Introduction
Each year, right around the time of your birthday, the Sun returns to the exact position it was in at the moment of your birth. This is considered to be your own personal New Year, and it's known as the Solar Return. Astrologers have found that if you study the positioning of all the planets at that moment -- their relationships to each other and their placements in the signs -- you can gain insight into the upcoming year, until the Sun returns again. As you may have noticed, most people tend to feel pretty good on their birthdays, and that's because of the positioning of the Sun. It's a time of gifts, celebrations, milestones and reuniting with old (and new) friends and family. It's a time to rejoice in all that's happened in the past and to prepare for what's to come. And the Solar Return reading (also known as a Solar Resolution) can help you prepare by providing explanations and advice about the influences of the year to come. More than a typical astrology forecast, the Solar Return is all about you and your place in this world. It offers a revealing look into the progression of your life and how you can make the most of the events to come -- it's a great way to celebrate your future!
Solar Return Year : 2013
Recognition and Rewards: The Sun
Sun square Saturn: A Learning Opportunity
It's not that you're having crises, but how you're handling them. Succumb to weakness, or develop some backbone. The choice is yours.
Mind Expansion: Mercury
Mercury in Cancer: Expressing Your Emotions
Expressing your emotions will come easily for you. Others will understand what you're feeling, and you'll understand them in return.
Mercury conjunct Mars: Verbal Sparring And Witty Repartee
That mind of yours is going at warp-speed. You'll enjoy many rounds of verbal sparring, as long as they don't turn into all-out fights.
Mercury conjunct Jupiter: Intellectual Pursuits
All you want is to provide your brain with as much intellectual stimulation as possible. This is sure to add some excitement to your life.
Mercury opposition Pluto: Avoiding The Propaganda
Everyone's got an agenda -- and that includes you. What you do with that agenda is key. Taking advantage of someone won't pay off.
Mercury square Uranus: A Wild And Crazy Mind
Your mind will be wild and crazy, and you'll be tempted to fight against the norms. It will be difficult to focus on anything constructive.
Love and Romance: Venus
Venus in Leo: Romantic Attention
You're charming. You're gregarious. You're dramatic. It will be impossible for people to not notice you, or those emotions on your sleeve.
Venus opposition Neptune: Projecting Disappointment
You'll project your expectations and shortcomings onto your partner, and then you'll be disappointed when they can't meet your standards.
Ambition and Desire: Mars
Mars in Cancer: Emotional Understanding
Your emotions play a key role in all of your associations and relationships, but you may be frightened by your abundance of sensitivities.
Mars conjunct Jupiter: Positive, Passionate Energy
You'll be on top of the world, with positive energy and a go-get-'em attitude. You'll be able to achieve any goal you reach for this year.
Mars trine Saturn: Energized At Work
You'll be the go-getter of the team, the person who goes the extra mile to get the project done on time. This could lead to a promotion.
Mars trine Neptune: Charitable Directions
You could influence large groups, either by helping them escape reality through entertainment or by creating change for the needy.
Mars opposition Pluto: Conflicts And Manipulations
Jealousy and power struggles may erupt as a result of you projecting manipulation onto others. Look closely at a situation before reacting.
Mars square Uranus: Unpredictable Anger
You'll pretty much be an unpredictable ball of rage. It's a very short fuse you'll be working with, and people will easily set you off.
Travel and Finding Truth: Jupiter
Jupiter in Cancer: The Big, Big Picture
You'll be able to understand the bigger picture in the largest possible context, and to grasp the future implications you and yours.
Jupiter trine Saturn: Realizing Life Goals
You have the ability to dream up just about any goal, and then work with all your might to make it a reality. Set your sights high.
Jupiter trine Neptune: A Functional Imagination
Your creative abilities are incredibly powerful, and you'll find that with your imagination, you can produce a much stronger future.
Jupiter opposition Pluto: Your Hidden Truths
Tempting as it is to make this year about digging up hidden truths about others, you really need to spend the time figuring out yourself.
Jupiter square Uranus: Taking Autonomy Too Far
Independence is great, but if you go too far in your efforts to be free, you could end up committing self-sabotage and losing freedom.
Responsibilities and Restriction: Saturn
Saturn in Scorpio: Sexual Control
Who's in control will be an important factor in all of your personal interactions, particularly those pertaining to sexual relationships.
Saturn trine Neptune: Two Worlds Merge
Your conscious and unconscious worlds are merging harmoniously, and your dreams will become a reality. Creative endeavors will succeed.
Saturn sextile Pluto: Increased Inner Strength
Your inner strength will increase exponentially, and you'll be able to handle any catastrophe -- or pleasantry -- that comes your way.
This Year's Karma: North Node
North Node in Scorpio: Plunging Into The Future
Your future is powerful and intense, and you will only reach your full potential if you approach it with a powerful and intense energy.
Broader Influences
Neptune in Pisces: Altruistic Motives
Unconditional compassion and enlightenment are what you can expect to achieve as you develop a connection with everything around you.
Pluto in Capricorn: Societal Transformation
It's up to you to try to take on some of society's most sticky issues. You should start small this year and focus on your family or town.
Uranus in Aries: The Energy Of Life
The energy coursing through you has the power to bring about radical change. Your ideas will be creative, and you'll easily take action.
Neptune sextile Pluto: The Cycle Of Life
You will come face to face with the cycle of life, and you will try to understand it. Will you succeed? The effort is really more important.
Uranus square Pluto: Pressure Buildup
Your life's like a tea kettle that's about to start whistling. There's so much buildup that it must explode. But then you can start afresh.
