Acronym’s used: SR = Solar Return, PC = Precession Corrected. AC = AstroConnexions, SF = Solar Fire Gold

Solar and Lunar returns can now be saved as a radix chart allowing them to be treated as a Natal/Radix chart. This means that a transit bi-wheel can be applied to a saved SR or a Secondary Progressed or Solar Arc can also be applied.

To illustrate this functionality I will be comparing Solar Fire Gold for Windows charts with AC charts. This will demonstrate the accuracy of AC. To do this I’m going to use a chart from 1643, Sir Isaac Newton the famous English scientist. The time and place of birth is taken from the SF chart which is not agreed upon by everyone.

All AC (ver 1.60) screenshots from real (not simulated) iPad Air 2. All SF screenshots from Solar Fire Gold for Windows, ver 9.0.25. OS Windows 7.

The Natal Chart

Here’s a Solar Fire (SF from now on) chart for Isaac Newton:

Isaac Newton Natal SF. Image #1

Here’s AC’s Natal chart

To create this chart I selected LMT, in the New chart view, and used the map function to get Colsterworth’s latitude and longitude. I entered the time as 02:05:00 am and the date as Jan 4th 1643.

Isacc Newton’s Natal chart – AC. Image #2

Essential Dignities – AC. Image #3

As can be seen, the charts are essentially identical.

The Solar Return Charts for 1655

Isacc Newton SR 1655 SF. Image #4

Isaac Newton SR 1655. Image #5

The saved SR chart as Radix

Isaac Newton SR 1655 Radix – note that the Natal button is selected, rather than the Solar Return menu item button. Image #6

Recently Created Isaac Newton SR radix Chart. Note PC = precession corrected. Image #7

SR Precession Corrected Charts for 1655

Isaac Newton SR precession corrected – SF. Image #8

Isaac Newton SR precession corrected Configuring – AC. Note that Relocation is not selected as we wish to use the natal location. Image #9

Isaac Newton SR precession corrected saving – tap the Lightning Bolt icon, top menu. To view the saved chart. Tap the chart details to see Recently Created – see Image #7, above. Note the chart name must be unique. A warning is given if the chart name is in use. Image #10

Isaac Newton SR precession corrected Radix – note that the Natal button is selected, rather than the Solar Return menu item button. Image #11

Edit a Solar Return radix chart

Just edit as per usual:

Editing a saved SR radix chart – Note Chart Type is Solar Return. Date/Time is LMT NS. Image #12

Sorting LR/SR charts

Lunar Return Selected. Image #13

Solar Return Selected. Image #14

Filtering Chart Files

Animated gif, saving a return chart – iPad/Mac

iPhone – saving a Return Chart

Iphone 12 – save a Return chart

From AC Ver 2.21, Save – Returns Chart. New form design.

Save – Returns Chart. New design.

© Roger Pearson 9th Oct 2016

In this post I wanted to ‘prove’ to my own satisfaction and to anyone interested that AstroConnexions can and does provide accurate Natal and precession-corrected Solar Return charts. To do this I once again take my inspiration from the most excellent Skyscript website.

On the Skyscript forum “Steve” (an experienced and esteemed astrologer) examines some SR charts and their corresponding precession- corrected charts in a thread entitled:

An Excellent Solar Return Book 

I have read dozens of astrology books and hundreds of astrological articles. With my astrological experiences, Jim Eshelman’s book ‘Interpreting Solar Returns’ offers important astrological Keys for the astrologer to seeing/understanding the methodology/techniques Cyril Fagan used for Solar Returns.

He examines numerous charts. The chart I want to examine here is A Lucky Sweepstakes Winner which he refers to here:

The following link http://www.freeconsiderations.com/ has an article by Ken Gillman about an Irish Sweepstakes winner of $120,000, on Oct. 3rd 1970.
This article can be read in Volume 5, #3, page 16, titled Chart 6, Lucky Male Sweepstakes Winner.
Birth data: June 12th 1952, 1:23 PM PDT, Santa Monica, Ca.
Ken’s article uses the tropical zodiac. Ken asks the reader the most important question for this Sweepstake winner of $120,000

“Could the Astrologer Predicted the nature of this event?”

You can read the extensive thread here:

Skyscript forum thread

He presents a Solar Fire chart: a Solar Return precession-corrected for 1970, Santa Monica.

I entered the natal data into Solar Fire Gold (Windows, Ver 6.1). Here’s the Solar Fire natal chart and the same chart cast with AstroConnexions:

(tap or click an image to enlarge)

Lucky sweepstake winner natal Solar Fire

Lucky sweepstake winner natal AstroConnexions

Here’s the Solar Return precession-corrected charts:

Lucky sweepstake winner Solar Return precession-corrected – Solar Fire

Lucky sweepstake winner Solar Return precession-corrected – AstroConnexions

Lucky sweepstake winner SR precession-corrected full landscape – AstroConnexions

Q.E.D.