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Asteria · Yearly Forecast
July 13, 2026
profection year

Alexander's year of the 5th house

Age 40 · year 41 of life · September 17, 2025 → September 17, 2026

Aries on the active cusp. Year lord: Mars, natal Virgo 4°36' in the 10th house.

Right now Mars transits Gemini 10°23' in your 7th 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
Jul 20, 2026UranussquareMars
Nov 2, 2026UranussquareMars℞
May 7, 2027UranussquareMars

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 (Mars) or your profected 5th house weigh heaviest for this year's themes.

July 2026
Jul 26, 2026MarssquareMercury
August 2026
Aug 2, 2026MarssextileVenus
Aug 2, 2026MarssquareSun
Aug 3, 2026JupiteroppositionJupiter
Aug 10, 2026MarstrineMoon
Aug 12, 2026MarsoppositionNeptune
Aug 16, 2026MarstrinePluto
Aug 18, 2026MarssextileMars
Aug 20, 2026SaturntrineUranus℞
September 2026
Sep 3, 2026JupitertrineUranus
Sep 10, 2026MarssextileMercury
Sep 17, 2026MarstrineSaturn
Sep 18, 2026MarssextileSun
Sep 26, 2026MarssquareMoon
Sep 30, 2026PlutosquarePluto℞
October 2026
Oct 3, 2026MarssquarePluto
Oct 11, 2026MarsoppositionJupiter
Oct 23, 2026MarstrineUranus
Oct 26, 2026JupitersquareSaturn
Oct 30, 2026JupiterconjunctionVenus
Oct 31, 2026PlutosquarePluto
November 2026
Nov 2, 2026UranussquareMars℞
Nov 11, 2026MarssquareSaturn
Nov 12, 2026MarsconjunctionVenus
Nov 24, 2026MarssextileMoon
Nov 28, 2026MarstrineNeptune
December 2026
Dec 4, 2026MarssextilePluto
Dec 8, 2026MarsconjunctionMars
January 2027
Jan 25, 2027JupiterconjunctionVenus℞
Jan 29, 2027JupitersquareSaturn℞
February 2027
Feb 9, 2027MarsconjunctionMars℞
Feb 13, 2027MarssextilePluto℞
Feb 19, 2027MarstrineNeptune℞
Feb 23, 2027MarssextileMoon℞
March 2027
Mar 9, 2027MarsconjunctionVenus℞
Mar 11, 2027SaturntrineUranus
Mar 11, 2027MarssquareSaturn℞
April 2027
Apr 23, 2027MarssquareSaturn
Apr 26, 2027MarsconjunctionVenus
May 2027
May 7, 2027UranussquareMars
May 12, 2027MarssextileMoon
May 16, 2027MarstrineNeptune
May 22, 2027MarssextilePluto
May 26, 2027MarsconjunctionMars
June 2027
Jun 2, 2027SaturntrineVenus
Jun 15, 2027MarssquareUranus
Jun 22, 2027JupitersquareSaturn
Jun 25, 2027JupiterconjunctionVenus
Jun 26, 2027MarsconjunctionMercury
Jun 27, 2027UranustrineJupiter
July 2027
Jul 3, 2027MarssextileSaturn
Jul 5, 2027MarsconjunctionSun

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 21, 2026
Moon back to natal · 8 days away. Scorpio rising · Moon in 12th house.
Solar Return
2026-09-17 05:53 UTC
Sun back to natal degree. The Solar Return ASC and MC frame the year ahead.
Saturn cycle
Opposition
Peak Oct 15, 2029 · age 44.1. Saturn opposes itself again at the centre of life: the reckoning the phrase 'midlife crisis' is pointing at. What you have built becomes fully visible, measured against what you actually wanted. The friction is honest accounting: time is now visibly finite, and the gap between the real life and the intended one has to be faced.

Progressions

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

Progressed Sun
Scorpio 4°40'
About thirty years per sign: sign changes mark major life-phase boundaries.
Progressed Moon
Aries 28°21' · 6th house
The inner monthly weather over years, roughly 2.3 years per sign.
Progressed lunation
Gibbous
Refinement. Perfecting the work, with culmination in sight.

Eclipses ahead

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

DateKindAt HitsOrb
Aug 28, 2026LunarPisces 4°54'opposition Mars0.3°
Feb 20, 2027LunarVirgo 2°06'conjunction Mars2.5°
Aug 2, 2027SolarLeo 9°55'opposition Jupiter2.4°
Jan 26, 2028SolarAquarius 6°11'conjunction Jupiter1.4°

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°24'9th 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
Sep 17, 20255thAriesMars
Oct 17, 20256thAriesMars
Nov 17, 20257thTaurusVenus
Dec 17, 20258thGeminiMercury
Jan 17, 20269thCancerMoon
Feb 17, 202610thVirgoMercury
Mar 17, 202611thLibraVenus
Apr 17, 202612thLibraVenus
May 17, 20261stScorpioMars
Jun 17, 20262ndSagittariusJupiter
Jul 17, 20263rdCapricornSaturn
Aug 17, 20264thPiscesJupiter

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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