Today's Almanac

London · 2026-10-19 · UTC

Each hour of the day and night is ruled by one of the seven classical planets. The hour's ruler colours what the moment favours — a light, traditional way to time small actions.

Right now
Hour of Venus · love & harmony

Favours love, friendship, art, beauty, pleasure, reconciliation and money matters.

Day of Moon — feeling & the everyday
Sunrise 06:31
Sunset 16:58
Moon Aquarius · First Quarter · 58%

Today's sky

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Retrogrades

  • Venus retrograde in Scorpio
  • Saturn retrograde in Aries
  • Uranus retrograde in Gemini
  • Neptune retrograde in Aries

Retrograde shadows

  • Venus: Rx 2026-10-03 → direct 2026-11-14 · pre-shadow 2026-08-31→2026-10-03 · post-shadow 2026-11-14→2026-12-15
  • Mercury: Rx 2026-10-24 → direct 2026-11-13 · pre-shadow 2026-10-04→2026-10-24 · post-shadow 2026-11-13→2026-11-30

Void-of-course Moon

  • Moon void in Capricorn → Aquarius (16:12–01:40)

Active major aspects

  • Neptune Sextile Pluto (orb 0.7°, separating)
  • Uranus Trine Pluto (orb 2.02°, applying)
  • Uranus Sextile Neptune (orb 2.72°, applying)
  • Saturn Sextile Uranus (orb 5.06°, applying)
#TimeRulerFavours
1 06:31–07:23 Moon feeling & the everyday
2 07:23–08:15 Saturn structure & discipline
3 08:15–09:08 Jupiter growth & fortune
4 09:08–10:00 Mars drive & action
5 10:00–10:52 Sun vitality & leadership
6 10:52–11:45 Venus love & harmony
7 11:45–12:37 Mercury mind & messages
8 12:37–13:29 Moon feeling & the everyday
9 13:29–14:21 Saturn structure & discipline
10 14:21–15:14 Jupiter growth & fortune
11 15:14–16:06 Mars drive & action
12 16:06–16:58 Sun vitality & leadership
13 16:58–18:06 Venus love & harmony
14 18:06–19:14 Mercury mind & messages
15 19:14–20:22 Moon feeling & the everyday
16 20:22–21:30 Saturn structure & discipline
17 21:30–22:38 Jupiter growth & fortune
18 22:38–23:45 Mars drive & action
19 23:45–00:53 Sun vitality & leadership
20 00:53–02:01 Venus love & harmony
21 02:01–03:09 Mercury mind & messages
22 03:09–04:17 Moon feeling & the everyday
23 04:17–05:25 Saturn structure & discipline
24 05:25–06:33 Jupiter growth & fortune

Planetary hours split day and night into twelve unequal parts each; the ruler of the first hour after sunrise gives the day its name. Times shown in local time (UTC).