Lunar Return
November 20, 2026
In 25 days. The return Moon lands in your
2nd house with
Aquarius rising on the return chart.
That shapes the month's emotional weather.
Personal cycles · Steve Jobs
Every cycle running at once, and which one is loud right now.
What is loud now
Between peaks
Nothing big is close to exact right now. Every cycle is still running; none of them is asking for proof this month.
This is the middle of a chapter, which is where most of a life gets lived. The next to get loud is your Jupiter opening square, exact around Dec 2028.
Coming into focus next
Your Jupiter opening square, felt from Nov 2028 and exact Dec 2028, around age 74. The growth started at the last return gets its first test. It lands in your 2nd house.
Still running underneath
- Saturn oppositionnext exact Jun 2029, age 75
- Jupiter opening squarenext exact Dec 2028, age 74
- Nodal returnnext exact Aug 2029, age 74
- Progressed Moon in 3rd housemoves on Dec 2028, age 74
- Profection year of the 12th housenext year begins Feb 2027
The shifts ahead
The next eighteen months, in order
Every major turning point coming up in your cycles: exact contacts, the progressed chart changing rooms, your next profection year, and eclipses that touch your chart. Dates are when each one turns exact; each is felt for weeks to months around it.
- Feb 2027Solar eclipse in Aquarius
A solar eclipse lands on your Mercury, in your 5th house.
- Feb 2027 · age 72Profection year of the 1st house
Your birthday moves the profection to the 1st house, led by Mercury: a year of self and fresh starts.
- Jan 2028Lunar eclipse in Cancer
A lunar eclipse lands on your Jupiter, in your 10th house.
Asteria · the major cyclesFive clocks, one life.
Saturn audits the structure, Jupiter expands the room, the nodes pull the direction, the Progressed Moon ripens in one house, and the profection year selects another. Each line says where that clock stands and when it next turns exact.
Saturn
Next: Saturn opposition, exact Jun 2029 at about age 75. More →
Jupiter
Next: Jupiter opening square, exact Dec 2028 at about age 74.
The Nodes
Next: nodal return, exact Aug 2029 at about age 74.
Progressed Moon
In your 3rd house since Mar 2026, until about Dec 2028. More →
Profection year
Year of the 12th house, led by Sun, until your birthday in Feb 2027. More →
Asteria · reflectionQuestions for this season.
One from the loudest chapter, one from each room running underneath. Answer one on paper or in your journal; the rest can wait.
Asteria · the practiceAddress the loud one, keep the rest.
A short protocol: one act for the loudest chapter, one for the quieter room underneath, so neither gets dropped.
And keep the background running
Once a week, send one message you have been drafting in your head.
Check in
Once a month, ask which chapter is asking for proof now. It changes.
Asteria · todayThe sky right now.
The Moon is in Taurus
7°30' · transiting your
8th house. Phase:
Full · the bloom.
The mini-wheel to the right drops today's transiting planets onto your natal house ring. Each glyph is colour-coded; hover any of them for its sign and degree.
Asteria · year-lord transitsThe year lord’s weather.
Transits to your year lord (Sun) over the next 12 months. The planet that rules the year gets hit, and the year gets reshaped around it.
May 27, 2027
square
Uranus square
Sun
August 22, 2027
opposition
Jupiter opposition
Sun
Asteria · the short returnsThis month, this year.
The Moon comes back to its birth place every month and the Sun every year. Each return casts a fresh chart that shapes the stretch until the next.
Solar Return
2026-02-24 08:46 UTC
This year's birthday-aligned chart cast at the moment the
Sun returned to its natal degree. The Solar Return ASC
and MC frame the year's theme.
Asteria · eclipses aheadEclipses that touch your chart.
Solar and lunar eclipses in roughly the next eighteen months that land on a natal placement. Each one activates whatever the eclipse degree sits on.
February 6, 2027
Solar
Aquarius 17°38'
opposition your Part of Fortune
(5th house) · orb
2.7°
February 6, 2027
Solar
Aquarius 17°38'
conjunction your Mercury
(5th house) · orb
3.3°
January 12, 2028
Lunar
Cancer 21°28'
opposition your Venus
(10th house) · orb
0.3°
January 12, 2028
Lunar
Cancer 21°28'
conjunction your Jupiter
(10th house) · orb
1.0°
January 12, 2028
Lunar
Cancer 21°28'
conjunction your Uranus
(10th house) · orb
2.7°
Asteria · retrogradesBackward passes, now and ahead.
A planet looks like it moves backward for a while. It is an inward pass: a second look at what that planet rules.
Retrograde now
until November 13, 2026
℞
Scorpio 20°39'
Mercury retrograding through your
3rd house.
until November 14, 2026
℞
Libra 29°19'
Venus retrograding through your
2nd house.
until December 10, 2026
℞
Aries 9°39'
Saturn retrograding through your
7th house.
until February 8, 2027
℞
Gemini 4°52'
Uranus retrograding through your
9th house.
until December 12, 2026
℞
Aries 2°12'
Neptune retrograding through your
7th house.
Mercury, Venus, and Mars in the next 12 months
October 26, 2026 → November 13, 2026
℞
Scorpio
Mercury stations retrograde at
Scorpio 20° and turns
direct at Scorpio 5°.
October 26, 2026 → November 14, 2026
℞
Libra
Venus stations retrograde at
Libra 29° and turns
direct at Libra 22°.
January 10, 2027 → April 1, 2027
℞
Virgo → Leo
Mars stations retrograde at
Virgo 10° and turns
direct at Leo 20°.
February 9, 2027 → March 3, 2027
℞
Pisces → Aquarius
Mercury stations retrograde at
Pisces 5° and turns
direct at Aquarius 20°.
June 10, 2027 → July 4, 2027
℞
Cancer → Gemini
Mercury stations retrograde at
Cancer 6° and turns
direct at Gemini 27°.
Asteria · plain wordsThe words on this page.
The astrology terms stay because they are the ones you will see everywhere. Here is what each one means.
Cycle
A planet travelling all the way around your chart and back to where it started. Several run at once, at different speeds.
Return
A planet back on the exact degree it held when you were born. Jupiter returns about every 12 years, Saturn about every 29.
Square and opposition
The quarter and halfway points of a cycle. They mark check-ins between returns.
Nodal return and reversal
The lunar nodes, the axis of direction in your chart, coming back to their birth place (every 18.6 years) or flipping end for end (halfway between).
Profection year
An ancient timing method: each birthday, the chart moves forward one house. That house and the planet that rules it lead the year.
Progressed Moon
Your emotional life as it matures, spending about two and a half years in each house.
Eclipse season
The few weeks around a solar or lunar eclipse, roughly twice a year. Eclipses touching your chart act as turning points.
Loud
Closest to exact right now. Every cycle is always running; the loud one is the one asking for attention.
Exact and felt
Exact is the precise date a contact peaks. It is felt for weeks or months either side.
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