Astrology calendar 2021
Mercury is retrograde three times (Jan 30 – Feb 20; May 29 – Jun 22; Sep 27 – Oct 18). Mars does not turn retrograde; Venus is retrograde once (Dec 19 – Jan 29, 2022). There are 4 eclipses, including the total solar eclipse of Dec 4 in Sagittarius, 12 Full Moons and 12 New Moons. Slow-planet sign changes: Jupiter enters Pisces (May 13), Jupiter returns to Aquarius (Jul 28) and Jupiter enters Pisces (Dec 28).
Key dates of 2021
| Date and time | Event | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Mercury stations retrograde · Retrograde | 26°29′ Aquarius ♒︎ | |
| Mercury stations direct · Retrograde | 11°01′ Aquarius ♒︎ | |
| Sun enters Aries (March equinox) · Sun | 0° Aries ♈︎ | |
| Jupiter enters Pisces · Sign change | 0° Pisces ♓︎ | |
| Total lunar eclipse · Eclipse | 5°29′ Sagittarius ♐︎ | |
| Mercury stations retrograde · Retrograde | 24°43′ Gemini ♊︎ | |
| Annular solar eclipse · Eclipse | 19°47′ Gemini ♊︎ | |
| Sun enters Cancer (June solstice) · Sun | 0° Cancer ♋︎ | |
| Mercury stations direct · Retrograde | 16°08′ Gemini ♊︎ | |
| Jupiter retrogrades back into Aquarius · Sign change | 29°59′ Aquarius ♒︎ | |
| Sun enters Libra (September equinox) · Sun | 0° Libra ♎︎ | |
| Mercury stations retrograde · Retrograde | 25°28′ Libra ♎︎ | |
| Mercury stations direct · Retrograde | 10°08′ Libra ♎︎ | |
| Partial lunar eclipse · Eclipse | 27°17′ Taurus ♉︎ | |
| Total solar eclipse · Eclipse | 12°22′ Sagittarius ♐︎ | |
| Venus stations retrograde · Retrograde | 26°29′ Capricorn ♑︎ | |
| Sun enters Capricorn (December solstice) · Sun | 0° Capricorn ♑︎ | |
| Jupiter enters Pisces · Sign change | 0° Pisces ♓︎ |
| Date and time | Event | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Mars enters Taurus · Sign change | 0° Taurus ♉︎ | |
| Mercury enters Aquarius · Sign change | 0° Aquarius ♒︎ | |
| Venus enters Capricorn · Sign change | 0° Capricorn ♑︎ | |
| New Moon · Moon | 23°14′ Capricorn ♑︎ | |
| Uranus stations direct · Retrograde | 6°43′ Taurus ♉︎ | |
| Sun enters Aquarius · Sun | 0° Aquarius ♒︎ | |
| Full Moon · Moon | 9°06′ Leo ♌︎ | |
| Mercury stations retrograde · Retrograde | 26°29′ Aquarius ♒︎ |
| Date and time | Event | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Venus enters Aquarius · Sign change | 0° Aquarius ♒︎ | |
| New Moon · Moon | 23°17′ Aquarius ♒︎ | |
| Sun enters Pisces · Sun | 0° Pisces ♓︎ | |
| Mercury stations direct · Retrograde | 11°01′ Aquarius ♒︎ | |
| Venus enters Pisces · Sign change | 0° Pisces ♓︎ | |
| Full Moon · Moon | 8°58′ Virgo ♍︎ |
| Date and time | Event | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Mars enters Gemini · Sign change | 0° Gemini ♊︎ | |
| New Moon · Moon | 23°04′ Pisces ♓︎ | |
| Mercury enters Pisces · Sign change | 0° Pisces ♓︎ | |
| Sun enters Aries (March equinox) · Sun | 0° Aries ♈︎ | |
| Venus enters Aries · Sign change | 0° Aries ♈︎ | |
| Full Moon · Moon | 8°19′ Libra ♎︎ |
| Date and time | Event | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Mercury enters Aries · Sign change | 0° Aries ♈︎ | |
| New Moon · Moon | 22°25′ Aries ♈︎ | |
| Venus enters Taurus · Sign change | 0° Taurus ♉︎ | |
| Mercury enters Taurus · Sign change | 0° Taurus ♉︎ | |
| Sun enters Taurus · Sun | 0° Taurus ♉︎ | |
| Mars enters Cancer · Sign change | 0° Cancer ♋︎ | |
| Full Moon · Moon | 7°07′ Scorpio ♏︎ | |
| Pluto stations retrograde · Retrograde | 26°48′ Capricorn ♑︎ |
