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Astrological Year-at-a Glance 2023
December 30, 2022 – Mercury retrogrades at 24° Capricorn
January 1 – New Year’s Day
January 2 – New Year’s Day holiday observation; Venus moves into Aquarius
January 6 – the Feast of the Epiphany; Three Kings Day; Full Moon in Cancer: also known as the Wolf Moon, the Storm Moon, the Snow, Moon, the Old Moon, and the Moon after Yule
January 13 – Mars goes direct at 8° Gemini
January 16th – Martin Luther King Junior holiday observation: the National Day of Service
January 19 – Mercury goes direct at 8° Capricorn; the 21-day Mercury retrograde shadow period begins
January 20 – Sun moves into Aquarius
January 21 – New Moon in Aquarius; the first of two Super New Moons of 2023; Lunar Imbolc
January 22 – the Lunar New Year; the Chinese New year (The Year of the Water Rabbit); Chinese Lantern Festival
January 23 – Uranus goes direct at 14° Taurus
January 27 – Venus moves into Pisces
February 1 – Imbolc
February 5 – Full Moon in Leo: also known as the Snow Moon, the Ice Moon, and the Hunger Moon
February 9 – Mercury retrograde 21-day shadow period ends
February 11 – Mercury moves into Aquarius
February 14 – Valentine’s Day
February 18 – Sun moves into Pisces
February 19 – Venus moves into Aries; New Moon in Pisces; the Second of two Super New Moons of 2023
February 20 – Presidents’ Day holiday observation
February 21 – Mardi Gras; Feralia
February 22 – Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent
March 2 – Mercury moves into Pisces
March 6 – Purim begins at Sunset
March 7 – Purim ends at Sunset; Full Moon in Virgo: also known as the Worm Moon, the Crow Moon, the Crust Moon, the Sap Moon, the Seed Moon, or the Lenten Moon
March 8 – Saturn moves into Pisces
March 12 – Daylight savings time begins; Aztec New Year
March 17 – St. Patrick’s Day; Venus moves into Taurus
March 19 – Mercury moves into Aries; Mothering Sunday
March 20 – The Sun moves into Aries; the Spring Equinox; Ostara
March 22 – Ramadan begins at Sunset
March 23 – Pluto moves into Aquarius
March 26 – Mars moves into Cancer
March 29 – The Mercury retrograde 24-day prelude period begins
March 31 – Cesar Chavez Day
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April 3 – Mercury moves into Taurus
April 4 – The 14-day Eclipse prelude period begins
April 5 – Full Moon in Libra: also known as the Hare Moon, the Pink Moon, the Sprouting Grass Moon, the Growing Moon, the Egg Moon, the Fish Moon, and the Paschal Moon; Passover/Pesach – the Festival of Liberation – begins at Sunset
April 6 – Maundy Thursday; End of Lent
April 7 – Good Friday
April 9 – Easter
April 10 – Venus moves into Gemini; Siblings Day
April 13 – Passover ends at Sunset
April 19 – New Moon in Aries; Hybrid Solar Eclipse
April 20 – Sun moves into Taurus
April 21 –Eid ul Fitr (Ramadan ends)
April 22 – Earth Day; Mercury retrogrades at 15° Taurus;
May 1 – Beltane
May 2 – Pluto retrogrades at 0° Aquarius
May 5 – Lunar Beltane, Full Moon in Scorpio: also known as the Flower, the Milk Moon, the Dyad Moon, and the Corn Planting Moon; Appulse Lunar Eclipse; the 14-day Eclipse shadow period begins
May 7 – Venus moves into Cancer
May 14 – Mother’s Day
May 15 – Mercury goes direct at 5° Taurus; the Mercury retrograde 24-day shadow period begins
May 16 – Jupiter moves into Taurus
May 19 – New Moon in Taurus
May 20 – Mars moves into Leo; the 14-day Eclipse shadow period ends
May 21 – Sun moves into Gemini
May 25 – Shavuot begins at Sundown
May 27 – Shavuot ends at Sundown
May 29 – Memorial Day holiday observance
June 3 – Full Moon in Sagittarius: also known as the Honey Moon, the Mead Moon, the Rose Moon, the Strawberry Moon
June 5 – Venus moves into Leo
June 8 – The Mercury retrograde 24-day shadow period ends
June 11 – Pluto moves into Capricorn; Mercury moves into Gemini
June 14 – Flag Day
June 17 – New Moon in Gemini
June 18 – Father’s Day; Saturn retrogrades at 7° Pisces
June 19 – Juneteenth holiday observation
June 21 – Sun moves into Cancer; Summer Solstice; Litha
June 24 – Summer Solstice celebration in Santa Barbara
June 26 – Mercury moves into Cancer
July 1 – Neptune retrogrades at 27° Pisces
