Solar return chart calculator
A solar return chart marks the moment the Sun returns to your natal degree each year. Planet positions are global; houses depend on where you spend the birthday.
What a solar return chart is
Each year the transiting Sun revisits the ecliptic longitude it held at your birth. That instant is the solar return. Astrologers cast a chart for that precise time using the latitude and longitude where you celebrate—your "relocated" solar return—because house cusps and the Ascendant change with location even though planets do not.
How to read it
Start with the return Ascendant and the house of the Sun: they frame the year's tone and where your vitality concentrates. The Moon describes emotional weather. Planets on angles (houses 1, 4, 7, 10) act like loudspeakers. Compare with your natal chart; this tool does not replace a full year-ahead consultation.
Solar return FAQ
- Does the birthday location matter?
- Yes for houses and angles. The solar return instant is the same worldwide, but the Ascendant and house cusps depend on where you are at that moment.
- What if I do not know my birth time?
- You still need a birth time to anchor the natal Sun degree precisely. Without it, use the birth chart calculator's noon mode first and treat the return as approximate.
- Which house system is used?
- Placidus, matching our natal and synastry tools.
- How is the return moment found?
- We search Swiss Ephemeris for the UT instant when the Sun's ecliptic longitude matches your natal Sun, bracketed around your birthday in the chosen year.