Calendar
Retrograde planets now and for the year ahead
As of 31 October 2026, retrograde: Neptune until 12 December 2026, Saturn until 10 December 2026, Uranus until 8 February 2027, Venus until 14 November 2026, Mercury until 13 November 2026. Retrograde motion is a planet's apparent backward movement along the ecliptic. The planet does not turn around: that is how its path looks from Earth when Earth overtakes it in orbit.
Happening now
Dates and times are in UTC.
| Planet | Start, UTC | End, UTC | Zone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neptune | 7 Jul 2026, 10:54 | 12 Dec 2026, 22:18 | 1°37′ Aries — 4°25′ Aries |
| Saturn | 26 Jul 2026, 19:56 | 10 Dec 2026, 23:31 | 7°56′ Aries — 14°45′ Aries |
| Uranus | 10 Sept 2026, 18:27 | 8 Feb 2027, 12:29 | 1°41′ Gemini — 5°42′ Gemini |
| Venus | 3 Oct 2026, 07:15 | 14 Nov 2026, 00:27 | 22°52′ Libra — 8°29′ Scorpio |
| Mercury | 24 Oct 2026, 07:12 | 13 Nov 2026, 15:53 | 5°02′ Scorpio — 20°59′ Scorpio |
Ahead, over the year
| Planet | Start, UTC | End, UTC | Zone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jupiter | 13 Dec 2026, 00:56 | 13 Apr 2027, 02:11 | 17°00′ Leo — 27°01′ Leo |
| Mars | 10 Jan 2027, 12:59 | 1 Apr 2027, 14:08 | 20°56′ Leo — 10°26′ Virgo |
| Mercury | 9 Feb 2027, 17:36 | 3 Mar 2027, 12:32 | 20°55′ Aquarius — 5°59′ Pisces |
| Pluto | 8 May 2027, 12:56 | 18 Oct 2027, 03:50 | 4°45′ Aquarius — 7°11′ Aquarius |
| Mercury | 10 Jun 2027, 18:15 | 4 Jul 2027, 19:39 | 27°28′ Gemini — 6°22′ Cancer |
| Neptune | 9 Jul 2027, 22:41 | 15 Dec 2027, 09:07 | 3°51′ Aries — 6°40′ Aries |
| Saturn | 9 Aug 2027, 18:06 | 24 Dec 2027, 02:46 | 21°01′ Aries — 27°53′ Aries |
| Uranus | 15 Sept 2027, 09:09 | 12 Feb 2028, 23:49 | 5°56′ Gemini — 9°57′ Gemini |
| Mercury | 7 Oct 2027, 14:37 | 28 Oct 2027, 14:10 | 19°19′ Libra — 4°56′ Scorpio |
How the periods are calculated
A period starts at the retrograde station, when the planet stops and begins its apparent backward motion, and ends at the direct station. The moments are found from the sign change of the speed to the second. The zone is the arc the planet travels backwards: from the degree of the direct station to the degree of the retrograde one.
In your account you see which houses of your chart each period touches and which of your planets lie in its zone.
Source and method
Positions come from the NASA JPL ephemeris, kernel de440.bsp: the difference from the reference is at most 0.06 arcseconds. Time is computed in UTC.