Solar Returns: An Introduction

Did you know that every birthday the universe gifts you a new astrological chart that allows you to discover where your life is headed for the next twelve months? All you have to do is decode your Solar Return Chart to take control of events - and in this book, Sara Shipman tells you how.

Solar Returns are one of the best tools of predictive astrology - and all the best tools are simple to use. In this book, Sara Shipman introduces you to Solar Return chart interpretation using a 'keywords' approach to analysing the planets, houses and rising sign in your Solar Return chart. To keep things easy, Sara bases her chart analyses in this book on four main questions - what, when, where and how - and the answers to those questions are written in your stars.

In this book, Sara explains what a Solar Return forecast is, how it works and why it’s different from your natal chart. She explains how Solar Returns work in cycles and looks at the question of timing your forecast. When can you expect to notice you new Solar Return chart taking effect? Is it an immediate noticeable change or does it overlap with the previous year’s chart? These, and many other questions will be answered by Sara's in depth analysis of the planets, retrograde planets and astrological houses in your solar return chart. Sara also looks carefully at the importance of the rising sign in your Solar Return chart.

The main objective of this book is, however, to provide you with the resources to begin making your own interpretations. So, to simplify matters, each section of the book has a full keywords list for each planet, house and rising sign to open up the full range of possibilities available to you when interpreting your Solar Return chart.

Sara Shipman is an astrologer, blogger and writer.