The Book of Astrological Returns
Your Complete Guide to Every Life Cycle from the Sun to Pluto
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Red Wheel/Weiser
Publishing:4th Jun '26
£17.99
This title is due to be published on 4th June, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
The first comprehensive book of its kind covering every planetary return—from the sun to Pluto. Written for both astrologers and astrology enthusiasts alike.
In astrology, a planetary return refers to the moment when a planet returns to the same position in the sky as it was at the time of a person’s birth. Take the Saturn return, for instance. It’s a pivotal time of maturity. While there are a few books on Saturn returns, they tend to focus solely on the first return at age twenty-eight. This is a disservice, as most of us will live well beyond fifty-seven or even into our eighties when we experience the second and third returns, respectively. The Book of Astrological Returns: Your Complete Guide to Every Life Cycle from the Sun to Pluto fills the gaps, empowering the reader with knowledge to navigate these crucial life stages. It is the first book to comprehensively cover every planetary return—solar, lunar, Saturn, and more.
Because people will experience many planetary returns in a lifetime, understanding these returns is crucial for the professional astrologer who is reading for a client. Doing a chart reading for a person in their twenties is different from doing a reading for a person in their seventies. The way a returning planet affects you at one age is entirely different from how it will affect you at a later age. All of this insight is beneficial for nonprofessionals as well, as anyone interested in their chart will gain greater insight into their life by discovering how a birth chart is a living thing that matures and ages along with you.
While most of the returns focus on the individual chart, the outer planetary returns—which are so far away that they have much longer cycles—have profound implications for civilizations, cities, and countries (for example, the United States finished its first Pluto return, a 248-year cycle, which saw events rotating from the Revolutionary War to the well-known political uprising in January 2021). Having this unique perspective allows us to look back at history and contemplate the future.
The Book of Astrological Returns: Your Complete Guide to Every Life Cycle from the Sun to Pluto is the manual every astrologer and astrology enthusiast needs. No...
“Theresa Reed is an icon in the astrology and tarot world. Her insights are brilliant and help others evolve to live their greatest lives and truth. This book is an asset for those wanting to grow and transcend.”
—Lisa Stardust, author of Saturn Return Survival Guide, The Astrology Deck, and The Love Deck
“A new essential for the astrologer’s library, Theresa Reed’s The Book of Astrological Returns is a supportive guide to understanding the chronological unfolding of astrological development. Reed helps us release the world’s constrictive milestone markers and instead embrace a more elliptical, cyclical arc of growth. What makes this book especially powerful is her commitment to technique. She teaches core astrological concepts through the lived architecture of returns, from the monthly Lunar Return to the Uranus Return in the mid-1980s, offering readers a structured yet dynamic framework for timing. The result is both theoretical and technical, yet unmistakably experiential. Reed invites astrology to be practiced, tracked, and embodied, encouraging an actionable pedagogy rather than passive information gathering. Through her teachings, we deepen our self-acceptance and strengthen our commitment to what our chart asks of us, from character to competence.”
—Colin Bedell, astrologer
“The Book of Astrological Returns by Theresa Reed is an essential book for astrology enthusiasts looking to take their knowledge up a notch regarding planetary returns. Planetary returns are an important way to analyze the birth chart and understand what can manifest for an individual at specific ages. While it’s digestible for the novice astrologer with comprehensive foundational chapters on astrology basics, it also feeds the expert who wants to know more about planetary returns.”
—Adama Sesay, author of Black Moon Lilith Rising and founder of LilithAstrology.com
“Another impactful, solid, and unforgettable work of art from Theresa Reed. The Book of Astrological Returns gives a sure-fire way to navigate all of life’s most important shifts and changes in the cosmos with grace. Whether this is your first introduction to Reed’s work or the tenth, she continues to provide us with invaluable insights, knowledge, and wisdom to take forward when integrating astrology into your everyday life.”
—Meghan Rose, astrologer and author
“The Book of Astrological Returns by Theresa Reed is a powerful and much-needed addition to the astrology canon. This book takes readers step-by-step through each planetary return with clarity, depth, and practical technique, guiding you from A to Z on how and why to use returns in your work. What makes this text exceptional is its balance. It is accessible enough for astrology students who want to understand their own cycles, yet sophisticated enough to offer seasoned professionals’ fresh insight. As a practicing astrologer, I discovered valuable new tips that immediately enhanced my client work. There is nothing else like this available. It belongs on every astrology bookshelf.”
—Celeste Brooks, creator of Astrology by Celeste
“It’s rare to find an astrology book that you didn’t know you needed until you read it. It’s not unlike stumbling upon a hidden wing in a familiar mansion. Theresa Reed’s The Book of Astrological Returns is just such a book; a reliable guide that’s both hands-on and enormously insightful. It’s a book that I will be returning to again and again.”
—Christopher Renstrom, author of The Cosmic Calendar and professional astrologer
ISBN: 9781578639007
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240 pages