January 1
Mercury Moves into Capricorn
New Year’s Day
January 3
First Super Full Moon of 2026
Full Moon in Cancer (also known as Holiday Moon, Moon after Yule, Wolf Moon, Old Moon, Snow Moon, and the Storm Moon)
January 6
Dia de los Reyes, Epiphany/Feast of the Epiphany, Feast of the Theophany, Three Kings Day
January 17
Venus moves into Aquarius
January 18
New Moon in Capricorn
January 19
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Sun moves into Aquarius
January 20
Mercury moves into Aquarius
January 23
Mars moves into Aquarius
January 26
Neptune moves into Aries
January 27
International Holocaust Remembrance Day
February 1
Full Moon in Leo (also known as the Budding Moon, Hunger Moon, Ice Moon, and the Snow Moon)
Mercury Retrograde Prelude Period begins
Rosh HaShanah La'Ilanot/Tu B’Shevat/New Year of the Trees
February 2
Candlemas, Groundhog Day
Imbolc
February 3
Eclipse Prelude Period begins
Uranus goes Direct at 27° Taurus
February 6
Mercury moves into Pisces
February 10
Venus moves into Pisces
February 13
Saturn moves into Aries
February 14
Saint Valentines Day
February 16
Lundi Gras
President’s Day
February 17
Annular Solar Eclipse at the New Moon: The Sun and the New Moon are conjunct at 28° Aquarius. They are part of a large, rolling Stellium involving Mars at 19° Aquarius, Venus at 08° Pisces, the North Node at 09° Pisces, and Mercury at 16° Pisces.
Chinese New Year: The Year of the Fire Horse (rapid, major life changes; passion; and independence)
Lunar Imbolc
New Moon in Aquarius
Ramadan begins at sunset (ends on March 18)
February 18
Ash Wednesday
Lent begins (ends April 2)
Losar/Tibetan New Year
Sun moves into Pisces
February 25
Mercury Retrograde Prelude Period ends
Mercury Retrogrades at 22° Pisces
Late February 2026 brings another major planetary alignment. A rare visual grouping including Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune forms an arc in the night sky.
March 2
Mars moves into Pisces
Purim/The Festival of Lots begins at sunset
Ta’anit Esther/The Fast of Esther
March 3
Full Moon in Virgo (also known as the Crow Moon, Crust Moon, Lenten Moon, Sleepy Moon, Sap Moon, Seed Moon, and Worm Moon)
Purim/The Festival of Lots ends at sunset
Shushan Purim begins at sunset
Total Lunar Eclipse at the Full Moon: a massive, rolling stellium involving Mars at 00° Pisces, the North Node at 08° Pisces, a Retrograde Mercury at 20° Pisces, Venus at 26° Pisces, Neptune at 01° Aries, and Saturn at 02° Aries.
