Returns Technique in Forecasting the Future in Astrology

returns in astrology

There are 3 major predictive techniques that are being used to forecast the future in western astrology, namely; transits, progressions, and returns. For the purpose of clarity, let us focus our attention mainly on returns and return charts as a general technique in forecasting in astrology.

A return is the moment that a transiting planet returns to the position it occupied at birth. Suppose that a persons Sun position is 14 degrees 20 minutes of Cancer. At about the time of the persons birth day each year the Sun will return to precisely this position of 14 degrees 20 minutes of Cancer. A chart constructed for this exact moment when the Sun returns to 14 degrees 20 minutes of Cancer is the solar return chart.

The Moon will also return to the position it had at birth approximately once a month. A chart constructed for this time is the lunar return chart.

The solar return and lunar return charts are used by many astrologers. Some astrologers have also experimented with charts of the times that other planets return to their natal position, so there is a Mercury return chart, a Venus return chart, etc.

Note that a return calculated with the sidereal zodiac occurs at a different time than a return calculated with the tropical zodiac. The reason for this is that the tropical zodiac and sidereal zodiac are moving in relationship to each other so that over the course of ones lifetime they have separated further. Some astrologers like to use a hybrid of the two systems in that they like to use the tropical zodiac signs but they wish to determine the time of the solar return as it would occur in the sidereal zodiac. This is known as a precessed return because it is adjusted ! for the amount of precession of the equinoxes that has occurred since birth.

The Return Charts

A return chart is a chart drawn for the moment in time a natal planet returns to its exact birth position after completing a full orbit through the zodiac.

The Moon returns about every 28.5 days giving 13 Lunar Returns each year. The lunar returns chart portrays inner and outer events from the perspective of feelings, emotions, security and survival.

Ever wonder why people say Many happy returns on your birthday? This is the return of the Sun to its exact birth position! Every 365 days, we have a Solar Return, occurring the day before, of, or after the birth date.

Solar returns portray inner and outer events based on individuation, the art of becoming who we are meant to be! It is like a preview of coming attractions for the new solar year.

MERCURY (mental and communicative) and VENUS (socially significant relationships and values) also return once a year within a month or so of the birthday.

MARS returns every 2 years. These horoscope charts generally reflect work, healthy aggression and basic energy.

The ASTEROIDS(between Venus and Jupiter) vary between 1 year to close to 12 years in their orbits. 433 Eros returns every 1.76 years, and describes experiences of erotic transformation. 16 Psyche returns every 5 years, and is about attuning to another through extrasensory abilities. 4450 Pan, returning every 3 years, is about raw creative energy, carnal drives and panic that leads to change. 4 Vesta, returning every 3.63 years, is about devotion, ritual, dedication to beliefs and sex as spiritual transformation.

JUPITER returns every 12 years, and has to do with our search for meaning and purpose, confidence and creative will.

SATURN returns every 28-29 and can! reflect our sense of responsibility, maturity and power to build material foundations.

CHIRON and the other Centaurs return about every 51 years or more (for Kuiper Belt objects). Chiron returns are about healing, teaching and the preparation of the hero. How will we be heroic in this later stage of life?

URANUS returns every 84 and connects us without sense of freedom, audacity and willingness to step outside of boundaries. Neptune and Pluto return every 164 years and 248 respectively. These outer planets do not return in the known span of a human life.

Sedna returns ever 11,000 years or so; clearly not applicable for this technique! Solar, Lunar, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn return charts are the most frequently used, though any return (or demi-return, or phase return) can be valuable. The major planet returns give the broad strokes, the asteroid returns add subtle and fine details.

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