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Asteria · Yearly Forecast
July 13, 2026
profection year

Michael's year of the 7th house

Age 66 · year 67 of life · January 4, 2026 → January 4, 2027

Libra on the active cusp. Year lord: Venus, natal Sagittarius 2°51' in the 8th house.

Right now Venus transits Virgo 4°17' in your 5th 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 1, 2026NeptunetrineVenus℞
Dec 16, 2026UranusoppositionVenus℞
Feb 19, 2027NeptunetrineVenus
Apr 2, 2027UranusoppositionVenus

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 (Venus) or your profected 7th house weigh heaviest for this year's themes.

July 2026
Jul 26, 2026MarsoppositionJupiter
Jul 28, 2026MarssextileUranus
Jul 31, 2026MarsoppositionMars
August 2026
Aug 9, 2026JupitersquareNeptune
Aug 12, 2026MarsoppositionMercury
Aug 13, 2026MarssquareMoon
Aug 20, 2026MarssextilePluto
Aug 24, 2026MarstrineNeptune
Aug 26, 2026MarsoppositionSaturn
September 2026
Sep 1, 2026MarsoppositionSun
Sep 5, 2026SaturnsquareSun℞
Sep 30, 2026MarstrineMoon
Sep 30, 2026JupitertrineJupiter
October 2026
Oct 1, 2026NeptunetrineVenus℞
Oct 3, 2026MarstrineVenus
Oct 5, 2026JupiterconjunctionUranus
Oct 13, 2026MarssquareNeptune
Oct 22, 2026JupitertrineMars
Oct 22, 2026SaturnsquareSaturn℞
November 2026
Nov 2, 2026MarstrineJupiter
Nov 4, 2026MarsconjunctionUranus
Nov 10, 2026MarstrineMars
Nov 27, 2026MarstrineMercury
December 2026
Dec 3, 2026MarssquareVenus
Dec 13, 2026MarsconjunctionPluto
Dec 16, 2026UranusoppositionVenus℞
Dec 24, 2026MarssextileNeptune
January 2027
Jan 1, 2027MarstrineSaturn
Jan 19, 2027MarstrineSaturn℞
Jan 26, 2027MarssextileNeptune℞
Jan 27, 2027SaturnsquareSaturn
February 2027
Feb 3, 2027JupitertrineMars℞
Feb 5, 2027MarsconjunctionPluto℞
Feb 14, 2027MarssquareVenus℞
Feb 19, 2027NeptunetrineVenus
Feb 20, 2027MarstrineMercury℞
Feb 23, 2027JupiterconjunctionUranus℞
March 2027
Mar 2, 2027JupitertrineJupiter℞
Mar 3, 2027SaturnsquareSun
Mar 14, 2027MarstrineMars℞
April 2027
Apr 2, 2027UranusoppositionVenus
Apr 21, 2027MarstrineMars
Apr 22, 2027SaturntrineJupiter
Apr 29, 2027SaturntrineUranus
May 2027
May 16, 2027MarstrineMercury
May 21, 2027MarssquareVenus
May 22, 2027SaturntrineMars
May 25, 2027JupitertrineJupiter
May 29, 2027MarsconjunctionPluto
May 31, 2027UranussquarePluto
June 2027
Jun 1, 2027JupiterconjunctionUranus
Jun 4, 2027MarssextileNeptune
Jun 6, 2027MarstrineSaturn
Jun 14, 2027MarstrineSun
Jun 18, 2027JupitertrineMars
Jun 26, 2027MarssquareJupiter
July 2027
Jul 2, 2027MarssquareMars

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
August 2, 2026
Moon back to natal · 20 days away. Capricorn rising · Moon in 2nd house.
Solar Return
2026-01-03 18:39 UTC
Sun back to natal degree. The Solar Return ASC and MC frame the year ahead.
Saturn cycle
Opening Square
Peak Oct 22, 2026 · age 66.8. 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
Pisces 20°42'
About thirty years per sign: sign changes mark major life-phase boundaries.
Progressed Moon
Leo 25°34' · 5th house
The inner monthly weather over years, roughly 2.3 years per sign.
Progressed lunation
Gibbous
Refinement. Perfecting the work, with culmination in sight.

Eclipses ahead

Solar and lunar eclipses within ~18 months that fall within orb of a natal placement.

DateKindAt HitsOrb
Aug 12, 2026SolarLeo 20°02'conjunction Uranus0.4°
Aug 28, 2026LunarPisces 4°54'opposition Pluto1.1°
Feb 6, 2027SolarAquarius 17°38'opposition Uranus2.8°

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°22'4th 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 4, 20267thLibraVenus
Feb 4, 20268thSagittariusJupiter
Mar 4, 20269thSagittariusJupiter
Apr 4, 202610thCapricornSaturn
May 4, 202611thAquariusSaturn
Jun 4, 202612thPiscesJupiter
Jul 4, 20261stAriesMars
Aug 4, 20262ndGeminiMercury
Sep 4, 20263rdGeminiMercury
Oct 4, 20264thCancerMoon
Nov 4, 20265thLeoSun
Dec 4, 20266thVirgoMercury

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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