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Current Planetary Positions

Where every planet sits in the zodiac at this moment, with the Moon’s phase and anything currently retrograde. No birth details needed.

Calculated for October 26, 2026 at 11:58 PM

Full Moon

99% lit

Fully lit, and opposite the Sun. Traditionally read as the point where something becomes visible, for better or worse.

Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune are retrograde right now.

Sun

3° Scorpio

The Sun moves through one sign a month and sets the season's overall tone.

While it is here, that tends to show up intensely and privately, with little patience for the surface version.

Moon

14° Taurus

The Moon changes sign every two or three days, which makes it the fastest-moving mood in the sky.

While it is here, that tends to show up slowly and physically, with a preference for what is solid and can be kept.

Mercury

20° ScorpioRetrograde

Mercury governs how things are said, understood, and arranged.

While it is here, that tends to show up intensely and privately, with little patience for the surface version.

Venus

29° LibraRetrograde

Venus governs what attracts, what is valued, and how ease is found.

While it is here, that tends to show up through relationship, fairness, and a strong sense of what is out of balance.

Mars

16° Leo

Mars governs drive: how effort is applied and how conflict tends to go.

While it is here, that tends to show up warmly and visibly, with a preference for wholeheartedness over restraint.

Jupiter

23° Leo

Jupiter spends about a year in each sign and is read as where things expand or feel generous.

While it is here, that tends to show up warmly and visibly, with a preference for wholeheartedness over restraint.

Saturn

9° AriesRetrograde

Saturn spends over two years in each sign and is read as where structure, patience, and limits are felt.

While it is here, that tends to show up directly and quickly, with a preference for starting rather than deliberating.

Uranus

4° GeminiRetrograde

Uranus spends about seven years in each sign and is read as where the unexpected arrives.

While it is here, that tends to show up through words, questions, and quick connections between things.

Neptune

2° AriesRetrograde

Neptune spends about fourteen years in each sign and is read as where things blur, soften, or inspire.

While it is here, that tends to show up directly and quickly, with a preference for starting rather than deliberating.

Pluto

3° Aquarius

Pluto can spend twenty years in a sign and is read as slow, deep, generational change.

While it is here, that tends to show up unconventionally and at a slight distance, with an interest in the whole group.

Positions are calculated on this site with the Swiss Ephemeris, the same source used for a full birth chart, and refreshed every few minutes. Signs are tropical. Because this is the sky rather than a birth chart, there are no houses: those need a birth time and place.

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