https://www.nataljunction.com Astrology computed from the real sky: transit guides, monthly calendars and original chart research. en Fri, 23 Oct 2026 13:56:31 GMT https://www.nataljunction.com/blog/2027-astrology-calendar https://www.nataljunction.com/blog/2027-astrology-calendar Fri, 23 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT Every retrograde, eclipse and major transit of 2027, computed from the ephemeris: three Mercury retrogrades, Mars retrograde in Virgo and Leo, no Venus retrograde, five eclipses including the August 2 total solar eclipse, Jupiter into Virgo, every new and full moon and what it means for your sign. https://www.nataljunction.com/blog/eclipses-2027 https://www.nataljunction.com/blog/eclipses-2027 Fri, 23 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT 2027 has five eclipses: an annular solar eclipse on February 6, the August 2 total solar eclipse over Spain, Morocco and Egypt with up to 6 minutes 23 seconds of totality and three penumbral lunar eclipses. Exact times, degrees, where to see each one and what it means for your sign. https://www.nataljunction.com/blog/full-moon-calendar-2027 https://www.nataljunction.com/blog/full-moon-calendar-2027 Fri, 23 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT All twelve full moons and thirteen new moons of 2027, computed from the ephemeris: exact times in Eastern, Pacific and UK, the sign and degree of each, the traditional names, the January supermoon, the May seasonal Blue Moon, the August Black Moon and the five eclipses. https://www.nataljunction.com/blog/mercury-retrograde-2027-dates https://www.nataljunction.com/blog/mercury-retrograde-2027-dates Fri, 23 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT Mercury is retrograde three times in 2027: February 9 to March 3, June 10 to July 4 and October 7 to October 28. Exact station times in UTC, Eastern, Pacific and UK, degrees, pre and post shadow dates, what each one means for your sign and every Mercury retrograde to 2030. https://www.nataljunction.com/blog/new-moon-calendar-2027 https://www.nataljunction.com/blog/new-moon-calendar-2027 Fri, 23 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT All 13 new moons of 2027 with exact times in UTC, Eastern, Pacific, UK and India, the sign and degree of each, the two solar eclipses and an intention for each. https://www.nataljunction.com/stories/august-2-2027-eclipse-six-minutes-of-darkness https://www.nataljunction.com/stories/august-2-2027-eclipse-six-minutes-of-darkness Fri, 23 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT On August 2, 2027 the Moon covers the Sun for up to 6 minutes 23 seconds, the second-longest total eclipse of the 21st century. Babylonian scribes and Ptolemy both had rules for reading a moment like this. Here is the sky and the history. https://www.nataljunction.com/stories/five-planets-in-virgo-stellium-2027 https://www.nataljunction.com/stories/five-planets-in-virgo-stellium-2027 Fri, 23 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT For 48 hours from August 31, 2027 the Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus and Jupiter all sit in Virgo. Five or more bodies last gathered there in 2019 and do not again until 2049. What a stellium is, and how rare this one is. https://www.nataljunction.com/stories/how-the-moon-got-its-folk-names https://www.nataljunction.com/stories/how-the-moon-got-its-folk-names Fri, 23 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT Wolf, Snow, Harvest, Hunter's: the full moon names most of us know reached print through a 1930s farmers' almanac. Here is where they came from, why the Harvest Moon earned its name and why the list flips south of the equator. https://www.nataljunction.com/stories/ophiuchus-the-13th-zodiac-constellation https://www.nataljunction.com/stories/ophiuchus-the-13th-zodiac-constellation Fri, 23 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT The Sun crosses Ophiuchus for about 18 days every year, yet no astrology tradition counts it as a sign. Constellations, signs and precession are three different things. Here is how they fit, and how tropical and sidereal astrologers each answer it. https://www.nataljunction.com/stories/what-is-retrograde-motion https://www.nataljunction.com/stories/what-is-retrograde-motion Fri, 23 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT No planet ever reverses. Retrograde is what you see when Earth overtakes a slower outer planet, or a faster inner one overtakes us. Watch Earth pass Mars in early 2027, computed from the real orbits. https://www.nataljunction.com/stories/why-2027-has-13-new-moons https://www.nataljunction.com/stories/why-2027-has-13-new-moons Fri, 23 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT The Moon's cycle runs 29.53 days, so a calendar year holds twelve of them with eleven days to spare. In 2027 those spare days catch a thirteenth new moon, and which month gets two depends on where you live. https://www.nataljunction.com/blog/2027-horoscope-every-sign https://www.nataljunction.com/blog/2027-horoscope-every-sign Thu, 15 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT Your 2027 horoscope, built from the real transits: Jupiter moves from Leo to Virgo on July 26, the August 2 total solar eclipse falls in Leo and Saturn and Neptune hold Aries all year. Love, career, key months and the one date to circle for all twelve signs. https://www.nataljunction.com/blog/annual-profections-finding-your-time-lord https://www.nataljunction.com/blog/annual-profections-finding-your-time-lord Thu, 15 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT Annual Profections are the ancient Hellenistic technique for the theme of a year of life. Here is how to calculate your profection year and your Time Lord. https://www.nataljunction.com/blog/astrology-gifts-2026 https://www.nataljunction.com/blog/astrology-gifts-2026 Thu, 15 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT The best astrology gift comes from their real birth chart, not their Sun