Astro calendar

The sky in 2022

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

Retrogrades in 2022

Mercury retrograde 4 periods

  • From January 14 to February 4 · from Aquarius to Capricorn
  • From May 10 to June 3 · from Gemini to Taurus
  • From September 10 to October 2 · from Libra to Virgo
  • From December 29 to January 18 · Capricorn

Venus retrograde one period

  • From December 19 to January 29 · Capricorn

Mars retrograde one period

  • From October 30 to January 12 · Gemini
What is retrograde motion?

Month by month

January

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

February

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

March

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

April

  • New moon in Aries
  • Full moon in Libra
  • 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

June

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

July

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

August

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

September

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

October

  • Mercury stations direct in Virgo
  • Full moon in Aries
  • The Sun enters Scorpio
  • New moon in Scorpio
  • Mars stations retrograde in Gemini

November

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

December

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

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