SOLAR RETURN ANNUAL REPORT

 

Once each year, the Sun returns to the exact position that it held at the time of your birth.  This report outlines the astrological influences on the year ahead for the positions of the planets at the precise time of your annual solar return.

 

The report delineates the influence of the Ascendant, Midheaven, Sun, Moon, and each of the nine planets as they interact with each other and with the Houses of the horoscope.  Because there is such a wealth of information, you may find it helpful to orient yourself by first reading the following three sections in their entirety (including their subsections):

 

§2 - The Solar Return Sun: The Central Focus of the Year.

 

§3 - The Solar Return Ascendant: Personal Themes for the Year.

 

§15 - Connections between Planets and House Cusps:  Key Events of the Coming Year.

 

The report is based on your natal and solar return charts cast for the following data:

 

 

Prince Nelson

Saturday, June 07, 1958  6:17:00 PM

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Time Zone: 05:00 (CDT)

Longitude: 093° W 15' 49"

Latitude: 44° N 58' 48"

 

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Saturday, June 07, 2014  7:06:58 AM

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Minneapolis, Minnesota

Time Zone: 05:00 (CDT)

Longitude: 093° W 15' 49"

Latitude: 44° N 58' 48"

 

 

 

Table of Contents

 

Natal and Return Data Used in this Report

 

§1.0 - Introductory Comments: What is a Solar Return?

 

§2.0 - The Solar Return Sun: The Central Focus of the Year

 

§2.1 - The House Occupied by the Sun: Major Issues of the Year

 

§2.2 - The Sun's Aspects in the Solar Return Chart

 

§3.0 - The Solar Return Ascendant: Personal Themes for the Year

 

§3.1 - The Return House Containing the Planet Ruling the Return Ascendant

 

§3.2 - The Natal House Highlighted by the Solar Return Ascendant

 

§3.3 - Aspects of the Ascendant in the Solar Return Chart

 

§3.4 - Planets Rising in the 1st House of the Solar Return Chart

 

§4.0 - The Solar Return Midheaven: Worldly Status, Career, and Public Activity

 

§4.1 - The Return House Containing the Planet Ruling the Return Midheaven

 

§4.2 - The Natal House Highlighted by the Solar Return Midheaven

 

§4.3 - Aspects of the Midheaven in the Solar Return Chart

 

§4.4 - Planets in the 10th House of the Solar Return Chart

 

§5.0 - The Solar Return Moon: Your Emotional Life

 

§5.1 - Aspects of the Moon in the Solar Return Chart

 

§6.0 - Mercury: Communication, Learning, Short Trips

 

§6.1 - Aspects of Mercury in the Solar Return Chart

 

§7.0 - Venus: Love, Money, Values, Relationships

 

§7.1 - Aspects of Venus in the Solar Return Chart

 

§8.0 - Mars: Initiative, Leadership, Drive

 

§8.1 - Aspects of Mars in the Solar Return Chart

 

§9.0 - Jupiter: Opportunities for Growth and Expansion

 

§10.0 - Saturn: Duty, Responsibility, Important Lessons, Hardship

 

§10.1 - Aspects of Saturn in the Solar Return Chart

 

§11.0 - Uranus: Novelty, Originality, Disruption

 

§11.1 - Aspects of Uranus in the Solar Return Chart

 

§12.0 - Neptune: Spirituality, Creativity, Self-Deception, Confusion

 

§12.1 - Aspects of Neptune in the Solar Return Chart

 

§13.0 - Pluto: Power, Control, Intense Emotional Experience, Transformation

 

§13.1 - Aspects of Pluto in the Solar Return Chart

 

§14.0 - The Solar Return Part of Fortune

 

§15.0 - Connections between Planets and House Cusps

 

§15.1 - Solar Return Planets with Return House Cusps

 

§15.2 - Solar Return Positions with Natal House Cusps

 

§15.3 - Natal Positions with Solar Return House Cusps

 

 

 

 

§1 - Introductory Comments: What is a Solar Return?

 

Introduction

 

You have certainly heard the expression "Many happy returns!"  - a reference to the annual cycle that begins at your date of birth.  The astrological Solar Return is a chart cast for the moment when the Sun returns to the exact position it held in your Natal horoscope.  Each year the Solar Return marks the start of your personal New Year, and astrologers look to the Solar Return horoscope to see what events and issues await you in the year ahead.

 

Astrologers have proposed many methods for interpreting the Solar Return chart.  This report follows the method of Alexandre Volguine (1903-1976), a French astrologer who, in 1937, first published his 15 years of research on Returns.  Until his death in 1976, Volguine continued to update his study of Returns in subsequent editions of his classic text, "LA TECHNIQUE DES REVOLUTIONS SOLAIRES".  For those interested in the astrological theory, the method of Volguine is outlined in the appendix to this report.

 

In accord with Volguine's method, this report is based on a Return chart cast for your location (which may be different from your birth place) when the Sun returns to its position in your Natal chart.  Because we insert an extra day into the calendar every four years during the leap year, your Solar Return may occur either on, or a day before or after, your calendar birthday.

 

If you do not know your exact time of birth, you can still do a general Return chart by using as your presumed "birth time" the exact moment of sunrise on your birth date.  The Solar Return chart calculated from a sunrise birth chart provides a generally accurate astrological forecast for the year ahead; but, if possible, use your actual time of birth to get the most accurate forecast.

 

According to the astrological theory of Solar Returns, the Natal chart represents a basic blueprint of the individual (similar to the DNA within the nucleus of the cell) and the Return chart reveals the annual renewal or reactivation of the Natal chart as measured against both the ongoing movement of the planets and the newly generated set of House cusps at the time the individual's Natal Sun is "reborn" at the annual (SR) birthday.  A key feature of Return chart interpretation involves studying the relationship between the annual Return Houses and the birth chart Houses.

 

Beginning with the next section, this report will review and interpret the major factors identified by Volguine for identifying the themes and events that will dominate your life during the coming year.  The current Solar Return chart actually spans a period of about a year and a half because its influence is felt from three months before the current birthday until three months after next year's birthday.  This three-month transitional overlap between subsequent Returns represents the period when the themes of one year gradually give way to those of the next.

