Word origin · etymology
Descriptive English workspace label.
Return specifies the recurrence event and location the chosen observing place used for its angles and houses.
How we know · epistemology
Declared chart-location convention
Practitioners choose different reference places. For a geocentric longitude return, this choice changes the local chart structure, not the solved UTC crossing; it cannot establish that travel controls future outcomes.
Astrodienst: Return charts FAQ ↗Brian Clark: Working with Solar Returns ↗
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