Venus, if you haven't downloaded and installed Mikestar's TMSA program, I suggest you do so. It tabulates the important things in return charts in a way that draws your attention directly to what happens most. For example, your September 6, 2022 SLR - admittedly a pretty unpleasant chart - shows like this:
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Pl Longitude Lat Speed RA Decl Azi Alt PVL Ang G
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Transiting Planets
Mo 21Sg15'14" 04S26 +14°32' 288°17' 26S50 216°22' +25°02' 218°14' 28%
Su 18Le33'29" 00S00 + 0°58' 164°54' 06N27 327°56' -51°07' 113°11' 53%
Me 13Vi07'41" 03S38 + 0°22' 186°05' 06S35 290°46' -46°04' 132°01' 21%
Ve 06Le14'23" 01N13 + 1°14' 153°46' 12N10 347°12' -49°29' 100°43' 74%
Ma 14Ta14'23" 01S13 + 0°31' 67°48' 20N38 66°02' - 0°58' 1°03' 100% F
Ju 11Pi15'27" 01S35 - 0°07' 6°25' 01N03 116°46' +42°34' 314°11' 16%
Sa 25Cp13'50" 01S19 - 0°04' 323°07' 15S59 183°03' +46°27' 267°07' 98% F
Ur 23Ar48'02" 00S22 - 0°01' 46°30' 17N04 78°28' +15°23' 344°19' 46%
Ne 29Aq16'04" 01S13 - 0°02' 355°16' 03S23 132°10' +47°43' 303°59' 35%
Pl 01Cp18'26" 02S11 - 0°01' 298°49' 23S01 209°26' +33°22' 233°16' 3%
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Radical Planets
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Mo 21Sg15'14" 03S32 +12°33' 288°10' 25S57 217°03' +25°42' 218°37' 27%
Su 18Le16'40" 00S00 + 0°58' 164°38' 06N33 328°23' -51°08' 112°54' 54%
Me 05Le47'17" 02S05 - 0°17' 152°09' 09N14 348°49' -52°40' 98°25' 82% F
Ve 10Vi22'21" 01N01 + 1°14' 185°23' 01S13 297°27' -43°30' 133°05' 18%
Ma 15Sc55'41" 02S20 + 0°36' 249°03' 24S24 242°12' + 0°04' 180°04' 100% F
Ju 08Sg39'57" 00S05 + 0°01' 274°03' 23S28 229°09' +18°59' 204°27' 51%
Sa 17Li26'02" 02N11 + 0°05' 220°43' 13S31 264°17' -18°58' 160°57' 29%
Ur 15Sc08'58" 00N01 + 0°01' 248°35' 21S58 244°31' + 0°56' 181°02' 100% F
Ne 04Sg08'18" 01N11 - 0°00' 269°08' 22S16 233°15' +16°22' 200°08' 58%
Pl 05Li42'12" 16N27 + 0°02' 214°19' 03N42 283°25' -16°41' 162°52' 39%
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Class 1 Aspects
tMa op rMa 00°59' 98% M
tMa op rUr 00°02' 100% M
tSa sq rMa 02°58' 83% M
rMa co rUr 00°47' 99%
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Non-Foreground Partile Aspects
tSu co rSu 00°17' 100% M
tVe co rMe 00°27' 100%
tJu op rVe 00°53' 98%
Immediately, you see the very strong (100% strength) transiting Mars, with Saturn nearly as strong; and natal Mars and Uranus similarly strong. Mars opposite your Mars-Uranus and Saturn square your Mars are the relevant aspects. This will tend toward undesirable results and, in particular, is accident-prone (something likely will break).
Of course, if (as I advised) you go away for your birthday, you'll also be gone when this chart sets up. Recalculating for Bryce Canyon, for example, it looks like this (I'll trim out the extraneous):
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Transiting Planets
Ve 06Le14'23" 01N13 + 1°14' 153°46' 12N10 332°12' -35°50' 122°51' 91% F
Ur 23Ar48'02" 00S22 - 0°01' 46°30' 17N04 73°08' + 6°08' 353°36' 89% F
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Radical Planets
Me 05Le47'17" 02S05 - 0°17' 152°09' 09N14 332°41' -39°09' 119°24' 95% F
Ma 15Sc55'41" 02S20 + 0°36' 249°03' 24S24 233°48' + 4°59' 186°10' 90% F
Sa 17Li26'02" 02N11 + 0°05' 220°43' 13S31 259°24' - 8°26' 171°26' 100% F
Ur 15Sc08'58" 00N01 + 0°01' 248°35' 21S58 235°50' + 6°25' 187°44' 84% F
Pl 05Li42'12" 16N27 + 0°02' 214°19' 03N42 277°02' - 3°01' 176°57' 97% F
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tVe co rMe 00°27' 100%
tMa op rMa 01°41' 94%
tMa op rUr 00°22' 100% M
tUr op rSa 02°10' 91% M
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rMa co rUr 00°47' 99%
This isn't perfect - not as good as the new Solar would be for the same place. But it's much better than at home. (And I find that travel always has little discomforts and flubs that make a malefic or two make sense.) For the new location, transiting Venus is the most angular planet, with Mars and Uranus more moderate. Natal Saturn is the single strongest voice (on WP), with natal Mercury, Mars, Uranus, and Pluto also strong. This chart shows the world (transiting Venus) being much kinder to you than you are to yourself (natal Saturn), with a tendency to over-fret about logistics and plan details (Saturn, Mercury, Pluto).
