Category Archives: solar returns

How to Calculate a Solar Return by Hand

Posted on April 11, 2009 by

A recent question at Altair Astrology has motivated me to show how the solar return can be calculated by hand. Now that we have the convenience of a computer to do the calculations for us, there is also a danger … Continue reading →

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Vincent van Gogh: Solar Return Charts (2)

Posted on November 20, 2008 by

1876 In 1876, when he is fired because he could not deal with customers, the Ascendant picked up on the Saturn motif of 1869. The Ascendant of the solar return chart for this year is at 16 Sagittarius. Mercury in … Continue reading →

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Vincent van Gogh: Solar Return Charts (1)

Posted on November 17, 2008 by

Dear Readers, I posted this article in October, but according to the statistics on it, there didn’t seem to be much interest. Now I am not sure whether they are dull or whether the time at which they were published … Continue reading →

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Mars and a Will of Iron

Posted on May 25, 2008 by

This is the chart of an exceptional person, Jean-Dominique Bauby. If you haven’t read his book, “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly”, read it. The book demonstrates exceptional will-power in a hopeless situation. It was literally written with the blinking … Continue reading →

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