My third book of 2026 is now available: the Fourth Edition of “Transits and Solar Returns.”
The Fourth Edition of “Transits and Solar Returns” is published six years after the previous one and adds approximately eighty pages.
I felt it was necessary, first of all, to resolve a small technical issue that had obscured a few lines of the text, and secondly because I felt it was right to be at least a little more indulgent with myself, avoiding forcing readers to decipher several pages of notes printed in a truly tiny typeface.
I have also decided to add a new afterword containing three topics that I consider fundamental to a book of this kind:
· The chapter that explains how to read the stars on the cusps—both natal and Solar Returns and Lunar Returns—between two Houses, but also at the four corners of the sky, differentiating their interpretation from the Gauquelin zones.
The reasons why we should consider Solar Returns and Lunar Returns much more powerful than Transits.
Starting from the assumption that every good astrologer should be able to calculate and hand-draw the graphs of a Natal Chart, a Solar Return, and a Lunar Return, I went further, arguing for a thesis I’ve always tried to advance: to truly master these topics, one should attempt to design a Solar Return directly in one’s mind, without even resorting to ephemerides, and then “aim” it, always using only the brain and not the computer, imagining the different celestial maps as the geographic longitude varies. To this end, I have reproduced in full the text of a lecture I gave many years ago in Lavagna, in the province of Genoa, during which I publicly demonstrated what I argue in these pages.
ISBN-13 979-8184878713, 675 pages, 15.24 x 22.86 cm format.
Good afternoon, Ciro. I have been studying my next Solar Return for almost a year. I was born on March 27, 1981, at 3:50 a.m. in Villaricca (Naples). I am having a lot of difficulty finding a satisfactory Solar Return for my next birthday. My main goals are to protect my financial situation and, why not, also to have the possibility of a romantic encounter, although until now I have often fallen in love with emotionally unavailable people. Among the various locations I have analyzed, I have identified Ashgabat as a possible solution. In this location I would have Venus conjunct the Midheaven, the Ascendant on the cusp of the Fifth House, Neptune on the cusp of the Tenth/Eleventh Houses, and the Sun and Saturn in the Eleventh House. However, I would also have Uranus in the Twelfth House, a configuration which, as we know, represents a violation of the rules of Active Astrology. Unfortunately, I have not been able to find a location that places Uranus in the Eleventh House without placing Saturn in the Tenth House. Another possibility could be San Francisco, where I would have the Ascendant in the Ninth House and the Mars-Jupiter conjunction in the Ninth House. However, Mars would be about 9 degrees from the Midheaven. Moreover, I would have Uranus in the Seventh House and the Sun, Saturn, and Neptune in the Fifth House: could this configuration indicate suffering or disappointments in emotional and romantic matters? Between these two locations, which one do you consider preferable? Or could you suggest a different destination? Thank you very much in advance for your valuable advice.
Hi Lucia,
I’d say the two locations you suggested aren’t suitable for the targets you indicated.
I recommend Saint John (not to be confused with Saint John’s) in Brunswick, Canada, where you’d have the Ascendant in the 11th, Venus in the 2nd House, Uranus in the 5th, and Jupiter in the 7th House (but avoiding Mars in the 7th).
Best wishes.
Thank you very much for your suggestion. I noticed that in Saint John Mars would be in the Eighth House, about 5 degrees from the cusp of the Seventh House. Since my financial situation is one of my main concerns, I would prefer to avoid Mars in the Eighth House, also because I already have a natal Jupiter-Saturn conjunction in the Eighth House. Do you think this placement could still be acceptable? Thank you again.
Dear Lucia,
You asked me for the best in love, and I’ve researched a location to get the best in love. Now you tell me you also want to protect your money, but you understand that this way we’re getting nowhere, or we’re just trying to achieve a mediocre ASR in more areas. Are you really looking for a mediocre ASR? Then consider staying home.
dear master
thanks for the great news! where we can buy it? I checked on amazon and I could not find it.
