SR Planets in Synastry...your experience?

Minderwiz said:

A Solar Return chart, is as you know, the chart for the moment the Sun returns to it's natal position. So any transiting planet that aspects your natal Sun will also aspect your SR Sun in exactly the same way. Similarly any planet in a synastry that aspects your natal Sun will aspect your SR Sun. There's nothing special or unusual about such aspects. And they will hold for every Solar Return - by definition. So if your SR Sun aspects her Neptune, then so does your natal Sun and that is the important relationship.

As the Solar Return chart is a transit chart, apart from the Sun which is always in the same sign and degree, other planets can be in different signs or degrees than their natal position and it is the relationship of natal chart and transit chart that is most important.

Because the year is not a perfect number of days, (it's nearer to 365 days 6 hours). The house position of the planets in your SR Chart is likely to be different from your natal chart. There are various ways of looking at this difference. Some Astrologers, will concentrate on angular planets in the SR chart, others will look at how closely or how widely the two charts differ.

Traditionally, significant differences between SR and natal were seen as indicating a difficult year - things were not as they 'should' be and therefore planets that were angular or emphasised in some way in your natal chart might not be as prominent to the same degree.

More modern views look at the angular planets in your SR chart as having the most influence on the coming year. Indeed it's possible to 'progress' the planets in an SR chart to time their influences, as they reach the angles.

In a sense both approaches are variants of the same thing. picking out the key influences for the year and looking how easily these can be dealt with through your own actions.

I've not come across anyone who has looked at SR and synastry but there clearly are ways of relating transits to either a natal chart or a composite chart. In the example of your SR Moon and her natal Moon; your SR Moon coincides with a lunar return for her So that day is 'special' for both of you. How and in what way really depends on your individual natal charts. She will have a lunar return every 28 days (approx) so for a year there's a connection from you to her for that year. The manner and strength of the connections will vary according to house position and therefore angularity. Look at the houses your Moons are placed in in your natal charts and the houses they rule. Together with the angularity in natal and return chart, you should be able to pick up some themes.

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