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Asteria · Yearly Forecast
July 13, 2026
profection year

Otis's year of the 1st house

Age 84 · year 85 of life · September 9, 2025 → September 9, 2026

Scorpio on the active cusp. Year lord: Mars, natal Aries 23°39' in the 5th house.

Right now Mars transits Gemini 10°25' in your 7th 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 26, 2026JupitertrineMars
Jan 29, 2027JupitertrineMars℞
May 28, 2027SaturnconjunctionMars
Jun 22, 2027JupitertrineMars

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

July 2026
Jul 22, 2026MarssquareSun
Jul 23, 2026JupiterconjunctionPluto
Jul 26, 2026PlutotrineMercury℞
Jul 27, 2026MarsconjunctionJupiter
Jul 28, 2026NeptuneoppositionMercury℞
August 2026
Aug 1, 2026MarstrineVenus
Aug 1, 2026MarssextileMars
Aug 3, 2026UranussextilePluto
Aug 6, 2026MarssquareNeptune
Aug 13, 2026MarssextileMoon
Aug 17, 2026MarssquareMercury
September 2026
Sep 6, 2026MarssextileSun
Sep 17, 2026MarssquareVenus
Sep 17, 2026MarssquareMars
Sep 23, 2026MarssextileNeptune
Sep 25, 2026MarssextileSaturn
Sep 28, 2026MarssextileUranus
October 2026
Oct 1, 2026MarssquareMoon
Oct 2, 2026JupitersextileJupiter
Oct 5, 2026MarssextileMercury
Oct 6, 2026MarsconjunctionPluto
Oct 19, 2026UranussextilePluto℞
Oct 25, 2026JupitersextileVenus
Oct 26, 2026JupitertrineMars
November 2026
Nov 3, 2026MarssextileJupiter
Nov 10, 2026UranustrineMercury℞
Nov 11, 2026MarssextileVenus
Nov 11, 2026MarstrineMars
Nov 22, 2026MarssquareSaturn
Nov 26, 2026MarssquareUranus
Nov 30, 2026MarstrineMoon
December 2026
Dec 30, 2026PlutotrineMercury
January 2027
Jan 24, 2027PlutooppositionPluto
Jan 29, 2027JupitertrineMars℞
Jan 30, 2027JupitersextileVenus℞
February 2027
Feb 17, 2027MarstrineMoon℞
Feb 20, 2027MarssquareUranus℞
Feb 25, 2027MarssquareSaturn℞
Feb 27, 2027JupitersextileJupiter℞
March 2027
Mar 11, 2027MarstrineMars℞
Mar 12, 2027MarssextileVenus℞
Mar 30, 2027NeptuneoppositionMercury
April 2027
Apr 21, 2027NeptunetrinePluto
Apr 23, 2027MarssextileVenus
Apr 23, 2027MarstrineMars
Apr 25, 2027SaturnsextileJupiter
May 2027
May 1, 2027UranustrineMercury
May 10, 2027MarssquareSaturn
May 15, 2027MarssquareUranus
May 15, 2027UranussextilePluto
May 19, 2027MarstrineMoon
May 26, 2027SaturnoppositionVenus
May 28, 2027SaturnconjunctionMars
May 28, 2027JupitersextileJupiter
June 2027
Jun 20, 2027MarsconjunctionSun
Jun 21, 2027JupitersextileVenus
Jun 22, 2027JupitertrineMars
Jun 26, 2027MarssquareJupiter
July 2027
Jul 9, 2027MarsconjunctionNeptune
Jul 12, 2027MarstrineSaturn

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 5, 2026
Moon back to natal · 23 days away. Taurus rising · Moon in 12th house.
Solar Return
2026-09-09 06:18 UTC
Sun back to natal degree. The Solar Return ASC and MC frame the year ahead.
Saturn cycle
Third Saturn Return
Peak May 20, 2030 · age 88.7. 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
Sagittarius 11°00'
About thirty years per sign: sign changes mark major life-phase boundaries.
Progressed Moon
Gemini 7°30' · 7th 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 2, 2027SolarLeo 9°55'conjunction Chiron0.1°
Jan 12, 2028LunarCancer 21°28'conjunction Vertex3.0°
Jan 26, 2028SolarAquarius 6°11'opposition Pluto1.1°

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°22'8th house
Neptuneuntil Dec 12, 2026Aries 4°24'4th house
Plutountil Oct 16, 2026Aquarius 4°36'3rd 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
Sep 9, 20251stScorpioMars
Oct 9, 20252ndSagittariusJupiter
Nov 9, 20253rdAquariusSaturn
Dec 9, 20254thPiscesJupiter
Jan 9, 20265thAriesMars
Feb 9, 20266thTaurusVenus
Mar 9, 20267thTaurusVenus
Apr 9, 20268thGeminiMercury
May 9, 20269thLeoSun
Jun 9, 202610thVirgoMercury
Jul 9, 202611thLibraVenus
Aug 9, 202612thScorpioMars

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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