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Asteria · Yearly Forecast
July 13, 2026
profection year

Rihanna's year of the 3rd house

Age 38 · year 39 of life · February 20, 2026 → February 20, 2027

Gemini on the active cusp. Year lord: Mercury, natal Aquarius 13°16' in the 10th house.

Right now Mercury transits Cancer 20°18' in your 4th 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
Aug 30, 2026JupiteroppositionMercury
Sep 7, 2026SaturnsextileMercury℞
Mar 2, 2027SaturnsextileMercury

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 3rd house weigh heaviest for this year's themes.

August 2026
Aug 6, 2026MarssextileJupiter
Aug 9, 2026MarsoppositionMars
Aug 11, 2026MarsoppositionUranus
Aug 12, 2026MarsoppositionSaturn
Aug 13, 2026MarstrineSun
Aug 20, 2026JupitertrineMoon
Aug 25, 2026MarsoppositionNeptune
Aug 26, 2026JupitersquarePluto
Aug 28, 2026JupitertrineVenus
Aug 28, 2026MarssquareMoon
Aug 30, 2026JupiteroppositionMercury
Aug 30, 2026MarstrinePluto
Aug 31, 2026MarssquareVenus
September 2026
Sep 7, 2026SaturnsextileMercury℞
Sep 12, 2026SaturnconjunctionVenus℞
Sep 22, 2026MarssquareJupiter
October 2026
Oct 4, 2026SaturnconjunctionMoon℞
Oct 18, 2026MarstrineMoon
Oct 20, 2026MarssquarePluto
Oct 21, 2026MarstrineVenus
Oct 21, 2026MarsoppositionMercury
Oct 28, 2026SaturnsquareNeptune℞
November 2026
Nov 17, 2026MarstrineJupiter
Nov 22, 2026MarstrineMars
Nov 26, 2026MarstrineUranus
Nov 27, 2026MarstrineSaturn
Nov 27, 2026JupitertrineJupiter
Nov 28, 2026MarsoppositionSun
December 2026
Dec 28, 2026JupitertrineJupiter℞
Dec 29, 2026MarstrineNeptune
January 2027
Jan 22, 2027SaturnsquareNeptune
Jan 22, 2027MarstrineNeptune℞
February 2027
Feb 12, 2027SaturnconjunctionMoon
Feb 18, 2027MarsoppositionSun℞
Feb 20, 2027MarstrineSaturn℞
Feb 21, 2027MarstrineUranus℞
Feb 24, 2027MarstrineMars℞
Feb 27, 2027SaturnconjunctionVenus
March 2027
Mar 2, 2027MarstrineJupiter℞
Mar 2, 2027SaturnsextileMercury
May 2027
May 4, 2027MarstrineJupiter
May 11, 2027MarstrineMars
May 15, 2027MarstrineUranus
May 16, 2027MarstrineSaturn
May 17, 2027MarsoppositionSun
June 2027
Jun 6, 2027MarstrineNeptune
Jun 12, 2027MarssextilePluto
July 2027
Jul 2, 2027SaturnconjunctionJupiter
Jul 9, 2027JupitertrineJupiter
Jul 13, 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 3, 2026
Moon back to natal · 21 days away. Scorpio rising · Moon in 5th house.
Solar Return
2026-02-19 18:27 UTC
Sun back to natal degree. The Solar Return ASC and MC frame the year ahead.
Saturn cycle
Opposition
Peak Feb 11, 2033 · age 45.0. Saturn opposes itself again at the centre of life: the reckoning the phrase 'midlife crisis' is pointing at. What you have built becomes fully visible, measured against what you actually wanted. The friction is honest accounting: time is now visibly finite, and the gap between the real life and the intended one has to be faced.

Progressions

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

Progressed Sun
Aries 9°27'
About thirty years per sign: sign changes mark major life-phase boundaries.
Progressed Moon
Virgo 1°23' · 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 Black Moon Lilith0.7°
Feb 6, 2027SolarAquarius 17°38'opposition Black Moon Lilith3.1°
Feb 20, 2027LunarVirgo 2°06'opposition Sun1.0°
Aug 2, 2027SolarLeo 9°55'opposition Mercury3.4°

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°18'4th 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
Feb 20, 20263rdGeminiMercury
Mar 20, 20264thCancerMoon
Apr 20, 20265thLeoSun
May 20, 20266thVirgoMercury
Jun 20, 20267thLibraVenus
Jul 20, 20268thScorpioMars
Aug 20, 20269thSagittariusJupiter
Sep 20, 202610thCapricornSaturn
Oct 20, 202611thAquariusSaturn
Nov 20, 202612thPiscesJupiter
Dec 20, 20261stAriesMars
Jan 20, 20272ndTaurusVenus

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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