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Asteria · Yearly Forecast
July 13, 2026
profection year

Zach's year of the 4th house

Age 39 · year 40 of life · August 27, 2025 → August 27, 2026

Aquarius on the active cusp. Year lord: Saturn, natal Sagittarius 3°23' in the 1st house.

Right now Saturn transits Aries 14°36' in your 5th 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
Jul 15, 2026JupitertrineSaturn
Sep 8, 2026PlutosextileSaturn℞
Sep 11, 2026NeptunetrineSaturn℞
Nov 21, 2026PlutosextileSaturn
Dec 2, 2026UranusoppositionSaturn℞
Mar 6, 2027NeptunetrineSaturn
Apr 14, 2027UranusoppositionSaturn

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 (Saturn) or your profected 4th house weigh heaviest for this year's themes.

July 2026
Jul 23, 2026JupitersquarePluto
Jul 25, 2026MarsoppositionUranus
Jul 26, 2026MarstrineVenus
Jul 27, 2026MarssquareJupiter
August 2026
Aug 2, 2026MarssextileMercury
Aug 16, 2026MarsoppositionNeptune
Aug 16, 2026MarssextileSun
Aug 19, 2026MarstrinePluto
Aug 31, 2026MarsoppositionMars
September 2026
Sep 8, 2026PlutosextileSaturn℞
Sep 10, 2026MarssquareVenus
Sep 11, 2026MarstrineJupiter
Sep 11, 2026NeptunetrineSaturn℞
Sep 13, 2026SaturnsquareMars℞
Sep 21, 2026NeptunesquareNeptune℞
Sep 24, 2026JupitertrineUranus
Sep 29, 2026MarssextileMoon
October 2026
Oct 1, 2026JupitersextileVenus
Oct 3, 2026MarstrineSaturn
Oct 6, 2026MarssquarePluto
Oct 29, 2026JupiterconjunctionMercury
Oct 31, 2026MarstrineUranus
November 2026
Nov 2, 2026MarssextileVenus
Nov 12, 2026MarsconjunctionMercury
Nov 21, 2026PlutosextileSaturn
Nov 28, 2026MarssquareMoon
Nov 28, 2026UranussquareSun℞
December 2026
Dec 2, 2026UranusoppositionSaturn℞
Dec 4, 2026MarstrineNeptune
Dec 5, 2026MarssquareSaturn
Dec 5, 2026MarsconjunctionSun
Dec 10, 2026MarssextilePluto
January 2027
Jan 23, 2027PlutosquarePluto
Jan 26, 2027JupiterconjunctionMercury℞
February 2027
Feb 8, 2027MarssextilePluto℞
Feb 12, 2027MarsconjunctionSun℞
Feb 12, 2027MarssquareSaturn℞
Feb 13, 2027MarstrineNeptune℞
Feb 19, 2027MarssquareMoon℞
Feb 27, 2027NeptunesquareNeptune
Feb 27, 2027SaturnsquareMars
March 2027
Mar 2, 2027JupitersextileVenus℞
Mar 6, 2027NeptunetrineSaturn
Mar 10, 2027MarsconjunctionMercury℞
Mar 14, 2027JupitertrineUranus℞
April 2027
Apr 13, 2027SaturntrineUranus
Apr 14, 2027UranusoppositionSaturn
Apr 17, 2027UranussquareSun
Apr 23, 2027SaturnoppositionVenus
Apr 25, 2027MarsconjunctionMercury
May 2027
May 13, 2027JupitertrineUranus
May 17, 2027MarssquareMoon
May 22, 2027MarstrineNeptune
May 23, 2027MarssquareSaturn
May 23, 2027MarsconjunctionSun
May 25, 2027JupitersextileVenus
May 27, 2027MarssextilePluto
June 2027
Jun 1, 2027SaturntrineMercury
Jun 13, 2027MarstrineMars
Jun 23, 2027MarssquareUranus
Jun 24, 2027JupiterconjunctionMercury
Jun 26, 2027MarsoppositionJupiter

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 7, 2026
Moon back to natal · 25 days away. Capricorn rising · Moon in 5th house.
Solar Return
2026-08-26 18:55 UTC
Sun back to natal degree. The Solar Return ASC and MC frame the year ahead.
Saturn cycle
Opposition
Peak Dec 24, 2030 · age 44.3. 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
Libra 12°27'
About thirty years per sign: sign changes mark major life-phase boundaries.
Progressed Moon
Scorpio 11°35' · 12th 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 28, 2026LunarPisces 4°54'opposition Sun1.3°
Feb 6, 2027SolarAquarius 17°38'opposition Part of Fortune3.2°
Feb 20, 2027LunarVirgo 2°06'conjunction Sun1.5°

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°24'5th house
Plutountil Oct 16, 2026Aquarius 4°36'3rd 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
Aug 27, 20254thAquariusSaturn
Sep 27, 20255thPiscesJupiter
Oct 27, 20256thAriesMars
Nov 27, 20257thTaurusVenus
Dec 27, 20258thGeminiMercury
Jan 27, 20269thCancerMoon
Feb 27, 202610thLeoSun
Mar 27, 202611thVirgoMercury
Apr 27, 202612thLibraVenus
May 27, 20261stScorpioMars
Jun 27, 20262ndSagittariusJupiter
Jul 27, 20263rdCapricornSaturn

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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