sextile
Pluto sextileℹ
natal Mars
Pluto moves like demolition, compost, a deep dive: let what is false die so what is true can regrow.
Today on your chart · the day's weather
what's active now, and the shifts ahead. Monday, 13 July 2026 · 12:40 UTC. Transiting Pluto is making a sextile to your natal Mars. Collective sky (no chart): Sky.
Contacts on the day
applying left of now, separating to the right. tighter orbs sit closer to the gold marker.
9 contacts live against this chart · orb window ±6°
Asteria · the week, in one read
The loudest thing in your sky this week is disruption, pulling against your drive and ambition. Day to day, the Moon colors it with a tender, inward pull. Pluto is retrograde, asking you to revisit where power and shadow live.
The day in layers
A quick read of what is loudest today, what else is active, where slow planets are working in your chart, and the longer emotional season underneath.
- Right nowUranus pulls against your Mars (drive and how you assert): polarity: comes to a head, balance needed
- Season underneathProgressed Moon in Taurus: A season of settling, when the need is for security, comfort, and steadiness
3rdhouse year
your profection year
A 3rd-house year · age 38
Annual profections move the spotlight one house each year. At age 38, yours rests on the 3rd house: the mind. the local world. siblings, neighbors, the school, the daily exchange.
The sign on that house is Cancer, so its ruler is your Lord of the Year. Moon sits in Sagittarius in your 8th house. Wherever the Lord of the Year sits is where this year's story concentrates. And transits to it (below) carry extra weight until your next birthday.
In your chart: the sign on your 3rd-house cusp and the year lord: your natal voice and mental tempo.
the year lord is the Moon: mood, home, body rhythms, and the people you nurture. lunar phases, eclipses on the Moon, and transits to your natal Moon hit harder this year.
the next 90 days
What is loud right now
The sky sorted by volume: each bar spans the transit's active window; today is marked in gold. The three loudest contacts are named before you scroll the week and year timelines.
Loudest · 01
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Uranus opposition natal Mars
Transiting Uranus is making a opposition to your natal Mars.
Exact · 2026-08-08
Loudest · 02
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Jupiter trine natal Mars
Transiting Jupiter is making a trine to your natal Mars.
Exact · 2026-07-24
Loudest · 03
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Jupiter opposition natal Mercury
Transiting Jupiter is making a opposition to your natal Mercury.
Exact · 2026-08-15
The Moon, on you
Moon in Cancer
· passing through your
3rd house
tightest contactMoon opposition natal Neptune · orb 0.4°
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Mon 13
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Tue 14
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Wed 15
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Thu 16
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Fri 17
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Sat 18
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Sun 19
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The sky pivoting
The turns worth marking on your chart: eclipses that supercharge a degree, every new and Full Moon and the house each one lands in, and planets moving in reverse through your houses.
New & Full Moons ahead
Each lunation lands in one of your natal houses: the area of life it opens (new) or brings to a head (full).
- 14 Jul 2026New Moon in 21° CancerBegins in your 4th house · home, family, your roots. Begin something at the foundation: the private base everything rests on.
- 29 Jul 2026Full Moon in 6° AquariusIlluminates your 10th house · Work done quietly becomes visible: recognition, a milestone, a public turning point in your path.
- 12 Aug 2026New Moon in 20° LeoBegins in your 5th house · creativity, romance, play, what delights you. Start something joyful that is purely yours to make.
- 28 Aug 2026Full Moon in 4° PiscesIlluminates your 11th house · A hope or a shared effort reaches its result. See what the friendships and the wider net have actually grown.
- 11 Sep 2026New Moon in 18° VirgoBegins in your 6th house · work, health, daily routine. Begin a new habit, a cleaner system, a kinder rhythm for the body.
- 26 Sep 2026Full Moon in 3° AriesIlluminates your 12th house · Something long submerged rises to be seen, grieved and let go: a quiet, private completion away from the world.
- 10 Oct 2026New Moon in 17° LibraBegins in your 6th house · work, health, daily routine. Begin a new habit, a cleaner system, a kinder rhythm for the body.
- 26 Oct 2026Full Moon in 2° TaurusIlluminates your 12th house · Something long submerged rises to be seen, grieved and let go: a quiet, private completion away from the world.
Eclipses ahead
Each eclipse supercharges the degree it falls on for months either side. The ones that touch a natal point are the markers worth watching.