March 4
Holi (India)
Shushan Purim ends at sunset
March 6
Venus moves into Aries
March 8
Daylight Savings Time begins (ends November 1)
International Women’s Day
March 10
Jupiter goes Direct at 15° Cancer
March 12
Aztec (Mexika) New Year
March 15
Mothering Sunday (United Kingdom and Ireland)
March 17
Saint Patrick’s Day
Eclipse Shadow Period Ends
March 18
Eid-al-Fitr (end of Ramadan) at sunset
New Moon in Pisces
March 20
Mercury goes Direct at 08° Pisces
Mercury Retrograde Shadow Period begins
Spring Equinox/Ostara
Sun moves into Aries
March 25
Conceptio Christi/the Feast of the Annunciation, the Feast of the Incarnation,
Lady Day (Scandinavia)
March 29
Palm Sunday
March 30
Venus moves into Taurus
March 31
Cesar Chavez Day
April 1
April Fool’s Day
Full Moon in Libra (also known as the Egg Moon, Fish Moon, Growing Moon, Hare Moon, Paschal Moon, Peony Moon, Pink Moon, and the Sprouting Grass Moon)
April 2
Lent ends
Maundy Thursday
Passover/Pesach begins at sunset (ends April 9)
April 3
Good Friday
April 5
Easter Sunday
April 9
Mars moves into Aries
Passover/Pesach ends at Sunset
April 10
Siblings Day
April 13
Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day)
Mercury Retrograde Shadow Period ends
April 14
Mercury moves into Aries
April 15
Tax Day
April 16
Emancipation Day
April 17
New Moon in Aries
April 19
Sun moves into Taurus
April 20
Yom Hazikaron (Israel’s National Memorial Day) begins at sunset
April 21
Yom Ha'atzmaut (Israeli Independence Day)
Yom Hazikaron (Israel’s National Memorial Day) ends at sunset
April 22
Earth Day
April 23
Venus moves into Gemini
April 24
Arbor Day
April 24–26
Earth Day Celebration in Santa Barbara
April 25
Uranus moves into Gemini
May 1
Beltane
First Full Moon in May
Full Moon in Scorpio (also known as the Corn Planting Moon, Dragon Moon, Dyad Moon, Flower Moon, and Milk Moon)
International Worker’s Day, Lunar Beltane
May Day
Walpurgisnacht
May 2
Mercury moves into Taurus
May 5
Cinco De Mayo
May 6
Pluto Retrogrades at 5° Aquarius
May 10
Mexican Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day
May 16
Armed Forces Day
First Super New Moon of 2026
New Moon in Taurus
May 17
Mercury moves into Gemini
May 18
Mars moves into Taurus
Venus moves into Cancer
May 20
Sun moves into Gemini
May 21
Shavuot begins at sunset
May 22
Shavuot ends at sunset
May 25
Memorial Day
May 31
Full Moon in Sagittarius (also known as the Honey Moon, Lotus Moon, Mead Moon, Rose Moon, and the Strawberry Moon)
Second Full Moon in May or an Astronomical Black Moon
June 1
Mercury moves into Cancer
June 5
Mercury Retrograde Prelude Period begins
June 13
Venus moves into Leo
June 14
Flag Day
New Moon in Gemini
Second Super New Moon of 2026
June 16
Al-Hijra/Islamic New Year begins at sunset
June 19
Chiron moves into Taurus
Juneteenth
June 21
Father’s Day
Litha/Midsummer/Summer Solstice
Sun moves into Cancer
June 28
Mars moves into Gemini
June 29
Full Moon in Capricorn (also known as the Full Buck Moon, Hay Moon, Hungry Ghost Moon, Thunder Moon, and the Wort Moon)
Jupiter moves into Leo
Mercury Retrograde Prelude Period ends
Mercury Retrogrades at 26° Cancer
July 1
Canada Day
July 3-4
Independence Day Holiday
July 7
Neptune Retrogrades at 04° Aries
July 9
Venus moves into Virgo
July 14
Bastille Day
New Moon in Cancer
July 22
Sun moves into Leo
Tisha B’av begins at sunset
July 23
Mercury goes Direct at 16° Cancer
Mercury Retrograde Shadow Period begins
Tisha B’av ends at sunset
July 26
Saturn Retrogrades at 14° Aries
July 29
Eclipse Prelude Period Begins
Full Moon in Aquarius (the Barley Moon, Grain Moon, Green Corn Moon, Harvest Moon, Red Moon, and the Sturgeon Moon)
Lunar Lammas/Lughnassa
August 2
Lammas/Lughnassa
August 3
Chiron Retrogrades at 00° Taurus
August 6
Venus moves into Libra
August 9
Mercury moves into Leo
August 11
Mars moves into Cancer
August 12
New Moon in Leo
Total Solar Eclipse at the New Moon: The Sun and New Moon are conjunct at 20° Leo, and loosely conjunct Jupiter at 09° Leo and Mercury at 05° Leo. The Sun and Moon are opposing a retrograde Neptune at 04° Pisces.