 

 

A note on stressful aspects:

 

In some delineations you will read that an adverse event could occur if the planet being discussed forms discordant aspects in the chart.  The harsh aspects are the semi-square (45 degrees), the square (90 degrees), the sesqui-square (135 degrees), the inconjunct (150 degrees), and the opposition (180 degrees).  In addition, the conjunction (joining together) of certain pairs of planets is intrinsically difficult because of the conflicting nature of the planets involved.  To determine whether a stressful aspect is in effect, you may need to refer to the section where the aspects formed by the planet were first discussed in the report.

 

Into every life a little rain must fall.  Do not be alarmed if negative predictions show up in various sections of this report.  Stressful events often hover as potentials in the background but never materialize.  The repetition of a trend in several parts of the horoscope chart is the key to accurate prediction in astrology.  In general, adverse events occur only when many aspects or configurations repeatedly point toward their manifestation.  If a stressful event is mentioned but once or twice, it is unlikely to manifest.  In any case, forewarned is forearmed.

 

On Aspect Strengths:  Next to the aspects you will often find a listing of the "strength" of the aspect.  The number you see is based on how close the aspect is to being exact.  The higher the number, the more exact the aspect.  The aspects range in strength from a low of about 1 to a high of about 8.  Theoretically, the very close aspects are more likely to manifest in your life.

 

 

Astrological Houses in the Return Chart

 

If you are not familiar with astrology, it will help to know a little about the astrological Houses as you read this report.  You probably know that there are 12 signs of the zodiac.  In a similar way, astrologers divide the horoscope wheel into 12 "Houses," which look like a pie cut into 12 pieces.  Each House represents a particular area of life.  The 1st House starts at the Ascendant, which is the point where the zodiac circle in the heavens crosses the horizon in the east.  By convention the Ascendant lies at the "9 o'clock" point on the circle.  The remaining Houses follow the 1st House in a counterclockwise direction around the wheel so that the 10th House, which symbolizes your career and standing in the world, lies at the very top of the chart.  The entry point into each House is called its cusp.  Below is a list of the twelve Houses and some of their key meanings for reference as you read this report.

 

1st House: your body, personality, personal initiatives, life force.

 

2nd House: money, income, possessions, values.

 

3rd House: communication, analytical thinking, writing, local travel, siblings, neighbors.

 

4th House: home, family, parents, past conditioning, final endings.

 

5th House: fun, romance, recreation, vacations, children, sports, gambling, creative self-expression.

 

6th House: service, health concerns, daily grind, subordinates, tenants, pets.

 

7th House: significant others, consultants, partnerships, contracts, lawsuits, open enemies, the public.

 

8th House: death, sex, taxes, joint finances, surgery, investigation, transformation, occult studies.

 

9th House: higher education, long-distance travel, religion, philosophy, the law, foreign interests, publishing, broadcasting.

 

10th House: career, worldly status, honors, public standing, reputation authority, bosses, parental figures.

 

11th House: friends, hopes & wishes, group involvements.

 

12th House: solitude, imaginative endeavors, confinement, hospitalization, spiritual pursuits, loss of freedom, secret enemies, self-undoing.

 

 

 

 

§2.0 - The Solar Return Sun: The Central Focus of the Year

 

General Significance of the Sun

 

The Sun, ruler of Leo, is the most important "planet" in the Return.  The primal energy of the Sun makes possible our life on earth.  The Sun enlivens, asserts, illuminates, vitalizes, promotes, fathers, energizes, individualizes, elevates, and makes conscious.  Astrological aspects involving the Sun show how we achieve (or fail to achieve) honor, status, recognition, achievement, and individuation - how we shine, create, and make our mark on the world.  People signified by the Sun include fathers, husbands, mature men, bosses, authority figures, and people of influence.  In health matters, the Sun symbolizes the heart and the spine.

 

The Return placement and aspects of the Sun may involve us either personally through health matters and life circumstances governed by the Sun, or indirectly through people symbolized by the Sun. We will next look at the zodiacal sign and House positions of the Sun in the Solar Return chart.

 

 

 

Return Sun in Gemini

 

The Return Sun occupies the exact location in the same sign as the Sun in your birth chart.  Having the Sun in Gemini generally makes you talkative, quick-witted, versatile, communicative, peripatetic, analytical, youthful, and lively.  Your faults may include restlessness, flirtatiousness, excessive curiosity, and a tendency to have too many irons in the fire.

 

Having considered the sign containing the Sun, we now turn to the Sun's Return House position, which highlights the central themes of the year ahead.

 

 

§2.1 - The House Occupied by the Sun: Major Issues of the Year

 

Return Sun in the Return 12th House

 

The Sun in your Return 12th House advises you to focus on self-understanding, forgiveness, reconciliation, service to others, soul searching, and spiritual development.  This position favors activities that are best done alone, quietly, confidentially, behind the scenes, or in seclusion.  Now is an excellent time to meditate, make a retreat, do research, engage in creative writing, study metaphysical subjects, heal old wounds, or enter into psychological or spiritual counseling.  You may find yourself comforting those in need or visiting people in hospitals or institutions.  This year may also carry an experience of loss, grief, sorrow, separation, bereavement, or the significant illness of a loved one.

 

The Sun here illuminates areas of your life and personality where you may be working against yourself.  Ponder whether you're engaging in unnecessary self-sacrifice, co-dependency, resentment, or addictive behavior.  Can you see how you sometimes shoot yourself in the foot?  Now is the time to come to terms with emotional baggage from the past, including the legacy of your family and parental influences.  You need to master such difficulties so that you can resume your personal growth.  If you have been neglecting the needs of your body, be sure to see your doctor.  Failing to care for your physical, emotional, and spiritual needs can lead to illness, depression, self-undoing, the exposure of personal secrets, hospitalization, or confinement.

 

 

§2.2 - The Sun's Aspects in the Solar Return Chart

 

 

 

This planet forms no major aspects in this chart.

 

 

 

 

§3.0 - The Solar Return Ascendant: Personal Themes for the Year

 

The Ascendant-Descendant or East-West Axis in the SR chart

 

The East-West Axis of the astrological map represents the Celestial Horizon.  The Ascendant (in the East) signifies the filter through which you view the world and the manner in which you project your personality toward others.  It also reflects your physical body and your personal initiatives.   The Descendant (in the West) symbolizes your partnerships, close relationships, and the way you get along with other people.

