Astrology calendar 2026
Mercury is retrograde three times (Feb 26 – Mar 20; Jun 29 – Jul 23; Oct 24 – Nov 13). Mars does not turn retrograde; Venus is retrograde once (Oct 3 – Nov 13). There are 4 eclipses, including the total solar eclipse of Aug 12 in Leo, 13 Full Moons and 12 New Moons. Slow-planet sign changes: Neptune enters Aries (Jan 26), Saturn enters Aries (Feb 13), Uranus enters Gemini (Apr 25) and Jupiter enters Leo (Jun 30).
Next: New Moon on Nov 9, 2:02 AM ET, 16°54′ Scorpio.
Key dates of 2026
| Date and time | Event | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Neptune enters Aries · Sign change | 0° Aries ♈︎ | |
| Saturn enters Aries · Sign change | 0° Aries ♈︎ | |
| Annular solar eclipse · Eclipse | 28°50′ Aquarius ♒︎ | |
| Mercury stations retrograde · Retrograde | 22°34′ Pisces ♓︎ | |
| Total lunar eclipse · Eclipse | 12°52′ Virgo ♍︎ | |
| Sun enters Aries (March equinox) · Sun | 0° Aries ♈︎ | |
| Mercury stations direct · Retrograde | 8°29′ Pisces ♓︎ | |
| Uranus enters Gemini · Sign change | 0° Gemini ♊︎ | |
| Sun enters Cancer (June solstice) · Sun | 0° Cancer ♋︎ | |
| Mercury stations retrograde · Retrograde | 26°15′ Cancer ♋︎ | |
| Jupiter enters Leo · Sign change | 0° Leo ♌︎ | |
| Mercury stations direct · Retrograde | 16°19′ Cancer ♋︎ | |
| Total solar eclipse · Eclipse | 20°02′ Leo ♌︎ | |
| Partial lunar eclipse · Eclipse | 4°51′ Pisces ♓︎ | |
| Sun enters Libra (September equinox) · Sun | 0° Libra ♎︎ | |
| Venus stations retrograde · Retrograde | 8°29′ Scorpio ♏︎ | |
| Mercury stations retrograde · Retrograde | 20°59′ Scorpio ♏︎ | |
| Mercury stations direct · Retrograde | 5°02′ Scorpio ♏︎ | |
| Venus stations direct · Retrograde | 22°52′ Libra ♎︎ | |
| Sun enters Capricorn (December solstice) · Sun | 0° Capricorn ♑︎ |
| Date and time | Event | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Mercury enters Capricorn · Sign change | 0° Capricorn ♑︎ | |
| Full Moon · Moon | 13°02′ Cancer ♋︎ | |
| Venus enters Aquarius · Sign change | 0° Aquarius ♒︎ | |
| New Moon · Moon | 28°44′ Capricorn ♑︎ | |
| Sun enters Aquarius · Sun | 0° Aquarius ♒︎ | |
| Mercury enters Aquarius · Sign change | 0° Aquarius ♒︎ | |
| Mars enters Aquarius · Sign change | 0° Aquarius ♒︎ | |
| Neptune enters Aries · Sign change | 0° Aries ♈︎ |
| Date and time | Event | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Full Moon · Moon | 13°04′ Leo ♌︎ | |
| Uranus stations direct · Retrograde | 27°28′ Taurus ♉︎ | |
| Mercury enters Pisces · Sign change | 0° Pisces ♓︎ | |
| Venus enters Pisces · Sign change | 0° Pisces ♓︎ | |
| Saturn enters Aries · Sign change | 0° Aries ♈︎ | |
| Annular solar eclipse · Eclipse | 28°50′ Aquarius ♒︎ | |
| Sun enters Pisces · Sun | 0° Pisces ♓︎ | |
| Mercury stations retrograde · Retrograde | 22°34′ Pisces ♓︎ |
| Date and time | Event | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Mars enters Pisces · Sign change | 0° Pisces ♓︎ | |
| Total lunar eclipse · Eclipse | 12°52′ Virgo ♍︎ | |
| Venus enters Aries · Sign change | 0° Aries ♈︎ | |
| Jupiter stations direct · Retrograde | 15°05′ Cancer ♋︎ | |