Is it possible also to but it for kindle?
best regards
vipsania
Dear Vipsania,
You can find the paperback version on Amazon here:
https://www.amazon.it/TRANSITI-RIVOLUZIONI-SOLARI-IV-EDIZIONE/dp/B0H71RH7M9/ref=sr_1_1?__mk_it_IT=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91&crid=1G1IM2SJH0JVA&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.GW1lYxpIj3DNXuz-R3bNV1M36jOo95al FR52Z-DYUvoy2Sq_-3mHFaGPBbKTjM0T.hic9uU0D27__tPMZ8cVzubIcXsB5vUyfTIg9-ODGJJ8&dib_tag=se&keywords=transiti+e+rivoluzioni+solari&qid=1782970672&sprefix=transiti+e+rivoluzioni+solari%2Caps%2C110&sr=8-1
I’m working on the Kindle version, but I have so many things to do and only about twenty hours a day to do them…
Dear Ciro, I thought I sent a message a couple weeks ago, but I can’t find it so maybe I sent it to the wrong place. Anyway, my birthday is coming up, and I’d like your advice on where I should spend my solar return. I was born on July 15,1968 in Kowloon at 12:45am. My first goal for the upcoming year is to ensure that my mom doesn’t die, and my second is to have a baby. I was wondering if you think Tbilisi, Georgia would be a good choice for me, but I’m open to any of your suggestions. Thanks, and I hope to hear from you soon. All my best.
Dear Alice,
I replied to you immediately, last July 1st, and my response still appears here.
Now I’m posting it again:
Welcome, Alice. For the sake of your mother’s health, your mother should be the one to leave, not you.
Instead, you could have excellent stars on your next birthday, which will be July 14th, not July 15th, if you travel to Bangalore, India, placing a splendid stellium in your fifth House, with Jupiter exactly on the fifth/sixth House cusp and Venus exactly on the sixth/seventh House cusp.
Best wishes.
Thank you so much for reposting for me Ciro. My follow up questions are as follows: Bangalore has the Ascendant in the 11th house which I recall means bereavement according to your research. Wouldn’t that go against my goal of protecting my mother? And would a solar return in San Francisco be just as good as Bangalore if my chart cannot save my mother? My mother’s birthday is October 30, 1942 in Shanghai at 2am. I’m having her travel to Tokyo, Japan for her ASR. Would that keep her in good health?
Dear Alice,
In this blog, I can only answer one question a day, unless I’m traveling.
Let’s start with your first point: an Ascendant in the eleventh House is too low to justify the loss of a loved one. In my books, I’ve explained how I, unfortunately, predicted, with just a few days’ error, the deaths of my mother and my sister Rosanna: but only by cross-referencing the birth charts, Transits, Solar Returns, and Lunar Returns of dozens and dozens of relatives.
A single Ascendant in the eleventh House, on such a scale, is worth a little less than zero.
And let’s move on to your San Francisco hypothesis: this hypothesis cannot be implemented because it seriously violates one of the 34 rules: there are three celestial bodies between the twelfth and first Houses (the Moon, Jupiter, and Venus, but it would be the same even if there were three Jupiters…).
Furthermore, here you would be implementing something a hundred times more powerful than an Ascendant in the eleventh House: you would be placing three stars in the eleventh and two malefics in the eighth!
And last but not least, you would be placing the terrible Mars-Uranus conjunction in the tenth House, the House of the mother.
If you like, ask me about your mother another day.
Best wishes.
Hi Ciro, sorry if you’ve seen this already, but I replied earlier today and didn’t see it posted on the thread. I was wondering if the Ascendant in the 11th house in a Bangalore ASR will increase the chances of my mother’s death since the 11th house is associated with bereavement? I also wondered if an ASR in San Francisco will accomplish the same goal as Bangalore? And finally, my mom’s birthday is October 30,1942 at 2am in Shanghai. Will she be protected if she spends her birthday this year in Tokyo? I would really appreciate your thoughts before I purchase my tickets. Look forward to hearing from you.
Hi Ciro, I discovered that I can’t get a visa to India in time for my ASR. If I go to Male in the Maldives, is that ASR just as good since I won’t have to apply for a visa? If Male is no good, should I go to Reno, Nevada to avoid having 3 planets in the 12th and 1st houses? I also only see 2 planets in the 8th house in the Reno location.
Dear Alice,
But the fact that you need a visa to travel isn’t a surprise, and it’s also no surprise that a Visa for India is one of the most difficult to obtain: if you decide to get it just a few days before your birthday, who are you going to complain to?