 

Planets that form close aspects with the East-West Axis of the Return chart will color your personality style, personal initiatives, and manner of relating.  The degree of the zodiac rising in the East (the Ascendant) varies with your location on earth at the time of your Solar Return.  If the Return Ascendant receives particularly stressful aspects, some astrologers advise their clients to travel to a location that will minimize or negate those aspects on the day of their Solar Return.  In the following section we consider the influence of the horizon (Ascendant-Descendant) axis in the year ahead.

 

 

 

Return Ascendant in Cancer

 

The Cancer Ascendant emphasizes matters related to the protective, sensitive, and home-oriented sign of the crab.  The Moon, which rules Cancer, governs your moods, emotions, and your ability to nurture and be nurtured by others.  This may be a year when you undergo significant changes related to home, family, parents, and parenting.  There is also an emphasis on marriage, caring for the young, domestic issues, real estate, and dealings with the public.  You are likely to pay special attention to your relationships with parents, children, family members, or even your country as a symbolic "mother-" or "fatherland."  Conflicts about time devoted to family versus career may come to the fore.

 

The imaginative and intuitive sign Cancer may lead you to engage in artistic endeavors, cooking, the study of psychology, or activities such as travel and exploration.  You may be called upon to nurture and comfort others.  Some become involved in public life under this influence.  Cancer and the Moon are associated with the oceans, and a journey over water is possible.  As the Ascendant signifies your physical state, if the Ascendant-ruler Moon forms stressful aspects you could encounter health problems or extremes of mood during the year.  Parts of the body that fall under the influence of Cancer include the stomach, pancreas, digestive system, breasts, and the womb.

 

The Houses of your Natal chart with Cancer on the cusp as well as the House of your Return chart that contains the Moon, the ruler of Cancer, indicate areas of your life that will be in high focus during the coming year.  Planets that form close aspects to the Moon in the Return chart indicate the types of people and events that will affect your emotional state during the year.

 

Because the Moon rules the sign Cancer, the Moon is the ruler of the Ascendant in this year's Return chart.

 

 

§3.1 - The SR House Containing the Planet Ruling the SR Ascendant

 

Return Moon in the Return 4th House

 

The Moon, which reflects your feelings and mood states, occupies the Return 4th House of home, family, parents, real estate, past influences, and personal foundations.  Relocation, remodeling, moving to a new home, buying or selling property, and changes in your family are possible.  Your emotional life comes into high focus, and fluctuations in your mood may play a prominent role in your life.  Intimate supportive and nurturing relationships become a priority.  You are likely to feel a need to better understand your ethnic, racial and familial roots and traditions. Pay special attention to your relationships with parents and elders at this time.  As the 4th House represents endings, the Moon here can indicate the passing of someone or something that has been important in your life.

 

 

§3.2 - The Natal House Highlighted by the Solar Return Ascendant

 

Return Ascendant in the Natal 8th House

 

The Natal House placement of the Return Ascendant shows where you are most likely to take personal action during the year.  Your dominant interests and activities will center on 8th House issues such as shared resources, taxes, loans, investment income, and joint finances.  In addition, you will find yourself occupied with matters related to sexuality, mortality, spirituality, the afterlife, crises, intensive therapy, surgery, personal transformation, and occult interests.  You seek to understand what is going on beneath the surface.  On occasion this can signify the need to deal with wills, legacies, the goods of the dead, or possibly the serious illness or passing of someone in your family or circle of acquaintances.  You could also spend considerable time on issues related to health, the need for healing, and the inevitability of your own mortality.

 

The Return Ascendant-Descendant axis also highlights 2nd House matters such as income, finances, money, resources, belongings, and personal values.  This is a year to get your financial house in order.  Review your budget, plan your savings, make a will, and do what you must to provide for yourself and your loved ones.  You may have the opportunity to improve your economic outlook, perhaps by seeking a raise, settling old debts, or pursuing new sources of income.

 

 

§3.3 - Aspects involving the Ascendant in the Solar Return Chart

 

 

 

This planet forms no major aspects in this chart.

 

 

§3.4 - Planets Rising in the First House of the Solar Return Chart

 

Solar Return Planets occupying the Solar Return First House

 

The Return 1st House reveals your yearly personal or psychological activity.  Any planets that occupy the Return 1st House show the nature of your activity and your psychological reactions during the coming year.  If a planet lies close to the Return Ascendant (within 5 degrees), you will have a fair amount of personal control over the action.  Planets in the 1st House that lie further away from the Return Ascendant (more than 5 degrees) indicate that you will have less control and be more at the mercy of the forces symbolized by those planets.

 

The Return planets that occupy your Return 1st House are listed below.  If this section is blank, there are no 1st House planets in your Return chart.

 

 

Return Jupiter in the Return 1st House

 

Jupiter in the Return 1st House heightens your sense of optimism, generosity, enthusiasm, and self-confidence.  This is a generally positive influence that promises a relaxed, fortunate, and hopeful time.  Events occur that help you to overcome problems from the past.  You are able to further your personal ambitions.  At times you may feel like the sky is the limit.  You tend to be expansive and exuberant, but you may need to guard against becoming too puffed-up and full of yourself.  There is a risk of overindulgence and other forms of extreme behavior.  Weight gain is possible.  You would be wise to pursue a sensible program of diet and exercise at this time.

 

 

 

 

§4.0 - The Solar Return Midheaven: Worldly Status, Career, and Public Activity

 

The North-South or Meridian Axis of the Solar Return Chart

 

The North-South or Meridian Axis of the astrological map represents your vocation, public image, parents, and family matters.  The Midheaven at the top of the chart (due south in those charts of the northern hemisphere) symbolizes your career, worldly status, and public activities.  The Imum Coeli (I.C.) at the bottom of the chart signifies your home, your domestic life, and the final conclusion of pending affairs.

 

Planets that form close aspects with the North-South Axis of the Return chart will color vocational and family matters during the year.  The degree of the zodiac on your Return Midheaven depends on your location on earth at the time of your Solar Return.  If the Return Midheaven receives particularly stressful aspects, some astrologers advise their clients to travel to a location that will minimize or negate those aspects on the day of their Solar Return.  In the following section we consider the influence of the meridian axis in your Return chart.

 

 

 

Return Midheaven in Pisces

 

The Midheaven in Pisces suggests that your career, status, and public activities will involve imagination, creativity, compassion, and visionary thinking.  You may feel a desire to live out your faith or render service to others as part of your work life.

 

The House position of the Return Midheaven's planetary ruler gives further information about your social reputation and vocation in the year ahead.  The planet ruling the Return Midheaven is discussed below.

