My 2024-2025 SLR's

[Jim Eshelman]

I'm just wondering if the lunars are more about our inner feelings and reactions to what's happening around us, rather than outside events. There are so many lunars in here that have the potential to be "outstanding" but they are not bringing about any unusual or outstanding events and that may be because the solar return is not indicating "outstanding" circumstances or events from the outside environment.

I think not, considering that there are hard published statistics on lunar returns showing childbirths, weddings, and violent accidents.

I think the lunar component isn't so much feelings as responsiveness to conditions (thin difference, I know). For the most part, I think lunar returns focus and filter the relative importance of transits and are essentially transit charts. I think them no more subjective than the other things you mention.

By current SLR with Sun-Jupiter square closely foreground brought in more money in one week than I'm used to getting in, say, four typical months. This was something I'd been planning for, maneuvering toward, etc., but the currents came together at exactly that spot to make it all happen. If I merely felt good because I got my predictable December bonus and the holidays were coming, that would be equally Sun-Jupiter but really not worthy of the best SLR I'm having for the next year.

[Arena]

Well, congrats on your Sun-Jupiter money!

I can't wait to get out of this current lunar return and into a new one on January 9th. I can't say that anything bad happened at all - it's just been a strange feeling of emptiness within me for a couple of weeks. I want to get out of it and into a better mood and brighter times. But I'm not sure it will necessarily be that quick.

My upcoming lunar return on Jan 9th is both positive and heavy.
For 23.40 bt. the PV mundo chart has Jupiter @ 1,39° on the DSC but further away ecliptically. It has t. Venus 2° square the ASC. It has a Moon-Uranus conjunction and a Moon-Sun partile trine.

Comparing it to the natal, I see that t. Sun is partile the r. MC and t. Nep is partile sq. r. Venus - BUT it also has the t. Snode partile my r. Pluto.

The lunar return for an alternative 23.27 bt. is slightly different. It still has t. Jup as the closest to the angle, within 3° from DSC. T. Venus is partile square the ASC. But t. Pluto is partile square the MC. T. Sun is not closely conjunct the r. MC.

It seems like a good time with the Jupiter Venus vibes. But I'm guessing the emptiness will still be there since those Pluto vibes are on the nodes.

[Arena]

Alright, here we go. I'm into my new lunar return now. I started making some monetary arrangement yesterday and I am offering a few of my art pieces for sale on a sales platform tomorrow when the Moon will get closer to a square to t. Venus and a conjunction with t. Jupiter. I hope it will work.

This month I've decided to apply to exhibit again at the very prestigious place I was lucky enough to exhibit last summer. IF I get a yes to that, I will consider myself VERY LUCKY. I've also decided to apply to rent a little wall space in a Gallery/shop downtown where a lot of tourists stop by to shop for local art.

Having both Venus and Jupiter on the return angles must be somewhat helpful for such endeavours.

[Jim Eshelman]

I forgot... where did your solar return occur?

[Arena]

I forgot... where did your solar return occur?

This morning in Rvk. Am hoping it's going to be a few weeks of success with the Venus Jupiter theme... although there is still, and will be for a while, that damn Saturn squaring my local ASC.

[Jim Eshelman]

Oh right, you said lunar and I somehow registered solar. (I'm back on the road and away from my main computer again for a few more days. We're getting out of the ash-air.)

[Arena]

Oh right, you said lunar and I somehow registered solar. (I'm back on the road and away from my main computer again for a few more days. We're getting out of the ash-air.)

Oh my, oh my! I just heard about the California fires! What a disaster! I'm glad to hear you're ok.

[Veronica]

I forgot... where did your solar return occur?

This morning in Rvk. Am hoping it's going to be a few weeks of success with the Venus Jupiter theme... although there is still, and will be for a while, that damn Saturn squaring my local ASC.