- 12 Aug 2026Total/Annular solar eclipse at 20°02′ Leolands on natal Black Moon Lilith (conjunction, 3.2° orb) · in your 5th house
- 28 Aug 2026Partial lunar eclipse at 4°54′ Piscesfalls in your 11th house · no tight natal contact
- 6 Feb 2027Total/Annular solar eclipse at 17°38′ Aquariuslands on natal Black Moon Lilith (opposition, 0.8° orb) · in your 11th house
- 20 Feb 2027Penumbral lunar eclipse at 2°06′ Virgolands on natal Venus (opposition, 1.1° orb) · in your 5th house
Active retrogrades
Planets moving in reverse right now, framed by the natal house they're passing through. That's the department of your life the rethink is landing in.
Mercury retrograde · in your 3rd house
the conversation, the deals, the routes: all under review
Neptune retrograde · in your 12th house
dreams and dissolutions, turned inward; the fog thins, but only for the part of you that wants to see
Pluto retrograde · in your 10th house
transformation pulled deeper underground; the underworld work continues out of sight
The seven days ahead
What is touching you most right now
The five transits carrying the most weight: major outer-planet contacts to personal points are weighted heaviest, then tightness of orb.
1
Pluto
sextileℹ natal Mars
The feeling
Underneath the ordinary to-do list, you notice what you are actually still angry about, or actually still want. It surfaces calmly, in a quiet moment, not a blowup.
What it is asking
This is Pluto lightly touching your Mars, an easy window into what really drives you beneath the surface motions. It asks you to act from that deeper want just once, in something small, and see how it feels. No confrontation is required.
Gravity & hope
Let one small action come from the real want instead of the polite one. This is depth work with the door held open, not kicked in.
The mechanics, in plain astrology
Transiting Pluto is making a sextile to your natal Mars. Pluto is transformation. Death and rebirth. The function of the underworld. Natal Mars is the engine. The will. The appetite. How action moves out of the body into the world. Through this contact, an open, easy channel runs between them; the cooperation is available, though it asks to be actively used.
How to navigate it
Pluto moves like demolition, compost, a deep dive: let what is false die so what is true can regrow. This is support, not pressure. The energy of Pluto is available to your Mars now. But a harmonious transit rewards what you reach for. Use it deliberately; do not wait for it to act on you. The transit is separating: past its peak; the task now is integrating what it has already surfaced.
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Neptune
trineℹ natal Mars
The feeling
This week things feel unusually easy around your drive and ambition, a current moving in your favor.
What it is asking
This is dissolution arriving as a gift, the open door of a trine. The only danger is wasting it by coasting. Grace you do not use evaporates. Spend this one on purpose, while the door is open.
The mechanics, in plain astrology
Transiting Neptune is making a trine to your natal Mars. Neptune is the function of dissolution. Imagination. The boundary between the personal and the universal. Natal Mars is the engine. The will. The appetite. How action moves out of the body into the world. Through this contact, they flow together in natural, unforced agreement. A genuine gift, so smooth it can be taken for granted.
How to navigate it
Neptune moves like fog rolling in past the edges of a photograph: stop demanding a hard edge where there is a genuine blur, and trust what you sense before you can prove it. This is support, not pressure. The energy of Neptune is available to your Mars now. But a harmonious transit rewards what you reach for. Use it deliberately; do not wait for it to act on you. The transit is separating: past its peak; the task now is integrating what it has already surfaced.
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Uranus
oppositionℹ natal Mars
The feeling
You collide with unpredictable people, sudden conflicts, others whose actions disrupt your plans without warning. The friction is electric and fast, and you keep being provoked into reacting before you mean to.
What it is asking
This is Uranus opposing your Mars, the will disrupted through others. It asks you to stay deliberate when other people act erratically, and to channel provocation into conscious action rather than reflexive reaction. The opposition tests your composure under sudden pressure.
Gravity & hope
Do not let someone else's chaos set your pace. The opposition provokes reaction, so the power move is the considered response. Stay deliberate while others combust, and you control the outcome they are trying to dictate.
The mechanics, in plain astrology
Transiting Uranus is making a opposition to your natal Mars. Uranus is the function of awakening. Sudden change. The frequency of the new. Natal Mars is the engine. The will. The appetite. How action moves out of the body into the world. Through this contact, they sit across a polarity, each pulling the other; the work is to hold both ends rather than collapse into one.
How to navigate it
Uranus moves like lightning, a firmware update, a plot twist: break the pattern, try the weird angle. The friction is the point. Uranus is pressure-testing your Mars. Rather than bracing against it, let what is no longer working give way, and rebuild that part of your life on purpose. The transit is still applying: building toward exact, so its strongest pull is ahead of you.
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Jupiter
trineℹ natal Mars
The feeling
This week things feel unusually easy around your drive and ambition, a current moving in your favor.
What it is asking
This is expansion arriving as a gift, the open door of a trine. The only danger is wasting it by coasting. Grace you do not use evaporates. Spend this one on purpose, while the door is open.
