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Asteria · Yearly Forecast
July 13, 2026
profection year

Virginia's year of the 1st house

Age 144 · year 145 of life · January 25, 2026 → January 25, 2027

Gemini on the active cusp. Year lord: Mercury, natal Aquarius 18°03' in the 10th house.

Right now Mercury transits Cancer 20°24' in your 3rd 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 22, 2026JupiteroppositionMercury
Mar 18, 2027JupiteroppositionMercury℞
Apr 10, 2027SaturnsextileMercury
May 9, 2027JupiteroppositionMercury

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 24, 2026MarstrineMercury
Jul 24, 2026MarssquareUranus
Jul 25, 2026JupiteroppositionSun
Jul 27, 2026JupitersquareSaturn
August 2026
Aug 4, 2026MarssextileMoon
Aug 7, 2026MarsconjunctionMars
Aug 19, 2026UranustrineSun
Aug 20, 2026MarssextileSaturn
September 2026
Sep 1, 2026JupitersquareNeptune
Sep 1, 2026MarssextileNeptune
Sep 6, 2026MarssextileJupiter
Sep 8, 2026MarssextileUranus
Sep 15, 2026JupitersquareJupiter
Sep 20, 2026MarssquareMoon
Sep 22, 2026JupiteroppositionMercury
Sep 23, 2026MarssextilePluto
Sep 26, 2026MarsoppositionVenus
October 2026
Oct 2, 2026UranustrineSun℞
Oct 7, 2026MarsoppositionSun
Oct 8, 2026MarssquareSaturn
Oct 22, 2026MarssquareNeptune
Oct 28, 2026MarssquareJupiter
Oct 30, 2026MarsoppositionMercury
November 2026
Nov 10, 2026JupitertrineMoon
Nov 15, 2026MarstrineMoon
Nov 19, 2026MarssquarePluto
Nov 19, 2026MarssextileMars
December 2026
Dec 12, 2026MarstrineSaturn
January 2027
Jan 14, 2027JupitertrineMoon℞
February 2027
Feb 6, 2027MarstrineSaturn℞
Feb 6, 2027PlutoconjunctionSun
Feb 18, 2027PlutosquareSaturn
Feb 28, 2027MarssextileMars℞
Feb 28, 2027MarssquarePluto℞
March 2027
Mar 6, 2027MarstrineMoon℞
Mar 18, 2027JupiteroppositionMercury℞
April 2027
Apr 10, 2027SaturnsextileMercury
Apr 30, 2027MarstrineMoon
May 2027
May 3, 2027NeptunesextileSun
May 7, 2027MarssquarePluto
May 7, 2027MarssextileMars
May 9, 2027JupiteroppositionMercury
May 22, 2027UranustrineSun
May 29, 2027MarstrineSaturn
June 2027
Jun 14, 2027SaturnconjunctionMoon
Jun 14, 2027MarstrineNeptune
Jun 20, 2027MarstrineJupiter
Jun 23, 2027MarsconjunctionUranus
July 2027
Jul 2, 2027JupitertrineMoon
Jul 10, 2027MarstrinePluto
Jul 10, 2027MarssquareMars
Jul 13, 2027JupitersquarePluto
Jul 13, 2027JupitersextileMars

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 4, 2026
Moon back to natal · 22 days away. Capricorn rising · Moon in 3rd house.
Solar Return
2026-01-25 11:16 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
Gemini 27°32'
About thirty years per sign: sign changes mark major life-phase boundaries.
Progressed Moon
Leo 4°50' · 3rd house
The inner monthly weather over years, roughly 2.3 years per sign.
Progressed lunation
New Moon
Planting, low visibility, inner reorientation. Old structures composting beneath the surface.

Eclipses ahead

Solar and lunar eclipses within ~18 months that fall within orb of a natal placement.

DateKindAt HitsOrb
Aug 12, 2026SolarLeo 20°02'opposition Mercury2.0°
Feb 6, 2027SolarAquarius 17°38'conjunction Mercury0.4°
Feb 20, 2027LunarVirgo 2°06'conjunction Part of Fortune1.7°
Jan 26, 2028SolarAquarius 6°11'conjunction Sun0.7°

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°24'3rd house
Neptuneuntil Dec 12, 2026Aries 4°24'11th house
Plutountil Oct 16, 2026Aquarius 4°36'9th 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
Jan 25, 20261stGeminiMercury
Feb 25, 20262ndCancerMoon
Mar 25, 20263rdCancerMoon
Apr 25, 20264thLeoSun
May 25, 20265thVirgoMercury
Jun 25, 20266thLibraVenus
Jul 25, 20267thSagittariusJupiter
Aug 25, 20268thCapricornSaturn
Sep 25, 20269thCapricornSaturn
Oct 25, 202610thAquariusSaturn
Nov 25, 202611thPiscesJupiter
Dec 25, 202612thAriesMars

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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