Reno’s choice, by removing the Moon from the twelfth House, becomes possible, but it’s really awful.
Bangalore was great, but if you can get to the Maldives, that’s better than staying in Hong Kong.
Best wishes.
Dear Ciro, where should my mom go to protect her health? Her birthday is October 30, 1942 at 2am in Shanghai. I thought that taking her to Tokyo would protect her, but now I’m worried that I am wrong since the 10th house could be worse than a 12th house SR?
Dear Alice,
Your mother. In Tokyo, she would have very little health protection.
However, if her birth time is correct, the greatest health protection she could have is in Hammerfest, Norway, where she would have Jupiter on the 11th/12th cusp and Venus on the 1/2 cusp, with her Ascendant in the 2nd house.
And, above all, without violating any of the 34 rules.
Best wishes.
Dear Ciro, I discovered that I am unable to travel to India because I can’t get a Visa. Is there another location that I can go to that you would recommend?
Hi Ciro, I’m on my way to Male, Maldives right now. My flight back to Shanghai from Male is on July 15th at 19:40 but since my solar return is July 14, 2026 GMT 15:53, should I try to take the July 14th flight at 19:40 Male time instead and spend my solar return on the plane since at the time of my solar return, the plane is likely to be flying over Bangalore? What would you do if you were in my shoes?
Good morning, Alice, I strongly advise against attempting these experiments, which are pure gambling, often involving hours of delay in flight departure (sometimes the flight can leave even an hour early! It happened to me and it changed my life: but that was a unique stroke of luck!) and other variables, such as a change of route.
Now, be content with having a much less favorable Aimed Solar Return than the one for Bangalore, and starting next year, plan ahead for this operation that decides important things in our lives.
Hi Ciro, I’m en route to Male, Maldives for my ASR because I was unable to get a visa to India. My solar return is July 15, 2026, 15:53 GMT and so I purchased an airline ticket back to Shanghai from Male for July 15, 2026 on a 17:40 flight since the airline only has one flight per day. It occurred to me this morning that if I move my return flight to July 14, 2026 at 17:40, I might be able to fly over Bangalore on my solar return which is the original destination that you recommended for me. Do you think it is worth it for me to change my flight so that I can spend my ASR in mid flight that may get me closer to Bangalore or is the solar return in Male not too much worse than Bangalore so that I shouldn’t risk getting on a plane that might change its flight path? What is your best recommendation for me given these two choices? I would be very grateful for your answer.
Hi Alice, I already answered you: don’t change anything now because you could make the situation worse.
Thank you very much for your guidance Ciro. I’m sorry I sent multiple messages about the same issue, but I was at the airport and the WiFi was not stable so I wasn’t sure if my initial messages went through. After I hit reply, the messages didn’t appear on the website on my screen so I assumed that you didn’t receive them. Anyway, I will stay in Male as you advised and cross my fingers. Thank you very much again, and I will prepare sooner next year.
No problem, Alice.
Best wishes.
Dear Ciro, I’m en route to Male, Maldives for my ASR. I calculated my solar return to be July 14, 2026 15:53 GMT so I bought a return ticket to Shanghai for July 15, 2026 at 19:40 Male time because there was only one flight back per day. It occurred to me this morning that if I change my return flight to July 14, 2026 at 19:40, I may actually be flying over Bangalore, India during my solar return. Of course I do not know the flight path for that flight at this time, but since the weather forecast seems mild, I would assume that the flight would be going over India airspace at around my solar return. Would you recommend that I make that flight change to try to get closer to Bangalore for my ASR or that I shouldn’t take such a gamble and just spend my ASR in Male? Is an ASR in Male not too much worse than Bangalore or is it much worse? I would really appreciate your thoughts on this as I would need to make a decision soon. Thank you in advance for your expertise on this issue Ciro.
Dear Ciro,
I would like to ask your advice on behalf of a good friend, who is keen on astrology, but not a practionner herself. She is born on 29. October 1956 at 21:50 CET in Gelsenkirchen / D (51N31 / 7E07). AC 24°56 Cancer
In a few months, she will spend her 70. birthday, and at first she was looking for a nice holiday destination. I came up with Singapur / Kuala Lumpur area.