 

Neptune and Jupiter are respectively the modern and traditional rulers of the sign Pisces.  Thus, Neptune and Jupiter are the rulers of the Midheaven in this year's Return chart.

 

 

§4.1 - The SR House Containing the Planet Ruling the SR Midheaven

 

Return Neptune in the Return 9th House

 

Neptune in the Return 9th House raises the possibility of dissolution, loss, letting go, sadness, misunderstanding, deception, or confusion with regard to legal matters, travel, higher education, publicity, communications, or foreign interests.  A longstanding situation, relationship, or preoccupation related to such matters may dissolve or fade from your life.  Long-distance travel, perhaps to exotic places, is common with the placement.  Sometimes this placement indicates a journey for the sake of relocating to a distant shore.  You tend to become more spiritual in your outlook on life.  Deceptive practices can cause scandal or legal entanglements.

 

 

§4.2 - The Natal House Highlighted by the Solar Return Midheaven

 

Return Midheaven in the Natal 4th House

 

The Return Midheaven lies at the top of the Return chart where it reveals the actions and circumstances of your life that will be most visible to others during the coming year.  When the Return Midheaven lies in your Natal 4th House, it causes you to examine your roots, heritage, and traditions.  Home, family, and domestic concerns take on added importance.  Your relationship with one or both parents comes into high focus.  Real estate dealings may occupy your time.  You could experience a significant ending that alters your social status or public image in some way.  A long-standing endeavor may reach its final conclusion.  Activities in the home may draw public attention.  This is a good time to review your plans for retirement and how you will spend your old age.

 

 

§4.3 - Aspects involving the Midheaven in the Solar Return Chart

 

 

 

This planet forms no major aspects in this chart.

 

 

§4.4 - Planets in the Tenth House of the Solar Return Chart

 

SR Planets in the Solar Return Tenth House

 

The Return 10th House relates to career, family, worldly status, and any public actions you take during the year.  The Return planets that occupy the Return 10th House reveal the nature of such public activity and how it may affect your vocational and family life.

 

The Return planets that occupy your Return 10th House are listed below.  If this section is blank, there are no 10th House planets in your Return chart.

 

 

Return Uranus in the Return 10th House

 

Uranus in the Return 10th House suggests sudden happenings that disrupt the status quo with regard to career, worldly status, parents, and authority.  You wish to march to the beat of your own drummer, and you are capable of great originality on the job.  Unexpected recognition, advancement, career changes, and professional opportunities are possible.  Surprising or unanticipated events can abruptly alter or disrupt your professional ambitions or public standing.  Be careful not to go off half-cocked on the job.  Separation from a parental figure may occur.

 

 

 

 

§5.0 - The Solar Return Moon: Your Emotional Life

 

General Significance of the Moon

 

The Moon, ruler of Cancer, receives and reflects the light of the Sun.  As such, the Moon symbolizes the inner, reflective, receptive, emotional, and subconscious aspects of human life.  The Moon represents our feeling states, heredity, instincts, habit patterns, our early experiences with mothering, and our domestic life.  Astrological aspects involving the Moon reveal how we react emotionally, and how we give or receive nurturing and comfort.  People signified by the Moon include mothers, females in general, and the significant women in our lives.  In health matters, the Moon symbolizes cyclic changes, nutrition, and female issues; also, the breasts, the stomach, and the brain matter.

 

The Return placement and aspects of the Moon may involve us either personally through health matters and life circumstances governed by the Moon, or indirectly through people symbolized by the Moon.  Lunar aspects that are said to perfect on a certain date have an orb of a month or longer.  We will next consider the Return zodiacal sign and House placements of the Moon.

 

 

 

Return Moon in Libra

 

The Moon in Libra places a strong emphasis on partnerships, collaborations, and close personal relationships.  This can be a year characterized by many social engagements and enjoyment of the company of others.  You are particularly sensitive to your surroundings at this time, and you need to work and live in a space that is harmonious and decorated with beautiful objects.  If the Moon forms stressful aspects, you could experience disruptions in marriage or partnerships, difficulty in making decisions, and excessive reliance on the favorable opinion of others to shore up your self-esteem.

 

 

Return Moon in the Return 4th House

 

This interpretation appeared previously in section §3.1 - The SR House Containing the Planet Ruling the SR Ascendant.

 

 

§5.1 - Aspects involving the Moon in the Solar Return Chart

 

Return Moon trine Natal Mercury  (Strength:   5.89 )

 

Your thoughts and feelings work harmoniously together.  This is an excellent time to do any type of creative writing.  Put your feelings into words and allow your intuition to guide your thinking.

 

 

Return Moon oppose Natal Mars  (Strength:   2.28 )

 

Your emotions may lead to conflicts or aggressive outbursts.  Don't let little things get on your nerves.  Everyone has their quirks.  Don't sweat the small stuff.

 

 

Return Moon sextile Natal Uranus  (Strength:   1.46 ) - Aspect perfects on 9/19/2014.

 

The Return Moon harmoniously aspecting natal Uranus often brings a positive change in your circumstances.  Pleasant surprises pepper your life.  Friends offer their support.  You feel emotionally committed to go after your goals.  You seek excitement.

 

 

 

 

§6.0 - Mercury: Communication, Writing, Learning, Selling, Short Trips

 

General Significance of Mercury

 

Mercury, ruler of Gemini and Virgo, was the messenger of the gods.  Mercury symbolizes language, communication, the thinking process, the intellect, writing, correspondence, education, commerce, transit, movement, and all means of transport.  Astrological aspects involving Mercury show how we think and communicate our ideas to others; also, how we move about in our community.  People signified by Mercury include writers, communicators, salespersons, students, the young people in our lives, messengers, drivers, neighbors, siblings, and other kin.  In health matters, Mercury symbolizes the tongue, upper extremities, lungs, respiratory system, nervous system, thyroid, and the sense of sight.

 

The Return placement and aspects of Mercury may involve us either personally through health matters and life circumstances governed by Mercury, or indirectly through people symbolized by Mercury.  Travel accidents are often shown by afflictions to Mercury, especially hard aspects involving Mars or Uranus. We will next consider the Return zodiacal sign and House placements of Mercury.

