The Sky Right Now
Every planet's real position this moment — the transits the whole world is under. Computed live from the same astronomy engine a birth chart uses.
Mercury and Pluto are retrograde right now. The Waning Gibbous Moon is moving through Pisces, and the Sun is in Cancer season. Below is where all ten bodies actually are right now — not a lookup table, but the live ecliptic longitude of each.
- Sun identity & vitalityin Cancer 12°
- Moon mood & instinctin Pisces 4°
- Mercury mind & messagesin Cancer 25° ℞ retrograde
- Venus love & valuesin Leo 24°
- Mars drive & desirein Gemini 4°
- Jupiter growth & luckin Leo 0°
- Saturn limits & disciplinein Aries 14°
- Uranus change & disruptionin Gemini 3°
- Neptune dreams & illusionin Aries 4°
- Pluto power & transformationin Aquarius 4° ℞ retrograde
This is the shared sky — the current transits everyone is under, not a personal forecast. Fast movers (Moon, Mercury, Venus, the Sun) shift the day-to-day mood; slow movers (Jupiter out to Pluto) set the backdrop for months or years at a time. When a planet is retrograde, read its theme as under review — a stretch to revise and finish, not to launch. To see how any of this hits your chart, run your free birth chart and read the two together.
Mercury and Pluto — the planets currently retrograde. Is Mercury retrograde? keeps the live answer plus every 2026 date, and the Moon sign calculator pins the fastest body to your own birth.
What planets are retrograde right now?
Mercury and Pluto are retrograde right now. A planet in retrograde only appears to move backward from Earth's view — it isn't truly reversing — but astrologically it's read as a cue to slow down and revisit whatever that planet governs.
What sign is the Moon in today?
The Moon is a Waning Gibbous in Pisces right now. It's the fastest body in the sky — about one zodiac sign every two and a half days — so it's the placement that genuinely changes day to day.
What does it mean when a planet is 'in' a sign?
It's where that planet sits along the zodiac from Earth's point of view right now. Each planet governs a slice of life — mind & messages for Mercury, love & values for Venus — and the sign it's in colors how that theme is playing out for everyone.
Is this my personal horoscope?
No — this is the sky everyone shares right now (the current transits). To see how today's sky lands on your chart specifically, run your free birth chart and read the two together.
This is the sky everyone shares. Your chart is yours.
The transits above hit each of us differently, depending on where the planets stood the day you were born. Run your full birth chart, free, and see which of today's movements are actually about you.