On further discussion, she realized her problems need to be tackled first — and there a quite a few: Especially her own bad health (arthritis / osteoarthritis) that hampers her mobility. Besides, her younger brother has become a great burden, as two years ago, in his early fifties, he suffered a lost of his short time memory and is now unable to work or live on his own. Currently, she looks after him in their house — but this is not a solution for the future at her age and state of health.
I tried to find a European SR destination for her, but with the SR AC either in the XII or I house, this is not favourable, as far as I can see. Placing Venus in the VI, brings SA/NE at the same time to the XII, also not advised. Jupiter in the VI (with Mars in V) would position SA/NE in the I house. I am at loss, how to fortify the VI. house without creating other damage.
Your advice is much appreciated.
Best wishes
Anne
Dear Anne,
I can help you technically choose—and I’m happy to do so—the best solution to protect your friend’s health as much as possible. However, if the help you’re asking for her to dismiss the message that an Aimed Solar Return with unhealthy positions or violating one or more of the 34 rules is fine for her, I can’t help you with that. As you know, in the 56 years I’ve been practicing Active Astrology, without ever missing an appointment, I’ve never given myself any mileage discounts, and I never could give them to others (I recently read about a self-proclaimed student of mine who killed someone with a completely incorrect Aimed Solar Return).
The area you indicated is the right one, but I remind you that according to the law of energy propagation (Newton and later corrected by Einstein), reaching “zero degrees” is worth much more than “getting close”…
In your friend’s case, the right place is: Koba, Central Bangka Regency, Bangka-Belitung, Indonesia, where it’s possible to place Jupiter at zero degrees on the 11-12 cusp and Venus, also at zero degrees, on the 1-2 cusp.
This Aimed Solar Return is exceptional and absolutely shouldn’t be changed.
Finally, I’d add that often, even solutions that seem impossible because they’re too expensive or too long become simple: Daniela traveled to Detroit last month with Air France, departing from Milan, with a stopover in Amsterdam on the outbound flight and one in Paris on the return.
She spent €900, but since the entire flight was delayed for several hours, they’ll refund her €600!
And Daniela went and came back in 72 hours total.
Dear Ciro,
Many thanks for your quick and detailed reply – I am very glad you were able to locate at all a destination on land that fulfils your 34 rules and the needs of my friend — with benefics protecting the XII. and I. house. Angular Moon on the MC is a further asset, as well as empty VI and VIII houses. The SR AC is close to her natal Jupiter in the III. house / and IC cusp and, thus, addresses also the issues with her brother in her home. (Besides, I have learned something myself, as I was too fixed on improving the VI. house, and neglected the XII. Thank you!)
As you say, this SR is really exceptional and a masterpiece, I’d like to add, tweaking the house cusps accordingly. Although being a seasoned traveller myself, I had never heard before of this Indonesian island and had to it look up on a map. I have already started to work out how to get there. My friend might also need a stop-over in the Middle East, as long distance flights are hard for her back and legs. She might enhance the stay with some sightseeing in Jakarta or Singapur or fitting in some wellness treatment if she likes to make more of such a long trip.
I do hope I can convince her to undertake this trip. To motivate her, I will tell her about all your own travels to Petropavlovsk in Kamcatka and other remote destinations… in any case, I will help to organise this trip.
One last curious question, if I may:
where will you spend your own SR next week? Also not so easy to position MA/UR and SA/NE in less critical houses, I suppose.
Many thanks again for your help – hope to meet you again in person in the not too distant future.
All the best,
Anne
Dear Anne,
I’m glad you enjoyed this little gem from Aimed Solar Return, and besides, you’ve been studying Active Astrology for many years, so I’m not surprised.
Unfortunately, I can’t answer your question about where I’ll be spending my birthday in a few days because I’m very superstitious and never say in advance where I’ll be spending my returns…
Best regards,
Ciro
P.S. As you may have heard, Amazon has launched the “Translate” feature for Kindle books. For now, it only applies to English, starting with Italian (in my case), but Amazon has promised that within a year or two, this feature will be extended to other languages. I look forward to this because I’d love to see many of my books translated into German, where I know many colleagues follow me on the subject of Active Astrology.