#solar return posts

The astrology of the Solar Return does not speak only about the tendencies of our personal year, but about being aware of them 💚.

Understanding the vibrations is different from being at their mercy.

And it’s important:

even after Jupiter changes signs in the sky, this energy keeps vibrating throughout the entire Solar Return year.

It’s like a photograph of your moment — it continues to influence you, even if the planet has already moved, because in the Solar Return it was present.

Understanding your Solar Return is to perceive what is being called into the light and to consciously choose how to act. True freedom comes from awareness — not from running away from yourself, but from looking at yourself with presence.

Astrology is only one of the paths to this: symbolic, beautiful, and structured, but not the only one!

But I speak of it here because it’s my niche<3

Saint-Germain speaks a lot about true freedom in The “I AM” Discourses: the West, in particular, values free will very much, but often in a way disconnected from real freedom.

The Violet Ray of Saint Germain is freedom — a freedom that is born from awareness. If you run away from looking at yourself, that’s free will, but it’s not freedom — it’s escape. It’s like running with chains still around your feet. It looks like you’re free, but you’re not.

True freedom comes from looking at yourself with presence.

Jupiter in Cancer invites expansion of the inner world, the emotions, and the roots. It amplifies whatever it touches and reveals what already exists — including the stored waters within.

Why? Because Jupiter expands.

Jupiter, which rules Sagittarius — and Sagittarius, in turn, rules the ninth house — brings the vibe of looking at things with more depth, connection, expansion, and courage.

That’s why, when it is in Cancer, the call is precisely to expand inner matters, and how they will appear depends on how they’ve been seen and dealt with up to this point.

Sometimes it’s uncomfortable to look within, but it’s essential.

This placement speaks about emotional growth, nourishment, and self-compassion.

Jupiter in Cancer in the 1st house — Solar Return 💓

In the 1st house, it indicates a call to expand one’s own energy and to nourish oneself genuinely.

It’s not only about giving - it’s also about receiving nourishment.

This placement asks you to look at whether you are taking care of yourself to the same degree that you care for others.

Sometimes, those who have Cancer rising (Cancer in the 1st house) overflow love toward others and forget their own body, their own self-esteem.

Balance comes when that tenderness also flows back inward.

This placement in the Solar Return indicates a year of expansion of the “self,” but in a present and loving way — a look at who you are and how much you are truly taking care of yourself.

Be careful with indulgence or with the tendency to seek nourishment for emotional emptiness from someone else or in unhealthy ways.

Jupiter in Cancer in the 2nd house — Solar Return 💚

When Jupiter in Cancer touches the 2nd house, the focus is different: emotional stability.

A desire for security, for solid ground.

The 2nd house is Taurus’s house — fixed earth, the search for comfort and balance. It’s the place where we want to know where we are standing.

Jupiter here speaks of emotional abundance — a longing to establish something, to build something lasting.

It may be material, emotional, or both. It’s the kind of energy that wants to turn feeling into something tangible.

It’s the “I want to feel that I have a foundation, I want to belong.”

It is also a placement of value-building.

“What truly has value for me? What makes me feel safe?”

From those answers, the being begins to realign their relationships, habits, and bonds in order to reach true emotional wholeness.

And there’s more: Jupiter is exalted in Cancer, so when it finds an earth house like the 2nd, it flows harmoniously.

It’s a fertile year to make emotional and material dreams real, to establish solid partnerships, and to feel at home within yourself.

Be cautious of excessive self-affirmation through material or concrete matters, and of attachment to the past or to the comfort zone.

Jupiter in Cancer in the 3rd house — Solar Return 💓

When Jupiter in Cancer falls in the 3rd house, the focus changes again.

The 3rd house is the house of communication, exchange, and curiosity.

And so, we have an interesting blend here: an expansive and emotional planet in a space (house = the “where”) that is mental and social.

This can generate a year full of great emotional insights — those “now I understand!” epiphanies.

It can be a period of self-discovery through exchange with others, learning about one’s own feelings, and giving voice to emotions.

But it is also a transit that calls for caution regarding emotional dispersion. Gemini, the natural ruler of the 3rd house, is volatile — it feels, and then it changes.

So, it’s important to anchor what is discovered — not to let emotional perceptions remain only as flashes.

Emotional exchanges may become somewhat superficial.

Jupiter wants expansion, something big, something fulfilling and amplifying.

Gemini seeks something quicker — not necessarily shallow or unstable, but something that constantly stimulates. “I want stimulus, stimulus, stimulus.”

And this may lead, in the shadow side, to the search for superficial affections, even though, deep down, Jupiter desires something profound.

