Lunar Phase Return
The chart for the exact moment the Moon–Sun phase angle returns to the value it held at your birth — your synodic (phase) monthly cycle.
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A lunar phase return is the chart cast when the Sun–Moon angle of your birth re-forms in the sky, repeating on the roughly 29.5-day synodic cycle. Unlike the lunar return it tracks your natal phase, not the Moon’s position.
Sun–Moon phase angle returning to its natal value (~29.5 days).
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What is a lunar phase return? ›
The chart drawn when your natal Sun–Moon angle (your birth Moon phase) is exactly re-formed in the sky — read as the monthly renewal of your personal rhythm.
How does it differ from a lunar return? ›
The lunar return follows the Moon back to its natal degree (27.3 days); the phase return follows the repetition of the natal Sun–Moon angle (29.5 days). Two cycles, two rhythm charts.
Why does it take 29.5 days? ›
Because the Sun moves too, the Moon needs longer than its sidereal circuit to re-form the same angle; that 29.5-day period is the synodic month.
Who is this chart for? ›
Those who treat the natal phase as the key to their life rhythm — it is a central technique in the phase astrology of the Rudhyar lineage.
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