 

 

Return Mercury in the Return 12th House

 

Mercury in the Return 12th House of sorrow directs your mind toward your inner life and the spiritual aspects of reality.  You would be wise to set aside time for reflection, prayer, and meditation.  Psychic and mystical experiences are possible.  Acts of charity and compassion uplift your spirits.  You may visit those who are sick, infirm, depressed, or confined to a hospital or institution.  Visits to museums and libraries prove enlightening.  This is a good time to engage in imaginative endeavors such as creative writing, painting, music, poetry, and art.  Research and behind-the-scenes investigation are also favored.  Your thoughts may turn to a secret love affair.

 

Mercury here can also signify grief over the loss of a significant person in your life.  You may need to find a spiritual way to deal with self-defeating thoughts and behaviors.  Difficulties related to drugs, alcohol, or a mysterious illness could complicate your life.  Psychological understanding becomes a priority.

 

 

§6.1 - Aspects of Mercury in the Solar Return Chart

 

Return Mercury trine Natal Moon  (Strength:   5.83 )

 

Your thoughts and feelings work harmoniously together.  You are able to communicate clearly with those whom you care most about.

 

 

Return Mercury trine Natal Neptune  (Strength:   5.18 )

 

Your thinking is stimulated by your creative imagination.  This is an excellent time for any type of musical, artistic, or literary endeavor.  Pay attention to your hunches and your dreams.  Valuable information comes by way of intuition.

 

 

Return Mercury square Natal Mars  (Strength:   2.33 )

 

Watch your mouth.  Your words can get you into trouble.  If you don't control your anger, arguments and disputes are sure to follow.  Others may also take out their irritability on you.  Be careful with vehicles and machinery, for this can be an accident-prone aspect.

 

 

Return Mercury sextile Natal Pluto  (Strength:   1.29 )

 

Your thinking turns to your inner life and to matters that are occult or hidden beneath the surface.  Spiritual progress is possible at this time.  Contemplation of human mortality can deepen your understanding of what makes you tick.  Psychological exploration is favored.

 

 

Return Mercury sextile Natal Midheaven  (Strength:   1.06 )

 

Your ability to observe carefully, think objectively, and communicate clearly are enhanced.  This is an excellent time to plan for the future and to organize your thinking to best achieve your goals.

 

 

 

 

§7.0 - Venus: Love, Money, Values, Relationships, Art, Beauty

 

General Significance of Venus

 

Venus, ruler of Taurus and Libra, was the goddess of love and beauty. Venus symbolizes attraction, romance, partnerships, social life, affection, harmony, fashion, art, style, luxury, money, possessions, indulgences, and sensual pleasures.  Astrological aspects involving Venus show how we give and receive love, especially of the romantic sort; also, how we manage our finances, find pleasure, and adorn ourselves.  People signified by Venus include lovers, wives, important women in our lives, artists, decorators, musicians, and anyone dedicated to the pursuit of beauty and/or pleasure.  In health matters, Venus symbolizes problems of self-indulgence; also, the throat, the kidneys, the lower back or lumbar region, the parathyroids, and the sense of touch.

 

The Return placement and aspects of Venus may involve us either personally through health matters and life circumstances governed by Venus, or indirectly through people symbolized by Venus. We will next consider the Return zodiacal sign and House placements of Venus.

 

 

Return Venus in the Return 11th House

 

Benefic Venus in your Return 11th House tends to stimulate your social life.  Friends and colleagues may assist you in pursuing your goals or realizing a dream.  Income from career may increase.  Enjoyable times can be had at functions sponsored by clubs, societies, and organizations.  You may be asked to assume a position of leadership in a group or organization.  You are likely to make new friends, and a friendly relationship could turn into a romance.

 

 

§7.1 - Aspects of Venus in the Solar Return Chart

 

Return Venus conjunct Natal Venus  (Strength:   3.78 )

 

With Return Venus conjunct its Natal position, you are entering a significant year for your love life.  Romance flourishes, and you may meet the love of your life.  Marriage is possible.  Social engagements and good times fill your calendar.  Artistic and creative endeavors go well.  You can expect to receive invitations, gifts, and quite possibly a raise, a job upgrade, or an increase in income.  Now is a time to renew your relationship with significant women in your life.  This aspect creates a background atmosphere of harmony and contentment throughout the year.

 

 

Return Venus square Natal Uranus  (Strength:   2.69 )

 

This influence can indicate sudden disruptions, upsets, or separations in relationships.  You may feel a need to break free from past influences and to experiment with new ways of relating or making love.  Just be careful that your quest for novelty and excitement does not have untoward consequences.

 

 

Return Venus oppose Natal Ascendant  (Strength:   1.36 )

 

This is an excellent time for close personal relationships.  Love is in the air.  Reach out and touch someone.  Let your loved ones know that you care.

 

 

 

 

§8.0 - Mars: Initiative, Leadership, Drive, Passion, Energy

 

General Significance of Mars

 

Mars, ruler of Aries and Scorpio, was the god of war.  Mars symbolizes initiative, courage, action, daring, aggression, leadership, drive, physical energy, heat, sexual passion, and the willingness to face challenges.  Astrological aspects involving Mars show how we act independently, pioneer ideas, assert ourselves, and deal with competition.  People signified by Mars include young men, husbands, leaders, warriors, and important men in our lives; also, those who regularly use force, tools, or weapons in their work.  In health matters, Mars symbolizes fevers, cuts, wounds, the head, the muscular system, red blood cells, the gonads, urogenital system, adrenal gland, and the sense of taste.

 

The Return placement and aspects of Mars may involve us either personally through health matters and life circumstances governed by Mars, or indirectly through people symbolized by Mars. We will next consider the Return zodiacal sign and House placements of Mars.

 

 

Return Mars in Libra

 

The planet Mars symbolizes your energy, drive, and personal initiative.  The zodiacal sign in the Return chart that hosts the planet Mars modifies how you are able to assert yourself, confront obstacles, and face challenges in the year ahead.  With Return Mars in harmonious Libra, your energy is easily directed into teamwork, social engagements, and cooperative ventures.  You are willing to fight for fairness and justice.  Balance and harmony become important aspects of your work life.  A tendency toward indecisiveness may accompany this placement.

