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Asteria · Yearly Forecast
July 13, 2026
profection year

Kate's year of the 5th house

Age 52 · year 53 of life · January 16, 2026 → January 16, 2027

Leo on the active cusp. Year lord: Sun, natal Capricorn 25°58' in the 10th house.

Right now Sun transits Cancer 21°09' 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
Jun 22, 2027SaturnsquareSun

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 (Sun) or your profected 5th house weigh heaviest for this year's themes.

July 2026
Jul 24, 2026MarstrineJupiter
Jul 31, 2026JupitersextilePluto
August 2026
Aug 4, 2026JupiteroppositionVenus
Aug 7, 2026MarstrineUranus
Aug 9, 2026JupitersquareMars
Aug 9, 2026JupitertrineNeptune
Aug 10, 2026MarsconjunctionSaturn
Aug 14, 2026JupitersquareMoon
Aug 21, 2026MarssquarePluto
Aug 24, 2026MarssextileMars
Aug 26, 2026MarstrineMoon
September 2026
Sep 21, 2026MarsoppositionSun
Sep 21, 2026JupiteroppositionJupiter
Sep 24, 2026MarssquareUranus
Sep 29, 2026MarsoppositionMercury
October 2026
Oct 9, 2026MarssextilePluto
Oct 11, 2026MarsoppositionVenus
Oct 13, 2026MarssquareMars
Oct 13, 2026MarstrineNeptune
Oct 15, 2026MarssquareMoon
Oct 30, 2026MarsoppositionJupiter
November 2026
Nov 9, 2026SaturntrineNeptune℞
Nov 20, 2026MarssextileUranus
Nov 24, 2026MarssextileSaturn
December 2026
Dec 24, 2026MarstrineMars
Dec 25, 2026MarssquareNeptune
January 2027
Jan 2, 2027MarssextileMoon
Jan 11, 2027SaturntrineNeptune
Jan 18, 2027MarssextileMoon℞
Jan 26, 2027MarssquareNeptune℞
Jan 26, 2027MarstrineMars℞
February 2027
Feb 23, 2027MarssextileSaturn℞
Feb 27, 2027MarssextileUranus℞
March 2027
Mar 20, 2027JupiteroppositionJupiter℞
Mar 29, 2027PlutotrinePluto
April 2027
Apr 9, 2027SaturnsextileJupiter
May 2027
May 7, 2027JupiteroppositionJupiter
May 7, 2027MarssextileUranus
May 12, 2027MarssextileSaturn
June 2027
Jun 4, 2027MarstrineMars
Jun 4, 2027MarssquareNeptune
Jun 7, 2027MarssextileMoon
Jun 14, 2027UranustrinePluto
Jun 18, 2027PlutotrinePluto℞
Jun 22, 2027SaturnsquareSun
July 2027
Jul 2, 2027UranustrineVenus
Jul 8, 2027MarstrineSun

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 22, 2026
Moon back to natal · 9 days away. Virgo rising · Moon in 2nd house.
Solar Return
2026-01-16 03:00 UTC
Sun back to natal degree. The Solar Return ASC and MC frame the year ahead.
Saturn cycle
Second Saturn Return
Peak Jul 9, 2032 · age 58.5. 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
Pisces 19°01'
About thirty years per sign: sign changes mark major life-phase boundaries.
Progressed Moon
Libra 9°58' · 6th house
The inner monthly weather over years, roughly 2.3 years per sign.
Progressed lunation
Full Moon
Culmination and exposure. Peak visibility, realisations, turning points.

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 Jupiter2.1°
Aug 28, 2026LunarPisces 4°54'conjunction Part of Fortune1.6°
Feb 6, 2027SolarAquarius 17°38'conjunction Jupiter0.3°
Aug 2, 2027SolarLeo 9°55'opposition Venus2.1°
Jan 26, 2028SolarAquarius 6°11'conjunction Venus1.6°

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°24'3rd house
Neptuneuntil Dec 12, 2026Aries 4°24'12th house
Plutountil Oct 16, 2026Aquarius 4°36'10th 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
Jan 16, 20265thLeoSun
Feb 16, 20266thVirgoMercury
Mar 16, 20267thScorpioMars
Apr 16, 20268thSagittariusJupiter
May 16, 20269thCapricornSaturn
Jun 16, 202610thCapricornSaturn
Jul 16, 202611thAquariusSaturn
Aug 16, 202612thPiscesJupiter
Sep 16, 20261stTaurusVenus
Oct 16, 20262ndGeminiMercury
Nov 16, 20263rdCancerMoon
Dec 16, 20264thCancerMoon

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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