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Asteria · Yearly Forecast
July 13, 2026
profection year

Ray's year of the 12th house

Age 95 · year 96 of life · September 23, 2025 → September 23, 2026

Scorpio on the active cusp. Year lord: Mars, natal Cancer 15°47' in the 8th 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
Mar 23, 2027SaturnsquareMars

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 12th house weigh heaviest for this year's themes.

July 2026
Jul 22, 2026MarstrineMoon
August 2026
Aug 5, 2026MarssquareMercury
Aug 11, 2026MarssquareSun
Aug 17, 2026MarssextileNeptune
Aug 19, 2026MarsoppositionSaturn
Aug 27, 2026SaturnconjunctionUranus℞
September 2026
Sep 1, 2026MarssquareUranus
Sep 2, 2026JupitertrineUranus
Sep 4, 2026MarstrineVenus
Sep 4, 2026MarsconjunctionMars
Sep 6, 2026MarssquareMoon
Sep 7, 2026MarsconjunctionJupiter
Sep 10, 2026JupitersquareVenus
Sep 12, 2026MarsconjunctionPluto
Sep 15, 2026JupitersextileMoon
Sep 21, 2026MarssextileMercury
Sep 28, 2026MarssextileSun
October 2026
Oct 22, 2026MarstrineUranus
Oct 26, 2026MarssquareVenus
Oct 28, 2026MarssextileMoon
November 2026
Nov 10, 2026UranussquareNeptune℞
December 2026
Dec 7, 2026MarsconjunctionNeptune
Dec 11, 2026MarstrineSaturn
February 2027
Feb 7, 2027MarstrineSaturn℞
Feb 10, 2027MarsconjunctionNeptune℞
March 2027
Mar 8, 2027SaturnconjunctionUranus
Mar 23, 2027SaturnsquareMars
Mar 31, 2027SaturnoppositionMoon
April 2027
Apr 5, 2027SaturnsquareJupiter
Apr 30, 2027NeptunesquareSaturn
May 2027
May 1, 2027UranussquareNeptune
May 2, 2027SaturnsquarePluto
May 25, 2027MarsconjunctionNeptune
May 28, 2027MarstrineSaturn
June 2027
Jun 18, 2027MarssextileVenus
Jun 18, 2027MarssextileMars
Jun 22, 2027MarssextileJupiter
Jun 28, 2027MarssextilePluto
July 2027
Jul 8, 2027MarsconjunctionMercury

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 20, 2026
Moon back to natal · 7 days away. Leo rising · Moon in 3rd house.
Solar Return
2026-09-22 22:29 UTC
Sun back to natal degree. The Solar Return ASC and MC frame the year ahead.

Progressions

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

Progressed Sun
Capricorn 6°03'
About thirty years per sign: sign changes mark major life-phase boundaries.
Progressed Moon
Aries 9°50' · 4th 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
Aug 28, 2026LunarPisces 4°54'opposition Neptune0.6°
Feb 20, 2027LunarVirgo 2°06'conjunction Neptune2.2°
Jan 12, 2028LunarCancer 21°28'conjunction Pluto0.7°

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°36'2nd 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 23, 202512thScorpioMars
Oct 23, 20251stSagittariusJupiter
Nov 23, 20252ndCapricornSaturn
Dec 23, 20253rdAquariusSaturn
Jan 23, 20264thPiscesJupiter
Feb 23, 20265thAriesMars
Mar 23, 20266thTaurusVenus
Apr 23, 20267thGeminiMercury
May 23, 20268thCancerMoon
Jun 23, 20269thLeoSun
Jul 23, 202610thVirgoMercury
Aug 23, 202611thLibraVenus

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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