Planetary Weather

The sky's schedule for the next twelve months, solved from the ephemeris to the minute: retrograde windows, eclipses, lunations, and the rare headline of an outer planet changing sign. For the interactive version with your own chart overlaid, use the Transit Command Center.

Retrograde right now

  • Pluto retrogradeuntil Oct 15, 2026

Eclipses ahead

Aug 12, 2026: Total solar eclipse in ♌ Leo

A solar eclipse is a new moon with the volume turned all the way up: beginnings that arrive rather than beginnings you plan. Tradition reads the weeks around one as a hinge, especially for the houses the eclipse sign occupies in your chart. Plant deliberately; avoid forcing outcomes during the eclipse itself.

Aug 28, 2026: Partial lunar eclipse in ♓ Pisces

A lunar eclipse is a full moon intensified: culminations, disclosures, and emotional weather that finishes chapters. What has been quietly true tends to become visibly true. Best used for release and acknowledgment rather than launches.

Feb 6, 2027: Annular solar eclipse in ♒ Aquarius

A solar eclipse is a new moon with the volume turned all the way up: beginnings that arrive rather than beginnings you plan. Tradition reads the weeks around one as a hinge, especially for the houses the eclipse sign occupies in your chart. Plant deliberately; avoid forcing outcomes during the eclipse itself.

Feb 20, 2027: Penumbral lunar eclipse in ♍ Virgo

A lunar eclipse is a full moon intensified: culminations, disclosures, and emotional weather that finishes chapters. What has been quietly true tends to become visibly true. Best used for release and acknowledgment rather than launches.

Retrograde calendar

  • Mercury Jun 29, 2026Jul 23, 2026
  • Neptune Jul 7, 2026Dec 12, 2026
  • Saturn Jul 26, 2026Dec 10, 2026
  • Uranus Sep 10, 2026Feb 8, 2027
  • Venus Oct 3, 2026Nov 14, 2026
  • Mercury Oct 24, 2026Nov 13, 2026
  • Jupiter Dec 13, 2026Apr 13, 2027
  • Mars Jan 10, 2027Apr 1, 2027
  • Mercury Feb 9, 2027Mar 3, 2027
  • Pluto May 8, 2027ongoing
  • Mercury Jun 10, 2027ongoing

Next lunations

  • ○ Full Moon in ♑ Capricorn · Jun 29, 2026
  • ● New Moon in ♋ Cancer · Jul 14, 2026
  • ○ Full Moon in ♒ Aquarius · Jul 29, 2026
  • ● New Moon in ♌ Leo · Aug 12, 2026
  • ○ Full Moon in ♓ Pisces · Aug 28, 2026
  • ● New Moon in ♍ Virgo · Sep 11, 2026
  • ○ Full Moon in ♈ Aries · Sep 26, 2026
  • ● New Moon in ♎ Libra · Oct 10, 2026

Outer planet ingresses: the headlines

  • Jupiter enters ♌ Leo · Jun 30, 2026

An outer planet changing sign re-themes years at a time and is felt generation-wide. Retrograde re-entries mark the revision pass: the planet backing up to finish business in the previous sign.

How to use the Command Center

The sky timeline

Each row is a planet. Shaded bands are retrograde periods, ticks are sign ingresses (the glyph shows the sign being entered), dots on the top row are new moons (filled) and full moons (open). Everything is solved to the minute from the ephemeris, not transcribed from tables.

Personal hits

Load a chart and the lab computes every exact aspect from transiting Mars through Pluto to your natal planets and angles inside the window. Each entry is the moment of perfection. An "Rx pass" tag means the transit planet was retrograde then: most outer transits hit a degree three times (direct, retrograde, direct), and the series reads as opening, review, and integration.

Triage

Not all hits weigh the same. Prioritize slow planets over fast, hard aspects (conjunction, square, opposition) over soft, and hits to your Sun, Moon, Ascendant, and chart ruler over the rest. One Saturn conjunction outweighs a month of Mars trines. Click a hit to read its full interpretation.