Astrology calendar 2026

Updated today, October 23, 2026. All times are in Eastern Time.

What's coming in the sky over the next 30 days

Here are the shifts coming up over the next month, each with its exact date and time. It all comes from the same calculation as the rest of this page, not from a copied list.

Retrogrades in 2026

No planet ever actually moves backward. Retrograde is an optical effect: seen from Earth, a planet appears to reverse as Earth and that planet overtake each other in their orbits. Astrology reads that stretch as an invitation to review and rethink whatever that planet is about, not as a warning that something will go wrong.

Heads up on the dates: 4 of these retrogrades start or end outside 2026. Slow-moving planets take months to turn direct again, so their cycle doesn't fit inside a calendar year. That's why we calculate six months past each end of the year, so you never see a start without an end.

Planetary ingresses in 2026

One month can feel different from the one before even when nothing concrete has happened. An ingress is the kind of event that explains why. It's the exact moment a planet changes signs, and it shifts the tone of the area of life that planet stands for.

The Moon changes signs every two and a half days, so its 160 ingresses this year are left out of this table. They'd make it unreadable and bury what really shapes the year. The Moon has its own page, linked below.

New and full moons in 2026

New moons open a cycle and full moons bring it to a peak. They're the two shortest rhythms on the calendar, which makes them the easiest to use: the new moon to start something, the full moon to see what came of what you started.

• 12 new moons and 13 full moons
• 8 supermoons, when a full moon falls at the Moon's closest point to Earth

For the month-by-month detail, with each moon's sign and a countdown to the next one, see the lunar calendar, which updates every day. We don't repeat it here.

Eclipses in 2026

In astrology, eclipses are read as the year's turning points, the moments when something speeds up or comes to a sudden close. An eclipse is a new or full moon with one difference: the Sun, the Moon, and Earth line up closely enough for one to block another. A solar eclipse always falls on a new moon, and a lunar eclipse always falls on a full moon.

There are 4 in all, grouped into 2 eclipse seasons. Eclipses aren't scattered across the year: they arrive in twos or threes, about two weeks apart, roughly every six months.

Whether you can see it depends on where you are. The same eclipse can be fully visible from one part of the world and invisible from another, so the date is the same for everyone, but the view isn't.

Where to track each event day by day

These pages update every day, and each one zooms in on one piece of this calendar: where every planet is right now, today's Moon, all the moons of the year, and Mercury retrograde.

• → Today's sky: where every planet is right now
• → The Moon today: phase, illumination, and sign
• → Lunar calendar: all the moons of the year
• → Mercury retrograde: is it retrograde right now?

Frequently asked questions

What is an astrology calendar?

It's a list of the shifts that happen in the sky over the year: when each planet changes signs, when it turns retrograde and then direct again, and when the new moons, full moons, and eclipses fall. It doesn't tell you what's going to happen to you. It tells you what's happening up there, and when.

How is it different from a horoscope?

A horoscope interprets. A calendar informs. This page only has calculated dates and positions, and they're the same for everyone. How they play out for you depends on where those events fall in your birth chart, and that's a separate question.

Why aren't the Moon's sign changes included?

Because the Moon changes signs every two and a half days, about 160 times a year. Adding them to the yearly table would make it unreadable. You'll find them on the Moon today page, which updates daily.

Why do some retrogrades start in one year and end in another?

Because slow-moving planets take months to turn direct again. Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto spend more than five months retrograde, so their cycle doesn't fit inside a calendar year. We calculate six months past each end of the year so you can see the full period.

How many eclipses are there in a year?

Between four and seven, and they never come alone: they arrive in seasons of two or three, about two weeks apart, roughly every six months. In 2026, there are 4.

What time zone are the times in?

All times are in Eastern Time, the time on the US East Coast. If you live in another time zone, subtract one hour for Central Time, two for Mountain Time, and three for Pacific Time. Outside the US, convert from Eastern Time. Near midnight, check the date too, since it can change.

Where do these dates come from?

From the same astronomical calculation the rest of the site uses, based on NASA ephemeris data, the tables NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory publishes to track where each planet is at any moment. Retrograde dates aren't copied from any table: they come from calculating the exact moment the planet's speed crosses zero and its direction flips.

How we calculate it

The positions come from NASA ephemeris data, the same source astronomers use. An ingress is the instant a planet's longitude (its position along the zodiac) crosses 0° of the next sign. A station, when a planet turns retrograde or direct, is the instant its speed crosses zero. None of this is an approximation or a table carried over from somewhere else. We walk you through it step by step on our method page.

This calendar is the same for everyone. What changes is where each event lands in your chart. Check your chart with our birth chart calculator, which runs on NASA ephemeris data, and see which area of your life each event falls in. And if you want a reading that takes your chart one layer at a time, save your spot on the birth chart reading waitlist.