my lil personal solar return observation .⋆
after studying my solar & return charts for a while I've realized just how important the ascendant & chart ruler is not only in these charts, but how they align with your natal chart.
for instance, I've seen a lot of return posts claim that certain rising signs indicate glow ups & such like libra rising. however, its very important to look at where such signs are transiting in your natal + houses swell as the aspects as they can affect you much differently.
my solar return asc for 2024-2025 was in libra. however, I am an pisces rising, which would mean libra transits my 8h. when I tell you this was the most karmic, depressive, psychologically transformative year I've ever had, I mean it was ROUGH. in my natal, my Jupiter is also in Scorpio 8h, I mean I was doomed in a really psychologically fucked good way from the jump, & I say good because sometimes you just need to go through some fucked shit to mentally evolve.
my chart ruler in this src sat in Aquarius in the 4h. this was important because I became such a fucking homebody that year, to the point I let it knock the groove of my life. I became so detached from the world & I didn't even feel real anymore. I also moved back to my parents house during this time, & that makes absolute sense because in this chart Pluto newly entered Aquarius & conjuct my Venus in the 4h. It was like I was being forced to start from sq 1.
this is also why its super important to look at how your src aligns with your natal chart, because having pisces asc, Aquarius sits in my 12h. this means during 2024-2025 my moon, Venus, & PLUTO where transit in the 12h. in my natal, Neptune & Chiron sits in my 12h!! like this year was bound to be an emotional mess for me lmao.
with all theses 8h & 12h transits, its no wonder why I literally lost all that I thought was serving me. I lost my drive, my motivation, myself. this needed to happen to me because though these transits are rough, there are here to remove what no longer serves you. it FORCES you to wake tf up & align with what's meant for you. this was also the year I really began to study astrology & spirituality. I could no longer ignore my intuition & guides, they were screaming for me to wake tf up. this was also an 8 year for me, with I have an 8 year life path. see the pattern here? lol
my vertex was also in there 8h in taurus, I've seen before that the zodiac seasons if each of your placements can indicate when your gonna feel those energies. I literally quit my job during taurus season, & that was literally the beginning of the end for me. I look back now and realized why I made that ill decision as it led me down this brutally intense healing road. take this as a reminder that shit really does get better, you may not believe me now, I certainly couldn't during that time, but your guides don't play about you aii?!! if I didn't go through this year I would've been engaging in the same mentally draining bs & not tapped into my spiritual.
with all these 8h & 12h connections, this was also probably the most anxious year I've ever had, and I've always had mental issues but lord this was just fucking insane. I got diagnosed with ocd that year, so I take it as that whatever mental issues I've struggled with just could not be ignored no longer, everything suppressed & unacknowledged just came & jumped my ass outta nowhere, LIKE THEY FUCKING DEMANDED THAT I HEAL. the 12h is not all that bad though as it is a healing house so going back to before, this year was just going to be all about loss of what's no longer here to serve me, heal the pain from situations & actions which I thought were serving me, & transmute that energy to begin aligning with my greatest potential.
lil sidenote, this Pluto transit in the 12h CONJUCT MY CHIRON is just full on forcing me to fucking transform & heal lol.
I've just began my 2026 solar return in December, & my asc is in Capricorn. in my natal, Capricorn sits in my 11h including my Venus, & in the src my Venus is in the 11h aswell. my chart ruler ofc is Saturn, & in the src Saturn is in pisces 3h, my natal 1h. so this year is really about discipline, routines, responsibilities, skills, hobbies, mental, & all that. with it transiting my 1h, I cannot afford to take myself lightly anymore, because that karma is just so quick to bite me in the ass!! all love though, as I know these are just lessons needed for me to keep elevating myself. with that being said, I've just on my bs fr. with continuing to take care of my mental & spiritual help, being more social, getting back into my routines, moving out again, all that good shit yk I've just felt so much better. I've developed significant spiritual routines & I constantly learn from myself everyday & making note of what serves me & what doesn't, taking all actions needed to align with what's best for me.
if you read this & relate, I hope that you continue to take your days slow & steady, & you always stay kind to yourself. you're blossoming into your own baddest bitch like hello!!
just be sure to always take solar/lunar return chart observations with a grain of salt & always check how its transiting in your natal + the aspects its makes to each other. thank you so much for reading ᡣ𐭩
