Solar Returns are an astrological staple though can be mystifyingly vague at times and spot on at others. With an added layer of complication depending on which location to choose to set the Solar Return – birth or present home.
Prince Harry poised on his 40th is a good test case since the birth time is accurate and every last minute detail of his life is on record.
He was born 15 September 2024 4.20pm London which gives him an intense, secretive, determined 8th house Virgo Sun in a volatile square to Mars in his 11th house of friends and square a dreamy, addiction-prone 12th house Neptune. His Taurus Moon is in the 4th house of family and roots; and his Ascendant is traditional Capricorn.
Relocating his birth chart to Montecito, California, puts his Sun in the hidden 12th and his Moon in the deeply buried 8th; with his Venus just below a sociable Libra Ascendant. Saturn is in the chart area of finances hinting at a need to be sensible about money. His 3rd house of siblings is confused and argumentative with Mars, Neptune, Jupiter there and Uranus on the cusp.
One problem with relocating charts is ‘you take you with you’ wherever you go and while the chart may highlight and improve one area of life it can make another area of life trickier. Eg. Career good, but relationships or health more stressed.
His Solar Returns in previous years marked his exit from Royal life with a Solar Return that had Uranus in the SR 10th and Moon in the SR 9th which indicates a career change and home abroad. The success of his Spare misery memoir was marked with a jubilant Jupiter Uranus in his 10th.
Solar Return headlines can be descriptive though it won’t tell the whole story and needs to be added to by other predictive methods to get a rounded picture.
His natal Solar Return for 2024/25 set to London, gives a sociable Libra Ascendant with Venus in the 1st close to his natal Venus. The Sun is in the withdrawn 12th trine Pluto in the 4th for a trapped feeling where family and domestic matters are concerned. Both trine Uranus in the 8th which may reflect his sudden inheritance from his grandmother the Queen Mother. An Earth Grand Trine will be stabilizing though it is all behind–the-scenes. His Moon in the 5th suggests nurturing from children. Saturn and Neptune in his 6th – lacklustre energy and low motivation. Jupiter and Mars in his 9th house of travel and communication. There is also an Air Grand Trine of Venus, Jupiter, Moon which will get him in crusading mood to boost his favourite causes.
A Montecito Solar Return for 2024 puts the Sun in the rooted, home-loving 4th trine an 8th house financial though stuck Pluto trine Uranus in the 11th. Saturn Neptune in the 10th – hard working but confused about direction. Mars on a Cancer Ascendant will make him assertive if not argumentative.
In an odd way it strikes me that in landing in California he has shifted certain elements of his life but in certain respects kept similar house emphasis – 8th/12th/4th.
And the Solar Returns in both locations echo the same preoccupations with money, privacy and decision making about career.
I would never use Solar Returns as standalone guides. On transits, he has another year plus of tr Saturn moving through the nadir of his low profile 1st quadrant where money and psychological issues loom large. He won’t really hit his stride in terms of fulfilment about the direction of his life until almost the end of this decade. He’s downbeat at the moment with his Solar Arc Saturn moving to square his Sun exactly in 8 months but in effect throughout the next year. His relationships with friends and intentions as to future plans are in a state of upheaval as his Solar Arc Pluto is conjunct his Uranus now. Late January and March 2025 will be a sobering time though impatient with tr Saturn square his Mars and opposing his Sun.
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