Congratulations on renting the space at the gallery! I think that is fantastic! So glad to hear your art is hanging on display!
At the college gallery I noticed that many students had a guest book for visitors to write in, give their feedback and say hello, it seemed like a gesture that fostered strengthing connections and being open and receptive and inviting the viewer to participate in the experience of the art on a different level then simply the pocketbook purchase.
I think the guest book idea is very Saturnesque in a way we don't typically experience Saturn and is much more pleasant.
How exciting for you to go and decorate a space with your work, you must be booming with ideas on which piece to put where and how to use the lighting and all that!! Have fun with it and please let me know how it goes, I can't wait to hear about it.!

[Arena]

Thank you very much for your good wishes Veronica. Actually, I didn't get a space in the gallery yet, but I sent applications this morning. Two applications for a small space/wall in galleries and one to an exhibition place. I will send to another exhibition place this afternoon, hopefully when the local ASC is by the Moon-Jupiter conjunction. The Moon is now square Venus and approaching Jupiter and I believe the benefics are mitigating/softening the bad effects from Saturn which is square my ASC (for bt 23.40).

Thank you for the tip about the guest book. I have always had a guest book at my exhibitions and I will keep this in mind if I get a gallery space for a few weeks/months. I will ask for permission to have a guest book setup on the wall. I always write a message to the guests during the openings of my exhibitions and encourage their expression. Oh my, oh my, how wonderful it has been to get their messages written in my book. It felt like an extra boost during my exhibitions, especially the first two when I wasn't sure how people would receive my artwork. Actually, I'm going to open it up now and read the comments again. The tourists were especially expressive.

Here are a few of the comments I got as a message in my guest book during my first and second year exhibitions.
Great work, Stunning, Lively, You're a master genius, Great exhibition, Beautiful work, Amazing, Deep and interesting artwork, Amazing, the colours are incredible, Beautiful work, a pleasure to see, Very brilliant and impressive works, Spectacular work, Fantastic paintings, Wonderful art, Mesmerizing.... and then some of these were repeated by other people.

I remember how I felt when I read those great messages, it was so nourishing and it filled my heart and spirit with joy and gratitude. And it was so very nourishing to remind myself of this right now and read them again as I'm applying to exhibit again. It lifts my spirit onto higher level. I'm more optimistic now.

[Arena]

OMG! I did not expect this! I already got an answer from the most prestigious place I applied to this morning, with a very positive vibe and compliments on my work! She seemed positive to get me in for the Culture Night in summer and assign someone to work with me on that.

OMG, OMG, OMG - I can hardly believe this is already happening! I'm SO EXCITED!!! This is going to elevate me even more and probably help me to get more exposure and possibly more contacts. This is SO GREAT!

Added: Seems like the Jup-Venus vibes are already working for me.

[Jim Eshelman]

[Venus_Daily]

OMG! I did not expect this! I already got an answer from the most prestigious place I applied to this morning, with a very positive vibe and compliments on my work! She seemed positive to get me in for the Culture Night in summer and assign someone to work with me on that.

OMG, OMG, OMG - I can hardly believe this is already happening! I'm SO EXCITED!!! This is going to elevate me even more and probably help me to get more exposure and possibly more contacts. This is SO GREAT!

Added: Seems like the Jup-Venus vibes are already working for me.

So very fortunate, so happy for you

[SteveS]

Having both Venus and Jupiter on the return angles must be somewhat helpful for such endeavours.

[Arena]

Alright, this lunar return/period has been quite a good one. I'm very happy with it.

I decided to use that day, Friday the 10th, for my election to approach/apply for exhibitions and galleries. This was a day when the Moon was approaching a conjunction with Jupiter and a square to Venus. It turned out to be a great decision for election. As I told you, I already got a very positive response from the most prestigious place on that same day. They asked me to be in touch in the end of January again for further planning. The other exhibition place also has answered me with a neutral answer just to encourage me to apply during their open application window from March-June this year for 2026. They are fully booked for this year.

I also got a quick answers from both of the galleries I approached. One of them has a higher rent and I offered them a bit lower rent for a longer period, but with 20% of sales to create an incentive for them to sell my work. They said they won't be able to answer that until the beginning of next month.

