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How to Spot Childbirth
in Solar Returns
Based on Statistical Research

Below we, at Cosmic Technologies, present our astrological research regarding childbirth in Solar Returns.

We analyzed 1,299 female solar return charts (updated April 2026), calculated for the year in which the woman gave birth.

So, this is not necessarily about the year of pregnancy but of childbirth.

A solar return chart is a horoscope calculated for the moment the transiting Sun returns to its natal position (hence, the name solar -- or related to the Sun -- return).

A solar return chart or horoscope is valid for 1 year (counting from birthday to birthday) and forecasts all the events and experiences that will happen in-between.

You can compare the solar return chart with the natal horoscope, but we've not done so because of the huge work involved.

In our research, we only analyze the solar return charts as a stand-alone horoscope, calculated for the place of birth (because we do not always know where the woman resided around her birthday).

If you want to know how we conduct our research, check out our FAQs.

Print in bold highlights very important configurations.

Please note that we use the international conventional abbreviations for the planets and bodies.

If you want to know what the below-mentioned Chi squares mean, read about the Chi squares in our FAQ section.

Astrological Indications Pointing To Childbirth in Female Solar returns

The degree areas

Interestingly, some statistically significant degree areas were found.

We only looked to the degree areas occupied by either the Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, the Ascendant, the MC and the 5th house cusp (Topocentric house system).

The Sun can never be taken into account because the solar return Sun is always at its natal position.

• Sagittarius rising is statistically significant in female solar returns found during childbirth years (see below).
  
  However, 21°-22° Sagittarius and 23°-24° Sagittarius jump out (chi square 9.3 and 8.8).
  
  What's more, the solar return Moon was statistically often found at 23°-24° Gemini or Sagittarius as well (chi square 9.3) which makes us believe the area of 23°-24° in mutable signs (Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius or Pisces) can be an important indication of childbirth.

• the 'old ruler' of the rising sign (Ascendant) is between 15°-16° in cardinal signs (Aries, Cancer, Libra or Capricorn) (chi square 14.7)
  
  
• Venus is between 2°-3° in any zodiac sign (30° dial/list) (chi square 9.9)
  
  
• the 'old' ruler of the (Topocentric) 5th house is between 8°-9° in any zodiac sign or between 10°-11° in any zodiac sign (chi square 5.5)
  
  
• the 'new' ruler of the (Topocentric) 5th house is between 25°-26° in any zodiac sign (chi square 9.9) or between 8°-9° in any zodiac sign (chi square 7.2)
  
  
• the (Topocentric) 5th house cusp is between 29°-29°59' in any zodiac sign (chi square 3.2), but especially in fixed signs (Taurus, Leo, Scorpio or Aquarius) or between 5°-6° in cardinal signs (Aries, Cancer, Libra or Capricorn) (chi square 7.7)

The aspects

• Venus is sesquiquadrate Jupiter (orb 1°) (chi square 91.3)
• the Moon is square Venus (orb 1°) (chi square 91.3)
• the Moon squares Jupiter (orb 1°) (chi square 84.7)
• the Moon is sextile Jupiter (orb 1°) (chi square 84.7)
• Jupiter and Saturn are in a waxing phase (chi square 86.1)
• Jupiter and Uranus are in a waning phase (chi square 24.6)
• Pluto and the new ruler of the (Topocentric) 5th house are in a waning phase (chi square 23.9)
• Mars and Saturn are in a waning phase (chi square 22.4)
• Pluto trines the MC (orb 1°) (chi square 21.6)
• the Sun squares the MC (orb 1°) (chi square 15.1)
• the Moon is inconjunct the Lunar North Node (orb 6°) (chi square 10.4)

The midpoints

In the 8th harmonic, 45° dial/list (orb 1°) we found the following significant results:

• MC/Ceres = JU (chi square 10.3)
• SA/AS = VE (chi square 10.3)
• Moon/Ceres = Vesta (chi square 12.3)
• any midpoint combination between the Moon, the Lunar Nodes and Venus (like MO/VE = KN or MO/KN = VE) (chi square 5.8)
• any midpoint combination between Venus, Uranus and the (Topocentric) 5th house cusp, like VE/UR = 5th house cusp or V
• MO/JU = Ceres (chi square 10.2)
• MC/KN = MO (chi square 8.9)
• any midpoint combination between Venus, Uranus and the (Topocentric) 5th house cusp, like VE/UR = 5th house cusp or VE/5th house cusp = UR) (chi square 5.8)
• any midpoint combination in which the Moon (MO), Venus (VE) and Pluto (PL) are involved (chi square 18.0)
  
  For example: MO/VE = PL and/or MO/PL = VE.
  
  According to R. Ebertin's The Combination of Stellar Influences, these midpoints represent "Motherhood."
  
  We can only confirm his findings and are, again, amazed by the value of his work and research.

• AS/MC = MA (chi square 7.6)
• AS/KN = MA (chi square 5.8)

The rulerships

• the old ruler of the (Topocentric) 8th house is in either Cancer (chi square 22.9) or Leo (chi square 22.0).

Interestingly, both Cancer and Leo are child-related zodiac signs because Cancer is about fertility and Leo represents the child.


• Jupiter and Saturn are in a waxing phase (chi square 86.1)
• Mars and the old ruler of the (Topocentric) 5th house are in a waning phase (chi square 30.8)
• Saturn and the old ruler of the (Topocentric) 5th house are in  waning phase (chi square 25.0)
• Jupiter and Uranus are in a waning phase (chi square 24.6)
• Pluto and the new ruler of the (Topocentric) 5th house are in a waning phase (chi square 23.9)
• Venus and the old ruler of the (Topocentric) 5th house are in a waning phase (chi square 20.9)
• Mars and the old ruler of the rising sign are in a waning phase (chi square 20.5)
• Venus and the new ruler of the rising sign are in a waning phase (chi square 20.2)

Other configurations and patterns

Print in bold and in purple point to very powerful and statistically significant findings that over and again stand out since we started analyzing the solar returns.

• Ascendant Sagittarius (chi square 16.9)
  
  This one is a little surprising as we would expect Leo, the sign representing children, to be more predominant.
  
  However, our research found that Leo and Libra on the Ascendant are statistically significantly often found in a marriage year rather than a childbirth year!

• Pluto in the 1st house (chi square 21.1)
• Jupiter in the 4th house (chi square 7.6)
• the Sun is angular (in the houses 1, 4, 7 or 10) (chi square 10.1)
• the Lunar North Node in the 1st house (chi square 8.2)

There are NUMEROUS more configurations to be mentioned, but these are the most important ones.

The more data we have, the more reliable our astrological conditions become.

If you want to check solar return charts for childbirth, start with the configurations in bold.

In case, you find different ones in a specific solar return chart, check for further confirmation in the progressed charts.

In particular, pay attention to the Moon-Venus-Pluto midpoint.

This combo alone is not enough to indicate childbirth AS SUCH, but if you find it in a solar return chart of a woman, you should start to look for other configurations.

A double whammy of Moon-Venus-Pluto midpoints increases the odds for childbirth in a huge way.

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