The mechanics, in plain astrology
Transiting Jupiter is making a trine to your natal Mars. Jupiter is expansion. Faith. The function of growth and the search for meaning. Natal Mars is the engine. The will. The appetite. How action moves out of the body into the world. Through this contact, they flow together in natural, unforced agreement. A genuine gift, so smooth it can be taken for granted.
How to navigate it
Jupiter moves like a door propped open wider than you expected: say yes bigger than feels comfortable, then build the structure to hold it. This is support, not pressure. The energy of Jupiter is available to your Mars now. But a harmonious transit rewards what you reach for. Use it deliberately; do not wait for it to act on you. The transit is still applying: building toward exact, so its strongest pull is ahead of you.
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Mars
trineℹ natal Mercury
The feeling
This week things feel unusually easy around your how you think and speak, a current moving in your favor.
What it is asking
This is drive arriving as a gift, the open door of a trine. The only danger is wasting it by coasting. Grace you do not use evaporates. Spend this one on purpose, while the door is open.
The mechanics, in plain astrology
Transiting Mars is making a trine to your natal Mercury. Mars is the engine. The will. The appetite. How action moves out of the body into the world. Natal Mercury is the mind. How thought moves. The bridge between perception and expression. Through this contact, they flow together in natural, unforced agreement. A genuine gift, so smooth it can be taken for granted.
How to navigate it
Mars moves like a match struck in a quiet room: act on the impulse before it cools into hesitation. This is support, not pressure. The energy of Mars is available to your Mercury now. But a harmonious transit rewards what you reach for. Use it deliberately; do not wait for it to act on you. The transit is separating: past its peak; the task now is integrating what it has already surfaced.
The year ahead
Every transit from Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto that goes exact in the next twelve months: the dates the major influences peak. A planet that hits the same point more than once is crossing back over it in retrograde.
These exact hits are the year's activations: each date marks when a slow planet turns on part of your chart. Transits to your Lord of the Year (Moon) or your profected 3rd house carry extra weight for the themes of your house year.
July 2026
- 24 JulMars opposition natal Moon
- 24 JulJupiter trine natal Mars
- 29 JulMars sextile natal Jupiter
August 2026
- 7 AugMars opposition natal Saturn
- 8 AugUranus opposition natal Mars
- 9 AugMars opposition natal Uranus
- 12 AugMars trine natal Venus
- 15 AugJupiter opposition natal Mercury
- 24 AugMars opposition natal Neptune
- 25 AugJupiter square natal Pluto
- 30 AugMars trine natal Pluto
September 2026
- 13 SepMars square natal Jupiter
- 20 SepJupiter trine natal Moon
- 20 SepMars opposition natal Sun
October 2026
- 7 OctMars trine natal Mars
- 12 OctJupiter trine natal Jupiter
- 14 OctUranus opposition natal Mars
- 16 OctMars opposition natal Mercury
- 17 OctSaturn sextile natal Mercury
- 19 OctMars square natal Pluto
- 30 OctMars trine natal Moon
November 2026
- 6 NovMars trine natal Jupiter
- 18 NovSaturn square natal Neptune
- 19 NovMars trine natal Saturn
- 22 NovMars trine natal Uranus
- 28 NovMars opposition natal Venus
December 2026
- 10 DecMars square natal Mars
- 22 DecMars trine natal Neptune
January 2027
- 1 JanSaturn square natal Neptune
- 28 JanMars trine natal Neptune
- 29 JanPluto sextile natal Mars
- 31 JanSaturn sextile natal Mercury
February 2027
- 7 FebMars square natal Mars
- 15 FebJupiter trine natal Jupiter
- 19 FebMars opposition natal Venus
- 25 FebMars trine natal Uranus
- 28 FebMars trine natal Saturn
March 2027
- 23 MarMars trine natal Jupiter
- 23 MarJupiter trine natal Moon
April 2027
- 7 AprSaturn trine natal Moon
- 11 AprMars trine natal Jupiter
- 25 AprNeptune trine natal Mars
May 2027
- 4 MayJupiter trine natal Moon
- 6 MayMars trine natal Saturn
- 8 MaySaturn conjunction natal Jupiter
- 10 MayMars trine natal Uranus
- 17 MayMars opposition natal Venus
- 18 MayUranus opposition natal Mars
- 27 MayMars square natal Mars
June 2027
- 3 JunMars trine natal Neptune
- 8 JunJupiter trine natal Jupiter
- 12 JunMars sextile natal Pluto
- 17 JunSaturn square natal Sun
- 22 JunMars square natal Moon
July 2027
- 7 JulMars trine natal Sun
- 10 JulMars square natal Saturn
- 12 JulJupiter trine natal Saturn
- 12 JulMars square natal Uranus
- 12 JulSaturn trine natal Saturn
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