actions can lead to hazardous or self-injurious behavior. You could also become the victim of someone else's self-serving or aggressive impulses.

Return Mars inconjunct Return Sun (Strength: 2.08)

This interpretation appeared previously in section §2.2 - The Sun's Aspects in the Solar Return Chart.

Return Mars square Return Ascendant (Strength: 1.46)

This interpretation appeared previously in section §3.3 - Aspects involving the Ascendant in the Solar Return Chart.

Return Mars trine Natal Moon (Strength: 2.70 )

This aspect strongly stimulates your emotional life. You tend to be more passionate and assertive than usual.

Return Mars trine Natal Ascendant (Strength: 2.70 )

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 zodiacal sign and House placements of Jupiter.

Return Jupiter in the Return 4th House

Jupiter in the Return 4th House benefits home, family, and domestic comfort. This is an excellent time to carry out improvements to your home and landed property. You may buy or sell a house. Some will welcome a new addition to the family. Estranged or distant family members may return. Relationships with parents and other family members go well, and old family problems may come up for resolution. You may pursue an interest in understanding your roots, traditions, and ethnic background. Opportunities to buy or sell real estate for financial gain may present themselves. A long-standing difficulty could pass from your life, relieving you of a burden. Your parents may help you financially. A relative may pass on, bequeathing an inheritance.

§9.1 - Aspects of Jupiter in the Solar Return Chart

Return Jupiter trine Return Saturn (Strength: 3.98)

Jupiter favorably aspecting Saturn correlates with events that further your career and improve your standing in the world. This can be a year of sustained and steady progress. You may have an opportunity to travel for educational or occupational advancement.

Return Jupiter conjunct Natal Mercury (Strength: 4.68 )

Return Jupiter conjunct Natal Mercury brings good news and favorable business proposals. The proverbial check really is in the mail. Benefits come through writing, communications, intellectual pursuits, sales, and contacts in the community. You mind is filled with a wealth of ideas, many of which may be profitable. Authors may publish their books under this influence.

Journeys Annual Solar Return