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IntroductiontoSolarReturnsandActiveAstrology
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The reader who visits this section of Astrology online, entirely dedicated to the theory of Solar
returns, at the beginning of his/her reading will perhaps be surprised, then probably intrigued,
andassoonashe/sheproceedstoreadallthearticleswillcertainlybefascinated
Here we explain and apply a part of Astrology that is absolutely innovative and which is still
relativelyunknown.WerefertothetheoryofSolarReturnsandtheentiresubjectmatterthatis
aconsequenceofthistheory,whichiscalledActiveAstrology,andthatparticularlythelatter
is
an entirely Italian Astrological School, whose founding father is someone internationally
recognisedthejournalistandfamousastrologer,CiroDiscepolo.
Butlet
sproceedintherightorder.
The theory of Solar returns is an ancient theory, that goes back a few centuries exactly like
Astrology,ofwhichitisanintegralpartatheorythatwaslostduringthelastcenturiestobe
brought back in the 30s by a great French astrologer, Alexandre Volguine, who wrote the first
realtextaboutit,determiningcertainrulesandentitlinghiswork
Thetechniqueofsolarreturns
.
Itisapracticeusedallovertheworldbymillionsofpeoplewhobelieveinthepracticaleffectof
astrologyandits"power"inthedailylifeofhumanbeings.
ButwhatexactlydoesSolarreturnmean?Whatisitabout?
Apartfrombeinganastrologicalfact,firstlyasolarreturnisentirelyanastronomicevent:itisin
fact about the return of the Sun in the exact longitude it occupied at birth. When does this
passageoccur,thisreturnoftheSun?Naturallyonthedaywewereborn,orratherwheneach
oneofussawthelight,inotherwordstheSun,forthefirsttime.
Thisastronomicfactisthentranslatedintoan
astrologicalapplication
assoonasaSolarReturn
horoscopeiscalculatedthatthenbecomesahoroscopeofyourbirthday,akindofpictureofthe
Sky no longer of your birth (that is the first day of your life), but of the anniversary of your
birthday,atthemomentatwhichtheSunonceagainpassesintheexactpositionthatitwas
occupying at the moment of the birth of each one of us a horoscope that is therefore to be
integratedonlyandexclusivelywiththehoroscopeofbirth,averydetailedannualforecastthat
startsfromthebirthdayofthecurrentyeartothebirthdayofthefollowingyear.Thisiswhyto
speak and deal with Astrology effectively it only makes sense to "work" on the exact data
regarding the birth of a person and NOT on the solar sign in general (which generally means
Aries,Taurus,Gemini,Cancerandsoon).
WhyisaSolarReturnhoroscopesoimportant?Well,becauseitconcernsourbirthdayorrather
ourastrologicalrebirthwhichhappensonceayear,andintheendletussayisnotourbirth
the
h ighlight
ofourlife?
Ifthefirstdayofeachyearorrather
thebirth
ofanewcollectiveworldyeariscelebratedall
overthewholeworldwithfireworks,andallkindsofpreparatoryandpropitiatoryevents,should
we not with greater reason prepare ourselves as well as possible for our astrological
n ew year
,
thatintemporaltermsisfixedfromthedayofourbirthdaytothedayofthefollowingbirthday?
Thisiswhythat"astrological"photographissoimportant,inotherwordsthatmapwhichspeaks
to us, in astrological terms, of what will happen in those three hundred and sixty five days
betweenonebirthdayandthenext.
At this point an old question immediately comes to mind: this yearly horoscope, the famous
photographofthebirthday,forwhatlocationmustitbecalculated?Fortheplacewherewewere
born?Andwhatifonthedayofourbirthdayweareforvariousreasonsinanotherpartofthe
worldorwechangedresidenceyearsago?
There can only be one answer: the horoscope of a birthday must only be calculated at the
latitude and longitude of the place where we are on our birthday. In this respect we quote
Volguine
we must call the attention of astrologers on the necessity of preparing annual charts
not for the birth place but for the place in which the subject is located at the moment of his
anniversary
(TechniqueoftheSolarreturns,Armeniaedition).
It is then of fundamental importance, before proceeding with the calculations of a birthday
Horoscope (or rather of a Solar Return chart for a certain year), knowing exactly where the
subjectconcernedislocatedonthedayofhis/herbirthday.
ThinkforexampleofapersonborninRomeorMilanthephotographthatwewilltakeonthe
dayofanyofhis/herbirthdayswillchange,ofcourse,intermsofcolours,scenery,background
andpersonsifthatsubjectisinhis/hercityofbirthratherthanLosAngeles,MoscoworHonolulu.
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Well,thesamethingappliestohisbirthdayhoroscope.
