Exact planetary positions and the key events in the sky: aspects, sign changes, moon phases and retrograde periods. The calendar covers 1900–2050, and every event comes with a plain explanation of what it means – including for people who are only just getting into astrology.
Today, August 9
Moon in Gemini
Waning Crescent, 13% lit
The mind runs fast and the day splits into many small errands.
Sun in Leo
Retrograde:
Pluto
Neptune
Saturn
Chiron
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Day by day, with exact aspect times, moon phases, sign changes, eclipses and void-of-course windows.
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What is actually happening today: aspects with exact times, every planet's position at midnight, and the mood the Moon sets.
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Yearly Astrology Calendar
The whole year on one page: eclipses, retrogrades, planets changing signs, new and full moons. Every line comes with a chart of the sky at that moment.
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Current Planets
Where every planet is right now – its position, its speed, whether it is retrograde – plus the aspects in force and a chart of the sky.
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Retrograde Planets
Who is moving backward today, and every period for each planet – with exact station times and the shadow periods.
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Eclipses
Every solar and lunar eclipse, year by year: type, zodiac degree, magnitude and saros number.
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Void of Course Moon
Whether a void period is running right now, and the schedule a month ahead: when it is better not to start anything.
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New and Full Moons
A separate calendar of the key lunar phases, year by year: exact time, sign, eclipses and a chart of the sky.
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Planet in Sign – Every Period
120 combinations from Sun in Aries to Pluto in Pisces: every period from 1900 to 2050, with what each one means.
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Ephemeris
Daily positions of the Sun, Moon and planets in table form – Eastern Time and 0h UT, tropical and sidereal zodiac.
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Ephemeris Search
The calendar question in reverse: when did a planet enter a sign, turn retrograde, or make an exact aspect.
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Moon Search
When the Moon is in the sign you need, when the new and full moons fall, when the void periods run and when the eclipses are.
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Transits to Your Chart
The real question you bring to any calendar: does this touch me? Enter your birth date and see which planets are crossing your degrees now, and when the angle goes exact.
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Saturn Return and Your Cycles
When your Saturn return was and will be, your Jupiter returns every 12 years, the Uranus opposition and the Chiron return – with exact dates, not "somewhere around 29".
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The Sky on Your Birthday
What the sky looked like on any day since 1900: the Moon's sign and phase, every planet's position, and the aspects of that day.
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Free Birth Chart
How that same sky looks from where you were born – from your date, time and place of birth.
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How We Calculate
How the math works, where the dates come from, and why different sites sometimes disagree about them.
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Calendar by Year and Month
The calendar covers 1900–2050. The nearest years are below; the full range lives in the calendar.
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How This Calendar Is Calculated
Source
NASA JPL DE440
Verifiable ephemerides from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Zodiac
Tropical
Signs are measured from the point of the spring equinox.
Time
Eastern Time (ET)
You can switch time zones in the panel above the calendar.
Accuracy
To the second
Exact times for key events are verified to the second.
If you are comparing dates with another calendar and see a gap of a few hours, check the time zone: the default here is Eastern Time. You can switch it in the panel above the tables.
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