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Asteria · Yearly Forecast
July 13, 2026
profection year

Stephen's year of the 3rd house

Age 38 · year 39 of life · March 14, 2026 → March 14, 2027

Virgo on the active cusp. Year lord: Mercury, natal Aquarius 27°52' in the 8th house.

Right now Mercury transits Cancer 20°22' in your 1st 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 (Mercury) or your profected 3rd house weigh heaviest for this year's themes.

August 2026
Aug 2, 2026MarssquareSun
Aug 5, 2026JupiteroppositionMoon
Aug 8, 2026MarstrineMercury
Aug 11, 2026JupitersquareVenus
Aug 12, 2026MarsoppositionUranus
Aug 13, 2026MarssextileJupiter
Aug 14, 2026MarsoppositionSaturn
Aug 16, 2026SaturnsquareMars℞
Aug 25, 2026MarssextileVenus
Aug 25, 2026JupitersquarePluto
Aug 26, 2026MarsoppositionNeptune
Aug 30, 2026MarstrinePluto
September 2026
Sep 2, 2026MarsoppositionMars
Sep 18, 2026MarstrineSun
Sep 30, 2026MarssquareJupiter
October 2026
Oct 11, 2026MarsoppositionMoon
Oct 14, 2026MarssquareVenus
Oct 19, 2026MarssquarePluto
Oct 21, 2026SaturnsquareNeptune℞
November 2026
Nov 8, 2026NeptunesquareSaturn℞
Nov 20, 2026MarsoppositionMercury
Nov 28, 2026MarstrineUranus
Nov 29, 2026MarstrineJupiter
December 2026
Dec 1, 2026MarstrineSaturn
Dec 27, 2026MarstrineVenus
January 2027
Jan 2, 2027MarstrineNeptune
Jan 15, 2027NeptunesquareSaturn
Jan 18, 2027MarstrineNeptune℞
Jan 24, 2027MarstrineVenus℞
Jan 28, 2027SaturnsquareNeptune
February 2027
Feb 16, 2027MarstrineSaturn℞
Feb 18, 2027MarstrineJupiter℞
Feb 19, 2027MarstrineUranus℞
Feb 27, 2027MarsoppositionMercury℞
March 2027
Mar 12, 2027SaturnsquareMars
May 2027
May 8, 2027MarsoppositionMercury
May 16, 2027MarstrineUranus
May 18, 2027MarstrineJupiter
May 19, 2027MarstrineSaturn
June 2027
Jun 5, 2027MarstrineVenus
Jun 7, 2027MarstrineNeptune
Jun 12, 2027MarssextilePluto
Jun 16, 2027MarstrineMars
July 2027
Jul 3, 2027UranustrineMoon
Jul 5, 2027MarsoppositionSun

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 29, 2026
Moon back to natal · 16 days away. Libra rising · Moon in 4th house.
Solar Return
2026-03-14 23:09 UTC
Sun back to natal degree. The Solar Return ASC and MC frame the year ahead.
Saturn cycle
Opposition
Peak Jan 16, 2033 · age 44.8. 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
Taurus 2°10'
About thirty years per sign: sign changes mark major life-phase boundaries.
Progressed Moon
Cancer 11°24' · 12th house
The inner monthly weather over years, roughly 2.3 years per sign.
Progressed lunation
Crescent
Building. The first pushback against the old, the first real risks on the new direction.

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 Lilith3.3°
Aug 2, 2027SolarLeo 9°55'opposition Moon2.1°
Jan 26, 2028SolarAquarius 6°11'conjunction Moon1.7°

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°22'1st house
Neptuneuntil Dec 12, 2026Aries 4°24'10th house
Plutountil Oct 16, 2026Aquarius 4°36'7th 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
Mar 14, 20263rdVirgoMercury
Apr 14, 20264thLibraVenus
May 14, 20265thScorpioMars
Jun 14, 20266thSagittariusJupiter
Jul 14, 20267thCapricornSaturn
Aug 14, 20268thAquariusSaturn
Sep 14, 20269thPiscesJupiter
Oct 14, 202610thAriesMars
Nov 14, 202611thTaurusVenus
Dec 14, 202612thGeminiMercury
Jan 14, 20271stCancerMoon
Feb 14, 20272ndLeoSun

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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