The sky week by week
The sky, 26 October – 1 November 2026
The week opens with the Sun in Scorpio. It has 2 key moments, and 5 planets are retrograde: Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.
Times are Athens time (UTC+2 in winter, UTC+3 in summer), as the week runs Monday to Sunday in Athens. Signs are tropical; the Vedic column uses the sidereal (Lahiri) zodiac.
Key moments
- Full Moon in Taurus 2°Feelings and facts come to a peak. A moment of clarity, completion or release. Sign theme: roots and pleasures.
- Last Quarter in Leo 9°A checkpoint halfway through the lunar cycle: a time to adjust what began at the New Moon.
Retrograde this week
| Planet | Turns retrograde | Turns direct |
|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 24 Oct 2026 | 13 Nov 2026 |
| Venus | 3 Oct 2026 | 14 Nov 2026 |
| Saturn | 26 Jul 2026 | 11 Dec 2026 |
| Uranus | 10 Sept 2026 | 8 Feb 2027 |
| Neptune | 7 Jul 2026 | 12 Dec 2026 |
The Moon day by day
The Moon changes sign about every two and a half days. Phase and illumination are for 07:30 Athens time.
| Day | Moon sign | Phase |
|---|---|---|
| Mon 26 Oct | Taurus · enters Taurus 01:34 | Full Moon · 100% |
| Tue 27 Oct | Taurus | Waning Gibbous · 98% |
| Wed 28 Oct | Gemini · enters Gemini 03:01 | Waning Gibbous · 94% |
| Thu 29 Oct | Gemini | Waning Gibbous · 87% |
| Fri 30 Oct | Cancer · enters Cancer 04:05 | Waning Gibbous · 79% |
| Sat 31 Oct | Cancer | Waning Gibbous · 68% |
| Sun 1 Nov | Leo · enters Leo 06:18 | Waning Gibbous · 57% |
Exact aspects
The moments two planets form an exact angle. Trines and sextiles are traditionally easy, squares and oppositions demanding, and conjunctions merge the two planets’ themes.
| Date | Planets | Aspect | Signs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mon, 26 Oct 2026 14:11 | Sun – Pluto | Square | Scorpio / Aquarius |
| Fri, 30 Oct 2026 19:21 | Mercury – Mars | Square | Scorpio / Leo |
Where the planets are on Monday
Tropical and sidereal positions at 00:00 Athens time. The Lahiri ayanamsa is 24.23°.
| Planet | Tropical | Sidereal | Nakshatra |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | 2° Scorpio | 8° Tula | Swati |
| Moon | 29° Aries | 4° Mesha | Ashwini |
| Mercury ℞ | 20° Scorpio | 26° Tula | Vishakha |
| Venus ℞ | 29° Libra | 5° Tula | Chitra |
| Mars | 15° Leo | 21° Karka | Ashlesha |
| Jupiter | 23° Leo | 29° Karka | Ashlesha |
| Saturn ℞ | 9° Aries | 15° Meena | Uttara Bhadrapada |
| Uranus ℞ | 4° Gemini | 10° Vrishabha | Rohini |
| Neptune ℞ | 2° Aries | 7° Meena | Uttara Bhadrapada |
| Pluto | 3° Aquarius | 8° Makara | Uttara Ashadha |
| Rahu | — | 2° Kumbha | Dhanishta |
| Ketu | — | 2° Simha | Magha |
Vedic and Chinese calendar
Tithi and the Moon’s nakshatra at sunrise in New Delhi, and the Chinese day pillar (60-day cycle). The Chinese year is the Yang Fire Horse.
| Day | Tithi | Nakshatra | Chinese day |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 26 | Shukla Purnima | Ashwini | Gui-You · Yin Water Rooster |
| Tue 27 | Krishna Pratipada | Bharani | Jia-Xu · Yang Wood Dog |
| Wed 28 | Krishna Tritiya | Krittika | Yi-Hai · Yin Wood Pig |
| Thu 29 | Krishna Chaturthi | Rohini | Bing-Zi · Yang Fire Rat |
| Fri 30 | Krishna Panchami | Mrigashira | Ding-Chou · Yin Fire Ox |
| Sat 31 | Krishna Shashthi | Ardra | Wu-Yin · Yang Earth Tiger |
| Sun 1 | Krishna Saptami | Pushya | Ji-Mao · Yin Earth Rabbit |