July 3 – The first Super Full Moon of 2023; Full Moon in Capricorn; also known as the Full Buck Moon, the Hay Moon, the Thunder Moon, the Wort Moon
July 4 – American Independence Day holiday observance
July 10 – Mars moves into Virgo, Mercury moves into Leo
July 17 – New Moon in Cancer
July 18 – Islamic New Year
July 22 – Sun moves into Leo
July 23 – Chiron retrogrades at 19° Aries; Venus retrogrades at 23° Leo
July 28 – Mercury moves into Virgo
July 30 – The Mercury retrograde 24-day prelude period begins
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August 1 – Lunar Lammas/Lughnasa; The second Super Full Moon of 2023; Full Moon in Aquarius: also known as the Sturgeon Moon, the Green Corn Moon, the Grain Moon, the Red Moon or the Barley Moon
August 2 – Lammas/Lughnasa; Santa Barbara Fiesta starts
August 6 – Santa Barbara Fiesta ends
August 13 – Obon (or Bon) Festival begins
August 16 – New Moon in Leo; Obon (or Bon) Festival ends
August 23 – Sun moves into Virgo
August 24 – Mercury retrogrades at 21° Virgo
August 27 – Mars moves into Libra
August 28 – Uranus retrogrades at 23° Taurus
August 30 – The third Super Full Moon of 2023; The second Full Moon in August (Blue Moon); Full Moon in Pisces
September 4 – Labor Day holiday observed; Venus goes direct at 12° Leo
September 5 – Jupiter retrogrades at 15° Taurus
September 11 – 9/11; Grandparent’s Day
September 14 – New Moon in Virgo
September 15 – Rosh Hashanah/the Days of Awe begins at Sunset
September 16 – Mercury goes Direct at 8° Virgo; the Mercury retrograde 24-day shadow period begins
September 17 – Rosh Hashanah ends at Sunset
September 21 – International Day of Peace
September 22 – The Sun moves into Libra; the Fall Equinox; Mabon
September 24 – Yom Kippur begins at Sunset
September 25 – Yom Kippur/the Days of Awe end at Sunset
September 29 – The fourth and final Super Full Moon of 2023; Full Moon in Aries: the Corn Moon, the Barley Moon, or the Harvest Moon; Sukkot begins at Sunset
September 30 – The 14-day Eclipse prelude period begins
October 4 – Mercury moves into Libra
October 6 – Sukkot ends at Sunset
October 8 – Venus moves into Virgo
October 9 – Indigenous Peoples Day
October 10 – The Mercury retrograde 24-day shadow period ends
October 11 – Mars moves into Scorpio; Pluto goes direct at 27° Capricorn
October 14 – New Moon in Libra, Annular Solar Eclipse
October 21 – Mercury moves into Scorpio
October 23 – Sun moves into Scorpio
October 28 – Full Moon in Taurus: the Blood Moon, the Travel Moon, or the Hunter's Moon; Partial Lunar Eclipse; the 14-day Eclipse shadow period begins
October 31 – Samhain; Halloween; All Hallows Eve; All Saints Eve
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November 1 – All Saints' Day; All Hallows' Day; the Feast of All Saints; the Feast of All Hallows; the Solemnity of All Saints; Hallowmas; El Dia de Los Muertos begins
November 2 – All Souls' Day; The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed; El Dia de Los Muertos ends
November 4 – Saturn goes direct at 0° Pisces
November 5 – Daylight Savings Time ends
November 8 – Venus moves into Libra
November 9 – Mercury moves into Sagittarius
November 11 – Veterans Day, Remembrance Day
November 12 – Diwali; the 14-day Eclipse shadow period ends
November 13 – Lunar Samhain, New Moon in Scorpio
November 22 – Sun moves into Sagittarius
November 23 – Thanksgiving Day; the 20-day Mercury retrograde prelude period begins
November 24 – Mars moves into Sagittarius
November 27 – Full Moon in Gemini: also known as the Beaver Moon, the Frosty Moon, the Hunter’s Moon, and the Oak Moon
December 1 – Mercury moves into Capricorn
December 4 – Venus moves into Scorpio
December 7 – Hanukkah begins at Sunset; Pearl Harbor Day; Neptune goes direct at 24° Pisces
December 12 – New Moon in Sagittarius
December 13 – Mercury retrogrades at 8° Capricorn
December 15 – Hanukkah ends
December 21 – Sun Moves into Capricorn; Winter Solstice; Yule
December 22 – Mercury moves into Sagittarius
December 24 – Christmas Eve
December 25 – Christmas Day
December 26 – Kwanzaa begins; Boxing Day; Full Moon in Cancer: also known as the Cold Moon, the Long Night(s) Moon, and the Moon of Yule; Chiron goes direct at 15° Aries.
