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Asteria · Yearly Forecast
July 13, 2026
profection year

Lou's year of the 1st house

Age 84 · year 85 of life · March 2, 2026 → March 2, 2027

Gemini on the active cusp. Year lord: Mercury, natal Aquarius 14°48' in the 9th house.

Right now Mercury transits Cancer 20°22' in your 2nd 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
Sep 6, 2026JupiteroppositionMercury
Mar 15, 2027SaturnsextileMercury

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 1st house weigh heaviest for this year's themes.

July 2026
Jul 30, 2026JupiteroppositionVenus
August 2026
Aug 9, 2026MarssquareNeptune
Aug 14, 2026PlutooppositionPluto℞
Aug 22, 2026MarssextileMoon
Aug 22, 2026NeptunetrinePluto℞
Aug 26, 2026JupitersextileJupiter
Aug 28, 2026MarstrineSun
September 2026
Sep 6, 2026JupiteroppositionMercury
Sep 16, 2026MarssextileSaturn
Sep 19, 2026SaturnsextileJupiter℞
Sep 22, 2026MarssextileUranus
Sep 23, 2026MarssextileMars
Sep 26, 2026MarssextileNeptune
October 2026
Oct 4, 2026MarsconjunctionPluto
Oct 9, 2026MarsoppositionVenus
Oct 20, 2026MarssextileJupiter
Oct 21, 2026JupitersquareSaturn
Oct 24, 2026MarsoppositionMercury
November 2026
Nov 9, 2026MarssquareSaturn
Nov 18, 2026MarssquareUranus
Nov 19, 2026MarssquareMars
Nov 21, 2026UranussextilePluto℞
Nov 28, 2026JupitersquareUranus
December 2026
Dec 14, 2026PlutooppositionPluto
Dec 17, 2026MarsconjunctionMoon
Dec 27, 2026JupitersquareUranus℞
February 2027
Feb 1, 2027MarsconjunctionMoon℞
Feb 3, 2027JupitersquareSaturn℞
Feb 23, 2027SaturnsextileJupiter
Feb 28, 2027MarssquareMars℞
March 2027
Mar 2, 2027MarssquareUranus℞
Mar 14, 2027MarssquareSaturn℞
Mar 15, 2027SaturnsextileMercury
Mar 17, 2027PlutoconjunctionVenus
Mar 19, 2027NeptunetrinePluto
April 2027
Apr 20, 2027MarssquareSaturn
Apr 23, 2027UranussextilePluto
May 2027
May 4, 2027MarssquareUranus
May 6, 2027MarssquareMars
May 31, 2027MarsconjunctionMoon
June 2027
Jun 10, 2027UranustrineVenus
Jun 10, 2027MarsoppositionSun
Jun 12, 2027MarssquareJupiter
Jun 18, 2027JupitersquareSaturn
Jun 20, 2027UranussquareMoon
Jun 21, 2027NeptunesextileVenus
July 2027
Jul 1, 2027PlutoconjunctionVenus℞
Jul 2, 2027MarstrineSaturn
Jul 9, 2027MarstrineUranus
Jul 9, 2027JupitersquareUranus
Jul 10, 2027MarstrineMars
Jul 12, 2027JupitersquareMars
Jul 13, 2027MarsconjunctionNeptune

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 17, 2026
Moon back to natal · 4 days away. Leo rising · Moon in 1st house.
Solar Return
2026-03-02 00:53 UTC
Sun back to natal degree. The Solar Return ASC and MC frame the year ahead.
Saturn cycle
Third Saturn Return
Peak Oct 26, 2029 · age 87.7. Saturn completes its third full circle. Few lives reach it; those that do meet a quiet, total review. The friction, if it is friction at all, is acceptance. It is the gathering of the whole story into something that can be passed on.

Progressions

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

Progressed Sun
Gemini 4°09'
About thirty years per sign: sign changes mark major life-phase boundaries.
Progressed Moon
Libra 6°28' · 5th 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 28, 2026LunarPisces 4°54'opposition Moon2.2°
Feb 6, 2027SolarAquarius 17°38'conjunction Mercury2.8°
Aug 2, 2027SolarLeo 9°55'conjunction Chiron0.5°
Aug 2, 2027SolarLeo 9°55'opposition Venus3.3°
Jan 26, 2028SolarAquarius 6°11'conjunction Venus0.4°
Jan 26, 2028SolarAquarius 6°11'opposition Pluto2.3°

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°22'2nd house
Neptuneuntil Dec 12, 2026Aries 4°24'11th house
Plutountil Oct 16, 2026Aquarius 4°36'9th 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
Mar 2, 20261stGeminiMercury
Apr 2, 20262ndCancerMoon
May 2, 20263rdCancerMoon
Jun 2, 20264thLeoSun
Jul 2, 20265thVirgoMercury
Aug 2, 20266thScorpioMars
Sep 2, 20267thSagittariusJupiter
Oct 2, 20268thCapricornSaturn
Nov 2, 20269thCapricornSaturn
Dec 2, 202610thAquariusSaturn
Jan 2, 202711thPiscesJupiter
Feb 2, 202712thTaurusVenus

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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