Questions
Frequently asked questions
What people ask before opening their year, before paying and after paying. Short answers, one by one.
Year Map · New Era Astrology
Before choosing
What is a solar return?
A solar return is the sky at the moment the Sun returns to the exact point where it was when you were born. That moment happens near your birthday, every year, and draws the theme of the year that begins there.
Is a solar return the same thing as my birth chart?
No. The birth chart is the sky at the minute you were born, and it never changes. The solar return is the sky at the minute the Sun returns to that same place, every birthday, and it changes from one year to the next. The Year Map shows both together: the solar return on the inside and your birth chart on the outside.
Is this different from the yearly horoscope I find online?
Yes. The horoscope talks about your sign and applies to millions of people. The Year Map is calculated for the minute the Sun returns to the place of your birth, and each chapter receives the New Era Astrology reading for that position.
Where can I get a reliable solar return?
Check four things first: whether the calculation uses professional ephemerides (here, Swiss Ephemeris), whether the birth time is converted with the time zone the city had on that date, whether the solar return is calculated for the city where you will be on your birthday, and whether the text was written by someone with a name. A site that does not say who wrote it is usually generating the text on the spot.
Do I have to pay to read?
You get the first impression of your year for free: the rising sign, the Sun and the Moon of your solar return and the beginning of each area of your year. The full reading of your year, in the 11 chapters, the timeline and the PDF are part of the Complete Year Map.
The Year Map
When does my year start?
On your birthday, at the exact minute of the solar return, and it runs until the next birthday. If your birthday is 45 days away or less, we already read the next year; you can choose another one in the form.
Which year do I get?
The solar return year runs from one birthday to the next. You choose in the form: the year that has already passed, the one in progress or the upcoming ones.
Why do we ask for the birthday city?
The solar return depends on the place where you are when the Sun returns to the position of your birth. The same date, in another city, changes the houses of the year.
What if I do not know the exact time I was born?
You can go on anyway: we use 12:00 and tell you on the screen what is approximate. The transits, eclipses and retrogrades are still accurate; the rising sign of the year and the houses are estimated. Before buying, redoing it with the time from the birth certificate is free. After buying, contact us with the time from the birth certificate and we will correct your Complete Year Map.
How is the year calculated?
The Year Map is your solar return: the sky at the exact minute the Sun returns to the degree where it was when you were born. We calculate that minute for the city where you will be on your birthday, place your birth chart on the outside and follow the transits, eclipses and retrogrades of the year, month by month, in the local time of your birthday.
The reading
What exactly do I get?
The full reading of your year in 11 chapters, with the 12 areas of your year, the month-by-month timeline and the PDF e-book to keep, and a second Complete Year Map to gift to someone you love.
How is my reading personalized?
Your Year Map is calculated for the minute the Sun returns to the exact place of your birth, in the city where you will be on your birthday, and for the sky until the next birthday. On top of that calculation, the New Era Astrology method reads each chapter through the exact positions of your sky at the minute your year begins.
Who wrote the texts?
Luísa Crippa, astrologer and creator of the New Era Astrology method, drawing on more than 3,500 readings she did personally.
Is there a Year Map in PDF to download and keep?
Yes. Whoever opens the Complete Year Map receives the PDF e-book with the whole reading, to download, keep and reread offline. After the payment is confirmed, the link to your Year Map arrives by email and WhatsApp, and the PDF is inside it.
Payment and delivery
How much does it cost?
Buy 1, get 2: for $39.90, you get your Complete Year Map and another to gift to someone you love. Both include the PDF.
How can I pay?
By international credit card, in US dollars, in one payment.
How soon do I get it?
Right away, as soon as the card is approved. The full reading opens on the page of your Year Map. The link also arrives by email and WhatsApp; the PDF is inside it.
What if I close the page after paying?
Nothing is lost. The link to your Year Map arrives by email and WhatsApp; the PDF is inside it, to download whenever you want. And it stays saved in My years.
Your account
How do I get back to my year later?
Through the link sent by email and WhatsApp, or by signing in to your account in My years. Your Year Map stays saved; nothing is lost if you close the page.
Can I open someone else’s Year Map?
Yes. In your account you can open the Year Map of other people: your mother’s, your child’s, your friend’s. Each purchase of the Complete Year Map unlocks a second full Year Map to give as a gift.
How does the Year Map gift work?
Whoever buys the Complete Year Map gets a second one, in full, to give as a gift. In My years, you choose: open a new Year Map with the person’s birth date, time and city, unlock a free Year Map you have already opened, or create a gift link (with a name and a message, if you like). Whoever receives the link creates their own account, enters their own birth details and reads the whole year, already paid for, with the PDF.
Why do I need an account and WhatsApp to see my year for free?
The account keeps your Year Map so you can reopen it whenever you want, without redoing it. WhatsApp is how the link to your year arrives, before and after the purchase; the PDF stays on the page of your Year Map.
Your year
All clear? Then open yours
Enter the day, the time (if you know it) and the city where you were born. Get to know the first impression of your year for free, with the Rising sign, the Sun and the Moon of your solar return, before deciding on the complete reading.