Astro calendar

The sky in 2009

Retrogrades, lunations and the Sun's sign changes, worked out for the whole year.

Retrogrades in 2009

Mercury retrograde 4 periods

  • From January 11 to February 1 · from Aquarius to Capricorn
  • From May 7 to May 31 · from Gemini to Taurus
  • From September 7 to September 29 · from Libra to Virgo
  • From December 26 to January 15 · Capricorn

Venus retrograde one period

  • From March 6 to April 17 · from Aries to Pisces

Mars retrograde one period

  • From December 20 to March 10 · Leo
What is retrograde motion?

Month by month

January

  • Full moon in Cancer
  • Mercury stations retrograde in Aquarius
  • The Sun enters Aquarius
  • New moon in Aquarius

February

  • Mercury stations direct in Capricorn
  • Full moon in Leo
  • The Sun enters Pisces
  • New moon in Pisces

March

  • Venus stations retrograde in Aries
  • Full moon in Virgo
  • The Sun enters Aries
  • New moon in Aries

April

  • Full moon in Libra
  • Venus stations direct in Pisces
  • The Sun enters Taurus
  • New moon in Taurus

May

  • Mercury stations retrograde in Gemini
  • Full moon in Scorpio
  • The Sun enters Gemini
  • New moon in Gemini
  • Mercury stations direct in Taurus

June

  • Full moon in Sagittarius
  • The Sun enters Cancer
  • New moon in Cancer

July

  • Full moon in Capricorn
  • New moon in Cancer
  • The Sun enters Leo

August

  • Full moon in Aquarius
  • New moon in Leo
  • The Sun enters Virgo

September

  • Full moon in Pisces
  • Mercury stations retrograde in Libra
  • New moon in Virgo
  • The Sun enters Libra
  • Mercury stations direct in Virgo

October

  • Full moon in Aries
  • New moon in Libra
  • The Sun enters Scorpio

November

  • Full moon in Taurus
  • New moon in Scorpio
  • The Sun enters Sagittarius

December

  • Full moon in Gemini
  • New moon in Sagittarius
  • Mars stations retrograde in Leo
  • The Sun enters Capricorn
  • Mercury stations retrograde in Capricorn
  • Full moon in Cancer

Dates and times in UTC. To see how this sky touches your chart, open your personal transits.