Emotionally, there can be confusion — wanting to dive deep and ending up swimming in shallow waters. But there is a very good potential in all this — it depends on free will, of course.

It can represent a curious being in search of emotional exchanges, willing to live experiences that will lead to something firmer. Not that everyone needs to start dating or seek something serious, but it’s a fact that more stable and constant relationships bring greater satisfaction and mental stability.

Cancer desires security.

If the person goes too far into Geminian energy — seeking only stimulation and exchange — they follow only a fraction of Cancer and much more of the house, which is only the “where” of the energy.

The planet shows the “what,” the sign shows the “how,” and the house shows the “where.”

When the “where” (house) starts defining the “what” and the “how,” everything becomes distorted.

This placement can become misaligned more easily than others.

It is not better or worse — it simply brings more challenge. It is natural that we have some positions that flow more easily and others that bring more complexity. That is part of astrological reality (planetary dignities).

In the field of potentials,

Jupiter passing through the 3rd house brings the quest to expand emotional self-knowledge.

The person wants to understand the reasons behind their reactions, to comprehend what they feel and what they communicate.

There may also be expansion in the field of education, or even a family vibration — a desire to grow, form bonds, and build.

The 3rd house has this curious, light, mental energy, but when Jupiter in Cancer touches it, it may symbolize the impulse to expand the family, nurture bonds, and create something.

Jupiter in Cancer in the 4th house — Solar Return

Jupiter in Cancer in the 4th house is a powerful emotional combination.

It is the planet of expansion in the sign and house that most speak of emotion, memory, and home.

It’s like mixing similar colors — Jupiter’s orange, Cancer’s pink, the 4th house’s rose hue, so to speak — and watching the result shine.

It is an overflowing of the inner world: feelings, memories, wounds, and affections emerge with force.

This configuration amplifies sensitivity and empathy, and it invites the revisiting of old memories — especially those related to the mother, the feminine, and ancestry. It brings an opportunity to look at deep emotions with greater clarity, to transform wounds into understanding 💓. You can do it!

Jupiter in Cancer in the 5th house — Solar Return

The 5th house speaks of creative expression and the inner child. Jupiter in Cancer here expands the emotional perspective and the desire to create, play, and express oneself.

It can awaken the desire for motherhood or fatherhood, or the urge to express feelings through art.

But it also carries the risk of amplifying emotional defensiveness — wounded pride, the impulse to react when hurt.

Leo, ruler of the 5th house, reacts when feeling vulnerable, and Cancer is defensive by nature. The combination can generate reactivity.

It is important to observe defense mechanisms — they reveal wounds, not weaknesses. <3

Emotions are indicators, not definitions.

They move like inner waters reflecting messages: “I’m angry,” “I’m afraid.”

When the water stirs, it’s time to look at what caused the movement.

The 5th house, also the territory of the inner child, can awaken old emotions, defenses, and memories. It’s not judgment — it’s survival.

And Jupiter, with its expansive energy, offers the chance to heal this more lightly, bringing rapid growth when there is emotional honesty.

Jupiter in Cancer in the 6th house — Solar Return

In the 6th house, the vibration changes: this is Virgo’s house — of routines, the body, and health. Jupiter in Cancer here expands self-care.

It can represent a phase of nourishment, self-care, and sensitivity toward the physical and emotional body.

It can also bring challenges with self-image and insecurities, but not because of the planet itself — nothing external creates low self-esteem. Everything that surfaces simply reflects what already lives within us.

Each discomfort reveals a wound, and each wound asks for care.

Jupiter in Cancer in the 6th house is, therefore, an invitation to take care of daily life with love, to look at the body with tenderness, and to transform the everyday into a space of nourishment and presence.💚

Emotionally, it’s a moment of expansion in this field of health and care. The body calls for attention.

People are invited to perceive, with more affection and emotional responsibility, their own inner matters — the emotional wounds reflected in the physical body.

For those who already work with health, children, or the physical body, there may be an even stronger calling to serve.

Also for those who work with animals — after all, the 6th house is known as the house of small animals.

Veterinarians, therapists, caregivers,

all who carry within themselves a path guided by service or healing — may now feel this invitation to expand the energy of care, to exercise it in a more loving and balanced way.

And this includes looking inward too, not only outward.

It’s essential to bring balance between “me and the other,” so that, by the end of the transit, there isn’t a sense of scarcity — of having given so much and received nothing.

One must also nourish oneself.

You can only nourish others with what you have. 🤍

When you try to give what hasn’t yet bloomed within, it’s as if you were digging holes and pulling seeds from your own garden before their time.