| New Moon · Moon | 28°27′ Pisces ♓︎ | |
| Sun enters Aries (March equinox) · Sun | 0° Aries ♈︎ | |
| Mercury stations direct · Retrograde | 8°29′ Pisces ♓︎ | |
| Venus enters Taurus · Sign change | 0° Taurus ♉︎ |
| Date and time | Event | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Full Moon · Moon | 12°22′ Libra ♎︎ | |
| Mars enters Aries · Sign change | 0° Aries ♈︎ | |
| Mercury enters Aries · Sign change | 0° Aries ♈︎ | |
| New Moon · Moon | 27°29′ Aries ♈︎ | |
| Sun enters Taurus · Sun | 0° Taurus ♉︎ | |
| Venus enters Gemini · Sign change | 0° Gemini ♊︎ | |
| Uranus enters Gemini · Sign change | 0° Gemini ♊︎ |
| Date and time | Event | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Full Moon · Moon | 11°21′ Scorpio ♏︎ | |
| Mercury enters Taurus · Sign change | 0° Taurus ♉︎ | |
| Pluto stations retrograde · Retrograde | 5°31′ Aquarius ♒︎ | |
| New Moon · Moon | 25°58′ Taurus ♉︎ | |
| Mercury enters Gemini · Sign change | 0° Gemini ♊︎ | |
| Mars enters Taurus · Sign change | 0° Taurus ♉︎ | |
| Venus enters Cancer · Sign change | 0° Cancer ♋︎ | |
| Sun enters Gemini · Sun | 0° Gemini ♊︎ | |
| Full Moon (Blue Moon) · Moon | 9°56′ Sagittarius ♐︎ |
| Date and time | Event | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Mercury enters Cancer · Sign change | 0° Cancer ♋︎ | |
| Venus enters Leo · Sign change | 0° Leo ♌︎ | |
| New Moon · Moon | 24°03′ Gemini ♊︎ | |
| Sun enters Cancer (June solstice) · Sun | 0° Cancer ♋︎ | |
| Mars enters Gemini · Sign change | 0° Gemini ♊︎ | |
| Mercury stations retrograde · Retrograde | 26°15′ Cancer ♋︎ | |
| Full Moon · Moon | 8°15′ Capricorn ♑︎ | |
| Jupiter enters Leo · Sign change | 0° Leo ♌︎ |
| Date and time | Event | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Neptune stations retrograde · Retrograde | 4°25′ Aries ♈︎ | |
| Venus enters Virgo · Sign change | 0° Virgo ♍︎ | |
| New Moon · Moon | 22°00′ Cancer ♋︎ | |
| Sun enters Leo · Sun | 0° Leo ♌︎ | |
| Mercury stations direct · Retrograde | 16°19′ Cancer ♋︎ | |
| Saturn stations retrograde · Retrograde | 14°45′ Aries ♈︎ | |
| Full Moon · Moon | 6°30′ Aquarius ♒︎ |
| Date and time | Event | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Venus enters Libra · Sign change | 0° Libra ♎︎ | |
| Mercury enters Leo · Sign change | 0° Leo ♌︎ | |
| Mars enters Cancer · Sign change | 0° Cancer ♋︎ | |
| Total solar eclipse · Eclipse | 20°02′ Leo ♌︎ | |
| Sun enters Virgo · Sun | 0° Virgo ♍︎ | |
| Mercury enters Virgo · Sign change | 0° Virgo ♍︎ | |
| Partial lunar eclipse · Eclipse | 4°51′ Pisces ♓︎ |
| Date and time | Event | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Venus enters Scorpio · Sign change | 0° Scorpio ♏︎ | |
| Mercury enters Libra · Sign change | 0° Libra ♎︎ | |
| Uranus stations retrograde · Retrograde | 5°42′ Gemini ♊︎ | |
| New Moon · Moon | 18°26′ Virgo ♍︎ | |
| Sun enters Libra (September equinox) · Sun | 0° Libra ♎︎ | |
| Full Moon (Harvest Moon) · Moon | 3°38′ Aries ♈︎ | |
| Mars enters Leo · Sign change | 0° Leo ♌︎ | |
| Mercury enters Scorpio · Sign change | 0° Scorpio ♏︎ |
