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Asteria · Yearly Forecast
July 13, 2026
profection year

Jay-Z's year of the 9th house

Age 56 · year 57 of life · December 4, 2025 → December 4, 2026

Scorpio on the active cusp. Year lord: Mars, natal Aquarius 21°53' in the 12th house.

Right now Mars transits Gemini 10°25' 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
Oct 14, 2026JupiteroppositionMars
Feb 12, 2027JupiteroppositionMars℞
May 12, 2027SaturnsextileMars
Jun 11, 2027JupiteroppositionMars

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 9th house weigh heaviest for this year's themes.

July 2026
Jul 30, 2026MarstrineMars
Jul 31, 2026MarsoppositionMercury
August 2026
Aug 5, 2026JupitersextileUranus
Aug 7, 2026MarssquarePluto
Aug 8, 2026MarstrineJupiter
Aug 15, 2026MarssextileSaturn
Aug 21, 2026JupitersextileMoon
Aug 23, 2026MarssquareUranus
Aug 25, 2026JupitertrineSun
Aug 29, 2026MarssquareMoon
September 2026
Sep 20, 2026SaturntrineSun℞
Sep 23, 2026MarssextilePluto
Sep 24, 2026MarssquareJupiter
Sep 26, 2026MarstrineNeptune
Sep 28, 2026MarstrineVenus
October 2026
Oct 1, 2026SaturnoppositionMoon℞
Oct 3, 2026MarssquareSaturn
Oct 12, 2026MarssextileUranus
Oct 14, 2026JupiteroppositionMars
Oct 18, 2026MarssextileMoon
Oct 18, 2026JupitertrineMercury
Oct 20, 2026MarstrineSun
November 2026
Nov 7, 2026MarsoppositionMars
Nov 8, 2026MarstrineMercury
Nov 20, 2026MarssextileJupiter
Nov 23, 2026MarssquareNeptune
Nov 26, 2026MarssquareVenus
Nov 28, 2026SaturnoppositionUranus℞
December 2026
Dec 3, 2026MarstrineSaturn
Dec 23, 2026SaturnoppositionUranus
February 2027
Feb 7, 2027JupitertrineMercury℞
Feb 12, 2027JupiteroppositionMars℞
Feb 14, 2027MarstrineSaturn℞
Feb 14, 2027SaturnoppositionMoon
Feb 21, 2027MarssquareVenus℞
Feb 22, 2027SaturntrineSun
Feb 24, 2027MarssquareNeptune℞
Feb 26, 2027MarssextileJupiter℞
March 2027
Mar 16, 2027MarstrineMercury℞
Mar 20, 2027MarsoppositionMars℞
April 2027
Apr 14, 2027MarsoppositionMars
Apr 18, 2027MarstrineMercury
May 2027
May 8, 2027MarssextileJupiter
May 11, 2027MarssquareNeptune
May 12, 2027SaturnsextileMars
May 14, 2027MarssquareVenus
May 17, 2027SaturntrineMercury
May 21, 2027MarstrineSaturn
June 2027
Jun 11, 2027JupiteroppositionMars
Jun 12, 2027MarssquareSun
Jun 15, 2027JupitertrineMercury
July 2027
Jul 1, 2027MarssquareMercury
Jul 7, 2027UranustrineUranus
Jul 10, 2027MarsconjunctionPluto
Jul 13, 2027MarssextileNeptune

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 20, 2026
Moon back to natal · 7 days away. Pisces rising · Moon in 7th house.
Solar Return
2026-12-04 13:00 UTC
Sun back to natal degree. The Solar Return ASC and MC frame the year ahead.
Saturn cycle
Second Saturn Return
Peak May 5, 2028 · age 58.4. Saturn returns a second time, at the threshold of elderhood. The life's central structures are weighed for what they were truly for: work, family, place. The friction is consolidation: deciding what to carry forward, what to lay down, and what your authority is now in service of.

Progressions

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

Progressed Sun
Aquarius 10°00'
About thirty years per sign: sign changes mark major life-phase boundaries.
Progressed Moon
Scorpio 6°25' · 8th house
The inner monthly weather over years, roughly 2.3 years per sign.
Progressed lunation
Disseminating
Sharing what was learned. Teaching, mentoring, integration.

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 Mars1.9°

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°22'5th house
Neptuneuntil Dec 12, 2026Aries 4°24'1st 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
Dec 4, 20259thScorpioMars
Jan 4, 202610thSagittariusJupiter
Feb 4, 202611thCapricornSaturn
Mar 4, 202612thCapricornSaturn
Apr 4, 20261stPiscesJupiter
May 4, 20262ndAriesMars
Jun 4, 20263rdTaurusVenus
Jul 4, 20264thGeminiMercury
Aug 4, 20265thCancerMoon
Sep 4, 20266thCancerMoon
Oct 4, 20267thVirgoMercury
Nov 4, 20268thLibraVenus

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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