 

 

Return Mars in the Return 4th House

 

Taking action regarding home, family, real estate, and endings

 

Mars, the action planet, shows where you direct your energy.  In the 4th House Mars energizes matters related to home, family, real estate, and domestic concerns.  Parents or elders may require care and support.  You may wish to spend time on home repairs and renovations.  A change of residence may be indicated, but be careful not to move on a whim.  Psychologically, this is a good time to investigate your roots to better understand your personal foundations and the development of your personality.  There is a risk of family quarrels, domestic blowups, or problems with real estate.  The sale, purchase, or maintenance of a home could become vexing and frustrating.  Much energy may be expended on home projects or moving to a new home.  Take precautions to avoid injuries, burns, or accidents around the home.  Be sure that smoke detectors and fire extinguishers are in good working condition.

 

 

§8.1 - Aspects of Mars in the Solar Return Chart

 

 

 

This planet forms no major aspects in this chart.

 

 

 

 

§9.0 - Jupiter: Opportunities for Growth and Expansion

 

General Significance of Jupiter

 

Jupiter, ruler of Sagittarius and Pisces, was king of the gods on Mount Olympus.  Jupiter symbolizes good fortune, benevolence, expansion, learning, publishing, wisdom, long-distance travel, foreign interests, further education, philosophy, religion, and the broadening of one's horizons.  Astrological aspects involving Jupiter show opportunities for advancement, potentials for growth, and our willingness to gather new experience.  People signified by Jupiter include mature men, judges, lawyers, physicians, clergy, university professors, politicians, and those who have achieved positions of prominence or influence in their fields.  In health matters, Jupiter symbolizes problems due to excess; also, the liver, pituitary gland, thighs, blood, arteries, and the sense of smell.

 

The Return placement and aspects of Jupiter may involve us either personally through health matters and life circumstances governed by Jupiter, or indirectly through people symbolized by Jupiter. We will next consider the Return zodiacal sign and House placements of Jupiter.

 

 

Return Jupiter in the Return 1st House

 

This interpretation appeared previously in section §3.4 - Planets Rising in the First House of the Solar Return Chart.

 

 

§9.1 - Aspects of Jupiter in the Solar Return Chart

 

Return Jupiter square Natal Jupiter  (Strength:   4.71 )

 

Return Jupiter square its Natal position often indicates participation in an event or ceremony of personal and social significance.  Marriage sometimes takes place in such a year.

 

 

Return Jupiter trine Natal Ascendant  (Strength:   2.04 )

 

This aspect improves your social life and brings you into contact with others who can open doors to new opportunities.  Marriage and other close partnerships are likely to prosper.

 

 

 

 

§10.0 - Saturn: Duty, Responsibility, Important Lessons, Hardship, Limitations

 

General Significance of Saturn - The Great Teacher

 

Saturn, ruler of Capricorn and Aquarius, wrested power from his father Uranus by castrating the ruling father sky-god and casting his genitals into the sea.  Saturn symbolizes ambition, responsibility, stability, duty, discipline, boundaries, rules, and regulations. It also represents crystallization, aging, death, fears, restrictions, hard things, the reality principle, and lessons that we must learn.  Astrological aspects involving Saturn show how we build structure in our lives and how we deal with the inevitable limitations and losses that life brings.  People signified by Saturn include parents, teachers, taskmasters, older individuals, government officials, bosses, and those of a serious disposition.  In health matters, Saturn symbolizes blockages, hardening, obstructions, and acid formation; also, the skin, teeth, bones, joints, spleen, gall bladder, knees, the vagus nerve, and the sense of hearing.

 

The Return placement and aspects of Saturn may involve us either personally through health matters and life circumstances governed by Saturn, or indirectly through people symbolized by Saturn.  Look to Saturn to see where your major struggles will occur in the year ahead. We will next consider the Return zodiacal sign and House placements of Saturn.

 

 

Return Saturn in the Return 5th House

 

Saturn in the Return 5th House puts a damper on your ability to have fun and to enjoy yourself.  Now is a time to get serious about creative projects, the welfare of children, and investing money for the long term.  Disciplined and concentrated effort toward creative self-expression can produce products of distinction.  Artists and entertainers do some of their best work at this time.  Couples may settle down or decide to have children under this influence.  Added responsibilities and/or worries about children are also possible.  Financial losses related to the stock market or other speculative investments are not uncommon with this placement.

 

Recreational activities that would normally be enjoyable tend to take on an added dimension of duty, obligation, and responsibility.  Every action seems to be fraught with consequences.  Love affairs may become burdensome or come to an end, perhaps because of involvement with another partner, a pregnancy, or the demands of career.  Falling in love with a much older or younger partner is possible.  Rather than feeling bummed out about not being able to have a good time, keep in mind that Saturn ultimately bestows what you truly deserve.

 

 

§10.1 - Aspects of Saturn in the Solar Return Chart

 

Return Saturn conjunct Natal Ascendant  (Strength:   6.65 )

 

Return Saturn on the Natal Ascendant brings a serious and somber note to the year.  You are likely to experience emotionally troubling events that will be seen in retrospect as a growth experience.  A significant loss or separation is possible.  This can be a trying time; but you will gain in maturity, self-reliance, and experience as a result.  Self-discipline and a steady application of effort are the best methods for getting through the rough spots.  Feelings of depression often accompany this placement.

 

Some astrologers refer to the passage of Return Saturn over the Natal Ascendant as the start of the "withdrawal phase" of Saturn's 29-year cycle of vocational development.  About seven years ago you were at the peak of your career, and you were able to reap the rewards and consolidate the gains of many years of hard work.  Now you are entering a seven-year span in which you will feel like you are treading water.  During this period Saturn is asking you to reassess your goals and ambitions in life.  You need to ponder the questions, "Who am I?" and "What do I want to do with my life?"  When Saturn crosses the bottom of your Natal chart about seven years hence, you will then be ready for a new cycle of career development.

 

 

 

 

§11.0 - Uranus: Novelty, Originality, Jolts, Disruptions

 

General Significance of Uranus - The Awakener

 

Uranus, ruler of Aquarius, was the original sky-god who was castrated by his son Saturn in a coup to usurp his power.  Venus-Aphrodite was born of the white foam that spread around Uranus' discarded genitals in the sea.  Uranus symbolizes sudden shocking events, electrifying change, willful independence, separations, originality, inventiveness, modern technology, and progressive thinking. The action of Uranus is abruptly and without warning to shatter the old structure built by Saturn.

 

Astrological aspects involving Uranus show how and where sudden change, excitement, and disruption come into our lives; also, where we are likely to rebel against the past and strike out to do our own thing.  People signified by Uranus include scientists, modernists, astrologers, reformers, inventors, eccentrics, and those who insist on marching to the unique beat of their own drum.  In health matters, Uranus symbolizes strokes and accidents; also, the ankles and calves.