| Date and time | Event | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Mercury enters Gemini · Sign change | 0° Gemini ♊︎ | |
| Venus enters Gemini · Sign change | 0° Gemini ♊︎ | |
| New Moon · Moon | 21°18′ Taurus ♉︎ | |
| Jupiter enters Pisces · Sign change | 0° Pisces ♓︎ | |
| Sun enters Gemini · Sun | 0° Gemini ♊︎ | |
| Saturn stations retrograde · Retrograde | 13°31′ Aquarius ♒︎ | |
| Total lunar eclipse · Eclipse | 5°29′ Sagittarius ♐︎ | |
| Mercury stations retrograde · Retrograde | 24°43′ Gemini ♊︎ |
| Date and time | Event | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Venus enters Cancer · Sign change | 0° Cancer ♋︎ | |
| Annular solar eclipse · Eclipse | 19°47′ Gemini ♊︎ | |
| Mars enters Leo · Sign change | 0° Leo ♌︎ | |
| Jupiter stations retrograde · Retrograde | 2°11′ Pisces ♓︎ | |
| Sun enters Cancer (June solstice) · Sun | 0° Cancer ♋︎ | |
| Mercury stations direct · Retrograde | 16°08′ Gemini ♊︎ | |
| Full Moon · Moon | 3°28′ Capricorn ♑︎ | |
| Neptune stations retrograde · Retrograde | 23°12′ Pisces ♓︎ | |
| Venus enters Leo · Sign change | 0° Leo ♌︎ |
| Date and time | Event | Where |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon · Moon | 18°02′ Cancer ♋︎ | |
| Mercury enters Cancer · Sign change | 0° Cancer ♋︎ | |
| Venus enters Virgo · Sign change | 0° Virgo ♍︎ | |
| Sun enters Leo · Sun | 0° Leo ♌︎ | |
| Full Moon · Moon | 1°27′ Aquarius ♒︎ | |
| Mercury enters Leo · Sign change | 0° Leo ♌︎ | |
| Jupiter retrogrades back into Aquarius · Sign change | 29°59′ Aquarius ♒︎ | |
| Mars enters Virgo · Sign change | 0° Virgo ♍︎ |
| Date and time | Event | Where |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon · Moon | 16°15′ Leo ♌︎ | |
| Mercury enters Virgo · Sign change | 0° Virgo ♍︎ | |
| Venus enters Libra · Sign change | 0° Libra ♎︎ | |
| Uranus stations retrograde · Retrograde | 14°48′ Taurus ♉︎ | |
| Full Moon · Moon | 29°37′ Aquarius ♒︎ | |
| Sun enters Virgo · Sun | 0° Virgo ♍︎ | |
| Mercury enters Libra · Sign change | 0° Libra ♎︎ |
| Date and time | Event | Where |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon · Moon | 14°38′ Virgo ♍︎ | |
| Venus enters Scorpio · Sign change | 0° Scorpio ♏︎ | |
| Mars enters Libra · Sign change | 0° Libra ♎︎ | |
| Full Moon (Harvest Moon) · Moon | 28°14′ Pisces ♓︎ | |
| Sun enters Libra (September equinox) · Sun | 0° Libra ♎︎ | |
| Mercury stations retrograde · Retrograde | 25°28′ Libra ♎︎ |
| Date and time | Event | Where |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon · Moon | 13°25′ Libra ♎︎ | |
| Pluto stations direct · Retrograde | 24°19′ Capricorn ♑︎ | |
| Venus enters Sagittarius · Sign change | 0° Sagittarius ♐︎ | |
| Saturn stations direct · Retrograde | 6°53′ Aquarius ♒︎ | |
| Jupiter stations direct · Retrograde | 22°20′ Aquarius ♒︎ | |
| Mercury stations direct · Retrograde | 10°08′ Libra ♎︎ | |
| Full Moon (Hunter's Moon) · Moon | 27°26′ Aries ♈︎ | |
| Sun enters Scorpio · Sun | 0° Scorpio ♏︎ | |
| Mars enters Scorpio · Sign change | 0° Scorpio ♏︎ |
| Date and time | Event | Where |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon · Moon | 12°41′ Scorpio ♏︎ | |
| Venus enters Capricorn · Sign change | 0° Capricorn ♑︎ | |
| Mercury enters Scorpio · Sign change | 0° Scorpio ♏︎ | |
| Partial lunar eclipse · Eclipse | 27°17′ Taurus ♉︎ | |
| Sun enters Sagittarius · Sun | 0° Sagittarius ♐︎ | |
| Mercury enters Sagittarius · Sign change | 0° Sagittarius ♐︎ |
| Date and time | Event | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Neptune stations direct · Retrograde | 20°24′ Pisces ♓︎ | |
