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Asteria · Yearly Forecast
July 13, 2026
profection year

Lewis's year of the 6th house

Age 41 · year 42 of life · January 7, 2026 → January 7, 2027

Virgo on the active cusp. Year lord: Mercury, natal Sagittarius 24°41' in the 8th house.

Right now Mercury transits Cancer 20°24' in your 4th 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
Nov 4, 2026JupitertrineMercury
Jan 20, 2027JupitertrineMercury℞
Jun 7, 2027SaturntrineMercury
Jun 28, 2027JupitertrineMercury

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 (Mercury) or your profected 6th house weigh heaviest for this year's themes.

August 2026
Aug 3, 2026MarsoppositionMercury
Aug 13, 2026MarsoppositionNeptune
Aug 16, 2026MarstrineVenus
Aug 18, 2026MarstrinePluto
Aug 26, 2026MarstrineMars
September 2026
Sep 6, 2026MarsoppositionSun
Sep 10, 2026JupitertrineUranus
Sep 15, 2026MarsconjunctionMoon
Sep 16, 2026MarsoppositionJupiter
Sep 20, 2026MarstrineSaturn
October 2026
Oct 5, 2026MarssquarePluto
Oct 26, 2026MarstrineUranus
November 2026
Nov 4, 2026JupitertrineMercury
Nov 10, 2026JupitersquareSaturn
Nov 13, 2026MarstrineMercury
Nov 15, 2026MarssquareSaturn
Nov 22, 2026NeptunesquareNeptune℞
Nov 28, 2026UranussquareVenus℞
Nov 30, 2026MarstrineNeptune
December 2026
Dec 5, 2026MarsoppositionVenus
Dec 8, 2026MarssextilePluto
January 2027
Jan 1, 2027NeptunesquareNeptune
Jan 3, 2027MarsoppositionMars
Jan 5, 2027PlutosquarePluto
Jan 14, 2027JupitersquareSaturn℞
Jan 17, 2027MarsoppositionMars℞
Jan 20, 2027JupitertrineMercury℞
February 2027
Feb 10, 2027MarssextilePluto℞
Feb 12, 2027MarsoppositionVenus℞
Feb 17, 2027MarstrineNeptune℞
March 2027
Mar 6, 2027MarssquareSaturn℞
Mar 8, 2027MarstrineMercury℞
Mar 23, 2027SaturntrineUranus
April 2027
Apr 3, 2027SaturnsquareSun
Apr 17, 2027UranussquareVenus
Apr 27, 2027MarstrineMercury
Apr 30, 2027MarssquareSaturn
May 2027
May 15, 2027SaturnsquareMoon
May 19, 2027MarstrineNeptune
May 21, 2027SaturnsquareJupiter
May 23, 2027MarsoppositionVenus
May 25, 2027MarssextilePluto
June 2027
Jun 7, 2027MarsoppositionMars
Jun 7, 2027SaturntrineMercury
Jun 18, 2027MarssquareUranus
Jun 21, 2027MarstrineSun
Jun 28, 2027JupitertrineMercury
July 2027
Jul 1, 2027MarssextileMoon
Jul 2, 2027JupitersquareSaturn
Jul 2, 2027MarstrineJupiter
Jul 5, 2027MarssquareMercury
Jul 6, 2027MarssextileSaturn

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 14, 2026
Moon back to natal · 1 days away. Virgo rising · Moon in 10th house.
Solar Return
2026-01-07 10:49 UTC
Sun back to natal degree. The Solar Return ASC and MC frame the year ahead.
Saturn cycle
Opposition
Peak Apr 25, 2030 · 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
Aquarius 29°17'
About thirty years per sign: sign changes mark major life-phase boundaries.
Progressed Moon
Aquarius 8°53' · 11th house
The inner monthly weather over years, roughly 2.3 years per sign.
Progressed lunation
Balsamic
Closure and release. Conscious endings, the pre-dawn quiet before a new cycle.

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 Venus1.3°
Feb 20, 2027LunarVirgo 2°06'opposition Venus1.5°
Jan 12, 2028LunarCancer 21°28'conjunction Moon0.8°
Jan 12, 2028LunarCancer 21°28'opposition Jupiter1.5°

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°24'4th 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 7, 20266thVirgoMercury
Feb 7, 20267thScorpioMars
Mar 7, 20268thSagittariusJupiter
Apr 7, 20269thSagittariusJupiter
May 7, 202610thCapricornSaturn
Jun 7, 202611thAquariusSaturn
Jul 7, 202612thPiscesJupiter
Aug 7, 20261stTaurusVenus
Sep 7, 20262ndGeminiMercury
Oct 7, 20263rdGeminiMercury
Nov 7, 20264thCancerMoon
Dec 7, 20265thLeoSun

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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