Solar Return Chart
To generate a solar return chart, the exact time of birth, the place of birth and the exact date of birth of the individual is prerequisite along with the solar year (the year for which it is calculated) and their current location (of residence).
- Natal Chart
- Progression Chart
- Synastry Chart
- Composite Chart
- Zodiac Sign
- Moon Sign
- Rising Sign
- Todays Planetary Aspects
A Solar Return Chart is naturally as unique to an individual as is their astrological birth chart or natal chart. Enter the above-mentioned particulars in the calculator below to generate your free solar return chart . Find out what the trajectory of the Sun has in store for you in this solar year.
As the Earth takes a complete trip around the Sun, the Sun falls into the exact same position it began from at the time of birth of an individual. A solar return chart is a chart that calculates the precise time in which the natal Sun returns to that exact zodiacal position which can be defined by degrees, minutes and seconds of arc. Every year, with each revolution the Earth takes around the Sun, the trajectory of the Sun is observed until it reaches its natal position, and the time of the ‘return’ of the Sun is calculated. Naturally, the transiting Sun returns to that natal position around the birthday of that individual. However, the Sun’s return may vary by a day or two.
The Solar Return Chart is an effective method used to foresee the events likely to happen in a year. Every year as the Sun returns, it transits through a different house with the Ascendant and the Midheaven in different signs. Although the Sun returns to the same position by degree, minute and second of the arc of the zodiac, the scenario is different and dramatically unique. This makes the return a foundation that can help predict the upcoming year.
The yearly solar transit renders different experiences on life on Earth. The solar transit through the whole of zodiac and the 365 daily rotations of Earth in a year cannot be taken the same. There is a 6-hour difference between the two. Therefore, it will be more accurate to say that the Earth takes 365.25 days to make a complete revolution around the Earth. Speaking in relative to the Earth, the Sun takes 365.25 days to reach the exact zodiacal position in the geocentric sky. The extra day, February 29th, occurs every four years to make up for this discrepancy.
This calculator uses the tropical astrology system. Tropical astrology is based on the relationship between the Sun and the Earth, and the Sun’s projected path on the Earth’s ecliptic. The Tropical system is Earth-oriented and consistent with the change of seasons it experiences. The solar return chart is the transits at a specific time and place to the degree, minutes, and seconds of one’s natal Sun.
FAQs
- What do I look for in a Solar Return Chart?
- A solar return chart shows the map of the sky with the Sun returned to its natal position along with other luminaries in different signs and angles along the ecliptic of the Earth in that particular solar year. A solar return chart depicts the potential planetary aspects and angles formed with the Sun and elemental balance in the sky. A horoscope is drawn for the precise moment of the solar return and thus helps in giving a forecast of the upcoming year.
- What is a Solar Return Chart?
- A Solar Return Chart is a chart that calculates the time in which the natal Sun returns to its position by the degree, minute and seconds of the arc. It maps the position of other planets and luminaries forming aspects with the returned Sun and a horoscope is erected on the basis of this geocentric sky, thus predicting the events of the solar year ahead from that moment.
- What is a solar return?
- A solar return is the return of the transiting Sun to its exact zodiacal natal position of an individual. It may not necessarily fall in that position on their birthday; it may occupy that position one or two days before or after the birthday. The yearly return of the Sun advances by around 6 hours each year, while dropping back by a day (February 29th) every four years. A true solar year is different from the number of days in a year. A true solar year is 365.25 days.