The other gallery answered by email stating that I would be welcome to showcase my work this year and she called me this morning to tell me that she didn't know which time periods are available. But she will most likely get back to me by the end of next week, which has t. Moon opposite t. Jupiter. The rent is lower and she said she has put me on the top of her list and I would get a discount of the rent if a longer period (2-3 months). I'm crossing my fingers that I will get this space in the summer.

Last night I got a message from my friend that owns a company where I hung a few of my pieces at her request. She has expressed interest in buying the biggest two pieces and is going to suggest that in the next board meeting in 2 weeks. I don't know the exact date of that meeting, but I'm guessing it is between 29th-31st. So that could be a pretty good timing with a new moon trine Jupiter or on my r. Mer & dir. Ven-Jup or square Jupiter. T. Venus will be conjunct t. Nep and they are square my Ven-Jup.

Things seem to be going pretty well for me at this moment in time. It's making me optimistic and happy.

[SteveS]

[Veronica]

Yea! This is all so wonderful to hear Arena! Congratulations!

[Arena]

Thank you guys.

We are making an offer on a house today. It's almost like a dream come true for what we've been looking for. Might be moving in a couple of months. Will probably know in the next couple of days if it will work or not. Crossing my fingers.

[SteveS]

A true home becomes one's life sanctuary.

[Jim Eshelman]

We are making an offer on a house today. It's almost like a dream come true for what we've been looking for. Might be moving in a couple of months. Will probably know in the next couple of days if it will work or not. Crossing my fingers.

Your current lunar is such a mix! Though not the closest planets to angles, you do have a foreground Jupiter that (mundanely) conjoins both your natal Venus and Saturn. Both of those transits are exceptionally right for the mix of acquiring real estate and creating a family home. I think it doesn't matter that this means you "acquire" a natal Venus-Saturn conjunction that is foreground (and that aspect, in any case, has positive sides also): I think what matters is that Jupiter conjoins them. (My concern is over what is hidden in the 0°23' Mars-Pluto opposition with Mars 0°37' from WP in RA.)

Here is the mundane picture of the conjunctions:

0°00' H7 - Descendant
1°45' H7 - t Jupiter
3°39' H7 - r Saturn
4°21' H7 - r Venus

Your demi-lunar occurs January 23 at 8:53 AM, so you start to feel it coming in by about 9 AM January 22. Again, it's not a simple chart, though natal Jupiter is the most angular planet (3°17' from Ascendant). The foreground planets are nearly all natal so circumstances are more arising out of you than objective events coming at you, but the one (widely) angular transiting planet is Venus - the right planet for happiness - 2°38' from Nadir. The Venus opposes natal Mars (mundanely) and squares natal Saturn (ecliptical), which seems harsh. Your natal Venus-Jupiter and Venus-Saturn aspects exist.

The full SLR is a good chart for putting down roots as a family with successes in real estate matters. If we give the best possible interpretation to the three versions of Venus-Saturn that appear in the foreground, it is that this signifies commit and the chance to build something. The Mars-Pluto is so strong, though, it seems something abrupt, confrontational, and stunning is in the wind, so I hope the Venus-Saturns don't mean heartbreak (over losing the perfect place). If that happens then, of course, there will be another perfect place down the road.

I think you're going to get it.

[Arena]

Thank you so much for the breakdown. Yes it is indeed very mixed with the Saturn and Mars-Pluto being involved. I don't have a clue what that Mars-Pluto might be. Perhaps it is just a lot of work is involved and also IF we do get this deal, then it will be somewhat of a heartbreak for my daughter to move from the city to a new/small village and it might also be a little bit sad for us to leave even though we are ready to move. We moved in here together, have renovated our home together, been in love here together. It's always a bit sad to leave your home for good.

[Arena]

Alright, alright! Feeling very excited. We managed to write our offer today and it was signed at 6 pm and sent forward to the owners. They were made aware of our intention earlier today though. I know that the woman was hoping to get a higher price and feels our offer is a bit too low, but there are great benefits to it as well, they are getting what they need to move forward with another property they are buying.. The agent is going to talk to the man as well. They have until 1 pm tomorrow to answer.

