Today's Almanac

London · 2026-10-21 · 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 Saturn · structure & discipline

Favours planning, discipline, endings, property, and slow, serious, long-term work.

Day of Mercury — mind & messages
Sunrise 06:34
Sunset 16:54
Moon Aquarius · Waxing Gibbous · 75%

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 Aquarius → Pisces (08:42–12:34)

Active major aspects

  • Neptune Sextile Pluto (orb 0.75°, separating)
  • Uranus Trine Pluto (orb 1.96°, applying)
  • Uranus Sextile Neptune (orb 2.71°, applying)
  • Saturn Sextile Uranus (orb 4.97°, applying)
#TimeRulerFavours
1 06:34–07:26 Mercury mind & messages
2 07:26–08:18 Moon feeling & the everyday
3 08:18–09:09 Saturn structure & discipline
4 09:09–10:01 Jupiter growth & fortune
5 10:01–10:53 Mars drive & action
6 10:53–11:44 Sun vitality & leadership
7 11:44–12:36 Venus love & harmony
8 12:36–13:28 Mercury mind & messages
9 13:28–14:19 Moon feeling & the everyday
10 14:19–15:11 Saturn structure & discipline
11 15:11–16:03 Jupiter growth & fortune
12 16:03–16:54 Mars drive & action
13 16:54–18:03 Sun vitality & leadership
14 18:03–19:11 Venus love & harmony
15 19:11–20:20 Mercury mind & messages
16 20:20–21:28 Moon feeling & the everyday
17 21:28–22:37 Saturn structure & discipline
18 22:37–23:45 Jupiter growth & fortune
19 23:45–00:54 Mars drive & action
20 00:54–02:02 Sun vitality & leadership
21 02:02–03:11 Venus love & harmony
22 03:11–04:19 Mercury mind & messages
23 04:19–05:27 Moon feeling & the everyday
24 05:27–06:36 Saturn structure & discipline

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).