Quick answer: Pisces season runs from about February 18 to March 20 each year, when the sun moves through the water sign Pisces. It is the last season of the astrological year, a time of intuition, imagination, and letting things soften before the fresh start of spring. Every sign feels it somewhere, and this guide shows you where.
Quick answer: Aquarius season runs from about January 20 to February 18 each year, when the sun moves through the air sign Aquarius. It is the season of ideas, community, and being unapologetically yourself, a natural time to question old patterns, connect with your people, and think about the future. Every sign feels it somewhere, and this guide shows you where.
Quick answer: Virgo season runs from about August 23 to September 22 each year, when the sun moves through the earth sign Virgo. It is the season of order, clarity, and quiet improvement, a natural time to organize your life, tend to your routines, and finish what summer started. Every sign feels it somewhere, and this guide shows you where.
Quick answer: The next Jupiter retrograde runs from the evening of December 12, 2026, to April 12, 2027, moving from 27 degrees back to 17 degrees Leo. Jupiter turns retrograde every year for about four months. It governs growth, luck, and belief, so its retrograde turns expansion inward: less about new doors opening, more about deciding which doors you actually want to walk through.
Quick answer: Pluto is retrograde right now, from May 6 to October 15, 2026, at 5 to 3 degrees Aquarius. Pluto turns retrograde every year and stays that way for about five and a half months, so nearly half of every year is a Pluto retrograde.
Quick answer: Mars turns retrograde on January 10, 2027, at 7:59 AM Eastern and stays retrograde until April 1, 2027, at 10:08 AM Eastern. It begins in Virgo, backs into Leo on February 21, and turns direct in Leo. Mars retrograde happens only about once every two years, and it tends to slow motivation, stall projects, and turn frustration inward. It is a season for finishing and reviewing rather than launching.
Quick answer: A planet is retrograde when it appears to move backward through the zodiac from our point of view on Earth. Nothing actually reverses. Astrologically the planet's themes turn inward for review rather than forward for action. Every planet goes retrograde, and the slower the planet, the longer it lasts. Full 2026 and 2027 dates are in the tables below.
Quick answer: Astrology uses ten planets, counting the Sun and Moon, and each one governs a category of experience. The Sun is identity, the Moon is emotion, Mercury is thinking, Venus is love and value, Mars is drive. Jupiter and Saturn handle growth and limits. Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto move so slowly that they describe whole generations rather than individuals.
Quick answer: A zodiac season is the roughly thirty day stretch when the Sun moves through one sign. There are twelve, and together they make up the astrological year, which begins with Aries season in late March rather than in January. Every season affects everyone, not only the people born under that sign. Full dates are in the table below.
Quick answer: Astrology is a system for reading meaning into the positions and cycles of the Sun, Moon, and planets. It uses the sky as a map of timing and personality rather than as a set of instructions. It does not tell you what will happen. It offers a language for describing where you are and what the moment is asking of you, and every choice in it stays yours.