This book is filled with keys/pointers to interpreting Solar Returns. She discusses the Solar Return charts before death and marriage, and she devotes a chapter to Solar Return progressions. Another topic is an emphasis on cardinal/fixed/cadent signs and how those can suggest whether the year will be a busy and eventful one, a fixed/unchanging one, or a year of restlessness and mental activity. She writes about dispositors and their role in the SR, planets (either natal or SR) on SR angles, the placement of the SR Sun, the significance of the SR Moon, and more. She points out the significance of the ruling planet of the Solar Return chart (the ruler of the SR Ascendant) and where that planet is found in the SR chart by house. Detailed interpretations are offered for planetary angularity (both Solar Return planets and natal planets, with different interpretations for each), SR Moon aspects, timing, and example charts. For more information or to buy the book, click here: Interpreting Solar ReturnsĪnother book on Solar Returns that I have found particularly useful is Solar Returns: Formulas & Analyses (3) by Nance McCullough. He interprets natal chart planets and houses coming to the “foreground” in the Solar Return chart, for example. Although he uses precessed tropical Solar Returns (I prefer non-precessed charts), his interpretations incorporate comparisons of the natal chart to the Solar Return chart, and vice versa. Shea focuses less on the interplay between the solar return chart and the natal chart, and that is where Interpreting Solar Returns by James A. This book delivers exceptionally clear, thoughtful, and thorough interpretations of the Solar Return chart itself. For more information or to buy the book, click here: Planets in Solar Returns: Yearly Cycles of Transformation & Growth The “double chart” technique of interpretation, as well as timing techniques are discussed in less detail. The author attempts to put Solar Returns into a context, instead of viewing them as entirely new charts from year to year. If the Sun is in the 10th house in one Solar Return year, the next year one is likely to find Sun in the 7th.
She identifies patterns, and, for example, if the native stays in the same place from year to year, there are distinct cycles concerning the house placements of the Sun. Her book also offers a unique look at cycles, and encourages the reader to think in terms of learning from the past and preparing for future challenges. in Counseling Psychology, and it shows in her interpretations, which focus on personal growth and problem-solving. The author, Mary Fortier Shea, has an M.A. The interpretations imply that self-development is an underlying goal. Planets in Solar Returns offers cookbook-style interpretations of Solar Return positions of planets by house and aspect. My favorites on Solar Returns are Planets in Solar Returns by Mary Fortier Shea and Interpreting Solar Returns by James A. Note that we occasionally abbreviate “Solar Returns” as “SR”.Ĭomparison of Books with Solar Return InterpretationsĪs is the case with most any “branch” of astrology, your best bet is to learn from, and refer to, more than one book on the subject. On this seventh page of our Solar Returns Feature, we compare interpretive books on Solar Returns and suggest resources for further study.
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