I've been tracking my lunar returns for 25 years. I look at the charts for insight into my monthlong mood or emotional state. I want to know how it's going be for me, month to
month.
My current lunar return emphasizes the Cardinal signs and houses. I'm acting like a boss of myself, though it might seem I'm bossing others.
It's a boundary thing. I told a gal she's welcome to bring her son to visit and play guitar here, every weekend, but she had to tell me her plans in advance so I could block my (consulting) schedule. When they come, they stay half a day. We enjoy their company but I can't afford to block that much time, on the
chance they come. I've told her this many times. This month I was quite firm!
My next lunar return has the Cardinal opposition in it, so it looks like I'll be busting out more control. This is not the worst thing. I can patrol my garden for pests and keep a schedule of some sort. Exercise. Newsletter writing.
I best embrace this because my lunar return charts are highly Cardinal, four months running. I'm sure you can see how this is good to know in advance. I'll be discharged from this "Army" in September.