Observatory Tuesday 20 October 2026
Horoscopes you can check against the sky.
Every reading here is written from the real positions of the planets on the day, computed with the Swiss Ephemeris and shown next to the text. The word horoscope means observer of the hour. We take that literally.
Today by sign
The readings for Tuesday 20 October 2026
Aries
Friends pull, play pulls back
Your friends and group plans sit in the foreground while the Moon moves through your eleventh house, but the day opens with the Moon opposing Mars at 02:25 UTC. Mars rules your sign and sits in your fifth house of play and creative work, so the tension is easy to name: time for others versus time for something of your own. The pull returns at 22:49 UTC when the Moon opposes Jupiter, also in your fifth house. Earlier, at 06:56 UTC, Venus squares Pluto from your eighth house, which can bring a shared bill or a debt to the surface. Say yes to the group, then leave an hour free for the thing you actually want to make.
Taurus
Work visible, home asking for you
With the Moon in your tenth house, how you handle your job is easier for others to see today, and that can feel like a spotlight you did not request. It opposes Mars at 02:25 UTC and Jupiter at 22:49 UTC, both in your fourth house, so home and family keep tugging at the edges of your working hours. Venus, your ruler, is retrograde in your seventh house and squares Pluto at 06:56 UTC. In a close partnership, an old question about who decides may come back for another look. You do not have to settle it before lunch. Keep work at work where you can, and when you get home, listen before you make your case.
Gemini
Big plans against a full inbox
The Moon spends the day in your ninth house, the part of the chart that cares about study, travel and the bigger picture. At 02:25 UTC it opposes Mars, and at 22:49 UTC it opposes Jupiter, both in your third house of conversations and errands. Expect a lot of talk and a lot of small jobs competing with that wider view. Mercury, your ruler, sits in your sixth house of daily work, and the Moon squares it at 17:42 UTC, so late afternoon may be when a routine task interrupts a good idea. Write the idea down in a sentence or two, finish the task, then come back to it tonight.
Cancer
Shared money and what you keep
Your ruler, the Moon, moves through your eighth house today, which puts shared money, debts and closeness with one person at the center of your attention. It opposes Mars at 02:25 UTC and Jupiter at 22:49 UTC, and both of those planets sit in your second house of money and possessions. Put plainly, what is yours and what is shared may feel less clearly separated than usual. Venus is retrograde in your fifth house and squares Pluto in your eighth at 06:56 UTC, so an old feeling about a past romance or a creative project could resurface. Before you agree to split any cost, write down your own figures and sleep on them.
Leo
Your needs and a partner's view
Mars and Jupiter both sit in your first house, so you come across with more drive and more presence than usual. Across the chart, the Moon moves through your seventh house of partners, opposing Mars at 02:25 UTC and Jupiter at 22:49 UTC. That puts your own wishes face to face with someone else's, and the second contact comes near the end of the UTC day. Venus is retrograde in your fourth house and squares Pluto in your seventh at 06:56 UTC, which can stir an old disagreement about home or family. Your ruler, the Sun, is in your third house of conversations, which helps. Say what you want once, clearly, and then let the other person answer without interrupting.
Virgo
Daily work and needed rest
Routine is where today happens. The Moon moves through your sixth house of daily work and health, and at 02:25 UTC it opposes Mars, then at 22:49 UTC Jupiter, both in your twelfth house. Some of the effort you put in may go unseen, or you may need more rest than your schedule allows. Mercury, your ruler, is in your third house of conversations, and the Moon squares it at 17:42 UTC, which can make a message or an errand feel more awkward than it is. Venus is retrograde there too, and its square to Pluto in your sixth at 06:56 UTC may bring back an old point of friction at work. Answer the tricky message after a break, not between tasks.
Libra
Pleasure and spending in tension
Your ruler, Venus, is retrograde in your second house, and at 06:56 UTC it squares Pluto in your fifth. That puts what you value and what you enjoy in quiet tension, especially around money spent on fun or on someone you care about. Meanwhile the Moon crosses your fifth house, so the mood leans toward creative work and good company. Friends feature too: the Moon opposes Mars at 02:25 UTC and Jupiter at 22:49 UTC, both in your eleventh house, which can make group plans feel bigger than they need to be. A modest step is to enjoy the evening without committing to anything costly, and to look again at any purchase you have been circling before you make it.
Scorpio
Home asks for your attention
With Mercury and a retrograde Venus both in your first house, you are likely more aware than usual of how you come across, and less inclined to explain yourself. At 06:56 UTC Venus squares Pluto, your ruler, which sits in your fourth house. The Moon moves through that same fourth house today, so home and family pull at you while Mars and Jupiter in your tenth keep work loud. The Moon opposes Mars at 02:25 UTC and Jupiter at 22:49 UTC. At 17:42 UTC the Moon squares Mercury, a point where a short remark can land harder than you meant. Keep one conversation at home simple and unhurried, and leave the bigger career talk for another day.
