Solar Return Chart Reading
Every year has a theme. Let’s find out what it is.
A personalised, written Solar Return reading for the 12 months ahead — specific to your chart, your timing, and where you actually are right now.
What is a Solar Return Chart?
If Your birth chart tells you who you are, then your Solar Return tells you what this year holds.
If you've ever had a birth chart reading, you'll know it's a map of you, your personality, your patterns, the way you're wired. A Solar Return chart is something different. It's specific to this year.
Every year, on or around your birthday, the Sun returns to the exact position it was in the moment you were born. That moment marks a brand new astrological year for you, and creates your Solar Return chart.
Your Solar Return chart paints a picture of the 12 months ahead. It shows where your energy is being directed, which areas of life are being activated, and what the underlying themes of the year are asking of you — your possibilities, the places that need your attention, and where things are likely to feel most alive.
It's not a prediction. It's a map. And once you can see it, it becomes so much easier to navigate.
You Don't Have to Wait for Your Birthday to Arrive
Your Solar Return year can begin up to three months before your birthday.
The energy of your next Solar Return doesn't wait politely for your birthday to arrive, it often starts to build up to three months beforehand. So even if your birthday is still a little way off, this reading is relevant to you right now.
The chart itself is calculated for the exact moment the Sun returns to its birth position, which happens around your birthday each year — and it also takes into account exactly where you are and what you're doing at that time, making it uniquely personal to this chapter of your life.
If your birthday is within the next three months, now is a great time to book your reading, so that you have your themes and focus in place before the energy starts to shift.
Please note: reports are delivered within 10 working days, so if your birthday is approaching, I'd recommend ordering sooner rather than later.
How it's Different From Your Birth Chart
Your year ahead, mapped.
Based on your date, time and location of birth + your birthday location
Your birth chart is the foundation, it tells you who you are. It speaks to your character, your patterns, the qualities you came into this life with.
Your Solar Return chart is different. It's not about who you are, it's about what this year is for. It shifts every year and reflects the specific themes, opportunities, and focal points that belong to this particular 12-month chapter of your life. It's less about your identity and more about your experience.
That means every Solar Return reading is completely different, even for the same person. Each year brings a new map.
What's in Your Reading
Six things your reading reveals about the year ahead
Here's what I look at in every Solar Return reading — and what it means for you.
Your Focus Placement
Where your energy wants to land this year — the area of life that's likely to pick up and calling for your attention over the next 12 months.
Your Rising Sign Help
How you're likely to show up — why this year might feel like a different version of you, and what energy you're bringing to it.
Moon Placement
What's happening beneath the surface — your emotional needs for the year, what might stir things up, and where your life feels most active.
North & South Nodes
What you're growing towards — and what's ready to fall away — the direction the year is pulling you in, and the patterns it's asking you to leave behind
Key Planetary Aspects
Where things feel easy, and where there's friction — which parts of your life are flowing, and where you might need to do a bit more work
Everything is explained clearly. You’ll come away knowing what this year is about for you, and what to do with that.
Written by me, personally — not generated by AI
There are plenty of automated astrology reports available online. They'll give you everything — every placement, every aspect, every possible interpretation — whether it's relevant to your life right now or not. The result is often pages of dense, technical information that's hard to relate to and even harder to use.
That's not what this is.
Every Solar Return Report I send out is written by me, personally. When I sit down with your chart, I'm not printing off a list of placements — I'm looking for the patterns. The threads that run through the year. The things that are genuinely worth your attention right now. I hand-pick what goes in, because I believe that a focused, digestible reading you can actually use is worth far more than an overwhelming document you'll read once and set aside.
I'm a firm believer that astrology should be practical — that it should meet you where you are in your life, not ask you to translate a foreign language. So while your reading is rooted in the astrology of your chart, it's written with your real life in mind. My aim is to give you something meaningful to look forward to, something to help you prepare for what's coming, and a sense of what this particular year is really asking of you.
This report is written by me, for you — and that makes all the difference.
Your reading
Delivered as a beautifully designed PDF
Your Solar Return Report comes to you as a professionally designed document, something you'll want to refer back to throughout the year. It includes both your birth chart and your Solar Return chart as visual references, with each theme named, labelled and explained alongside full written interpretation.
It's designed to be easy to read, not overwhelming, so you can pick it up at any point in the year and find it useful.
Choose your reading
Order your Solar Return Chart
Written Report
£85
Solar Return Chart Report Only
- Personalised written PDF report
- Your birth chart & Solar Return chart
- Full interpretation of all key placements
- Delivered to your inbox within 10 working days
Include a one-to-one session
Want to talk it through
Add a 60-minute one-to-one session with Sarah to your written report. Ideal for asking the small things, a chance to ask questions, dig into what resonates, and get real-time guidance.
£130
Report PLUS one-to-one session
Is this right for you?
This is for you if...
- You're coming up to your birthday and want to understand what this year has in store for you
- You're at a turning point and want to see what the astrology says about it
- You've had Solar Return charts before but never felt truly prepared
- Something has felt different this year and you want to understand why
- You're ready to approach the year ahead with a little more intention and clarity
How it works
What you’ll need to provide
Your Birth Details
Your full date of birth, your exact time of birth, and your place of birth. If you're not sure of your exact birth time, get in touch before ordering and we'll talk through what's possible.
Your birthday location
The location where you'll be on or around your next birthday or where you expect to be at that time.
Delivery
Your report will be delivered to your inbox within 10 working days. I write every report personally, which means I ask for a little time to give yours the attention it deserves. If your birthday is approaching within the next few weeks, please do order as soon as possible so your reading is with you before your Solar Return year begins.
Sarah Cornforth
Hi, I'm Sarah — a professional astrologer who believes that working with your chart shouldn't require a degree in astrology or hours of chart-reading.
I create practical, beautifully designed resources to help you work in rhythm with the cycles of the year. Whether you're brand new to astrology or have been exploring it for years, my reports are designed to be personally useful, not just pretty to look at.
Your year, mapped.
A personalised Solar Return reading, written personally by Sarah, not generated, not automated. Just astrology done properly.