 

The Return placement and aspects of Uranus may involve us either personally through health matters and life circumstances governed by Uranus, or indirectly through people symbolized by Uranus.  Look to Uranus to see where you can expect the unexpected in the coming year. We will next consider the Return zodiacal sign and House placements of Uranus.

 

 

Return Uranus in the Return 10th House

 

This interpretation appeared previously in section §4.4 - Planets in the Tenth House of the Solar Return Chart.

 

 

§11.1 - Aspects of Uranus in the Solar Return Chart

 

Return Uranus sesquiquadrate Natal Midheaven  (Strength:   0.00 )

 

Return Uranus stressfully aspecting the natal Midheaven may bring sudden or disruptive changes to your career and family life.

 

 

 

 

§12.0 - Neptune: Spirituality, Creativity, Self-Deception, Confusion

 

General Significance of Neptune

 

Neptune, ruler of Pisces, was the god of the oceans.  Neptune symbolizes boundlessness, intuition, psychic sensitivity, compassion, spirituality, sleep, unreality, creative imagination, artistic inspiration, fantasy, illusion, Hollywood, subconscious processes, fog, confusion, self-sacrifice, and self-defeating attitudes.  Astrological aspects involving Neptune show how we attune to the feelings of others, use our imaginations, distort our perceptions, undo our own efforts, and also how we deal with the dissolution of old structures in our lives.  People signified by Neptune include poets, artists, dreamers, musicians, mystics, spiritualists, idealists, sensitives, and those who compassionately tend to the needy.  In health matters, Neptune symbolizes the feet, sleep difficulties, intoxicants, mental disorders, and problems with drugs and alcohol.

 

The Return placement and aspects of Neptune may involve us either personally through health matters and life circumstances governed by Neptune, or indirectly through people symbolized by Neptune. We will next consider the Return zodiacal sign and House placements of Neptune.

 

 

Return Neptune in the Return 9th House

 

This interpretation appeared previously in section §4.1 - The SR House Containing the Planet Ruling the SR Midheaven.

 

 

§12.1 - Aspects of Neptune in the Solar Return Chart

 

Return Neptune sextile Natal Venus  (Strength:   4.26 )

 

Floating on cloud nine

 

This aspect enhances your sensitivity, romanticism, and creative imagination.  You can be very productive in artistic, musical, theatrical, or poetic endeavors.  Romance with an idealized partner is possible.  Falling in love with love is the norm.

 

 

Return Neptune conjunct Natal Moon  (Strength:   2.38 )

 

Return Neptune conjunct the Natal Moon enhances your imagination, intuition, and creative faculties.  You are more in touch with your inner life and your subconscious mind.  Relationships of a spiritual or idealized nature may enter your life.  You are more impressionable and sensitive to the feeling states of others.  Time spent in quiet contemplation can be especially productive.  A woman in your life may need your gentleness and compassion.

 

 

Return Neptune square Natal Mercury  (Strength:   1.50 )

 

Beware of self-deception as well as being lied to by others.  Your critical thinking can be corrupted by too much fantasizing.  Try to stay grounded in reality.

 

 

 

 

§13.0 - Pluto: Power, Control, Intense Emotional Experience, Elimination, Radical Transformation

 

General Significance of Pluto

 

Pluto, ruler of Scorpio, was the Greek Hades, lord of the underworld.  He abducted and raped Persephone - an action that ultimately brought about the season of winter on earth.  Pluto symbolizes power, control, domination, the management of joint resources, penetration, unconscious processes, irresistible forces; also, uprooting, elimination, death, regeneration, rebirth, radical transformation, and the ending of a phase of life.  Astrological aspects involving Pluto reveal which deeply buried factors in our lives need to be brought to the surface so that they can be reviewed, reworked, transformed, or eliminated.  People signified by Pluto include miners, psychoanalysts, occultists, undertakers, money managers, and anyone whose work involves exposing that which is concealed or hidden.  In health matters, Pluto symbolizes the gallbladder, the sex organs, the organs of elimination, and the body's ability to restore itself.

 

The Return placement and aspects of Pluto may involve us either personally through health matters and life circumstances governed by Pluto, or indirectly through people symbolized by Pluto. We will next consider the Return zodiacal sign and House placements of Pluto.

 

 

§13.1 - Aspects of Pluto in the Solar Return Chart

 

Return Pluto sextile Natal Ascendant  (Strength:   1.24 )

 

Return Pluto harmoniously aspecting your natal Ascendant brings profound beneficial changes to your personality and your close relationships.  Your contacts with others could have a transforming effect.  You could assume a position of power or leadership.  This is an excellent time for an in-depth understanding of your psychological functioning.

 

 

 

 

§14.0 - The Solar Return Part of Fortune

 

Return Part of Fortune in Libra

 

The Return Part of Fortune is a benefic point whose location in the chart is based on the relative positions of the Sun, Moon, and Ascendant in this year's Return.  It symbolizes those areas of life that are likely to be especially profitable and productive in the year ahead.  Knowing where your greatest benefit lies will allow you to focus your energies so that you can achieve a greater measure of success.

 

When in Libra, the Part of Fortune advises you to make optimal use of your capacity for fairness, balance, diplomacy, tact, harmony, and adjustment.  Your ability to share yourself with others will bring great benefits into your life.

 

 

Return Part of Fortune in the Return 5th House

 

The Part of Fortune in the 5th House brings good fortune to your romantic and social life.  Your love life improves, and you could meet the person you will eventually marry.  This is a favorable time for all types of recreation, hobbies, amusements, pleasures, and vacations.  Creative endeavors go well, and you feel generally lucky.  Good things happen to the children in your life.  Speculative investments are likely to pay off, unless there are significant negative indicators in the chart.

 

 

Return Part of Fortune conjunct Natal Moon's North Node  (Strength:   5.32 )

 

The Return Part of Fortune conjunct the Natal Moon's North Node promises many beneficial and enjoyable contacts with others in the coming year.

 

 

Return Part of Fortune conjunct Natal Neptune  (Strength:   1.99 )

 

The Return Part of Fortune conjunct Natal Neptune brings good fortune to matters related to art, creativity, and romance.  Significant gains can also be made in your spiritual life.

