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Asteria · Yearly Forecast
July 13, 2026
profection year

Duke's year of the 8th house

Age 127 · year 128 of life · April 29, 2026 → April 29, 2027

Virgo on the active cusp. Year lord: Mercury, natal Aries 16°12' in the 2nd house.

Right now Mercury transits Cancer 20°22' 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
Sep 13, 2026JupitertrineMercury
Mar 27, 2027SaturnconjunctionMercury

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 8th house weigh heaviest for this year's themes.

July 2026
Jul 21, 2026MarssextileMercury
Jul 22, 2026JupitersquareJupiter
Jul 26, 2026JupiterconjunctionMars
Jul 31, 2026MarsconjunctionNeptune
Jul 31, 2026MarsoppositionMoon
August 2026
Aug 1, 2026MarsoppositionSaturn
Aug 1, 2026JupitertrineUranus
Aug 8, 2026JupitersquareSun
Aug 15, 2026MarssquareVenus
Aug 17, 2026SaturnsextilePluto℞
Aug 18, 2026MarstrineJupiter
Aug 24, 2026MarssextileSun
September 2026
Sep 4, 2026JupitersextilePluto
Sep 5, 2026MarssquareMercury
Sep 13, 2026JupitertrineMercury
October 2026
Oct 2, 2026MarstrineVenus
Oct 6, 2026NeptuneconjunctionVenus℞
Oct 6, 2026MarssquareJupiter
Oct 8, 2026MarsconjunctionMars
Oct 10, 2026MarstrineUranus
Oct 13, 2026MarssquareSun
Oct 20, 2026JupitersextileNeptune
Oct 22, 2026JupitertrineMoon
Oct 22, 2026JupitertrineSaturn
Oct 23, 2026MarssextilePluto
Oct 27, 2026MarstrineMercury
November 2026
Nov 9, 2026MarssextileNeptune
Nov 10, 2026MarstrineMoon
Nov 10, 2026MarstrineSaturn
December 2026
Dec 9, 2026MarssextileJupiter
Dec 17, 2026MarssquareUranus
Dec 19, 2026UranussextileVenus℞
Dec 24, 2026MarstrineSun
January 2027
Jan 18, 2027PlutosquareJupiter
Jan 26, 2027MarstrineSun℞
February 2027
Feb 1, 2027MarssquareUranus℞
Feb 2, 2027JupitertrineSaturn℞
Feb 3, 2027JupitertrineMoon℞
Feb 4, 2027JupitersextileNeptune℞
Feb 8, 2027MarssextileJupiter℞
Feb 14, 2027NeptuneconjunctionVenus
Feb 14, 2027PlutooppositionMars
March 2027
Mar 12, 2027SaturnsextilePluto
Mar 14, 2027MarstrineSaturn℞
Mar 14, 2027MarstrineMoon℞
Mar 15, 2027MarssextileNeptune℞
Mar 27, 2027SaturnconjunctionMercury
Mar 29, 2027UranussextileVenus
April 2027
Apr 20, 2027MarssextileNeptune
Apr 20, 2027MarstrineMoon
Apr 21, 2027MarstrineSaturn
Apr 25, 2027PlutosextileUranus
May 2027
May 11, 2027NeptunetrineMars
May 20, 2027SaturnsextileNeptune
May 21, 2027PlutosextileUranus℞
May 22, 2027SaturntrineMoon
May 23, 2027SaturntrineSaturn
May 26, 2027MarssextileJupiter
May 27, 2027UranussextileMars
May 31, 2027MarssquareUranus
June 2027
Jun 4, 2027MarstrineSun
Jun 16, 2027MarssquarePluto
Jun 17, 2027JupitersextileNeptune
Jun 18, 2027JupitertrineMoon
Jun 19, 2027JupitertrineSaturn
Jun 20, 2027UranusoppositionUranus
July 2027
Jul 2, 2027MarssquareNeptune
Jul 2, 2027MarssquareMoon
Jul 2, 2027MarssquareSaturn

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 25, 2026
Moon back to natal · 12 days away. Capricorn rising · Moon in 11th house.
Solar Return
2026-04-29 00:11 UTC
Sun back to natal degree. The Solar Return ASC and MC frame the year ahead.

Progressions

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

Progressed Sun
Virgo 10°43'
About thirty years per sign: sign changes mark major life-phase boundaries.
Progressed Moon
Leo 22°23' · 7th 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 28, 2026LunarPisces 4°54'opposition Vertex1.2°
Aug 2, 2027SolarLeo 9°55'conjunction Black Moon Lilith3.1°
Jan 26, 2028SolarAquarius 6°11'opposition Mars0.4°
Jan 26, 2028SolarAquarius 6°11'opposition Black Moon Lilith0.6°

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°22'6th house
Neptuneuntil Dec 12, 2026Aries 4°24'2nd house
Plutountil Oct 16, 2026Aquarius 4°36'12th 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 29, 20268thVirgoMercury
May 29, 20269thScorpioMars
Jun 29, 202610thScorpioMars
Jul 29, 202611thSagittariusJupiter
Aug 29, 202612thCapricornSaturn
Sep 29, 20261stAquariusSaturn
Oct 29, 20262ndPiscesJupiter
Nov 29, 20263rdTaurusVenus
Dec 29, 20264thTaurusVenus
Jan 29, 20275thGeminiMercury
Feb 28, 20276thCancerMoon
Mar 29, 20277thLeoSun

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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