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Asteria · Yearly Forecast
July 13, 2026
profection year

Drake's year of the 4th house

Age 39 · year 40 of life · October 24, 2025 → October 24, 2026

Aries on the active cusp. Year lord: Mars, natal Aquarius 9°02' in the 2nd house.

Right now Mars transits Gemini 10°23' in your 6th 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 10, 2026JupiteroppositionMars
Nov 5, 2026SaturnsextileMars℞
Jan 15, 2027SaturnsextileMars

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 4th house weigh heaviest for this year's themes.

July 2026
Jul 27, 2026MarsoppositionUranus
August 2026
Aug 1, 2026JupitersquarePluto
Aug 3, 2026JupitertrineSaturn
Aug 10, 2026JupiteroppositionMars
Aug 12, 2026MarstrineSun
Aug 16, 2026MarsoppositionNeptune
Aug 22, 2026MarstrinePluto
Aug 31, 2026MarstrineJupiter
September 2026
Sep 6, 2026MarsconjunctionMoon
Sep 8, 2026NeptunesquareNeptune℞
Sep 9, 2026MarstrineVenus
Sep 19, 2026MarstrineMercury
Sep 26, 2026JupitersquareVenus
Sep 29, 2026MarssquareSun
October 2026
Oct 1, 2026JupitertrineUranus
Oct 10, 2026MarssquarePluto
Oct 11, 2026MarstrineSaturn
Oct 13, 2026MarsoppositionMars
November 2026
Nov 1, 2026MarssquareVenus
Nov 3, 2026MarstrineUranus
Nov 5, 2026SaturnsextileMars℞
Nov 7, 2026JupitersquareMercury
Nov 14, 2026MarssquareMercury
Nov 28, 2026MarssextileSun
December 2026
Dec 5, 2026MarstrineNeptune
Dec 17, 2026MarssextilePluto
Dec 19, 2026MarssquareSaturn
January 2027
Jan 15, 2027SaturnsextileMars
Jan 17, 2027JupitersquareMercury℞
Jan 31, 2027MarssquareSaturn℞
February 2027
Feb 2, 2027MarssextilePluto℞
Feb 12, 2027MarstrineNeptune℞
Feb 19, 2027MarssextileSun℞
March 2027
Mar 1, 2027JupitertrineUranus℞
Mar 7, 2027MarssquareMercury℞
Mar 8, 2027NeptunesquareNeptune
Mar 9, 2027JupitersquareVenus℞
April 2027
Apr 2, 2027SaturnsquareMoon
Apr 13, 2027PlutosquarePluto
Apr 24, 2027SaturntrineUranus
Apr 29, 2027MarssquareMercury
May 2027
May 17, 2027MarssextileSun
May 17, 2027JupitersquareVenus
May 23, 2027MarstrineNeptune
May 26, 2027JupitertrineUranus
May 31, 2027MarssextilePluto
June 2027
Jun 1, 2027MarssquareSaturn
Jun 2, 2027PlutosquarePluto℞
Jun 14, 2027MarsoppositionJupiter
Jun 21, 2027MarssextileMoon
Jun 24, 2027MarssextileVenus
Jun 26, 2027MarssquareUranus
Jun 27, 2027UranusoppositionSaturn
Jun 30, 2027JupitersquareMercury
July 2027
Jul 6, 2027MarssextileMercury

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 14, 2026
Moon back to natal · 1 days away. Aquarius rising · Moon in 6th house.
Solar Return
2026-10-24 08:25 UTC
Sun back to natal degree. The Solar Return ASC and MC frame the year ahead.
Saturn cycle
Opposition
Peak Oct 30, 2030 · age 44.0. 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
Sagittarius 10°54'
About thirty years per sign: sign changes mark major life-phase boundaries.
Progressed Moon
Capricorn 4°55' · 1st house
The inner monthly weather over years, roughly 2.3 years per sign.
Progressed lunation
New Moon
Planting, low visibility, inner reorientation. Old structures composting beneath the surface.

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 Part of Fortune1.4°
Aug 2, 2027SolarLeo 9°55'opposition Mars0.9°
Jan 26, 2028SolarAquarius 6°11'conjunction Mars2.9°
Jan 26, 2028SolarAquarius 6°11'opposition Vertex3.3°

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
Oct 24, 20254thAriesMars
Nov 24, 20255thTaurusVenus
Dec 24, 20256thGeminiMercury
Jan 24, 20267thGeminiMercury
Feb 24, 20268thCancerMoon
Mar 24, 20269thVirgoMercury
Apr 24, 202610thLibraVenus
May 24, 202611thScorpioMars
Jun 24, 202612thSagittariusJupiter
Jul 24, 20261stSagittariusJupiter
Aug 24, 20262ndCapricornSaturn
Sep 24, 20263rdPiscesJupiter

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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