It
sahoroscopethatwillthereforetellusaboutthetrendofthatyear,whichwillmakeclearthe
"message"oftheimportanttransitsoftheslowmovingplanetsinrelationtothenatalchartof
thatpersonandthatwillhelpustodefinetheadversitiesortheadvantagesthatwilloccurduring
the year in question. Nevertheless you MUSTN
T forget, as already mentioned above, that this
chartofthebirthday,orrathertheSolarReturnHoroscope,oralsotheSRChart,mustalwaysbe
interpretedandsupplementedwiththebirthHoroscope.Lateron
alwaysinthissection
wewill
explainhowandwhy.
For many of you, the entire subject tied to the Solar Return horoscope or SR Chart, without
doubtopenscompletelynewandsurprisinglyfascinatingscenariosandthisiswherewemention
theschoolofActiveastrologyentirelyreferabletotheastrologicalgeniusofCiroDiscepolo,which
thisastrologicalsectionishonouredtobeinspiredby.
TheauthoritativeNeapolitanscholarandastrologerinfactstartsfromVolguine
sbasictheories
thereforeinthecradleoftraditionalastrology
tothengoesmuchfurtherandmakeustakean
activepartinthiscontext:ifitmakessense(anditisonlywaytogo)totalkaboutanSRChart
calculatedbasedontheplaceinwhichIamatthemomentofmyanniversary,Icanalso
prepare
inadvance
(aboutonemonthbeforehandoralittlemoreiso.k.),toseehowwhattheyearwill
belikeforme(frombirthdaytobirthday)ifforexampleIremainintheplacewhereIresideand
live
iftheresultispositive,everythingisokandifinsteadthingsdon
tturnoutwell?
IftheskyofSolarReturn(calculatedaboutonemonthoralittlemoreinadvancecomparedto
thedateofouranniversary)fortheplacewhereweliveshowed
n astysurprises
? Whatshouldwe
do?
LEAVE!
Wehavetomove"onpurpose"to"catch"thebeststarsinanotherpartoftheworld.
This is where the entire greatness and the genius of Ciro Discepolo
s astrological school (the
school he called
Active Astrology
): in other words all of us can organise ourselves,
be proactive
withbirthdaysthatare"aimed"toobtainthebestandbetterchanneltheforcesoftheplanets.
Nolongerthereforea"passive"astrologywhoseesusasfrightenedandinertbeforethepowerof
theplanets(againstwhich,inanycase,wecandolittleornothing)but"active",or
effective
to
betterexploittheplanetforcestoouradvantage.How?Bymovingofcourse!
Butwhereto?
To another part of the world that on the day of our birthday will be astrologically much more
favourablecomparedtotheplacewherewewouldspendourbirthday.
Whoknows,perhapssomeofyouwhoarereadingthesewordswillbesmilingbecauseyouhave
alreadytriedthebenefitsofActiveastrologyorperhapsmanyotherswillthinking
Icanimagine
,

theonlyyouhavetodoistry,obviouslyplacingyourtrustinexperthands.
That is why from now on, by referring to the Horoscope of Solar Return, we will distinguish
betweenbasicSolarReturn(BSR),beingthereturnwewill,inanycasereceiveifweremainin
theplacewherewelive(or,inanycase,intheplacewherewewereonourbirthday,whetheror
not we wanted to), and relocated Solar Return (RSR) or rather the Horoscope or sky of Solar
Return that we choose, moving to a certain part of the globe. Even if conceptually, as Ciro
Discepoloacutelyremindsus,theSolarReturnisalways"aimed"alsowhenwedecidetospend
ourbirthdayclosetoourusualresidence,sincea"choice"hasthusbeenmade.
Anobjectionmayspontaneouslyarise:whataretheytellingusabouthere?Theplanetsarethe
sameonesinanypartoftheworldwemovetobecauseourobservationpointisalwaysand,in
anycase,theEarth.
Verytrue.
Infactbymoving,orratheractivatingourselveswithatripplannedforthedayofourbirthday,
wedonotatallchangethepositionoftheplanetsinthezodiacsigns,noraretheaspectsthat
the planets form between them in the chart become modified, but what will change
and also
quitealot
istheirpositioninthetwelvesectorsoftheHoroscope,orratherinthetwelvehouses
oftheskyofrelocatedSolarReturn.
No magic potion, no miracle, but as the great scholar and astrologer Ciro Discepolo says
good
homoeopathictreatment,ajourneythatmeansprotectingourselvesfortherestoftheyear,just
asaparticularlywarmandwindingscarfprotectsusinthemiddleofwinter
ButtheActiveastrologyissomuchmore:itistheexorcismofsymbols(youwillalwaysfindan
explanationinthesectiondedicatedtoSolarReturns),anditmeansfacingayearwithgreater
optimism and trust, and it is also about discussing Lunar returns and relocated Lunar Returns
(this is also covered in the section dedicated to Solar Returns). In short, it is a world in itself
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withinastrologicaltradition.
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