 

 

Return Part of Fortune sextile Natal Pluto  (Strength:   1.89 )

 

This beneficial aspect brings general good fortune that can profoundly affect your life for years to come.  There may be a marked improvement in your financial circumstances.  Any type of investigation, research, or in-depth study is likely to go well.

 

 

Return Part of Fortune conjunct Natal Jupiter  (Strength:   1.61 )

 

The Return Part of Fortune conjunct Natal Jupiter marks this as an especially favorable year in your life.  This could easily be termed a "pennies from heaven" aspect.  You have exceptionally good luck, and help is there whenever you need it.  Enjoy!

 

 

 

 

§15.0 - Connections between Planets and House Cusps

 

Alignments of Planets with House Cusps

 

The House cusps are power points in the chart, and any planet that aligns closely with a House cusp will be especially prominent in the year ahead.  Planet to House cusp alignments often portend specific events whose nature combines the symbolism of the planet and the House involved.

 

The three sections that follow will look at the contacts, if any, (1) between Return planets and Return House cusps; (2) between Return planets and Natal House cusps; and finally, (3) between Natal planets and Return House cusps.

 

When comparing the Solar Return and the natal charts, any close alignment between a planet and a House cusp is highly significant.  In fact, the conjunctions of planets with House cusps in the superimposed natal and return charts usually pinpoint the major factors that will be operative during the year.   Pay close attention to the following three sections because they highlight the specific events that you will need to deal with in the coming Solar Return period.

 

 

§15.1 - Return Planets connected with SR House Cusps

 

Solar Return Planets Connected with Solar Return House Cusps

 

This section considers the influence of any planet or point in the Solar Return chart that forms a close connection with a House cusp in the Solar Return chart.

 

 

Return Uranus conjunct Return 11th House  (Strength:   4.65 )

 

Uranus, the Great Awakener, represents surprise, novelty, originality, upset, nonconformity, independence, sudden insight, and electrifying change.  With Uranus crossing your 11th cusp, you are likely to experience abrupt changes in your friendships, group affiliations, or income from career.  A sudden separation or an unanticipated loss of a friend is possible.  Unanticipated events may disrupt your hopes and wishes for the future.  Children in your life may face unexpected separations from parents, or they may experience other chaotic conditions.

 

 

Return Moon's North Node square Return 8th House  (Strength:   3.86 )

 

The Return North Node in close square to the Return 8th House cusp sometimes indicates the death of a significant person.

 

 

Return Pluto conjunct Return 7th House  (Strength:   2.86 )

 

Return Pluto on the Return 7th cusp suggests that this year you are dealing with particularly strong feelings about a close relationship.  Beware of involvement with individuals of an unsavory or vindictive character.  Intense experiences of intimacy with another are characteristic of this aspect.  Matters related to sexuality, death, personal transformation, and human mortality come into sharp focus.  A relocation is sometimes indicated.  Pluto conjunct an angle sometimes indicates a health crisis, which could involve a need for surgery or other powerful healing methods.  In rare cases Pluto in this position may signal a brush with death or at least concerns about your own mortality.

 

 

Return Moon square Return 1st House  (Strength:   2.41 )

 

The Moon square the Return Ascendant this year indicates stress due to changes in your home, family, and domestic life.  Such changes in your personal life run parallel to fluctuations in your emotions and desires.  Your heart rules your head, and your emotions reign supreme.  You may feel compelled to gratify your appetites and fulfill your dependency needs.  You long to be fed, comforted, cared for, caressed, and sexually satisfied; and you may feel angry and resentful when these dependency needs are not met.  Such feelings and desires are habitual patterns that stem from your upbringing and past conditioning, which you may need to examine at this time.

 

Concerns about home, family, nurturing, and parenting issues may prompt you to make changes in these areas.  Your relationships with women may be especially challenging.  This would be a good time to review your relationship with your mother, or mothering figure, and its influence on your development.  If you have difficulty getting in touch with your feelings, you may project onto others your own inability to be nurturing and maternal, and then resent others for "not being there" for you when you want or need them.

 

 

Return Jupiter conjunct Return 2nd House  (Strength:   1.59 )

 

Return Jupiter falling on the 2nd House cusp improves your overall financial situation.  You would be wise to seize opportunities to increase your income or to profit from investments.  It is not uncommon to make major purchases at this time.  Be sure to budget wisely to avoid being extravagant or wasteful with your money and possessions.

 

 

 

 

§15.2 - Return Positions connected with Natal House Cusps

 

Solar Return Planets or Points Connected with Natal House Cusps

 

This section considers the influence of any planet or point in the Solar Return chart that forms a close connection with a House cusp in the Natal chart.

 

 

Return Part of Fortune conjunct Natal 12th House Cusp  (Strength:   6.43 )

 

The Return Part of Fortune conjunct the Natal 12th House cusp favors any type of artistic, creative, psychological, charitable, or spiritual endeavor.  If you have been working on an imaginative project behind the scenes, you may now receive credit and recognition for your accomplishments.  This aspect also benefits services that you perform to help those in need.  Time spent in retreat or contemplation can be very productive.

 

 

Return Jupiter conjunct Natal 9th House Cusp  (Strength:   6.39 )

 

Return Jupiter conjunct the Natal 9th House cusp brings growth, expansion, and a sense of ease to your desire to attain wisdom and broaden your philosophy of life.  A long-distance trip is a definite possibility.  Journeys, studies, and contact with people of diverse interests and different backgrounds will expand your horizons.  Benefits come from communication with foreigners or with those at a distance.  You may receive publicity or have a chance to broadcast your ideas to a wide audience.  Authors frequently get their books published under this influence.  Events occur that increase your spiritual understanding and open you up to new ways of thinking.

 

 

Return Moon's North Node conjunct Natal 12th House  (Strength:   6.15 )

 

Exploring inner space

 

With the Return Moon's North Node falling on your Natal 12th cusp, one of your challenges this year will be to explore your inner life and deepen your spiritual connection to the universe.  You may wish to take up yoga or meditation.  Don't be afraid to spend time alone.  Balance your work with periods of respite and contemplation.

 

 

Return Moon conjunct Natal 11th House Cusp  (Strength:   4.53 )

 

Return Moon conjunct the Natal 11th House cusp brings change and fluctuation to your friendships and group associations.  There could be changes in your income from career.  Many new acquaintances come into your life.  You might also assume new responsibilities in an organization to which you belong.

 

 

Return Venus conjunct Natal 7th House Cusp  (Strength:   1.36 )