December 29 – Venus moves into Sagittarius
December 31 – New Year’s Eve; Jupiter goes direct at 5° Taurus
January 1 – New Year’s Day; Kwanzaa ends; Mercury goes direct at 22° Sagittarius; the 20-day Mercury retrograde shadow period begins
January 4 – Mars moves into Capricorn
January 6 – the Feast of the Epiphany; Three Kings Day
Astrological Year-at-a Glance 2022
January 1 – New Year’s Day
January 2 – Super New Moon in Capricorn
January 14 – Mercury retrogrades at 10° Aquarius
January 17 – Martin Luther King Jr. Day; Full Moon in Cancer: Wolf Moon, Storm Moon, The Snow Moon, The Old Moon, and the Moon after Yule
January 18 – Uranus goes direct at 10° Taurus
January 19 – Sun into Aquarius
January 24 – Mars into Capricorn
January 25 – Mercury into Capricorn
January 29 – Venus goes direct at 11° Capricorn
January 31 – Super New Moon in Aquarius, Lunar Imbolc
February 1 – Chinese New Year: Year of the Water Tiger
February 2 – Imbolc, Candlemas
February 3 – Mercury goes direct at 24° Capricorn; the 22-day Mercury retrograde shadow period begins
February 14 – Saint Valentine’s Day; Mercury into Aquarius
February 15 – Chinese New Year Lantern Festival
February 16 – Full Moon in Leo: Snow Moon, Ice Moon, Hunger Moon
February 18 – Sun in Pisces
February 21 – Presidents Day; Feralia
February 25 – the 22-day Mercury retrograde shadow period ends
March 1 – Mardi Gras
March 2 – Ash Wednesday, Lent begins, New Moon in Pisces
March 5 – Mars and Venus into Aquarius
March 9 – Mercury into Pisces
March 12 – Aztec New Year
March 13 – Daylight Savings Time Begins
March 16 – Purim
March 17 – Saint Patrick’s Day
March 18 – Full Moon in Virgo: Worm Moon, Crow Moon, Crust Moon, Sap Moon, Seed Moon, or Lenten Moon
March 20 – Spring Equinox, Sun into Aries
March 27 – Mercury into Aries
March 31 – New Moon in Aries; Caesar Chavez Day
April 5 – Venus into Pisces
April 10 – Mercury into Taurus; Siblings Day; Palm Sunday
April 14 – Mars into Pisces, Maundy Thursday, End of Lent
April 15 – Good Friday; Pesach/Passover – The Festival of Liberation – begins at Sunset; both the 25-day Mercury retrograde prelude and the 15-day Eclipse prelude periods begin.
