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Lunar Returns

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Learning objectives

✦Explain the starting point, roughly 27.3-day cycle, and effective period of a lunar return, and distinguish it from a synodic month and a calendar month
✦Distinguish the fixed sign and degree of the return Moon from the changing return Ascendant, the return Moon's house, the return Sun, and fast planets
✦Use the monthly version of the three starting points to read a cycle's emotional stage, then place the conclusion within the year's solar return theme

After reading a year’s worth of solar return cases, you already have an annual map. But a year is a long time, and the same yearly theme has its ups and downs: which weeks make you especially want to withdraw, and which weeks make your emotions especially easy to ignite?

A lunar return brings the same approach down to about 27 days. This lesson answers three questions: How often does the Moon come home? Which positions stay fixed in a lunar return chart, and which ones change? And what timescale should you use for the conclusions you draw?

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This lesson is part of the “Advanced Astrology” series. Purchase the series to unlock all lessons and receive 2000 AI credits.

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