Sagittarius
Small talk with real weight
Conversations carry the day. The Moon crosses your third house, the part of the chart for errands, messages and the people you talk to most, and at 17:42 UTC it squares Mercury in your twelfth house. Something you have kept to yourself may sit just under what you say. Your ruler, Jupiter, is in your ninth house alongside Mars, and the Moon opposes both of them, Mars at 02:25 UTC and Jupiter at 22:49 UTC. Big ideas and plans for study or travel will want airtime, perhaps more than a quick chat can hold. Write the larger thought down before you raise it, so the everyday exchange stays easy and the bigger plan gets a proper hearing later.
Capricorn
Counting what really matters
Your attention drifts toward resources today. The Moon crosses your second house, where Pluto also sits, so questions of what you own, earn and value feel close at hand. Across the chart, Mars and Jupiter in your eighth house cover shared money and what you owe, and the Moon opposes Mars at 02:25 UTC and Jupiter at 22:49 UTC. What is yours and what is shared may seem to pull in different directions. Saturn, your ruler, is retrograde in your fourth house, a quieter reminder that home comforts are part of the sum. At 06:56 UTC Venus squares Pluto, touching friendships too. A sensible move is a plain, honest look at one shared arrangement, without deciding anything in a rush.
Aquarius
Partners take up more room
The Moon is in your sign, crossing your first house alongside Pluto, so your moods show more readily than you might like. Mars and Jupiter sit opposite in your seventh house, and the Moon opposes Mars at 02:25 UTC and Jupiter at 22:49 UTC, which puts partners and close collaborators firmly in view. Someone may push, or simply take up a lot of room. At work, Mercury and a retrograde Venus share your tenth house, and the Moon squares Mercury at 17:42 UTC, so a message from a boss or client could read sharper than intended. Give one reply a second draft before you send it, and let a partner have their say before you answer.
Pisces
A quieter day suits you
Rest earns its place on today's list. The Moon passes through your twelfth house, along with Pluto, so you may want more privacy and less noise than usual. Daily work pulls the other way: Mars and Jupiter sit in your sixth house, and the Moon opposes Mars at 02:25 UTC and Jupiter at 22:49 UTC, which can make your task list feel heavier than it is. Your ruler, Neptune, is retrograde in your second house, where Saturn is also retrograde, keeping your attention on what you value and what you spend. Pick the two tasks that matter most and finish them, then allow yourself a quiet evening without apologizing for it.
Written from the sky of the day and checked against it. How that works
What changes next
The coming days in the sky
- 23 October 2026 Sun enters Scorpio Ingress
- 24 October 2026 Mercury stations retrogradeat 20°59′ Scorpio Station
- 25 October 2026 Venus enters Libraretrograde, moving back in Ingress
- 26 October 2026 Full moon in Taurus2°46′ Taurus Moon
- 9 November 2026 New moon in Scorpio16°53′ Scorpio Moon
- 13 November 2026 Mercury stations directat 5°02′ Scorpio Station
- 14 November 2026 Venus stations directat 22°52′ Libra Station
Times are shown in UTC until your browser converts them.
The Moon
First quarter
- Sign
- 11°12′ Aquarius
- Lit
- 63%
- Distance
- 398,828 km
- New moon
- 9 November 2026, in 20 days
- Full moon
- 26 October 2026, in 6 days
Exact aspects today
- Moon opposition Mars
- Venus square Pluto
- Moon square Mercury
- Moon opposition Jupiter
Your chart
The sky at the moment you were born, computed in your browser.
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The observatory
The sky, as data
Retrogrades
5 planets retrograde now
Neptune until 12 December 2026. Saturn until 10 December 2026. Chiron until 6 January 2027. Uranus until 8 February 2027. Venus until 14 November 2026. Stations, shadow periods and dates 2025 to 2030.
The Moon
Aquarius, 63% lit
Every new and full moon with its exact time, sign and distance, the quarters, and the void-of-course periods in between.
Eclipses
Next: 6 February 2027
Solar and lunar eclipses 2025 to 2030, with type, magnitude, the degree they fall on and where the maximum is seen.
Planets
Venus in Scorpio
Every sign change of every planet, with the exact minute, how long the stay lasts and whether it comes with a retrograde.
How this site works
Computed, then written, then checked.
First the engine computes the sky: the position of the Sun, the Moon and every planet to the arc minute, the exact time of each aspect, each sign change, each station and each lunar phase. It uses the Swiss Ephemeris, the same planetary data professional astrology software runs on, and we check it against an independent library and against published eclipse and equinox times.
Then the text is written from those facts and nothing else: which house the Moon crosses when counted from your sign, which planet turns retrograde this week, which aspect becomes exact this afternoon. A language model does the writing. A checker then reads every sentence back against the data and refuses anything it cannot find there, so a reading can say the Moon is in your sixth house only if it actually is.
We think that is the honest way to publish a horoscope: as an interpretation of a sky you can look at yourself. The data is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0, and the whole method is written up on the method page.