IF there will be a deal between us and them, it will most likely be tomorrow or the next day, so before a demi lunar occurs and before my man's solar return (his birthday is on Wednesday).

So if this will go through, we will sign a binding offer within a couple of days and then we would have to move quickly to put our property on the market to sell it... and then comes the hard bit to convince my daughter that it's a good move and tell her all about it. If we are quick enough to get it all ready, it will be on the market by the end of the month.

We will then most likely sell our property soon, or perhaps during my Feb lunar. It's occurring on Feb 5th.

23.40 bt has
T. Sun partile MC ecliptically.
T. Moon-Ur on EP.
T. Mars partile r. IC.

23.27 bt has
Feb 5th
T. Moon partile EP
T. Mer partile MC ecl.
R. Moon-Mer partile SLR EP/nadir
R. Ur partile sq ASC

[Arena]

OMG! OMG!! OMG!!!

We have made a deal, they asked for a slightly higher amount than we offered yesterday, so we agreed on their amount and we will all sign the contract today. I just signed it at 13.55 and the sellers will sign probably within the hour. We are finally moving to the country side to a little village and we will have a few greenhouses! It took us two and a half years to look and make a few offers, but we are so totally happy with this house and place. Now we "just" have to convince my teenage girl that this is a great idea. I know she's going to be sceptic for a while.

It's a H A P P Y day today!!!

[Veronica]

Yea!! Congratulations that is wonderful news! So happy to hear

[SteveS]

[Arena]

Well, our home is for sale, officially on the market now!
IF we sell it within just a few days, then this lunar return is most definitely one of the "outstanding" ones that changes the course of ones life.

Jim, if you take a look at this lunar in Z-analogue Azi, then the Mars-Pluto opposition is not partile, it's almost 3°.

23.40 bt has no tr. planets partile the angles of the return. However, it does have the t. Sun partile r. MC and the closest planets acting on the angles in Azi mundoscope are Venus and Jupiter (PV mundo only has Jup).

23.27 bt has tr. Venus as the closest influence on the angles, partile sq. the ASC (Azi mundoscope) followed by Jup on Dsc. Pluto is partile the EP ecliptically.

It is most likely the Azi mundoscope that is more fitting for the polar latitudes.

My next lunar return is on Feb 5th. It has a slightly different feel to it with an alternative birth time, with Mer involved it is much more suggestive of signing a contract.

23.40 bt:
T. Sun partile MC ecliptically and in Azi mundoscope.
T. Ur partile sq nadir.

23.27 bt:
T. Mer partile MC ecl and 0,10° partile in Azi (perhaps suggesting a signing of a contract).
T. Sun 2,22° conj MC in Azi.
R. Moon-Mer partile SLR EP/nadir.
R. Ur partile sq ASC.
T. Moon partile sq. nadir.

[Arena]

Ok, so a new lunar return started yesterday. I listed the aspects above, but I just had another look and noticed something on my natal IC for both possible birth times!

For 23.40 when looking at the biwheel I see that t. Mars is partile the r. IC and the lunar ASC is within 2° from r. IC. ... but there is also another IC connection - the lunar IC falls within 2° from my r. Mer.

For 23.27 bt the lunar ASC is partile the r. IC but the t. Mars falls outside the 3° mark from the IC. This one has the IC a bit further away from my r. Mer.

[Jim Eshelman]

Using 23:40, I get the following breakout (abundant aspects as usual):

