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Asteria · Yearly Forecast
July 13, 2026
profection year

Elizabeth's year of the 7th house

Age 42 · year 43 of life · February 3, 2026 → February 3, 2027

Sagittarius on the active cusp. Year lord: Jupiter, natal Capricorn 3°06' in the 8th house.

Right now Jupiter transits Leo 2°53' in your 3rd 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 21, 2026NeptunesquareJupiter℞
Feb 26, 2027NeptunesquareJupiter

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 7th house weigh heaviest for this year's themes.

August 2026
Aug 12, 2026MarsoppositionNeptune
Aug 14, 2026MarstrinePluto
Aug 15, 2026MarstrineMoon
Aug 16, 2026MarsoppositionJupiter
Aug 21, 2026JupitersquareMars
Aug 24, 2026SaturnsextileSun℞
Aug 27, 2026JupitertrineUranus
Aug 28, 2026MarsoppositionVenus
Aug 28, 2026MarstrineMars
September 2026
Sep 2, 2026JupiteroppositionSun
Sep 5, 2026MarstrineSaturn
Sep 12, 2026JupitersquareSaturn
Sep 15, 2026MarsoppositionMercury
Sep 15, 2026SaturntrineUranus℞
Sep 21, 2026NeptunesquareJupiter℞
October 2026
Oct 1, 2026MarssquarePluto
Oct 9, 2026SaturnsquareVenus℞
Oct 18, 2026MarssquareMars
Oct 20, 2026MarstrineUranus
Oct 23, 2026MarsoppositionSun
Oct 26, 2026MarssquareSaturn
November 2026
Nov 27, 2026MarstrineNeptune
December 2026
Dec 1, 2026MarssextilePluto
Dec 3, 2026MarsoppositionMoon
Dec 4, 2026MarstrineJupiter
Dec 17, 2026UranussquareMoon℞
February 2027
Feb 8, 2027SaturnsquareVenus
Feb 13, 2027MarstrineJupiter℞
Feb 14, 2027MarsoppositionMoon℞
Feb 16, 2027MarssextilePluto℞
Feb 20, 2027MarstrineNeptune℞
Feb 25, 2027SaturntrineUranus
Feb 26, 2027NeptunesquareJupiter
March 2027
Mar 9, 2027SaturnsextileSun
Mar 31, 2027UranussquareMoon
May 2027
May 15, 2027MarstrineNeptune
May 16, 2027SaturnsquareMercury
May 20, 2027MarssextilePluto
May 21, 2027MarsoppositionMoon
May 22, 2027MarstrineJupiter
June 2027
Jun 9, 2027MarstrineVenus
Jun 10, 2027MarssextileMars
Jun 12, 2027MarssquareUranus
Jun 19, 2027MarssextileSaturn
July 2027
Jul 1, 2027MarstrineMercury

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. Scorpio rising · Moon in 4th house.
Solar Return
2026-02-02 21:43 UTC
Sun back to natal degree. The Solar Return ASC and MC frame the year ahead.
Saturn cycle
Opposition
Peak May 16, 2029 · age 45.3. 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
Pisces 26°44'
About thirty years per sign: sign changes mark major life-phase boundaries.
Progressed Moon
Virgo 22°47' · 5th house
The inner monthly weather over years, roughly 2.3 years per sign.
Progressed lunation
Gibbous
Refinement. Perfecting the work, with culmination in sight.

Eclipses ahead

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

DateKindAt HitsOrb
Aug 28, 2026LunarPisces 4°54'conjunction Black Moon Lilith1.1°
Aug 28, 2026LunarPisces 4°54'conjunction Moon2.1°
Feb 20, 2027LunarVirgo 2°06'opposition Moon0.7°
Jan 12, 2028LunarCancer 21°28'opposition Mercury0.9°

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°24'3rd house
Neptuneuntil Dec 12, 2026Aries 4°24'11th house
Plutountil Oct 16, 2026Aquarius 4°36'9th 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
Feb 3, 20267thSagittariusJupiter
Mar 3, 20268thSagittariusJupiter
Apr 3, 20269thCapricornSaturn
May 3, 202610thAquariusSaturn
Jun 3, 202611thPiscesJupiter
Jul 3, 202612thAriesMars
Aug 3, 20261stGeminiMercury
Sep 3, 20262ndGeminiMercury
Oct 3, 20263rdCancerMoon
Nov 3, 20264thLeoSun
Dec 3, 20265thVirgoMercury
Jan 3, 20276thLibraVenus

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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