Create Your Solar Return Chart
Professional astrology charts with NASA-grade accuracy. Simple, playful and beautifully detailed.
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Understanding Solar Return Charts
Annual Birthday Chart
Cast for the exact moment the Sun returns to your natal position each year.
Year-Ahead Forecast
Reveals themes, opportunities, and challenges for your personal year.
Location-Sensitive Analysis
Calculate for any location to explore how place shapes your year.
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How Solar Return Charts Work
Generate your annual solar return chart in three simple steps. Our solar return calculator finds the exact moment the Sun returns to your natal position each year.
Enter Your Birth Details
Provide your birth date, time, and location. We need your exact natal Sun position to calculate when it returns to that degree each year.
Choose Year & Location
Select the year and location for your solar return. The chart can be cast for wherever you are on your birthday, as location affects house placements.
Explore Your Annual Chart
Click any planet to see its house placement and aspects. Your solar return chart reveals themes and opportunities for the year from birthday to birthday.
Ready to explore your year ahead?
Questions
and Answers
A solar return chart is cast for the exact moment each year when the Sun returns to the precise degree it occupied at your birth. This annual chart reveals themes, opportunities, and challenges for the year ahead, from birthday to birthday.
Our solar return calculator uses Swiss Ephemeris with NASA-grade accuracy to find the exact moment of your Sun's return. We calculate to within seconds, ensuring your solar return chart is astronomically precise.
Yes! The location where you cast your solar return affects house placements and angles. Many astrologers recommend casting the chart for where you actually are on or near your birthday, though some use the birthplace.
Your solar return chart is active from the moment of the exact Sun return until your next solar return—roughly birthday to birthday. Some astrologers believe its influence begins to manifest a few months before.
Yes! Generate unlimited solar return charts for free. No signup required. Explore your year ahead with professional-grade accuracy.
Absolutely. Enter any year to see past solar returns or preview future ones. This is helpful for understanding themes that played out in previous years or planning ahead.
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