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                               Transiting Planets                                
Ur 28Ar11' 8"  0S14 + 0'19"  50°57' 18N22  81°11' +16°11' 177°27' 343°38'  99% Ea
Su 21Cp55' 8"  0N 0 + 1° 1' 319°28' 15S44 180°49' +10° 7'  10° 7' 265°26'  95% M 
Ma 24Ge 8'32"  4N11 -14'27" 111°29' 26N12  25°40' + 3° 7' 177°11' 352°50'  87% A 
Pl  7Cp 6'24"  3S19 + 1'53" 305°16' 22S54 193°49' + 2°10'   2° 6' 188°59'  84% D 
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                                 Radical Planets                                 
Me 24Cn42' 3"  4S51 -40'57" 140°39' 10N16 359°38' -15°35' 195°35'  91°19' 100% I 
Ve  3Ge27'26"  4S43 +41' 2"  88°28' 18N43  48° 9' + 1°55' 178°43' 357°25'  98% A 
Ur 20Vi35'58"  0N38 + 2' 7" 194°42'  5S36 300°37' -19°54' 190°27' 157°11'  95% N 
Pl  5Vi43'49" 15N59 + 1'37" 187°15' 14N19 314°48' - 3°47' 182°40' 174°41'  93% D 
Ju  4Sg53'50"  0N 6 - 4' 4" 269°59' 23S21 225°15' - 5°47' 355°55' 171°52'  84% D 
Sa 23Ta 7'17"  1S32 + 5'41"  77°20' 21N23  56°56' + 8°15' 175°29' 350°11'  76% A 
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    Class 1 Aspects     
tSu sq tMa  2°36'  87% M
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tMa op rMC  0°31' 100%
tSu sq rPl  0°45'  99% M
tMa op rJu  0°57'  99% M
tMa op rPl  1°51'  96% M
tSu sq rVe  1°59'  92% M
tMa co rSa  2°39'  92% M
tSu op rMe  2°47'  92%  
-----------------------                                                       
rJu sq rPl  0°50'  99%                                                        
rVe op rJu  1°26'  98%                                                        
rJu op rSa  1°41'  97% M                                                      
rVe op rPl  2°45'  92% M

URANUS = 9
Change = 13
Benefic = 11, Malefic = 5
Indignity = 7, Dignity = 4
Spotlight = 3

[Arena]

Thank you Jim. This seems to be using the PV mundoscope, not the Azi? I don't think the PV mundoscope works up here near the polar circle. The Azi is probably closer to being correct since the Meridian and Morinus house systems seems to work better up here.

[Jim Eshelman]

Thank you Jim. This seems to be using the PV mundoscope, not the Azi?

Yes, definitely.

I don't think the PV mundoscope works up here near the polar circle.

It seems to for solar and lunar ingresses in that area, such as the largest human made explosion in history - the "Tsar Bomba" detonated October 30, 1961, 8:32 UT, 73N48'26" 54N58'54" or the near-arctic Tunguska event. For example, at the time of the Tsar Bomba explosion, the mundoscope showed:

17°19' H1 - Mars
17°35' H1 - Saturn
18°00' H1 - Jupiter
18°10' H7 - Uranus
18°47' H7 - Sun

The most we get from the azimuth chart is a Mercury-Saturn square.

[Arena]

I can't find this place in solar fire, but I doubt that it works with Campanus or PV mundoscope and also, we haven't seen that studied with the Meridian and Azi mundoscope. A single example that could be just as good or possibly better with AZI mundo is not enough for a polar study. I still haven't found anyone who's done a real study on multiple charts in polar latitudes except for the Russian astrologer and then this one at Evidence based Astrology; https://youtu.be/_pNTjZXao_4

...BUT I've seen many say that the charts don't work using the normal house systems.

People often justify all kinds of things in astrology and don't compare things. I am sure that a house system that shows the ASC and IC in the same sign or the sign next to it are not accurate. They simply don't work. It is not physically possible. I've also found a Russian astrologer who always switches house systems when he's reading charts near the polar circle. It works better.

Try the Stellarium app to take a look at my birth chart, just for the fun of it. You can navigate the area and you can see the sidereal constellations. It has the directions, and when I orient the app to see to the EAST it has Pisces rising. showing the Moon in the sky, above the horizon, but below the E and between the E and N. Venus&Saturn are on the left side of the N, fits with the 3rd, the Sun on the right side of the N, fits with the 5th and Jupiter on top or to the right side of the S. This also makes much more sense up here on the day/evening I was born since I was born shortly after the Sun was setting, or approx an hour after sunset. It wasn't even totally dark, you can still see a bit of light from the setting Sun, so makes more sense that the Sun is not so far below the DSC/WP, but on the right side of the IC, so it is a shorter time since it was setting than it is to it rising near or below the ASC. It simply makes much more sense physically.

