Astro calendar

The sky in 2042

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

Retrogrades in 2042

Mercury retrograde 4 periods

  • From January 10 to January 30 · from Aquarius to Capricorn
  • From May 5 to May 29 · Taurus
  • From September 5 to September 27 · from Libra to Virgo
  • From December 25 to January 14 · Capricorn

Venus retrograde one period

  • From September 28 to November 9 · from Scorpio to Libra

Mars retrograde one period

  • From December 28 to March 18 · 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
  • Mercury stations direct in Capricorn

February

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

March

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

April

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

May

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

June

  • Full moon in Sagittarius
  • New moon in Gemini
  • The Sun enters 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
  • Full moon in Pisces

September

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

October

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

November

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

December

  • New moon in Sagittarius
  • 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.