August 16
Mercury Retrograde Shadow Period ends
August 22
Sun Moves into Virgo
August 25
Mercury moves into Virgo
Women’s Equality Day
August 27
Full Moon in Pisces (the Barley Moon, Chrysanthemum Moon, Corn Moon, and the Harvest Moon)
Partial Lunar Eclipse at the Full Moon: The Sun is at 04° Virgo, conjunct Mercury at 05° Virgo. The pair is opposing the Moon at 04° Pisces and the North Node at the Anorectic and most powerful degree of 29° Aquarius. Both pairs are squaring Uranus at 05 ° Gemini.
September 7
Labor Day
September 10
Eclipse Shadow Period Ends
Mercury moves into Libra
New Moon in Virgo
Uranus Retrogrades at 05° Gemini
Venus moves into Scorpio
September 11
Patriot Day
Rosh Hashanah, the Day of Judgement and Atonement and onset of the Days of Awe, begins at sunset
September 13
Grandparent’s Day
Rosh Hashanah ends at sunset
September 17
Chiron moves into Aries
September 20
Yom Kippur begins at sunset
September 21
Yom Kippur ends at sunset
September 22
Autumnal Equinox/Mabon
Sun moves into Libra
Mabon
September 25
Sukkot begins at sunset
September 26
Full Moon in Aries (the Blood Moon, Hunter's Moon, Kindly Moon, and the Travel Moon)
September 27
Mars moves into Leo
September 30
Mercury moves into Scorpio
October 2
Sukkot ends at sunset
Shemini Atzeret begins at sunset
October 3
Venus Retrogrades at 8° Scorpio
Shemini Atzeret ends at sunset
Simchat Torah begins at sunset
October 4
Mercury Retrograde Prelude Period begins
Simchat Torah ends at sunset
October 10
New Moon in Libra
October 12
Indigenous People’s Day
October 15
Pluto goes Direct at 03° Aquarius
October 23
Sun moves into Scorpio
October 24
Mercury Retrograde Prelude Period ends
Mercury Retrogrades at 20° Scorpio
October 25
Full Moon in Taurus (also known as the Beaver Moon, Frosty Moon, Hunter’s Moon, Kindly Moon, Oak Moon, and the White Moon)
Venus moves into Libra
October 31
Samhain/Halloween/Hallomas/All Hallow’s Eve
November 1
All Saints Day,
Daylight Savings Time ends
La Dia de los Muertos begins
November 2
All Soul’s Day, La Dia de los Muertos ends
November 3
Election Day
November 8
Diwali
Lunar Samhain
New Moon in Scorpio
November 11
Remembrance Day, Veteran’s Day
November 13
Mercury goes Direct at 05° Scorpio
Mercury Retrograde Shadow Period begins
Venus goes Direct at 22° Libra
November 21
Sun moves into Sagittarius
November 24
Full Moon in Gemini (also known as the Bitter Moon, Cold Moon, Long Night(s) Moon, and the Moon before Yule)
Second Super Full Moon of 2026
November 25
Mars moves into Virgo
November 26
Thanksgiving Day
December 3
Mercury Retrograde Shadow Period ends
December 4
Hannukah begins at sunset
Venus moves into Scorpio
December 6
Mercury moves into Sagittarius
December 7
Pearl Harbor Day
December 8
New Moon in Sagittarius
December 10
Saturn goes Direct at 7° Aries
December 12
Hannukah ends at sunset
Jupiter Retrogrades at 27° Leo
Neptune goes Direct at 01° Aries
December 20
Asarah B’Tevet, or the Fast of Tevet
December 21
Sun moves into Capricorn
Winter Solstice/Yule
December 23
Full Moon in Cancer (the Cold Moon, the Long Night(s) Moon, the Bitter Moon, and the Moon after Yule)
Third Super Full Moon of 2026
December 24
Christmas Eve
December 25
Christmas Day
Mercury moves into Capricorn
December 26
Boxing Day
Kwanzaa begins
December 31
New Year’s Eve