[Arena]

Good news today!
My day started with an sms announcing that I won a small amount in a lottery, just under 300$. Not much, just enough to pay for the lotter for a few months, but a nice sms anyway.

Later this afternoon I got a call from the estate agent telling me that the couple who are selling us are quite willing to be patient for us to sell our property and we will most likely make a deal that states the sale of our place can take longer than the initial deal stated. This was great to hear, because I was a little bit worried that we would lose the deal if we wouldn't sell within a couple of weeks. He called me at 3 pm, when t. Jup was square the MC/IC.

I'm hoping that the t. Sun-Mer conjunction opposite my r. Mer and right on my dir. Ven-Jup in the next couple of days is a good astrological signature for getting and signing an offer on our property.

[SteveS]

He called me at 3 pm, when t. Jup was square the MC/IC.

[Arena]

This has been a good month so far - although a bit of stress is building up and we really need to get an offer on our property, preferably within a week.

Yesterday I got a very pleasant call from one of the Galleries I had applied to. They had answered me that this year was fully booked, but I could book for next year. And then they called me yesterday to tell me that one artist had to cancel her booking for July so they wanted to offer it to me! I was really thrilled and pleasantly surprised! I had already booked 3 weeks with the other Gallery that I had applied for, so now I will have 3 weeks in one and 4 weeks in the other during high season in the summer. I've already paid for a part of the rental, so it's a done deal. It's so GREAT!

I am guessing this might be the effect of Jupiter turning direct just very close to my rel. ASC a couple of days ago. So it seems like things are turning in my favour, so now I'm praying that the sale of our apartment will go through before next Thursday. The Universe will soon shed a light on that process and then I will have to assess the lunar returns. Whether this seems more like a Moon-Mercury effect with Mer partile the MC (making contracts) strengthening the case for the 23.27 bt, or if it's a Sun-Mercury on MC effect with the Sun closer to the MC for the 23.40 bt. Both charts have t. Mars close to the ASC ecliptically (closer for 23.40) so that might mean swift action will be required or arguments - but there are no arguments happening. More like just talking back and forth about what is possible in the situation. I guess arguments can be made both ways for the possible birth times.

[Veronica]

Congratulations Arena! Very exciting to hear about the new gallery opportunity! What a boon to get to show your work during the tourist season. With the Mars transit, I’m curious if you are packing up your belongings and preparing to move? When my mom and dad were working towards moving us back in 1990/91 we had packed up most everything we had and were deep cleaning the home and property in the months before listing/showing. We too had found a home we loved but had to sell our house first, we ended up actually paying rent for a few months in the new home before the sale of our house finalized. Keep us updated on all this going on, it sounds like a very action packed year ahead for you.

[Arena]

Thank you Veronica. It seems like I'm getting some lucky vibes from the Universe/planets.

About the Mars transit close to my IC. Well, we have not started packing yet, but that's going to be a huge task in the upcoming weeks. while Mars is there. I suspect we will be moving after March 15th, or near the end of March or 1st April at the latest. The Mars transit can also be signifying the physical work we'll have to do in our new home since we're going to finish a project the owners have started, making a small flat in the basement of the new house.

[Arena]

This February SLR is most definitely signifying an "outstanding" incident. So many positive dealings have been happening this month. It does seem to rhyme with the alternative birth time and it does not smell of a Mars-Pluto vibe.

Two contracts for my art in galleries. Very, very successful dealings with the owners of the house we're buying and signing the contract within this lunar. Also, very successful dealings with my in-laws that they will help with money if anything goes wrong. And additionally dealing with a young member of the family about buying another small property I own (although this contract will not be signed within this lunar). So lots of dealing fitting with the Mer emphasis for the alternative birth time.

Additionally the alternative birth time has the solar arc Moon partile the IC right now.

Ps. 54 latitude does not really qualify as a proof for polar circle latitude, which is around 66 degrees (possibly extending a couple of degrees). So we do have to keep that Azi mundoscope in mind for this kind of comparison and rectification.