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Asteria · Yearly Forecast
July 13, 2026
profection year

DougDoug's year of the 12th house

Age 35 · year 36 of life · January 18, 2026 → January 18, 2027

Pisces on the active cusp. Year lord: Jupiter, natal Leo 9°55' in the 4th house.

Right now Jupiter transits Leo 2°54' in your 4th 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 14, 2026JupiterconjunctionJupiter
Oct 22, 2026SaturntrineJupiter℞
Jan 27, 2027SaturntrineJupiter

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 (Jupiter) or your profected 12th house weigh heaviest for this year's themes.

July 2026
Jul 23, 2026MarstrineVenus
August 2026
Aug 11, 2026MarstrineMoon
Aug 14, 2026JupiterconjunctionJupiter
Aug 18, 2026MarsoppositionMercury
Aug 27, 2026MarsoppositionUranus
September 2026
Sep 3, 2026MarsoppositionNeptune
Sep 11, 2026MarstrinePluto
Sep 17, 2026JupiteroppositionVenus
Sep 24, 2026MarsoppositionSaturn
Sep 25, 2026MarsoppositionSun
Sep 27, 2026MarssextileMars
October 2026
Oct 3, 2026JupitersquarePluto
Oct 11, 2026SaturnsquareUranus℞
Oct 15, 2026MarsconjunctionJupiter
Oct 22, 2026SaturntrineJupiter℞
Oct 28, 2026MarsoppositionVenus
November 2026
Nov 3, 2026MarssquarePluto
Nov 24, 2026MarssquareMars
Nov 26, 2026MarsoppositionMoon
December 2026
Dec 9, 2026MarstrineMercury
January 2027
Jan 27, 2027SaturntrineJupiter
February 2027
Feb 6, 2027SaturnsquareUranus
Feb 8, 2027MarstrineMercury℞
Feb 20, 2027MarsoppositionMoon℞
Feb 22, 2027MarssquareMars℞
Feb 26, 2027JupitersquarePluto℞
March 2027
Mar 15, 2027SaturnsquareNeptune
April 2027
Apr 2, 2027SaturnsextileVenus
Apr 6, 2027JupiteroppositionVenus℞
Apr 17, 2027NeptunesquareMercury
Apr 19, 2027JupiteroppositionVenus
May 2027
May 13, 2027MarssquareMars
May 15, 2027MarsoppositionMoon
May 27, 2027MarstrineMercury
May 28, 2027JupitersquarePluto
June 2027
Jun 8, 2027MarstrineUranus
Jun 16, 2027MarstrineNeptune
Jun 27, 2027MarssextilePluto
July 2027
Jul 11, 2027MarstrineSaturn
Jul 12, 2027MarstrineSun

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. Leo rising · Moon in 8th house.
Solar Return
2026-01-18 07:58 UTC
Sun back to natal degree. The Solar Return ASC and MC frame the year ahead.
Saturn cycle
Opening Square
Peak Aug 21, 2027 · age 36.6. 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
Pisces 4°11'
About thirty years per sign: sign changes mark major life-phase boundaries.
Progressed Moon
Gemini 22°03' · 2nd 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 12, 2026SolarLeo 20°02'opposition Venus3.0°
Feb 6, 2027SolarAquarius 17°38'conjunction Venus0.6°
Feb 20, 2027LunarVirgo 2°06'opposition Moon1.8°
Aug 2, 2027SolarLeo 9°55'conjunction Jupiter0.0°
Jan 12, 2028LunarCancer 21°28'conjunction Chiron2.6°

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°22'3rd house
Neptuneuntil Dec 12, 2026Aries 4°24'12th house
Plutountil Oct 16, 2026Aquarius 4°36'10th 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
Jan 18, 202612thPiscesJupiter
Feb 18, 20261stTaurusVenus
Mar 18, 20262ndGeminiMercury
Apr 18, 20263rdCancerMoon
May 18, 20264thCancerMoon
Jun 18, 20265thLeoSun
Jul 18, 20266thVirgoMercury
Aug 18, 20267thScorpioMars
Sep 18, 20268thSagittariusJupiter
Oct 18, 20269thCapricornSaturn
Nov 18, 202610thCapricornSaturn
Dec 18, 202611thAquariusSaturn

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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