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Asteria · Yearly Forecast
July 13, 2026
profection year

Andrew's year of the 3rd house

Age 50 · year 51 of life · April 18, 2026 → April 18, 2027

Virgo on the active cusp. Year lord: Mercury, natal Taurus 15°18' in the 10th house.

Right now Mercury transits Cancer 20°24' in your 12th 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
Sep 8, 2026JupitersquareMercury

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 3rd house weigh heaviest for this year's themes.

July 2026
Jul 24, 2026JupitersquareUranus
Jul 25, 2026JupitersquareJupiter
August 2026
Aug 1, 2026MarsoppositionMoon
Aug 9, 2026MarssextileSun
Aug 14, 2026JupitersextilePluto
Aug 19, 2026MarstrineUranus
Aug 19, 2026MarssextileJupiter
Aug 25, 2026JupitertrineVenus
Aug 26, 2026MarssquarePluto
Aug 30, 2026MarssquareVenus
Aug 31, 2026JupitertrineNeptune
September 2026
Sep 1, 2026SaturntrineNeptune℞
Sep 3, 2026MarsconjunctionMars
Sep 4, 2026MarssextileMercury
Sep 8, 2026JupitersquareMercury
Sep 20, 2026SaturnconjunctionVenus℞
Sep 22, 2026MarsconjunctionSaturn
Sep 25, 2026MarssquareSun
October 2026
Oct 7, 2026MarssquareUranus
Oct 7, 2026MarssquareJupiter
Oct 15, 2026MarssextilePluto
Oct 20, 2026MarstrineVenus
Oct 22, 2026MarstrineNeptune
Oct 23, 2026JupitertrineMoon
Oct 23, 2026SaturnoppositionPluto℞
Oct 25, 2026MarssquareMercury
November 2026
Nov 10, 2026MarstrineMoon
Nov 22, 2026MarstrineSun
December 2026
Dec 11, 2026MarssextileUranus
Dec 11, 2026MarstrineJupiter
January 2027
Jan 26, 2027SaturnoppositionPluto
February 2027
Feb 2, 2027JupitertrineMoon℞
Feb 3, 2027PlutosquareUranus
Feb 4, 2027PlutosquareJupiter
Feb 7, 2027MarstrineJupiter℞
Feb 7, 2027MarssextileUranus℞
Feb 23, 2027SaturnconjunctionVenus
Feb 25, 2027MarstrineSun℞
March 2027
Mar 6, 2027SaturntrineNeptune
Mar 13, 2027MarstrineMoon℞
Mar 16, 2027SaturnsquareMars
April 2027
Apr 21, 2027MarstrineMoon
May 2027
May 10, 2027MarstrineSun
May 23, 2027SaturntrineMoon
May 28, 2027MarssextileUranus
May 28, 2027MarstrineJupiter
June 2027
Jun 14, 2027MarssquareNeptune
Jun 17, 2027MarssextileMars
Jun 18, 2027MarstrineMercury
Jun 19, 2027JupitertrineMoon
Jun 29, 2027SaturnsquareSaturn
July 2027
Jul 3, 2027MarssquareMoon
Jul 8, 2027MarssextileSaturn

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 26, 2026
Moon back to natal · 12 days away. Gemini rising · Moon in 7th house.
Solar Return
2026-04-18 13:38 UTC
Sun back to natal degree. The Solar Return ASC and MC frame the year ahead.
Saturn cycle
Closing Square
Peak Sep 20, 2027 · age 51.4. The closing square of the second cycle clears away what is finished. Roles and ambitions that have done their work, and some that quietly never worked, ask to be set down. The friction is releasing an identity before the next Return asks who you are without it.

Progressions

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

Progressed Sun
Gemini 17°02'
About thirty years per sign: sign changes mark major life-phase boundaries.
Progressed Moon
Libra 15°53' · 4th house
The inner monthly weather over years, roughly 2.3 years per sign.
Progressed lunation
First Quarter
Friction and trial-and-error. Action taken under pressure; the new direction tested.

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°24'12th house
Neptuneuntil Dec 12, 2026Aries 4°24'9th house
Plutountil Oct 16, 2026Aquarius 4°36'6th 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
Apr 18, 20263rdVirgoMercury
May 18, 20264thLibraVenus
Jun 18, 20265thScorpioMars
Jul 18, 20266thCapricornSaturn
Aug 18, 20267thAquariusSaturn
Sep 18, 20268thAquariusSaturn
Oct 18, 20269thPiscesJupiter
Nov 18, 202610thAriesMars
Dec 18, 202611thTaurusVenus
Jan 18, 202712thCancerMoon
Feb 18, 20271stLeoSun
Mar 18, 20272ndLeoSun

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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