Annual profections
A Hellenistic time-lord technique. Each year of life advances the Ascendant one whole sign, activating a house and a planetary “lord of the year”. Computed in your browser.
How profections work
At birth the 1st house (the rising sign) is activated. On the first birthday the 2nd house is activated, on the second birthday the 3rd, and so on, returning to the 1st house every twelve years.
The traditional ruler of the activated sign becomes the lord of the year. In the Hellenistic sources this planet's natal condition and transits are read as descriptive of the year's themes — a method of organising the chart in time, not a forecast of events.
Profections pair with solar returns and the natal houses. See methodology.
Reference, not advice
This is cultural and astronomical reference, not personal prediction or advice.
Profections are a traditional method of dividing time across the houses. They are descriptive cultural reference, not a prediction of events or personal advice.
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