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Asteria · Yearly Forecast
July 13, 2026
profection year

Post's year of the 8th house

Age 31 · year 32 of life · July 4, 2026 → July 4, 2027

Aries on the active cusp. Year lord: Mars, natal Virgo 20°24' in the 12th house.

Right now Mars transits Gemini 10°25' in your 9th house .

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 28, 2026MarssquareMars
Jul 29, 2026MarsconjunctionMercury
Jul 31, 2026JupitertrineJupiter
August 2026
Aug 3, 2026MarssquareSaturn
Aug 8, 2026MarssquareMoon
Aug 10, 2026MarsconjunctionVenus
Aug 30, 2026MarsconjunctionSun
September 2026
Sep 12, 2026MarssextileMars
Sep 18, 2026MarsoppositionNeptune
Sep 19, 2026MarstrineSaturn
Sep 22, 2026SaturnsquareSun℞
Sep 24, 2026MarssextileMoon
Sep 24, 2026MarstrinePluto
Sep 26, 2026MarsoppositionUranus
October 2026
Oct 9, 2026MarstrineJupiter
Oct 10, 2026JupitersextileMercury
November 2026
Nov 6, 2026MarssextileMercury
Nov 21, 2026MarssquarePluto
Nov 24, 2026MarssextileVenus
December 2026
Dec 16, 2026MarssquareJupiter
February 2027
Feb 3, 2027MarssquareJupiter℞
Feb 17, 2027JupitersextileMercury℞
Feb 21, 2027SaturnsquareSun
Feb 23, 2027MarssextileVenus℞
Feb 26, 2027MarssquarePluto℞
March 2027
Mar 26, 2027MarssextileMercury℞
Mar 28, 2027PlutosextileJupiter
April 2027
Apr 7, 2027MarssextileMercury
May 2027
May 5, 2027SaturnsextileMercury
May 9, 2027MarssquarePluto
May 12, 2027MarssextileVenus
May 31, 2027MarssquareJupiter
June 2027
Jun 5, 2027SaturnsquareNeptune
Jun 6, 2027JupitersextileMercury
Jun 11, 2027MarssextileSun
Jun 13, 2027UranusoppositionJupiter
Jun 20, 2027PlutosextileJupiter℞
Jun 27, 2027MarsconjunctionMars
Jun 29, 2027MarssquareMercury
July 2027
Jul 5, 2027MarstrineNeptune
Jul 5, 2027MarsoppositionSaturn
Jul 11, 2027MarsconjunctionMoon
Jul 11, 2027MarssextilePluto

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 19, 2026
Moon back to natal · 5 days away. Aquarius rising · Moon in 8th house.
Solar Return
2026-07-04 03:56 UTC
Sun back to natal degree. The Solar Return ASC and MC frame the year ahead.
Saturn cycle
Opening Square
Peak Jun 3, 2032 · age 36.9. The opening square of the second cycle pushes you to commit to what the Return rebuilt. The choices made around thirty now demand follow-through. The friction is between momentum and the patient, unglamorous work of making a thing genuinely solid.

Progressions

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

Progressed Sun
Leo 11°50'
About thirty years per sign: sign changes mark major life-phase boundaries.
Progressed Moon
Scorpio 19°02' · 2nd 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
Jan 12, 2028LunarCancer 21°28'opposition Neptune3.0°

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°22'10th house
Neptuneuntil Dec 12, 2026Aries 4°24'7th 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
Jul 4, 20268thAriesMars
Aug 4, 20269thTaurusVenus
Sep 4, 202610thGeminiMercury
Oct 4, 202611thLeoSun
Nov 4, 202612thVirgoMercury
Dec 4, 20261stVirgoMercury
Jan 4, 20272ndLibraVenus
Feb 4, 20273rdScorpioMars
Mar 4, 20274thSagittariusJupiter
Apr 4, 20275thAquariusSaturn
May 4, 20276thPiscesJupiter
Jun 4, 20277thPiscesJupiter

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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