What Is Your Lunar Return In Astrology?

Planetary returns occur when a planet returns to the exact position it occupied at the time of your birth. Just as you experience a Solar Return each year on your birthday, you also have a Lunar Return each month, aligning with the lunar cycle.

Lunar Returns carry unique significance, illuminating your personal path with insights, guidance, emotional release, and opportunities for growth.

What Are Planetary Returns?

Planetary returns can vary in length due to the different transit times of each planet. In astrology, each of these returns hold different meanings and messages for people as they journey through life.

A Saturn Return happens about once every 29 years and is known for bringing life-changing lessons. A Mars Return, which happens every two-and-a-half years, brings a new burst of action and energy ready to be tapped into. A Jupiter Return happens every 12 to 13 years and is known for bringing good luck and abundance. 

Understanding Your Lunar Return

The most frequent planetary return is the Lunar Return, which happens roughly once every 28 days. Since a Lunar Return occurs each month, when the moon returns to the exact same degree and zodiac sign that it occupied at the time of your birth, and ends quickly, its effects aren’t always as pronounced as the other planetary returns — but that doesn’t mean it can’t be influential.

Keeping track of your Lunar Return allows you to regularly check in with yourself, and it offers the opportunity to have a monthly “reset” of sorts.

What To Expect From Your Lunar Return

As the moon rules your emotions, instincts, and inner self, your Lunar Return is like an emotional reset, revealing the themes that will shape your feelings and personal life for that period.

Your Lunar Return placement, which can be found on your natal chart, provides a glimpse into the energy surrounding your emotions, home life, relationships, and personal needs for the coming month. This chart highlights what areas of your life might need attention or nurturing. By identifying and evaluating your feelings, you can be more in tune with yourself and make sure your needs are met.

New Insight

A Lunar Return reveals how external circumstances are likely to affect you on a personal level, helping you understand why you feel the way you do. It can also point to opportunities for emotional healing or growth, showing where you might need to let go of old patterns or embrace new ways of nurturing yourself.

Heightened Awareness

During a Lunar Return, you may experience a heightened sense of intuition or emotional awareness. The themes that arise will depend on the current position of the moon and how it interacts with the planets in your birth chart. For example, if the moon is aligned with Venus on your chart, you might feel more drawn to relationships and beauty. If it’s connected with Mars, you might experience more drive or even frustration. Reading with an Astrology Psychic can help you learn which placements and planets have the strongest interactions with your Lunar Return and Moon Sign.

Shifts in Mood

Because the moon influences our subconscious, a Lunar Return can also bring up feelings that have been simmering beneath the surface. You might feel more in tune with your inner self or notice shifts in your moods, desires, or emotional needs.

Making the Most of Your Lunar Return

Your Lunar Return can be a powerful tool in setting emotional intentions. If you’re feeling out of sync, this is the time to make adjustments for yourself and your surroundings. By paying attention to the cycles of the moon and your own emotional rhythms, you’ll start to notice patterns that can help you navigate your inner world more smoothly. 

As the moon controls the tide and ocean waves, it can also predict “waves of emotion” that you might be experiencing.

To harness the energy of your Lunar Return, take time each month to reflect on how you’re feeling and what themes are emerging in your life. This is a great time for journaling, meditation, or simply tuning in to your intuition. Having monthly check-ins with yourself, recording your feelings, and speaking to a psychic advisor can also be helpful for releasing emotions that are no longer serve you.

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Need help in understanding how to better embrace your Lunar Return? Check in with a California Psychics astrologer. They will help you understand everything you need to know about all the great things to expect for yourself. The planets are responsible for your moods, experiences and more, which is why you should get a psychic astrology reading. Our astrology psychics can calculate your natal chart and tell you about the important dates in your life (past, present, and future) that will massively impact you.

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