lunar return

 

There are multiple ways to look at a lunar return chart. I feel personally like the lunar return is more of the BTS work I can do for the month. Like what I can do to set myself up for success - an emotional orientation compass - as our emotions ultimately create our reality. I treat the rising sign, ruler, and Moon configuration as the map of emotional landscape + capacity for the month. A way to more deeply and somatically attune to what is being activated. It becomes about how I can deeply support myself, my Soul’s journey… what are my ideal outlets for the month? How can I channel energy?

I often utilize house overlays (your natal chart inside the LR chart) for subtle insight into which core themes are being filtered through temporary lenses.

The goal is to co-regulate with the sky. Deepen presence. Make resonant, emotionally-aligned choices that shape your timeline. Work with the lunar current rather than force action from it. It is a chance to build coherence and resonance in alignment with the moon as a regulating force.

*as with a solar return chart, be sure to pull it for your current location.

WHere I WOULD PRIORITIZE AND FOCUS:

1. Lunar Return Rising Sign

This sets the emotional filter and body lens for the month. Reflect on how you're meeting the world. How are you being received?

2. Ruler of the Rising Sign

Where this planet is by sign and house gives insight into the *agent* of the month. Where is your energy flowing? What are you being asked to embody or face?

3. House Placement of Ruler

This shows the embodied/emotional work of the month. Journal on the themes of this house and how they are surfacing somatically.

4. The Moon (Sign, House, Aspects)

This is your monthly nervous system tune-in. How does this emotional tone feel? What does it want you to nurture, process, or soften around? How is it coloring the weather?

5. Lunar Phase in the Return = Emotional Arc of the Month

Think of the phase of the Moon at your Lunar Return like the emotional undertone or seasonal arc of the month ahead. Just like with a natal moon phase or progressed phase, it sets the mood for how your energy might move, grow, or rest over the next ~28 days.

6. The Moon’s Dispositor

The sign ruler of the Moon — what deeper support (or tension) is shaping your emotions this month?

7. Cancer House in Lunar Return

This house speaks to emotional healing opportunities. What wants to be soothed, nurtured, or honored?

8. Annual Time Lord in the LR Chart

Optional but powerful. Where is your Time Lord placed in the LR? What house and sign? This shows where your yearly themes come alive this month.

9. Elemental Makeup (Optional)

If one element dominates, note how this may be affecting your nervous system. Too much Fire? You may feel reactive. Lots of Earth? Maybe slower embodiment is needed.

10. Optional MC/10th House Themes

Use only if visibility or public-facing work is a focus. What’s rising to the surface in career or leadership themes?

11. Overlay Method

Overlay the LR chart over your natal. Where do LR houses fall in your natal chart? These are the filters for your monthly expressions, life themes being activated internally. For example, LR 8H over natal 10H might suggest emotional or subconscious work as a career amplifier. This might feel especially helpful for the House with your Moon, Timelord, MC, AC. You could also look at a particular topic you want to focus on.

12. Journal Prompts

  • What does my nervous system need more of this month?

  • Where can I feel emotionally resourced?

  • What themes keep arising somatically or relationally?

  • What house overlay feels like a channel for easeful success?

  • What internal support would help me feel more at home this month?

  • What practical support can I offer through this lens?

  • What information does my Human Design offer me on how I can move through with the most ease?

  • How does this support my Annual Profection?