But the strongest planets in the strongest aspect comes down to
t Venus conjunct your Mercury foreground, a really nice aspect for travel and doing fun, interesting things. You still have Mars to your Mars-Uranus foreground, but not nearly as close. Etc.
Coming back home, your next SLR (October 3) is more anxious than troublesome. Here are the main features:
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Transiting Planets
Me 29Le14'52" 00N22 + 0°11' 174°55' 02N36 87°00' - 0°09' 0°09' 100% F
Ma 25Ta50'55" 00S34 + 0°19' 80°09' 22N33 211°23' +84°14' 266°59' 98% F
Ju 07Pi45'10" 01S37 - 0°08' 3°13' 00S22 265°06' + 8°32' 188°34' 81% F
Ne 28Aq31'28" 01S13 - 0°02' 354°35' 03S40 266°11' - 0°38' 179°22' 100% F
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Radical Planets
Ju 08Sg39'57" 00S05 + 0°01' 274°03' 23S28 290°26' -79°34' 99°48' 76% F
Ne 04Sg08'18" 01N11 - 0°00' 269°08' 22S16 314°03' -82°36' 95°20' 92% F
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tMe op tNe 00°43' 99%
tMa sq tNe 02°22' 89% M
tJu sq rJu 00°55' 98%
At a glance, you see that the most angular transiting planets are Mercury and Neptune (backed by Mars and Jupiter). Transiting Neptune is strongest (backed by natal Jupiter). This is mostly a really uncomfortable, probably anxiety-driven SLR except with a very significant reprieve: The closest aspects are the closely angular Mercury-Neptune and Mars-Neptune conjunctions; but, also foreground, you have transiting Jupiter partile conjunct natal Jupiter. This, alone, will make things far better than you will fear they will be. (Having a solidly Jupiter-themed SSR will help that even more.) - The lesson from this one is that you have to consider the whole chart, and not just notice the angular Mars.
Let's do one more, your October 30 SLR. (I really want you to see how easy this is with TMSA, which you can get for free.)
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Transiting Planets
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Ma 00Ge33'30" 00N27 - 0°00' 85°12' 23N49 298°27' - 2°17' 177°24' 98% F
Ju 04Pi44'17" 01S34 - 0°05' 0°26' 01S31 23°54' -61°57' 77°49' 95% F
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Radical Planets
Ve 10Vi22'21" 01N01 + 1°14' 185°23' 01S13 192°23' +60°41' 263°08' 88% F
Ju 08Sg39'57" 00S05 + 0°01' 274°03' 23S28 114°08' - 4°35' 5°01' 93% F
Ne 04Sg08'18" 01N11 - 0°00' 269°08' 22S16 115°16' - 0°01' 0°01' 100% F
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tMa op rNe 02°38' 87% M
tJu sq rNe 00°36' 99%
rVe sq rJu 01°42' 94%
The first thing to note is that there are more benefics foreground than malefics. Though mixed in its message, and likely continuing the anxiety trend, on balance this will be a
good month. The transits are Mars backed by a pretty strong Jupiter, plus natal Neptune strongest, but backed by Venus and Jupiter.
So, overall, it's more fun than not. In fact, it might be ALL fun. The most worrisome thing is transiting Mars opposite your Neptune which signals extreme emotional excitement. Usually this is unpleasant (like recoiling from an attack), but it's generally not that in an otherwise positive chart. It could be broad anxiety about something, or enjoyable emotional excitement with such things as scaring yourself for Halloween, roller coasters, sex encounters with lots of fantasy and drama, being in a mad crowd at a big event, or all sorts of similar things. Jupiter also squares your Neptune - it's even closer, tips the events toward Jupiter-Neptune themes, etc. Finally, your natal Venus-Jupiter square is foreground. I think you're going to enjoy this one!