Solar Return Calculator

Discover the chart for your personal new year — the exact moment the Sun returns to your natal longitude.

Which year's return chart would you like to see? Defaults to the current year.

Exact Birth Data

We need your precise birth date, time, and place to locate your natal Sun.

Find the Return Moment

We scan the year you pick and pin down the minute the Sun returns to its natal longitude.

Read Your Year Ahead

The return chart, cast at your birth place, shows the themes for the coming solar year.

What is a Solar Return?

Every year, the Sun completes one full loop of the zodiac and arrives back at the exact ecliptic longitude it occupied when you were born. Traditional astrologers treat that moment as the start of your personal year and cast a new chart for it — the solar return.

How We Calculate It

We use the Swiss-ephemeris-grade astronomy engine to lock in the Sun's geocentric ecliptic longitude at birth, then iteratively narrow the return moment down to one-minute precision within the year you choose.

Understanding Your Results

The Return Sun

Stays in your natal sign, but changes degree and house — revealing where the year's light will shine.

The Return Ascendant

A brand-new rising sign for the year that colours how you meet the next 12 months.

Aspects to Natal

Angles between the return planets and your natal planets flag the year's pivotal themes.