The front garden — the self — begins to dry out, uncared for, while the back garden — the other — flourishes with what was ours.

But the cycle of the 7th house involves giving and receiving.

And when we give something we don’t yet have, the gesture doesn’t come from abundance but from lack — fear of loneliness, of rejection, of absence.

This isn’t judgment — we are all in different stages of healing. There are no “evolved” and “unevolved” people; there are only people in process.

When one lives too focused on the other, the return can be painful — that anger of having given so much and received nothing. Deep down, it comes from expectation.

It’s like sharing the only food you have, not knowing if there’ll be more later. The gesture seems beautiful, but it can actually be a form of self-neglect.

Emotional responsibility means taking care of your own process, your own resources — without guilt.

That doesn’t exclude empathy; it simply adds structure to it. Jupiter in Cancer in the 6th house speaks of that: empathy with organization, giving with measure.

“I can help you — but only as far as it doesn’t unbalance me.” If I help beyond what I can, my garden empties, and frustration, anger, and resentment are born.

In the end, the bond suffers — because I seemed to give from the heart, but deep down I was expecting something in return.

The wisest law is that of balanced nourishment: sometimes, I cannot nurture the field of the 7th house, and that’s okay.

Nothing begins with the 7th house — it begins with the 1st: the self. When the self is nourished, relationships blossom more naturally. The other is drawn to abundance, not to lack.

That’s where true magnetism arises: not from dependency, but from presence. Emotionally mature people don’t seek to save or be saved; they seek to share.

The 6th house, being practical, reminds us that small gestures — self-care, routine, organization — sustain this balance.

Cancer, in excess, can get lost in others’ emotions and forget itself.

Jupiter comes to remind us to look at both poles: where there’s excess and where nourishment is missing.

It’s about asking yourself:

Am I looking at myself or at the other?

Have I expanded my empathy, or am I simply dissolving?

Because extremes — whether absolute selfishness or unmeasured giving — are both forms of imbalance.

Jupiter in Cancer in the 7th house — Solar Return

When Jupiter enters the 7th house, it is the call to expand relationships in a Cancerian way — more affectionate, emotional, and vulnerable. For those with Capricorn rising (and therefore Cancer ruling the 7th house), this transit is a strong invitation: to show vulnerability, to open the heart.

Capricorn tends to present itself to the world as controlled, secure, and productive — but often avoids showing emotion.

Jupiter comes to say: the emotional world also exists, and it is an essential part of life and of relationships.

The 7th house is the mirror — the place where we project what we may not accept in ourselves.

That’s why it’s common to hear someone say “I don’t like that sign on my 7th house” — because it shows the opposite of what the Ascendant wants to display.

It’s the shadow asking for integration.

Those with Capricorn rising and Cancer on the 7th house tend to resist “whining,” tears, or emotional exposure.

But Jupiter arrives saying: “Look at that too — that’s life.”

Because Cancerian affection teaches empathy, and Jupiter in Cancer in the 7th house asks for genuine connection.

If the person does not open up to feel and express affection, they end up demanding too much from others what they themselves don’t offer.

“I want love” — but I don’t make myself vulnerable. “I want intimacy” — but I don’t allow myself to be seen.

Jupiter’s expansion asks for coherence (7th house, Libra, balance...): what I want to receive, I also need to give.

That is the true flow of a balanced 7th house — ruled by Libra, the sign of harmony.

Jupiter in Cancer in the 8th house — Solar Return

When Jupiter enters Cancer in the 8th house, the dive deepens. Here, the planet of fire meets the deep waters of the unconscious. It’s the mixture of light with the underground.

Cancer navigates subconscious emotions, and the 8th house is the territory of taboos, traumas, and secrets.

In this transit, invitations arise to look at what has been repressed: family traumas, emotional limiting beliefs, pains of the past.

It’s time to bring to light what has remained submerged — and to heal what still binds the soul to what has already passed.

Very often, there is emotional repression related to family.

In another sense, it brings the reflection:

What is my sexual and emotional connection like? Am I living my sexuality in an emotionally connected way, or am I running away from it?

Cancer can also represent fear of vulnerability, especially when it appears in the 8th house.

This is the fear of opening up, because for these people, sex demands emotional bonding.

The 8th house in Cancer is precisely that: a need for emotional safety.

But the lack of safety does not always come from the other — many times it comes from within (8th house is a 'inner house').

This transit is an invitation to recognize that the root of fear lies in one’s own emotional structure, and that healing the bond with oneself is the first step toward true intimacy.

