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Asteria · Yearly Forecast
July 13, 2026
profection year

Alex's year of the 8th house

Age 31 · year 32 of life · August 21, 2025 → August 21, 2026

Gemini on the active cusp. Year lord: Mercury, natal Virgo 6°54' in the 10th house.

Right now Mercury transits Cancer 20°22' in your 9th house (℞).

Year-lord transits

Major contacts to your year lord over the next 12 months: the year's loudest weather, per Hellenistic practice.

DateFromAspect To year lord
Jun 15, 2027UranussquareMercury

The year ahead

Every Jupiter-through-Pluto transit that goes exact in the next twelve months: the dates the major influences peak.

Hits to your year lord (Mercury) or your profected 8th house weigh heaviest for this year's themes.

August 2026
Aug 7, 2026JupitersquareJupiter
Aug 8, 2026MarssextileSun
Aug 15, 2026MarstrineMoon
Aug 16, 2026MarsconjunctionMars
Aug 17, 2026SaturnoppositionVenus℞
Aug 21, 2026MarssextileMercury
Aug 24, 2026MarstrineJupiter
Aug 26, 2026MarstrineSaturn
September 2026
Sep 2, 2026MarssquareVenus
Sep 4, 2026JupitersextileVenus
Sep 13, 2026MarsoppositionNeptune
Sep 16, 2026MarsoppositionUranus
Sep 19, 2026NeptunesquareMars℞
Sep 20, 2026MarstrinePluto
October 2026
Oct 12, 2026MarssquareJupiter
Oct 23, 2026MarssextileVenus
November 2026
Nov 10, 2026JupitersquarePluto
Nov 15, 2026MarssquarePluto
Nov 21, 2026MarsconjunctionSun
December 2026
Dec 3, 2026MarsoppositionMoon
Dec 4, 2026MarssextileMars
Dec 11, 2026UranussquareMoon℞
Dec 16, 2026MarsconjunctionMercury
Dec 22, 2026MarssextileJupiter
Dec 31, 2026MarsoppositionSaturn
January 2027
Jan 14, 2027JupitersquarePluto℞
Jan 20, 2027MarsoppositionSaturn℞
Jan 28, 2027MarssextileJupiter℞
February 2027
Feb 2, 2027MarsconjunctionMercury℞
Feb 13, 2027MarssextileMars℞
Feb 13, 2027MarsoppositionMoon℞
Feb 25, 2027MarsconjunctionSun℞
Feb 28, 2027NeptunesquareMars
March 2027
Mar 6, 2027MarssquarePluto℞
Mar 11, 2027SaturnoppositionVenus
April 2027
Apr 6, 2027UranussquareMoon
Apr 30, 2027MarssquarePluto
May 2027
May 4, 2027SaturnsquareNeptune
May 10, 2027MarsconjunctionSun
May 22, 2027MarsoppositionMoon
May 22, 2027SaturnsquareUranus
May 22, 2027MarssextileMars
May 31, 2027MarsconjunctionMercury
June 2027
Jun 3, 2027MarssextileJupiter
Jun 6, 2027MarsoppositionSaturn
Jun 15, 2027UranussquareMercury
Jun 29, 2027MarstrineNeptune
July 2027
Jul 2, 2027JupitersquarePluto
Jul 2, 2027MarstrineUranus
Jul 6, 2027MarssextilePluto

Returns ahead

The cycles where a planet returns to its natal position: fresh charts cast on top of the natal shaping their windows.

Lunar Return
July 31, 2026
Moon back to natal · 18 days away. Scorpio rising · Moon in 4th house.
Solar Return
2026-08-21 09:35 UTC
Sun back to natal degree. The Solar Return ASC and MC frame the year ahead.
Saturn cycle
Opening Square
Peak May 14, 2031 · age 36.7. The opening square of the second cycle pushes you to commit to what the Return rebuilt. The choices made around thirty now demand follow-through. The friction is between momentum and the patient, unglamorous work of making a thing genuinely solid.

Progressions

Secondary progressions (day-for-a-year): the inner clock that redraws the chart slowly over a life.

Progressed Sun
Virgo 29°19'
About thirty years per sign: sign changes mark major life-phase boundaries.
Progressed Moon
Aries 29°49' · 6th house
The inner monthly weather over years, roughly 2.3 years per sign.
Progressed lunation
Full Moon
Culmination and exposure. Peak visibility, realisations, turning points.

Eclipses ahead

Solar and lunar eclipses within ~18 months that fall within orb of a natal placement.

DateKindAt HitsOrb
Aug 28, 2026LunarPisces 4°54'conjunction Moon1.9°
Aug 28, 2026LunarPisces 4°54'opposition Mercury2.0°
Feb 20, 2027LunarVirgo 2°06'opposition Moon0.9°
Jan 12, 2028LunarCancer 21°28'opposition Neptune0.4°
Jan 12, 2028LunarCancer 21°28'opposition Uranus1.6°

Retrograde now

Planets currently moving backward through the zodiac and the natal house each is rolling through.

PlanetUntilAt Your house
Mercuryuntil Jul 23, 2026Cancer 20°22'9th house
Neptuneuntil Dec 12, 2026Aries 4°24'5th house
Plutountil Oct 16, 2026Aquarius 4°36'3rd house

Monthly profection schedule

Within the profection year the active house rotates one step every month, starting on your birthday. The monthly lord rules that month's cusp.

FromHouseSign Lord
Aug 21, 20258thGeminiMercury
Sep 21, 20259thCancerMoon
Oct 21, 202510thLeoSun
Nov 21, 202511thVirgoMercury
Dec 21, 202512thLibraVenus
Jan 21, 20261stScorpioMars
Feb 21, 20262ndSagittariusJupiter
Mar 21, 20263rdCapricornSaturn
Apr 21, 20264thAquariusSaturn
May 21, 20265thPiscesJupiter
Jun 21, 20266thAriesMars
Jul 21, 20267thTaurusVenus

Retrograde windows ahead

Mercury, Venus, and Mars retrograde periods over the next 12 months. Each window is bounded by the two stations that open and close it.

StartsEndsPlanet Stations RxDirect
Jul 13, 2026Jul 23, 2026MercuryCancer 20°Cancer 16°
Oct 3, 2026Nov 14, 2026VenusScorpio 8°Libra 22°
Oct 24, 2026Nov 13, 2026MercuryScorpio 20°Scorpio 5°
Jan 10, 2027Apr 1, 2027MarsVirgo 10°Leo 20°
Feb 9, 2027Mar 3, 2027MercuryPisces 5°Aquarius 20°
Jun 10, 2027Jul 4, 2027MercuryCancer 6°Gemini 27°
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