The Lunar Return Chart

One very important chart that i always look at for myself once a month is the Lunar Return. That's when the transit moon returns to the exact sign, degree, minute and second of your birth chart moon. This chart will give you information on how your personal 28 day emotional circle will go along with what area of your life will be emotionally charged with energy for that cycle which shows what kind of circumstances you might face around your domestic situation as well. The chart on the left if a bi-wheel showing my lunar return chart in my birth chart which is basically the current transits to my natal chart at the time of my lunar return. As you can see i have transit Pluto perfectly conjunct my moon which makes this particular lunar return one of the most significant emotional cycles that i might have ever faced or ever will. Pluto is a very slow cycle so will never be in this exact position again in my lifetime. At the same time i also have another very rare challenging transit from Saturn aligning in a hard aspect to my natal Venus which represents some somber feelings around values, resources, love, desire, beauty and relationships, tied into this Pluto and Uranus aspect to my moon.

So let me show you how i use this lunar return chart which you can enlarge by clicking on the image to the left. The first thing i look at is what house my moon is in this cycle. Then i look at the aspects from the moon. After that I look at the sign rising in the east which is the Ascendant degree on the left hand side of the chart; in this case Leo and see what house sign and aspects are off the ruling planet; Sun rules Leo which indicates this is going to be a very creatively passionate expressive emotional cycle which are all traits from the Leo energy rising.

Moon in the 6th house indicates a lot of emotional and daily circumstances will be around my business routine and taking care of responsibilities and commitments that could have a strong impact on my destiny because the moon has a t-square from the karmic nodal axis. (North & South Nodes of the moon). Saturn rules Capricorn so we look to see where Saturn is at. In the return chart 5th house which is a very creative house much like Leo as well. Saturn has a trine aspect to the return Ascendant which indicates a lot of creative business work where i am being very emotionally expressive, taking mature responsible action on creative projects which makes sense as that is my plan this next month. 2 degrees Leo Rising is where my natal and progressed Saturn is at as well which means even though i will be expressive and taking responsible actions i might be more reserved and mature in my expressions or having a strong passionate authoritative tone, perhaps a bit too harsh . In my natal chart transit Saturn is in 12th house which indicates all that mature, responsible, creative emotionally charged expressive energy will be done from behind the scenes in a somewhat private environment.

All that seems fine and normal for me but things don't look all that normal in other areas as Pluto is perfectly conjunct my moon and Uranus moves into Square with my moon while Saturn stations retro squaring my Venus. The return moon in the 6th house could also be indicating a cycle charged with health concerns either for me personally or people i have an emotional connection with. Transit Pluto to my moon means i might be feeling very emotionally powerful or having darker feelings in some way. Emotions will be extremely intense as some kind of slow death and rebirth process is occurring in this cycle that will have long lasting affects on my life. All emotional values, desires, structures and supports are being transformed on very deep levels. Emotional manipulation from me or others is likely however with my awareness about this it's now unlikely it will be from me and therefore indicates a strong powerful person around my domestic home and life manipulating and controlling situations that will make me feel stress and tension and that relationships with authority figures could be extra stressful for me in this cycle as my resource situation is being challenged as well.

Transit Pluto to my moon is asking for me to only rely on myself for emotional support right now. No one else holds the power that i do when it comes to feeling emotional strength. This rare transit indicates a death to everything known emotionally for me and on a physical level means the loss of most everything concerning my domestic life along with relationship restriction as well even from family as this rare transit will make me find the strength in myself or suffer greatly through perceived loss and rejection. It's not like all that loss will suddenly happen this next 28 days, Pluto is a slow mover so these faded transits have been building the energy for a long time already but they become exact in this next lunar cycle so the energy is at its strongest now.  We can't forget transit Uranus is building square with my moon round 3 as well. This indicates very unstable home and domestic energy with ups and downs, surprises and possible sudden changes to domestic routine, home and family life. Because of the 6th house factor in this return i can't rule-out that some of these surprises could be around health for me or others in my home, family's domestic life. Let's hope not.

On another level Uranus square my moon from Aries 5th house with partial 4th house influence is indicating revolutionary feelings that might never be this strong ever again in my life because this transit is also so rare, once in a lifetime if that. It's suggesting i'm being forced to become more emotionally authentic, unique and courageous. To feel free and take risks that indeed look really risky right now. This transit is reflecting that i should make my home life more original and unique, not following rules that i was born with from family and society. This transit is suggesting that if i do not take some huge risks and do something totally out side of the box a bit adventurous when it comes to my living situation right now taking the initiative then i could face very challenging surprises that threaten my emotional well being, safety and security. Looks like it's going to be a very interesting emotional cycle for me!

So this is how i use the lunar return chart with the natal chart. I usually don't study it too hard, just taking a quick look at where things are because i can also follow the energy with more detail looking at the current transits to my natal chart at any given moment but this chart will give you a good idea of how the entire emotional cycle will go along with timing if you place transits to lunar return chart as well.



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Rik