Jupiter comes to expand — and it’s not a light expansion, because the 8th house represses a lot when it is not worked on consciously. It is a deep astrological house.

When we work on it, it stops being repressive and becomes powerful, latent, pleasurable.

If not, it turns into repression — or even denial.

The 8th house belongs to Scorpio, and those who have difficulty with this sign may feel resistance to this transit, because it brings the unconscious to the surface.

Jupiter reveals; it does not hide. It wants to expand.

It’s like pulling something from the bottom of the ocean and saying, “Look at this.”

It’s not a harsh, Saturnian lesson — but for those who are running from themselves, it can feel that way.

This transit is an invitation to seek emotional richness, to dive into inner and even genetic inheritances, if it's the case.

Issues related to the uterus, the reproductive system, or uterine or ancestral memories may emerge.

It’s about looking at the past with curiosity, not fear. And, in the best-case scenario, it’s about seeking emotional connections that are safe and loyal.

The 8th house seeks loyalty and emotional firmness — what the 2nd house seeks on the material plane, the 8th wants to feel on the emotional one.

Jupiter in Cancer in the 9th house — Solar Return

Entering the 9th house, the vibration shifts. People with Jupiter in Cancer touching the 9th house experience an expansion of beliefs, faith, and philosophy of life — but in an emotional way.

Cancer brings the lens of affectivity to themes that, in Sagittarius, would be more mental or spiritual.

Here, the person seeks to build emotional fulfillment, an abundance of affection — a love that expands.

“I want to expand, but I want it to have emotional meaning.”

Those living this unconsciously may end up seeking experiences that bring a false sense of emotional satisfaction — a form of escape.

A healthy risk is the one that faces fear; a reckless risk is the one that tries to fill a void without awareness.

Seeking expansion without understanding oneself becomes emotional irresponsibility.

When there is balance, the growth is genuine: revisiting family, social, and emotional beliefs, and reformulating what one understands as faith, safety, and love.

But if the expansion becomes only an impulse to fill emotional voids, the illusion arises of finding “the person of your dreams.” The question is: Whose dream? The dream of the wounded child, who wanted their parents’ love? Or of the conscious adult? It’s about understanding where desire comes from.

Jupiter in Cancer in the 10th house — Solar Return

Jupiter in Cancer in the 10th house is an interesting placement. Those who have this position tend to be more open with the world than with their own family.

They want to express emotions and affections publicly — in career, vocation, or purpose. The 10th house in Cancer speaks of those who are here to serve with the heart.

It’s the opposite of the 4th house in Capricorn, which carries rigid family patterns, inherited structures, and fear of vulnerability.

As Jupiter passes through here, it invites openness — to show humanity and sensitivity in public.

Sometimes that can feel uncomfortable, but it’s also profoundly liberating.

It’s a year when purpose gains an emotional layer. Career may become more focused on care, support, or emotional expression.

Even those who don’t work in emotional fields may feel the desire to put more soul into what they do. It’s about humanizing your mission and remembering that sensitivity is part of success — not its opposite.

Jupiter in Cancer in the 11th house — Solar Return

In the 11th house, the lesson moves to friendships, groups, and collectives.

Jupiter in Cancer here expands empathy, the desire to open emotionally to others — and also the risk of absorbing too much of what belongs to others.

It’s necessary to separate what is yours from what belongs to others. This placement calls for a review of friendships:

Are they reciprocal? Or have you been the “emotional mother” of the group?

Caring for others is beautiful, but trying to nurture the whole world is exhausting.

The mother we need first is the inner one — and, biologically or not, the one who gave us life.

Being a mother to yourself is essential before mothering anyone else.

Working on the inner father and inner mother means integrating yin and yang, the feminine and masculine principles.

Every human being needs to balance these sides.

Men also have this nurturing aspect, and women also carry the yang of action.

Cancer in the 11th house can lead to over-caring for others and forgetting oneself.

Balance comes when one nurtures inwardly and understands that emotional responsibility can only be sustained when it begins within.

Jupiter in Cancer in the 12th house — Solar Return

Arriving at the 12th house — the house of Pisces — the dive is complete.

When Jupiter touches Cancer in the 12th, the inner world overflows.

It’s an invitation to look at the unconscious with curiosity, not fear.

It’s the end and the beginning of the cycle: to understand that emotions are not enemies, but portals.

This is a placement of deep healing, retreat, and emotional spirituality.

The unconscious opens, dreams become more vivid, and there is heightened sensitivity to subtle energies.

Emotions become gateways of wisdom, not obstacles.