| Date and time | Event | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Venus stations retrograde · Retrograde | 8°29′ Scorpio ♏︎ | |
| New Moon · Moon | 17°22′ Libra ♎︎ | |
| Pluto stations direct · Retrograde | 3°04′ Aquarius ♒︎ | |
| Sun enters Scorpio · Sun | 0° Scorpio ♏︎ | |
| Mercury stations retrograde · Retrograde | 20°59′ Scorpio ♏︎ | |
| Venus retrogrades back into Libra · Sign change | 29°59′ Libra ♎︎ | |
| Full Moon (Hunter's Moon) · Moon | 2°46′ Taurus ♉︎ |
| Date and time | Event | Where |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon · Moon | 16°54′ Scorpio ♏︎ | |
| Mercury stations direct · Retrograde | 5°02′ Scorpio ♏︎ | |
| Venus stations direct · Retrograde | 22°52′ Libra ♎︎ | |
| Sun enters Sagittarius · Sun | 0° Sagittarius ♐︎ | |
| Full Moon · Moon | 2°21′ Gemini ♊︎ | |
| Mars enters Virgo · Sign change | 0° Virgo ♍︎ |
| Date and time | Event | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Venus enters Scorpio · Sign change | 0° Scorpio ♏︎ | |
| Mercury enters Sagittarius · Sign change | 0° Sagittarius ♐︎ | |
| New Moon · Moon | 16°57′ Sagittarius ♐︎ | |
| Saturn stations direct · Retrograde | 7°56′ Aries ♈︎ | |
| Neptune stations direct · Retrograde | 1°37′ Aries ♈︎ | |
| Jupiter stations retrograde · Retrograde | 27°01′ Leo ♌︎ | |
| Sun enters Capricorn (December solstice) · Sun | 0° Capricorn ♑︎ | |
| Full Moon · Moon | 2°14′ Cancer ♋︎ | |
| Mercury enters Capricorn · Sign change | 0° Capricorn ♑︎ |
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 2026
- Mercury retrograde 2026
- Venus retrograde 2026
- Jupiter retrograde 2026
- Saturn retrograde 2026
- Uranus retrograde 2026
- Neptune retrograde 2026
- Pluto retrograde 2026
- Eclipses 2026
- Annular solar eclipse, Feb 17
- Total lunar eclipse, Mar 3
- Total solar eclipse, Aug 12
- Partial lunar eclipse, Aug 28
- Full Moon calendar 2026
- New Moon calendar 2026
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 2026?
Neptune enters Aries on Jan 26, Saturn enters Aries on Feb 13, Annular solar eclipse on Feb 17, Mercury stations retrograde on Feb 26, Total lunar eclipse on Mar 3, Sun enters Aries (March equinox) on Mar 20, Uranus enters Gemini on Apr 25, Sun enters Cancer (June solstice) on Jun 21, Mercury stations retrograde on Jun 29, Jupiter enters Leo on Jun 30, Total solar eclipse on Aug 12, Partial lunar eclipse on Aug 28, Sun enters Libra (September equinox) on Sep 22, Venus stations retrograde on Oct 3, Mercury stations retrograde on Oct 24 and Sun enters Capricorn (December solstice) on Dec 21.
How many times is Mercury retrograde in 2026?
Mercury is retrograde three times (Feb 26 – Mar 20; Jun 29 – Jul 23; Oct 24 – Nov 13). Dates use Eastern Time; each station time is in the table above.
Is Venus retrograde in 2026?
Yes. Venus is retrograde once (Oct 3 – Nov 13).
When are the eclipses in 2026?
annular solar eclipse on February 17, 2026 in Aquarius, total lunar eclipse on March 3, 2026 in Virgo, total solar eclipse on August 12, 2026 in Leo and partial lunar eclipse on August 28, 2026 in Pisces.
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.