solar return vs actual events

Today is my solar return, although my calendar birthday is tomorrow. So I want to do some checking on just how valuable solar returns are.  I’m going to post my last year’s solar return chart and tell you what actually happened.  Then let us try to justify it.  I haven’t given it a lot of thought, but my initial impression is that I don’t really see how it relates.  EDIT: alas, I cannot figure out how to post the chart on the newly updated site.

My date of birth is July 2, 1945 @ 2:36  AM CWT in Abilene, Texas.  My last year’s solar return occurred on July 1, 2023 @ 11:36 PM EDT in New York City.

What was last year like?  A great trip to Spain (the Basque Country) in September.  I did a solo trip with no problems for 3 weeks.  The only real hassle occurred a few days before I left for Spain when I swallowed the crown on one of my front teeth.  I had broken it off when I had a bad fall on March 15 (or was it the 13^th?) of 2021 when I had a bad fall.  The dentist glued it back in then, but told me that eventually it would come out and that I would need an implant.   So I was eating a chicken sandwich from Wendy’s when I realized my tooth was gone!  Amazingly, they were able to make me a cosmetic temporary tooth in only a few hours that I would have to remove every time before eating.  So I went to Spain with my temporary tooth.  I had no problems traveling solo.

Then in December I began having a lot of health problems.  It was either the 1^st or 2^nd of December that I was stricken with prostatitis.  This really a bad deal.  The antibiotics played hell with my sense of balance and I was on a cane until the middle of March, when I began working with a trainer to improve my balance.  It has gotten consistently better, but I still have some fear of losing my balance.  But I haven’t fallen.

In January I started treatment for a dental implant.  I was told that the time that they were trying to avoid doing a bone graft, but that it might be necessary in the future.  Dental implants take a long time. (this is my fifth!)  The last time I saw the dentist was last week when she told me that the recovery was iffy.  The implant may fail.  In which case, they would have to rip out everything and start over with a bone graft.  I go back again on July 30^th and find out what we’ll do next.  In the meantime, I have to vigorously work toward not allowing a plaque buildup.

Then on June 6^th I had cataract surgery on my right eye.  I had the left eye done on June 20^th.  Since then I’ve had a complicated schedule of administering 3 different kinds of eye drops on a different schedule for each eye.  I see the eye surgeon again on July 29^th.

So that’s how things stand at the start of my solar new year.  I’m going to Texas for my family reunion on July 20^th.  I regard this Texas trip as a trial to see whether or not I’ll be able to do another solo trip to Europe in September.  (I’m trying to travel as much as I can while I’m still able-bodied.  Or at least I THINK I’m able-bodied.)   My days are numbered, and I want to cram in as much experience as I can before I kick the bucket.

So do you think any of this jibes with the solar return chart?