Yearly horoscopes · 2026

Yearly horoscopes

Pick your sun sign below for this year's reading. Each one is grounded in the actual transits — not generic "the stars say" filler.

DailyWeeklyMonthlyYearly
AriesThere is a particular kind of pressure that builds before something breaks open, and 2026 is that kind of year for you.TaurusThere is a particular kind of courage that belongs entirely to you, Taurus — not the loud, chest-forward bravado of a charging ram, but the quiet, immovable…GeminiThere is a particular kind of year that asks you not to move faster, but to move smarter — and 2026 is precisely that year for you, Gemini.CancerThere is a particular kind of year that asks you to come home to yourself — not metaphorically, but in the most literal, cellular sense of the word.LeoThere is a particular kind of pressure that comes not from failure but from growth, and 2026 is the year you learn to tell the difference.VirgoThe sky opens this year with a powerful stellium in Capricorn — the Sun, Venus, and Mars all clustered in your fifth house of creativity, pleasure, and self-expression.LibraThere is a quality to 2026 that asks something specific of you, Libra — and it isn't the balancing act you've spent a lifetime perfecting.ScorpioThere is a particular kind of power that comes not from force but from depth — from knowing exactly what you carry, what you're willing to release, and what you…SagittariusThere is a particular kind of restlessness that lives in your bones, Sagittarius — that itch toward the horizon, the conviction that the next place, the next idea,…CapricornThere is a particular kind of power that belongs only to you right now, and it would be a shame to let it pass unnoticed.AquariusPluto has arrived, and it is not here to whisper.PiscesThere is a quality to this year that you may recognize from the deepest, most clarifying moments of your life — the feeling of standing at the end of something long…
Computed from the ephemeris

The sky in 2026

Sunin Scorpio
Moonin Leo until Nov 3, 08:27 UTC
PhaseWaning crescent, 45% lit.
RetrogradeMercury, Venus and Saturn
  1. Mars enters Aquarius
  2. Saturn enters Aries
  3. New Moon in Aquarius (annular solar eclipse)
  4. Mercury turns retrograde in Pisces
  5. Mars enters Pisces
  6. Full Moon in Virgo (total lunar eclipse)
  7. Jupiter turns direct in Cancer
  8. Mercury turns direct in Pisces
  9. Mars enters Aries
  10. Mars enters Taurus
  11. Mars enters Gemini
  12. Mercury turns retrograde in Cancer
  13. Jupiter enters Leo
  14. Mercury turns direct in Cancer
  15. Saturn turns retrograde in Aries
  16. Mars enters Cancer
  17. New Moon in Leo (total solar eclipse)
  18. Full Moon in Pisces (partial lunar eclipse)
  19. Mars enters Leo
  20. Venus turns retrograde in Scorpio
  21. Mercury turns retrograde in Scorpio
  22. Mercury turns direct in Scorpio
  23. Venus turns direct in Libra
  24. Mars enters Virgo
  25. Saturn turns direct in Aries
  26. Jupiter turns retrograde in Leo

Retrograde periods in 2026

Times are UTC. Every New and Full Moon is in the 2026 moon calendar.

Questions

How are these yearly horoscopes written?

Each one is written on January 1 at 02:00 UTC from the actual planetary positions for the period: which planets are moving through which signs, and how they angle to each sign. The positions are computed, and an AI model (Anthropic's Claude) turns them into prose for each sun sign. Nothing is recycled from earlier periods.

When is Mercury retrograde in 2026?

Mercury is retrograde 3 times in 2026: Feb 26 to Mar 20 in Pisces; Jun 29 to Jul 23 in Cancer; Oct 24 to Nov 13 in Scorpio.

What are the eclipses in 2026?

Feb 17: New Moon in Aquarius (annular solar eclipse); Mar 3: Full Moon in Virgo (total lunar eclipse); Aug 12: New Moon in Leo (total solar eclipse); Aug 28: Full Moon in Pisces (partial lunar eclipse).

Should I read my sun sign or my rising sign?

Start with your sun sign; that is how these are written. If you know your rising sign, read that one too: it maps the same planets onto the areas of your life, and many astrologers find it the more specific of the two. The personal horoscope goes further and reads the period against your whole birth chart.

From your real chart

The free yearly reading is written for each sun sign. The personal version reads the transits for the next 12 months against your natal placements — which planets are touching which of yours, sorted by tightness.

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