| Total solar eclipse · Eclipse | 12°22′ Sagittarius ♐︎ | |
| Mars enters Sagittarius · Sign change | 0° Sagittarius ♐︎ | |
| Mercury enters Capricorn · Sign change | 0° Capricorn ♑︎ | |
| Full Moon · Moon | 27°29′ Gemini ♊︎ | |
| Venus stations retrograde · Retrograde | 26°29′ Capricorn ♑︎ | |
| Sun enters Capricorn (December solstice) · Sun | 0° Capricorn ♑︎ | |
| Jupiter enters Pisces · Sign change | 0° Pisces ♓︎ |
How to read this calendar
Times are Eastern Time (America/New_York), with daylight-saving changes. Rows in bold are the dates most astrologers plan around. A station is the moment a planet appears to stop and reverse; the retrograde runs from the retrograde station to the direct station. A planet that retrogrades back into a sign recrosses the boundary it passed earlier, so its stay in the new sign is interrupted. Sun sign changes mark the start of each zodiac season.
Positions are apparent geocentric tropical longitudes from Astronomy Engine, searched to the minute; retrograde station times have been checked against NASA JPL Horizons. Methodology and accuracy.
Detail pages for 2021
- Mercury retrograde 2021
- Venus retrograde 2021
- Jupiter retrograde 2021
- Saturn retrograde 2021
- Uranus retrograde 2021
- Neptune retrograde 2021
- Pluto retrograde 2021
- Eclipses 2021
- Total lunar eclipse, May 26
- Annular solar eclipse, Jun 10
- Partial lunar eclipse, Nov 19
- Total solar eclipse, Dec 4
- Full Moon calendar 2021
- New Moon calendar 2021
To see which of these dates touch your own chart, open My sky or the transit chart.
Frequently asked questions
What are the major astrology events of 2021?
Mercury stations retrograde on Jan 30, Sun enters Aries (March equinox) on Mar 20, Jupiter enters Pisces on May 13, Total lunar eclipse on May 26, Mercury stations retrograde on May 29, Annular solar eclipse on Jun 10, Sun enters Cancer (June solstice) on Jun 20, Jupiter retrogrades back into Aquarius on Jul 28, Sun enters Libra (September equinox) on Sep 22, Mercury stations retrograde on Sep 27, Partial lunar eclipse on Nov 19, Total solar eclipse on Dec 4, Venus stations retrograde on Dec 19, Sun enters Capricorn (December solstice) on Dec 21 and Jupiter enters Pisces on Dec 28.
How many times is Mercury retrograde in 2021?
Mercury is retrograde three times (Jan 30 – Feb 20; May 29 – Jun 22; Sep 27 – Oct 18). Dates use Eastern Time; each station time is in the table above.
Is Venus retrograde in 2021?
Yes. Venus is retrograde once (Dec 19 – Jan 29, 2022).
When are the eclipses in 2021?
total lunar eclipse on May 26, 2021 in Sagittarius, annular solar eclipse on June 10, 2021 in Gemini, partial lunar eclipse on November 19, 2021 in Taurus and total solar eclipse on December 4, 2021 in Sagittarius.
Why might another calendar show a different date?
Each event is a single instant worldwide. This calendar shows Eastern Time (New York), including daylight-saving changes; an event late in the evening ET is already the next day in Europe and Asia. Hover or tap a time to see it in UTC, or download the calendar file, which your calendar app converts to your own time zone.
Astrology is a symbolic and cultural tradition. The planetary positions on this site are calculated with astronomical accuracy; the interpretations describe what astrologers associate with them and are not scientifically validated predictions about personality, relationships or the future.