Solar Return online — the chart of your year

A chart for the moment the Sun returns to its degree — cast for the city where you spend your birthday. The main area of the year, angular planets, links to the natal chart and a month-by-month plan — each conclusion comes with a check for your next birthday.

How it differs from “Your 2027”: the Solar Return — the year from one birthday to the next, from the chart of the moment the Sun returns to its degree; “Your 2027” — the calendar year, January to December, dates of transits to the natal chart and numerology.

The essentials are free. The whole Solar Return on screen and as one PDF — 799 ₽, one-time. Included in the subscription.

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Date of birth

Time of birth

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Place of birth

Solar Return year

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A Solar Return holds from one birthday to the next; the one for next year is calculated in advance — a month or two before the birthday.

Where you spend your birthday

The Ascendant and houses of the Solar Return depend on the place. Modern schools cast the Solar Return for the place where a person spends their birthday; if it’s different, the reading includes a comparison with the place of birth.

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How a Solar Return is read

The order of factors follows Ciro Discepolo. The first is which house of the natal chart the Solar Return Ascendant falls into: that’s the main area of the year. The second is the house where the Solar Return Sun stands: that’s where your energy goes. The third is the house where three or more planets gather. Overlaying the Solar Return houses on the natal chart is the basis of Alexander Volguine’s method.

Then come the sign of the Solar Return Ascendant (the tone of the year), the Midheaven (goals), the ruler of the Ascendant, the Moon (where there will be the most change), the angular planets (the loudest of the year) and close aspects from the Solar Return planets to the natal ones.

What each of the twelve houses means in a Solar Return, how a Solar Return house differs from a natal house, and why the Solar Return Sun moves back two to four houses each year — in the article “Solar Return houses”. The houses themselves and their meaning in the natal chart are in the guide.

How we calculate

The moment of the Solar Return is computed from NASA JPL DE440 ephemerides, with the same apparent longitude of the Sun as in the natal chart: checked against the Swiss Ephemeris to the second. The zodiac is tropical, with no correction for precession. Houses are Placidus, and above the Arctic Circle — Porphyry. The time zone of the place follows the history of time zones on the date of the birthday.

What you won’t find here

“Dangerous” houses and advice to travel to another city for your birthday for the sake of a “right” Solar Return. There’s no data that this works, and you can’t judge by a single year.

Frequently asked questions

What is a Solar Return?

A chart for the moment when the Sun returns to the exact degree where it stood at the minute of your birth. This happens once a year, within a day of your birthday, and describes the year from one birthday to the next.

Which city should the Solar Return be cast for?

Modern schools — Morin, Volguine, Discepolo — cast the Solar Return for the place where a person spends their birthday; the medieval tradition — for the place of birth. We calculate for the place of the birthday, and if it’s different, we show what would change at the place of birth.

Can a Solar Return be calculated without an exact birth time?

No. An error in the birth time carries over into the moment of the Solar Return one to one: a 15-minute error means a 15-minute shift, and the Solar Return Ascendant moves by degrees, sometimes into another sign. If you know the time only roughly, you can refine it from the dates of life events on the “Birth time” page.

Do you correct for precession?

No: the Solar Return is tropical, as with Mary Shea and Astrodienst. Sidereal astrologers correct the moment for precession — at 30 that’s a shift of about 10 hours and a different Ascendant; the reading says so directly.

What is free and what is paid?

Free: the moment and place of the Solar Return, the wheel, the sign of the Solar Return Ascendant, the house of the Sun, the main factor of the year with a check, and what changes if your birth time is off. The whole Solar Return on screen and PDF — 799 ₽, one-time: the three main factors, angular planets, links to the natal chart, a month-by-month plan, a comparison of places and the method.

How do I know whether the Solar Return worked?

Every factor in the reading has an outcome under which it didn’t work. Write them down now and check them by your next birthday. Astrology has no evidence base — the Solar Return here is a language for planning, not a prediction.

First — the natal chart

A Solar Return is read on top of the natal chart: the natal house where the Solar Return Ascendant falls is the main factor of the year.

Human Design, astrology, Jyotish, numerology and the Destiny Matrix are systems of symbolic interpretation. They are not recognized by science; the materials are for informational purposes and do not replace a doctor, psychologist, lawyer or financial advisor. Learn more.