Lunar Return

A Lunar Return is a chart cast for the moment each month when the Moon comes back to the exact position it held at birth. Because the Moon completes its cycle in about twenty-seven and a third days, a lunar return happens roughly once a month. The chart for that moment is read as a forecast for the month ahead. The lunar return works on the same principle as the solar return but on a shorter, more personal scale. Where the solar return describes the themes of a whole year, the lunar return describes the emotional tone and practical concerns of a single month. Its rising sign and the placement of its planets show where attention and feeling will gather over the coming weeks. Because the Moon governs mood, habits, and daily life, the lunar return is especially useful for short-term, emotional, and practical forecasting. It is often read alongside the solar return, filling in the monthly detail within the larger yearly picture. The lunar return answers the question of what the coming month is likely to bring.