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Asteria · Yearly Forecast
July 13, 2026
profection year

Paul's year of the 1st house

Age 84 · year 85 of life · June 18, 2026 → June 18, 2027

Virgo on the active cusp. Year lord: Mercury, natal Gemini 18°21' in the 9th house.

Right now Mercury transits Cancer 20°24' 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 24, 2026JupitersextileMercury
Mar 14, 2027JupitersextileMercury℞
Apr 13, 2027SaturnsextileMercury
May 13, 2027JupitersextileMercury

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 23, 2026MarssextileMoon
Jul 24, 2026JupitersextileSaturn
Jul 25, 2026MarsconjunctionMercury
Jul 27, 2026PlutooppositionPluto℞
Jul 31, 2026NeptunetrinePluto℞
August 2026
Aug 6, 2026MarsconjunctionSun
Aug 7, 2026MarssquareNeptune
Aug 7, 2026UranusconjunctionSaturn
Aug 14, 2026MarsconjunctionJupiter
September 2026
Sep 9, 2026MarssextileVenus
Sep 20, 2026JupiterconjunctionMoon
Sep 23, 2026MarssextileNeptune
Sep 24, 2026JupitersextileMercury
Sep 27, 2026JupitersquareVenus
October 2026
Oct 1, 2026MarssextileUranus
Oct 2, 2026MarsconjunctionMars
Oct 5, 2026MarsconjunctionPluto
Oct 7, 2026MarssextileSaturn
Oct 7, 2026NeptunetrineMars℞
Oct 15, 2026UranusconjunctionSaturn℞
Oct 30, 2026MarsconjunctionMoon
Oct 31, 2026MarssextileMercury
November 2026
Nov 1, 2026MarssquareVenus
Nov 6, 2026NeptunesextileUranus℞
Nov 11, 2026UranussextilePluto℞
Nov 14, 2026NeptunesquareJupiter℞
Nov 17, 2026MarssextileSun
Nov 27, 2026JupitersextileSun
Nov 30, 2026MarssextileJupiter
December 2026
Dec 1, 2026MarssquareUranus
Dec 10, 2026MarssquareSaturn
Dec 20, 2026UranussextileMars℞
Dec 28, 2026JupitersextileSun℞
Dec 29, 2026PlutooppositionPluto
January 2027
Jan 9, 2027NeptunesquareJupiter
Jan 13, 2027UranusconjunctionUranus℞
Jan 17, 2027NeptunesextileUranus
Jan 28, 2027PlutotrineSaturn
February 2027
Feb 8, 2027MarssquareSaturn℞
Feb 13, 2027NeptunetrineMars
Feb 16, 2027MarssquareUranus℞
Feb 16, 2027MarssextileJupiter℞
March 2027
Mar 2, 2027MarssextileSun℞
Mar 6, 2027UranusconjunctionUranus
Mar 7, 2027JupitersquareVenus℞
Mar 14, 2027JupitersextileMercury℞
Mar 24, 2027JupiterconjunctionMoon℞
Mar 29, 2027UranussextileMars
Mar 29, 2027NeptunetrinePluto
April 2027
Apr 7, 2027SaturntrineMoon
Apr 13, 2027SaturnsextileMercury
Apr 24, 2027NeptunesextileSaturn
May 2027
May 1, 2027UranussextilePluto
May 3, 2027JupiterconjunctionMoon
May 4, 2027MarssextileSun
May 13, 2027JupitersextileMercury
May 17, 2027UranusconjunctionSaturn
May 19, 2027MarssextileJupiter
May 19, 2027MarssquareUranus
May 20, 2027JupitersquareVenus
May 27, 2027MarssquareSaturn
June 2027
Jun 23, 2027MarssquareMercury
Jun 25, 2027MarstrineVenus
July 2027
Jul 2, 2027SaturnsextileSun
Jul 9, 2027JupitersextileSun
Jul 9, 2027MarssquareSun
Jul 10, 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 16, 2026
Moon back to natal · 3 days away. Cancer rising · Moon in 3rd house.
Solar Return
2026-06-17 19:30 UTC
Sun back to natal degree. The Solar Return ASC and MC frame the year ahead.
Saturn cycle
Third Saturn Return
Peak Nov 30, 2030 · age 88.5. 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
Virgo 17°13'
About thirty years per sign: sign changes mark major life-phase boundaries.
Progressed Moon
Virgo 16°16' · 12th 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 12, 2026SolarLeo 20°02'conjunction Moon2.4°
Aug 28, 2026LunarPisces 4°54'opposition North Node1.7°
Aug 28, 2026LunarPisces 4°54'conjunction South Node1.7°
Feb 6, 2027SolarAquarius 17°38'opposition Moon0.0°
Aug 2, 2027SolarLeo 9°55'conjunction Chiron2.2°
Jan 26, 2028SolarAquarius 6°11'opposition Pluto1.9°

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°24'10th house
Neptuneuntil Dec 12, 2026Aries 4°24'7th house
Plutountil Oct 16, 2026Aquarius 4°36'4th 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
Jun 18, 20261stVirgoMercury
Jul 18, 20262ndLibraVenus
Aug 18, 20263rdScorpioMars
Sep 18, 20264thSagittariusJupiter
Oct 18, 20265thAquariusSaturn
Nov 18, 20266thPiscesJupiter
Dec 18, 20267thPiscesJupiter
Jan 18, 20278thAriesMars
Feb 18, 20279thTaurusVenus
Mar 18, 202710thGeminiMercury
Apr 18, 202711thLeoSun
May 18, 202712thVirgoMercury

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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