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Asteria · Yearly Forecast
July 13, 2026
profection year

Joshua's year of the 7th house

Age 30 · year 31 of life · December 30, 2025 → December 30, 2026

Libra on the active cusp. Year lord: Venus, natal Aquarius 11°11' in the 11th house.

Right now Venus transits Virgo 4°17' 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 20, 2026JupiteroppositionVenus
Oct 6, 2026SaturnsextileVenus℞
Feb 11, 2027SaturnsextileVenus

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 (Venus) or your profected 7th house weigh heaviest for this year's themes.

July 2026
Jul 26, 2026MarssquareSaturn
August 2026
Aug 10, 2026MarsoppositionJupiter
Aug 15, 2026MarssextileMoon
Aug 20, 2026JupiteroppositionVenus
Aug 24, 2026MarsoppositionSun
September 2026
Sep 10, 2026MarstrineSaturn
Sep 16, 2026MarsoppositionMars
Sep 19, 2026MarsoppositionNeptune
Sep 24, 2026MarsoppositionMercury
Sep 26, 2026MarsoppositionUranus
October 2026
Oct 1, 2026MarstrinePluto
Oct 2, 2026MarssquareMoon
Oct 6, 2026SaturnsextileVenus℞
Oct 17, 2026MarsoppositionVenus
November 2026
Nov 10, 2026NeptunetrinePluto℞
Nov 12, 2026SaturnsquareSun℞
Nov 24, 2026MarstrineJupiter
Nov 30, 2026MarssquarePluto
December 2026
Dec 2, 2026MarstrineMoon
Dec 24, 2026MarstrineSun
January 2027
Jan 8, 2027SaturnsquareSun
Jan 14, 2027NeptunetrinePluto
Jan 16, 2027UranusoppositionPluto℞
Jan 27, 2027MarstrineSun℞
February 2027
Feb 11, 2027SaturnsextileVenus
Feb 15, 2027MarstrineMoon℞
Feb 16, 2027MarssquarePluto℞
Feb 23, 2027MarstrineJupiter℞
March 2027
Mar 3, 2027UranusoppositionPluto
May 2027
May 12, 2027MarstrineJupiter
May 19, 2027MarssquarePluto
May 20, 2027MarstrineMoon
May 24, 2027SaturnsquareMars
June 2027
Jun 4, 2027MarstrineSun
Jun 7, 2027SaturnsquareNeptune
Jun 25, 2027MarsoppositionSaturn
July 2027
Jul 3, 2027MarstrineMars
Jul 5, 2027MarstrineNeptune
Jul 11, 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
August 5, 2026
Moon back to natal · 23 days away. Taurus rising · Moon in 12th house.
Solar Return
2026-12-30 08:41 UTC
Sun back to natal degree. The Solar Return ASC and MC frame the year ahead.
Saturn cycle
Opening Square
Peak Dec 14, 2031 · age 36.0. The opening square of the second cycle pushes you to commit to what the Return rebuilt. The choices made around thirty now demand follow-through. The friction is between momentum and the patient, unglamorous work of making a thing genuinely solid.

Progressions

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

Progressed Sun
Aquarius 9°45'
About thirty years per sign: sign changes mark major life-phase boundaries.
Progressed Moon
Gemini 12°02' · 2nd house
The inner monthly weather over years, roughly 2.3 years per sign.
Progressed lunation
First Quarter
Friction and trial-and-error. Action taken under pressure; the new direction tested.

Eclipses ahead

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

DateKindAt HitsOrb
Aug 2, 2027SolarLeo 9°55'conjunction Part of Fortune0.0°
Aug 2, 2027SolarLeo 9°55'opposition Venus1.3°
Jan 12, 2028LunarCancer 21°28'opposition Mars1.8°
Jan 12, 2028LunarCancer 21°28'opposition Neptune3.2°

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°22'4th house
Neptuneuntil Dec 12, 2026Aries 4°24'12th house
Plutountil Oct 16, 2026Aquarius 4°36'11th 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 30, 20257thLibraVenus
Jan 30, 20268thScorpioMars
Feb 28, 20269thSagittariusJupiter
Mar 30, 202610thCapricornSaturn
Apr 30, 202611thAquariusSaturn
May 30, 202612thPiscesJupiter
Jun 30, 20261stAriesMars
Jul 30, 20262ndTaurusVenus
Aug 30, 20263rdGeminiMercury
Sep 30, 20264thCancerMoon
Oct 30, 20265thLeoSun
Nov 30, 20266thVirgoMercury

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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