Astro calendar

The sky in 2010

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

Retrogrades in 2010

Mercury retrograde 4 periods

  • From December 26 to January 15 · Capricorn
  • From April 18 to May 11 · Taurus
  • From August 20 to September 12 · Virgo
  • From December 10 to December 30 · from Capricorn to Sagittarius

Venus retrograde one period

  • From October 8 to November 18 · from Scorpio to Libra

Mars retrograde one period

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

Month by month

January

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

February

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

March

  • Mars stations direct in Leo
  • New moon in Pisces
  • The Sun enters Aries
  • Full moon in Libra

April

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

May

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

June

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

July

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

August

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

September

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

October

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

November

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

December

  • New moon in Sagittarius
  • Mercury stations retrograde in Capricorn
  • Full moon in Gemini
  • The Sun enters Capricorn
  • Mercury stations direct in Sagittarius

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