Understand Astrology’s Role in Your Life – Day 0

A solar return chart is a birthday chart that gives information for how a person is likely to experience a particular year. It is cast for the time that the sun reaches the position where it was at the time of birth, which is generally within a day on either side of the birthday.

A chart can also be progressed forward based on the amount of time that has passed since birth. There are a number of methods for calculating progressions. One commonly used method moves the chart forward one day for each year of life. Progressions reveal how a personality has evolved and matured. Aspects between progressed and natal planets are also useful for predicting the timing of issues, desires and certain types of events.

Timing and Event Planning. One of the most conscious uses of astrology is choosing a time to take an action. This works for anything, from buying a house or signing a lease to starting a business, starting a PR campaign or getting married. This is an often backwards process of ruling out the worst times and settling on the best of the possible times that remain. The process boils down to selecting a birth chart for the event or action.  The goal is finding a combination of energies that express and support what you want to achieve.  This is a technical process that requires the services of a skilled astrologer. (Just like doctors and lawyers, astrologers have specialties or areas of strength, and not all astrologers practice this method.)