April 16 – Full Moon in Libra: Hare Moon, Pink Moon, the Sprouting Grass Moon, the Growing Moon, the Egg Moon, the Fish Moon, and the Paschal Moon
April 17 – Easter Sunday
April 19 – Sun into Taurus
April 23 – Pesach/Passover – The Festival of Liberation – ends
April 29 – Pluto retrogrades at 28° Capricorn, Mercury into Gemini
April 30 – New Moon in Taurus, Partial Solar Eclipse
May 1 – May Day, Beltane
May 2 – Venus into Aries
May 8 – Mother’s Day
May 10 – Mercury retrogrades at 4° Gemini, Jupiter into Aries
May 15 – Lunar Beltane, Total Lunar Eclipse, Super Full Moon in Scorpio: Flower, Milk Moon, Dyad Moon, and The Corn Planting Moon
May 20 – Sun into Gemini
May 22 – Mercury into Taurus
May 24 – Mars into Aries
May 28 – Venus into Taurus
May 30 – Memorial Day; 15-day Eclipse shadow period
June 3 – Mercury goes direct at 26° Taurus; 25-day shadow period begins
June 4 –Saturn retrogrades at 25° Aquarius; Shavuot begins at Sunset
June 6 –Shavuot ends at Sunset
June 14 – Flag Day; Super Full Moon in Sagittarius: Honey Moon, Mead Moon, Rose Moon, Strawberry Moon; Mercury into Gemini
June 19 – Father’s Day
June 20 – Summer Solstice; Sun into Cancer
June 22 –Venus into Gemini; New Moon in Cancer
June 28 – Neptune retrogrades at 25° Pisces
June 29 – 25-day Mercury retrograde shadow period ends
July 4 – Independence Day; Mars into Taurus; Mercury into Cancer
July 13 – Super Full Moon in Capricorn: Full Buck Moon, Hay Moon, Thunder Moon, Wort Moon
July 19 – Venus into Cancer
July 20 – Mercury into Leo
July 22 – Sun into Leo
July 28 – New Moon in Leo; Jupiter retrogrades at 8° Aries
August 2 – Lammas/Lughnasa
August 3 – Mercury into Virgo
August 11 – Lunar Lammas/Lughnasa; Venus into Leo; Super Full Moon in Aquarius: Sturgeon Moon, Green Corn Moon, Grain Moon, Red Moon or Barley Moon
August 13-15 – Oban or Bon Festival
August 17 – 23-day Mercury retrograde prelude period starts.
August 20 – Mars into Gemini
August 22 – Sun into Virgo
August 24 – Uranus retrogrades at 18° Taurus
August 25 – Mercury into Libra
September 4 – Venus into Virgo
September 5 – Labor Day
September 9 – Mercury retrogrades at 8° Libra
September 10 – Full Moon in Pisces: Corn Moon, Barely Moon, or Harvest Moon
September 11 – Grandparents Day; Patriot Day
September 22 – Mabon/Fall Equinox, Sun into Libra
September 25 –New Moon in Libra; Rosh Hashanah begins at Sunset
September 27 – Rosh Hashanah ends at Sunset
September 29 – Venus into Libra
October 2 – Mercury goes direct at 24° Virgo; the 23 - day Mercury retrograde shadow period begins
October 4 – Yom Kippur begins at Sunset
October 5 – Yom Kippur ends at Sunset
October 8 – Pluto goes direct at 26° Capricorn
October 9 – Sukkot beings at Sunset; Full Moon in Aries: Blood Moon, Travel Moon, or Hunter's Moon
October 10 – 15-day Eclipse prelude period begins
October 16 – Sukkot ends at Sunset
October 22 – Saturn goes direct at 18° Aquarius
October 23 – Sun into Scorpio, Venus into Scorpio
October 25 – New Moon in Scorpio; Lunar Samhain; Partial Solar Eclipse
October 26 – the 23-day Mercury retrograde shadow period ends
October 27 – Jupiter into Pisces
October 29 – Mercury into Scorpio
October 30 – Mars retrogrades at 25° Gemini
October 31 – All Hallows Eve, Halloween, Samhain
November 1 – All Saints Day, Hallowmas, Samhain ends, El Día de los Muertos begins
November 2 – All Soul’s Day, El Día de los Muertos ends
November 6 – Daylight Savings Time ends
November 8 – Total Lunar Eclipse; Full Moon in Taurus: Beaver Moon, Frosty Moon, Hunter’s Moon, and the Oak Moon
November 11 – Veterans Day
November 15 – Venus into Sagittarius
November 17 – Mercury into Sagittarius
November 22 – Sun into Sagittarius
November 23 – the 15-day Eclipse shadow period ends; Jupiter goes direct at 28° Pisces; New Moon in Sagittarius
November 24 – Thanksgiving Day
December 4 – Neptune goes direct at 22° Pisces
December 6 –Mercury into Capricorn
December 7 – Pearl Harbor Day; Full Moon in Gemini: Cold Moon, Long Night(s) Moon, and the Moon before Yule
December 9 – Venus into Capricorn
December 18 – Hanukah begins at Sunset
December 20 – Jupiter into Aries
December 21 – Winter Solstice; Sun into Capricorn
December 23 – Super New Moon in Capricorn; Chiron goes direct at 11° Aries
December 24 – Christmas Eve
December 25 – Christmas Day
December 26 – Kwanzaa; Hanukah ends at Sunset
December 29 – Mercury retrogrades at 24° Capricorn
December 30 – New Year’s Eve
January 1 – New Year’s Day
January 2 – Venus into Aquarius
January 6 – Three Kings Day/Feast of the Epiphany, Full Moon in Cancer