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Solar Return — your personal year's map
Once a year the Sun returns to the exact degree it held at your birth. The chart cast for that moment describes your next personal year — from birthday to birthday.
The Solar Return chart is read like a natal chart, but its scope is one year. The ascendant of the return sets the year's main theme; the house where the Sun lands shows where the energy goes; Venus, Mars and Jupiter mark the areas of love, drive and growth for these twelve months.
The strongest technique is overlaying the return on the natal chart: which of your houses receive the year's planets — that's where events concentrate. This is exactly what the AI reading in Astro Orb does: it compares both charts and writes a year plan in plain language — themes, months of peak energy, zones of caution.
The Solar Return is calculated in Astro Orb Premium: the return moment to the minute, the year's chart and a full AI reading.
FAQ
+When does the solar year start?
At the exact moment the Sun returns to its natal degree — up to a day away from your calendar birthday. Astro Orb calculates the moment to the minute.
+Does location matter?
Classically the chart is cast for where you are at the solar-return moment; some schools use the birthplace. Astro Orb calculates for your current city, with an option to compare.
+How is this different from a yearly horoscope?
A magazine yearly horoscope covers a twelfth of humanity. A Solar Return is your personal year chart: its ascendant, planet placements in houses — a unique configuration that won't repeat.
+When is the best time to read it?
Two or three weeks before your birthday — to enter the new personal year with a map: themes, strong months, caution zones.