Tag: solar return
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Travel for Solar Return: Is It the Location — or the Solar Cycle?
The experiment has focused on location. Now the uncomfortable question: what if the pre-Solar Return activation has nothing to do with where you travel?
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Travel for Solar Return: The Three Months Prior
Three months before my Solar Return, grief arrived — and what followed wasn’t chaos but restructuring. Pluto–Saturn territory: estate planning, financial documents, disciplined output. Part 5 of an ongoing experiment in relocation astrology.
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Travel for Solar Return: Does It Really Work?
Astrologers don’t agree on whether traveling for your Solar Return actually works—and the three camps each make a compelling case. Part 4 of the ongoing experiment steps back and examines the broader debate.
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Travel for Solar Return: Where the Planets Land
The planets don’t change signs or degrees when you travel for your Solar Return—but their houses do. Part 3 of the experiment maps exactly what shifts between Tampa and Colorado Springs.
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Travel for Solar Return: Where Location Changes the Angles
When you travel for a Solar Return, the planets stay fixed—but the angles shift with location. In this ongoing experiment, I compare Tampa and Colorado Springs to see what relocation actually changes.
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Travel for Solar Return: What Doesn’t Change
Every year, astrologers debate: does traveling for your Solar Return really change the year? This is Part 1 of a live experiment—and we start with what doesn’t change, no matter where you stand.
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Solar Return Neptune in Sixth House
This astrology lesson highlights Lauren’s Solar Return Neptune in the Sixth House of Health, Conjunct the Descendant in the novel Midlife Mirages (retitled Rite of Letting Go). Understanding Solar Return Neptune in the Sixth House Solar Return Neptune in the Sixth House signifies a year of profound healing and spiritual growth. Neptune, the planet of…
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Applied Astrology: One Last Look Back at my Solar Return Eighth House Sun
One last look back at my Solar Return Eighth House Sun, the third in my life. Last look, I promise. I’ve turned it over in my head enough times and now I’m ready to move on. I’m not sure if everyone else is tired of hearing about it, but I’m tired of thinking about it,…
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Applied Astrology: Eighth House Sun, Month #5’s Rebirth
Bottom line up front? Month 5 of my third 8th House Sun year was not about death and endings but new beginnings, albeit in a different way than I had expected. I remember, in the last 8th House year, being hit with life-altering news in the first 6 weeks, and then the rest of the…
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Applied Astrology: Eighth House Sun, Months #2,3,and 4’s Devastation
Yeah, there’s a reason I didn’t come back almost 4 months ago and report on how the third 8th House Solar Return year has been going. My entire purpose in this experiment with astrology was to take you through my year, month by month, and analyze the typical 8th House attributes–death, secrets, sex, regeneration, and…
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Applied Astrology: Moon Conjunct Vertex
Tracking Moon conjunct Vertex transits in my data led to a clear pattern: monthly transits create emotional hiccups, while progressions can flip feelings like a light switch.
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Top Ten Spiritual Posts of 2010 (thus far!)
The top ten spiritual posts of 2010 (as of 10 May): 1. The Vertex: a Turning Point of Fate 2. The Astrology of Meeting “The One” 3. Big Changes: Solar Return Sun in the Eighth House (Applied Astrology Series) 4. Empathic Abilities and Connections: “The Feeling” 5. Notes from the Universe and What Mike Dooley…
