Calculating your Solar Return chart is simpler than most people expect — and considerably more precise than simply casting a chart for your birthday. This article walks you through exactly what you need, where to get it, and one feature of the Solar Return calculation that most people don’t know about: the location factor that…
If someone has wished you a “happy solar return” and you are not sure what they meant — or if you have seen the phrase and wondered whether it is simply a fancy way of saying happy birthday — here is what it actually means and why astrologers use it. What “Solar Return” Means Your…
Every year, someone looks at their Solar Return chart and sees a retrograde planet — and immediately assumes the worst. Mercury retrograde in the Solar Return? This whole year is going to be a communication disaster. Venus retrograde? My love life is doomed. Mars retrograde? I won’t be able to get anything done. Here’s what’s…
Most people approach their Solar Return chart the wrong way. They open it up, see ten planets scattered across twelve houses, and try to read everything at once. Within minutes they have a contradictory, overwhelming mess: Jupiter says this is a great year for love, Saturn says slow down, Mars is somewhere stressful, and the…
Knowing your Saturn Return dates is not the same as understanding what those dates mean. This article covers how to calculate Saturn Return timing — and what the timing alone cannot tell you. If you just want the dates, you can calculate your Saturn Return free here in a few seconds — then come back,…
Author: Rowena Winslow Series: Astrology Made Easy (standalone volume) Available on: Payhip | Amazon | Etsy Most people sense that something in their relationship with work or money isn’t quite right. Income feels unpredictable. Career direction feels unclear. The same patterns keep repeating regardless of how hard they try. Career & Money in the Natal…
Author: Rowena Winslow Series: Astrology Made Easy, Volume 3 Available on: Payhip | Amazon | Etsy Volumes 1 and 2 gave you the structure of the natal chart and the planets that fill it. Volume 3 answers the question that naturally follows: when? When will things shift? When is the right moment to act, to…
It’s one of the most common questions I receive — and one of the most misunderstood. People want to know if astrology can tell them when they’ll get married. Whether the person they’re currently seeing is the one. Whether this year is finally the year. They arrive at the question with a particular quality of…
There is no question in astrology more charged — or more misunderstood — than this one. People arrive at it from two directions. Some are afraid to ask. They half-believe astrology might hand them a date, a verdict, a sentence they cannot appeal. Others arrive skeptical, certain that any honest astrologer will quietly admit that…