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Asteria · Yearly Forecast
July 13, 2026
profection year

Michael's year of the 4th house

Age 63 · year 64 of life · February 17, 2026 → February 17, 2027

Virgo on the active cusp. Year lord: Mercury, natal Aquarius 2°39' in the 7th house.

Right now Mercury transits Cancer 20°24' in your 1st 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
Oct 8, 2026NeptunesextileMercury℞
Dec 21, 2026UranustrineMercury℞
Feb 12, 2027NeptunesextileMercury
Mar 28, 2027UranustrineMercury

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 4th house weigh heaviest for this year's themes.

July 2026
Jul 26, 2026MarssquareJupiter
August 2026
Aug 8, 2026MarstrineSun
Aug 14, 2026JupiterconjunctionMars
Aug 14, 2026JupitertrineMoon
Aug 16, 2026MarssextileUranus
Aug 28, 2026MarssextilePluto
Aug 31, 2026MarsoppositionVenus
September 2026
Sep 4, 2026MarstrineNeptune
Sep 9, 2026SaturnsquareVenus℞
Sep 9, 2026JupiteroppositionSaturn
Sep 10, 2026MarstrineJupiter
Sep 10, 2026JupitersquareNeptune
October 2026
Oct 2, 2026MarsoppositionMercury
Oct 8, 2026NeptunesextileMercury℞
Oct 15, 2026MarsconjunctionMars
Oct 15, 2026MarstrineMoon
Oct 21, 2026SaturntrineMoon℞
Oct 22, 2026SaturntrineMars℞
Oct 25, 2026MarsoppositionSaturn
Oct 26, 2026MarssquareNeptune
November 2026
Nov 22, 2026MarsoppositionSun
Nov 30, 2026UranussquareUranus℞
December 2026
Dec 5, 2026MarsconjunctionUranus
Dec 21, 2026UranustrineMercury℞
January 2027
Jan 2, 2027MarssquareMoon
Jan 18, 2027MarssquareMoon℞
Jan 28, 2027SaturntrineMars
Jan 28, 2027SaturntrineMoon
February 2027
Feb 12, 2027NeptunesextileMercury
Feb 12, 2027MarsconjunctionUranus℞
Feb 25, 2027MarsoppositionSun℞
March 2027
Mar 2, 2027SaturnsquareVenus
Mar 21, 2027SaturnsextileSaturn
Mar 28, 2027UranustrineMercury
April 2027
Apr 15, 2027UranussquareUranus
May 2027
May 10, 2027MarsoppositionSun
May 23, 2027MarsconjunctionUranus
June 2027
Jun 7, 2027MarssquareMoon
Jun 9, 2027MarsconjunctionPluto
Jun 13, 2027MarstrineVenus
Jun 18, 2027MarssextileNeptune
Jun 25, 2027MarsoppositionJupiter

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 24, 2026
Moon back to natal · 11 days away. Sagittarius rising · Moon in 12th house.
Solar Return
2026-02-17 01:24 UTC
Sun back to natal degree. The Solar Return ASC and MC frame the year ahead.
Saturn cycle
Opening Square
Peak May 12, 2029 · age 66.2. The opening square of the third cycle asks for one more deliberate act of building: usually a legacy, a body of work, a way of being useful that does not depend on a title. The friction is choosing to keep shaping a life rather than only maintaining it.

Progressions

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

Progressed Sun
Taurus 1°20'
About thirty years per sign: sign changes mark major life-phase boundaries.
Progressed Moon
Aries 7°22' · 10th 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'opposition Uranus1.4°
Feb 6, 2027SolarAquarius 17°38'conjunction Saturn2.1°
Feb 20, 2027LunarVirgo 2°06'conjunction Uranus1.4°
Aug 2, 2027SolarLeo 9°55'conjunction Mars0.0°

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°24'1st house
Neptuneuntil Dec 12, 2026Aries 4°24'10th house
Plutountil Oct 16, 2026Aquarius 4°36'8th 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
Feb 17, 20264thVirgoMercury
Mar 17, 20265thLibraVenus
Apr 17, 20266thSagittariusJupiter
May 17, 20267thCapricornSaturn
Jun 17, 20268thAquariusSaturn
Jul 17, 20269thAquariusSaturn
Aug 17, 202610thPiscesJupiter
Sep 17, 202611thAriesMars
Oct 17, 202612thGeminiMercury
Nov 17, 20261stCancerMoon
Dec 17, 20262ndLeoSun
Jan 17, 20273rdLeoSun

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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