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Asteria · Yearly Forecast
July 13, 2026
profection year

Madonna's year of the 8th house

Age 67 · year 68 of life · August 16, 2025 → August 16, 2026

Aries on the active cusp. Year lord: Mars, natal Taurus 15°23' in the 9th house.

Right now Mars transits Gemini 10°30' in your 10th 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 9, 2026JupitersquareMars

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 8th house weigh heaviest for this year's themes.

July 2026
Jul 26, 2026MarsoppositionSaturn
August 2026
Aug 1, 2026MarssextileSun
Aug 5, 2026MarstrineJupiter
Aug 13, 2026MarssextilePluto
Aug 14, 2026MarstrineNeptune
Aug 19, 2026MarssextileMercury
Aug 27, 2026JupiterconjunctionUranus
Aug 29, 2026MarssextileMoon
September 2026
Sep 1, 2026UranussquareMercury
Sep 4, 2026MarssextileMars
Sep 9, 2026JupitersquareMars
Sep 16, 2026SaturntrineUranus℞
Sep 20, 2026UranussquareMercury℞
Sep 22, 2026MarssquareJupiter
Sep 28, 2026JupitertrineSaturn
Sep 29, 2026MarsconjunctionVenus
October 2026
Oct 2, 2026MarssquareNeptune
Oct 20, 2026MarsconjunctionUranus
Oct 22, 2026JupiterconjunctionSun
Oct 25, 2026MarssquareMars
November 2026
Nov 2, 2026MarstrineSaturn
Nov 10, 2026MarsconjunctionSun
Nov 17, 2026MarssextileJupiter
Nov 23, 2026JupitersextileJupiter
Nov 30, 2026MarsconjunctionPluto
December 2026
Dec 1, 2026MarssextileNeptune
Dec 12, 2026MarsconjunctionMercury
January 2027
Jan 1, 2027JupitersextileJupiter℞
Jan 30, 2027UranussquarePluto℞
February 2027
Feb 2, 2027JupiterconjunctionSun℞
Feb 6, 2027MarsconjunctionMercury℞
Feb 15, 2027MarssextileNeptune℞
Feb 17, 2027MarsconjunctionPluto℞
Feb 17, 2027UranussquarePluto
Feb 25, 2027SaturntrineUranus
March 2027
Mar 3, 2027MarssextileJupiter℞
Mar 6, 2027JupitertrineSaturn℞
Mar 14, 2027MarsconjunctionSun℞
April 2027
Apr 19, 2027SaturntrineSaturn
Apr 21, 2027MarsconjunctionSun
May 2027
May 4, 2027MarssextileJupiter
May 19, 2027MarsconjunctionPluto
May 20, 2027MarssextileNeptune
May 21, 2027JupitertrineSaturn
May 23, 2027SaturntrineSun
May 25, 2027UranussquareMercury
May 28, 2027MarsconjunctionMercury
June 2027
Jun 10, 2027MarsconjunctionMoon
Jun 18, 2027MarstrineMars
Jun 19, 2027JupiterconjunctionSun
Jun 25, 2027MarssquareSaturn
Jun 28, 2027SaturnoppositionJupiter
July 2027
Jul 7, 2027JupitersextileJupiter

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. Scorpio rising · Moon in 10th house.
Solar Return
2026-08-15 22:33 UTC
Sun back to natal degree. The Solar Return ASC and MC frame the year ahead.
Saturn cycle
Opposition
Peak Dec 16, 2031 · age 73.3. Saturn's final opposition brings a wide, clear view of the whole arc. What you built meets the world once more, now mostly through the people and the work you have influenced. The friction is meaning: making peace with the shape of the life, and with what can no longer be changed.

Progressions

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

Progressed Sun
Libra 29°29'
About thirty years per sign: sign changes mark major life-phase boundaries.
Progressed Moon
Pisces 13°25' · 7th 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 12, 2026SolarLeo 20°02'opposition Chiron0.0°
Aug 12, 2026SolarLeo 20°02'conjunction Sun3.1°
Aug 28, 2026LunarPisces 4°54'opposition Mercury0.8°
Aug 28, 2026LunarPisces 4°54'opposition Pluto3.2°
Feb 6, 2027SolarAquarius 17°38'conjunction Chiron2.4°
Feb 20, 2027LunarVirgo 2°06'conjunction Pluto0.4°

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°18'11th house
Neptuneuntil Dec 12, 2026Aries 4°24'8th house
Plutountil Oct 16, 2026Aquarius 4°36'5th 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
Aug 16, 20258thAriesMars
Sep 16, 20259thTaurusVenus
Oct 16, 202510thGeminiMercury
Nov 16, 202511thCancerMoon
Dec 16, 202512thLeoSun
Jan 16, 20261stVirgoMercury
Feb 16, 20262ndLibraVenus
Mar 16, 20263rdScorpioMars
Apr 16, 20264thSagittariusJupiter
May 16, 20265thCapricornSaturn
Jun 16, 20266thAquariusSaturn
Jul 16, 20267thPiscesJupiter

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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