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Asteria · Yearly Forecast
July 13, 2026
profection year

Barack's year of the 5th house

Age 64 · year 65 of life · August 5, 2025 → August 5, 2026

Taurus on the active cusp. Year lord: Venus, natal Cancer 1°38' in the 6th house.

Right now Venus transits Virgo 4°13' in your 8th 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
Dec 1, 2026NeptunesquareVenus℞
Dec 23, 2026NeptunesquareVenus

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

July 2026
Jul 31, 2026MarssquareMars
August 2026
Aug 4, 2026MarssextileUranus
Aug 8, 2026JupitersquareNeptune
Aug 13, 2026MarsconjunctionVenus
Aug 21, 2026MarssextilePluto
Aug 24, 2026MarstrineNeptune
Aug 26, 2026JupiterconjunctionSun
September 2026
Sep 15, 2026MarssextileMars
Sep 19, 2026SaturntrineSun℞
Sep 20, 2026MarsoppositionSaturn
Sep 29, 2026MarsoppositionJupiter
October 2026
Oct 1, 2026MarssextileMoon
Oct 1, 2026MarsconjunctionMercury
Oct 13, 2026MarssquareNeptune
Oct 20, 2026MarsconjunctionSun
November 2026
Nov 1, 2026NeptunetrineMercury℞
Nov 9, 2026JupiterconjunctionUranus
Nov 14, 2026MarsconjunctionUranus
Nov 19, 2026NeptunesextileMoon℞
Nov 30, 2026MarssextileVenus
Nov 30, 2026MarssquareMoon
December 2026
Dec 1, 2026NeptunesquareVenus℞
Dec 16, 2026MarsconjunctionPluto
Dec 23, 2026NeptunesquareVenus
Dec 23, 2026MarssextileNeptune
January 2027
Jan 5, 2027NeptunesextileMoon
Jan 8, 2027UranussextileMercury℞
Jan 15, 2027JupiterconjunctionUranus℞
Jan 22, 2027NeptunetrineMercury
Jan 25, 2027UranusconjunctionMoon℞
Jan 27, 2027MarssextileNeptune℞
February 2027
Feb 2, 2027MarsconjunctionPluto℞
Feb 17, 2027MarssquareMoon℞
Feb 17, 2027MarssextileVenus℞
Feb 22, 2027UranusconjunctionMoon
Feb 23, 2027SaturntrineSun
March 2027
Mar 6, 2027MarsconjunctionUranus℞
Mar 10, 2027UranussextileMercury
April 2027
Apr 30, 2027MarsconjunctionUranus
May 2027
May 18, 2027MarssextileVenus
May 19, 2027MarssquareMoon
May 31, 2027MarsconjunctionPluto
June 2027
Jun 4, 2027MarssextileNeptune
Jun 14, 2027SaturntrineUranus
Jun 14, 2027SaturnsquareSaturn
Jun 17, 2027UranussquarePluto
July 2027
Jul 1, 2027MarsconjunctionMars
Jul 1, 2027JupiterconjunctionUranus
Jul 6, 2027MarstrineSaturn

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
August 7, 2026
Moon back to natal · 25 days away. Taurus rising · Moon in 1st house.
Solar Return
2026-08-04 19:17 UTC
Sun back to natal degree. The Solar Return ASC and MC frame the year ahead.
Saturn cycle
Opening Square
Peak Oct 6, 2027 · age 66.2. The opening square of the third cycle asks for one more deliberate act of building: usually a legacy, a body of work, a way of being useful that does not depend on a title. The friction is choosing to keep shaping a life rather than only maintaining it.

Progressions

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

Progressed Sun
Libra 15°30'
About thirty years per sign: sign changes mark major life-phase boundaries.
Progressed Moon
Libra 7°01' · 9th house
The inner monthly weather over years, roughly 2.3 years per sign.
Progressed lunation
Balsamic
Closure and release. Conscious endings, the pre-dawn quiet before a new cycle.

Eclipses ahead

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

DateKindAt HitsOrb
Aug 12, 2026SolarLeo 20°02'conjunction Black Moon Lilith0.5°
Aug 12, 2026SolarLeo 20°02'conjunction Vertex0.8°
Aug 28, 2026LunarPisces 4°54'conjunction Chiron0.4°
Aug 28, 2026LunarPisces 4°54'opposition Pluto2.1°
Feb 6, 2027SolarAquarius 17°38'opposition Black Moon Lilith2.9°
Feb 6, 2027SolarAquarius 17°38'opposition Vertex3.2°

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°24'7th house
Neptuneuntil Dec 12, 2026Aries 4°24'3rd house
Plutountil Oct 16, 2026Aquarius 4°36'2nd 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 5, 20255thTaurusVenus
Sep 5, 20256thGeminiMercury
Oct 5, 20257thCancerMoon
Nov 5, 20258thLeoSun
Dec 5, 20259thVirgoMercury
Jan 5, 202610thLibraVenus
Feb 5, 202611thScorpioMars
Mar 5, 202612thSagittariusJupiter
Apr 5, 20261stCapricornSaturn
May 5, 20262ndAquariusSaturn
Jun 5, 20263rdPiscesJupiter
Jul 5, 20264thAriesMars

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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