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Asteria · Yearly Forecast
July 13, 2026
profection year

Damien's year of the 2nd house

Age 61 · year 62 of life · June 7, 2026 → June 7, 2027

Virgo on the active cusp. Year lord: Mercury, natal Gemini 11°07' in the 10th house.

Right now Mercury transits Cancer 20°20' in your 11th 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
Aug 19, 2026JupitersextileMercury
Oct 6, 2026SaturnsextileMercury℞
Feb 10, 2027SaturnsextileMercury

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 2nd house weigh heaviest for this year's themes.

July 2026
Jul 22, 2026MarsconjunctionSun
Jul 22, 2026MarssquareSaturn
Jul 27, 2026MarssquareMars
August 2026
Aug 9, 2026MarssquareMoon
Aug 13, 2026MarsconjunctionVenus
Aug 17, 2026JupitersextileJupiter
Aug 19, 2026JupitersextileMercury
Aug 28, 2026MarssextileUranus
September 2026
Sep 1, 2026MarssextilePluto
Sep 6, 2026MarstrineSaturn
Sep 8, 2026MarstrineNeptune
Sep 11, 2026MarssextileMars
Sep 14, 2026JupitersextileSun
Sep 21, 2026JupitersquareNeptune
Sep 25, 2026MarssextileMoon
October 2026
Oct 6, 2026SaturnsextileMercury℞
Oct 14, 2026SaturnsextileJupiter℞
Oct 16, 2026MarssextileJupiter
Oct 17, 2026MarssextileMercury
Oct 27, 2026MarssextileSun
Oct 30, 2026MarssquareNeptune
November 2026
Nov 29, 2026MarssextileVenus
February 2027
Feb 4, 2027SaturnsextileJupiter
Feb 10, 2027SaturnsextileMercury
Feb 18, 2027MarssextileVenus℞
March 2027
Mar 20, 2027JupitersquareNeptune℞
Mar 29, 2027SaturnsextileSun
May 2027
May 7, 2027JupitersquareNeptune
May 18, 2027MarssextileVenus
June 2027
Jun 8, 2027MarssquareJupiter
Jun 9, 2027MarsconjunctionUranus
Jun 9, 2027MarssquareMercury
Jun 14, 2027MarsconjunctionPluto
Jun 20, 2027MarssquareSun
Jun 21, 2027MarsoppositionSaturn
Jun 23, 2027MarssextileNeptune
Jun 27, 2027MarsconjunctionMars
July 2027
Jul 12, 2027MarsconjunctionMoon

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 19, 2026
Moon back to natal · 5 days away. Cancer rising · Moon in 4th house.
Solar Return
2026-06-07 04:46 UTC
Sun back to natal degree. The Solar Return ASC and MC frame the year ahead.
Saturn cycle
Opening Square
Peak Jan 17, 2032 · age 66.6. 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
Leo 14°49'
About thirty years per sign: sign changes mark major life-phase boundaries.
Progressed Moon
Sagittarius 22°32' · 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.

Eclipses ahead

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

DateKindAt HitsOrb
Aug 2, 2027SolarLeo 9°55'opposition Vertex1.2°

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°20'11th house
Neptuneuntil Dec 12, 2026Aries 4°24'8th house
Plutountil Oct 16, 2026Aquarius 4°36'5th 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
Jun 7, 20262ndVirgoMercury
Jul 7, 20263rdLibraVenus
Aug 7, 20264thSagittariusJupiter
Sep 7, 20265thCapricornSaturn
Oct 7, 20266thAquariusSaturn
Nov 7, 20267thPiscesJupiter
Dec 7, 20268thPiscesJupiter
Jan 7, 20279thAriesMars
Feb 7, 202710thGeminiMercury
Mar 7, 202711thCancerMoon
Apr 7, 202712thLeoSun
May 7, 20271stVirgoMercury

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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