sign. Ideas by element and sign, for partners, beginners and skeptics, at any budget. https://www.nataljunction.com/blog/best-and-worst-match-for-every-sign https://www.nataljunction.com/blog/best-and-worst-match-for-every-sign Thu, 15 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT Every sign's three best and two worst partners, ranked by the mean synastry score of 60,000 generated chart pairs. Same-sign and same-element pairs lead, squares and quincunxes fill the bottom 24 places and the Sun sign still explains only 24.3% of the result. https://www.nataljunction.com/blog/big-three-sun-moon-rising https://www.nataljunction.com/blog/big-three-sun-moon-rising Thu, 15 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT Your Big Three are your Sun, Moon and Rising signs. They explain far more about you than your Sun sign alone. Here is what each one means and how to find yours. https://www.nataljunction.com/blog/birth-chart-love-life https://www.nataljunction.com/blog/birth-chart-love-life Thu, 15 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT Your birth chart describes your love life through five placements: Venus, Mars, the Moon, the 5th house and the 7th house with its ruler. How to read each one. https://www.nataljunction.com/blog/black-moon-lilith https://www.nataljunction.com/blog/black-moon-lilith Thu, 15 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT Black Moon Lilith is the far point of the Moon's orbit, read as the wild, unapologetic part of you. Find your Lilith sign by birth date and what it means. https://www.nataljunction.com/blog/capricorn-season-2026 https://www.nataljunction.com/blog/capricorn-season-2026 Thu, 15 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT Capricorn season 2026 runs from the solstice on December 21 to January 20, 2027. Exact start and end times, the Cancer full moon, the Capricorn new moon, Mars turning retrograde and what the season means for every sign. https://www.nataljunction.com/blog/chinese-new-year-2027 https://www.nataljunction.com/blog/chinese-new-year-2027 Thu, 15 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT Chinese New Year 2027 is Saturday, February 6, the start of the Fire Goat year, which runs to January 25, 2028. The date, how it is set and every animal. https://www.nataljunction.com/blog/chiron-in-astrology https://www.nataljunction.com/blog/chiron-in-astrology Thu, 15 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT Chiron marks your core wound and how you learn to heal it. Find your Chiron sign by birth date, read it by sign and house and see when your Chiron return falls. https://www.nataljunction.com/blog/composite-chart-vs-synastry https://www.nataljunction.com/blog/composite-chart-vs-synastry Thu, 15 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT Synastry compares two birth charts to show how two people affect each other. A composite chart merges them into one chart that describes the relationship. https://www.nataljunction.com/blog/december-2026-astrology-calendar https://www.nataljunction.com/blog/december-2026-astrology-calendar Thu, 15 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT December 2026 has a Sagittarius New Moon, Saturn and Neptune turning direct, Jupiter turning retrograde, the winter solstice and the closest full moon of the year on Christmas Eve. Every date with exact times in UTC, Eastern, Pacific and UK, ranked, plus what it means for your sign. https://www.nataljunction.com/blog/february-2027-astrology-calendar https://www.nataljunction.com/blog/february-2027-astrology-calendar Thu, 15 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT February 2027 has an annular eclipse in Aquarius on Chinese New Year, Mercury retrograde from February 9, Mars at opposition and a lunar eclipse in Virgo. https://www.nataljunction.com/blog/full-moon-calendar-2026 https://www.nataljunction.com/blog/full-moon-calendar-2026 Thu, 15 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT All thirteen full moons and twelve new moons of 2026, computed from the ephemeris: exact times in Eastern, Pacific and UK, the zodiac sign and degree of each, the traditional names, the May Blue Moon, the four eclipses and which full moons are supermoons. https://www.nataljunction.com/blog/how-rare-is-a-stellium https://www.nataljunction.com/blog/how-rare-is-a-stellium Thu, 15 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT Everyone calls a stellium rare. We ran the ephemeris across 70 years of birth moments and found that 69.5% of charts have one. Here is the real number, the reason the sky produces so many and the version that genuinely is rare. https://www.nataljunction.com/blog/how-to-read-a-synastry-chart https://www.nataljunction.com/blog/how-to-read-a-synastry-chart Thu, 15 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT How to read a synastry chart: the aspects that matter most (Sun-Moon, Venus-Mars, Moon-Moon, Saturn and the Ascendant), house overlays, composite versus synastry and how our free tool turns two birth charts into one score, with a worked example of two fictional people. https://www.nataljunction.com/blog/january-2027-astrology-calendar https://www.nataljunction.com/blog/january-2027-astrology-calendar Thu, 15 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT January 2027 has Mars retrograde in Virgo from January 10, a Capricorn New Moon, Aquarius season and the Wolf supermoon in Leo. Every date and time, ranked. https://www.nataljunction.com/blog/jupiter-in-virgo-2027-2028 https://www.nataljunction.com/blog/jupiter-in-virgo-2027-2028 Thu, 15 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT Jupiter is in Virgo from July 26, 2027 to August 24, 2028, one clean pass with a retrograde from January 12 to May 13, 2028. Dates, meaning and every sign. https://www.nataljunction.com/blog/jupiter-retrograde-2026-2027 https://www.nataljunction.com/blog/jupiter-retrograde-2026-2027 Thu, 15 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT Jupiter stations retrograde at 27 degrees 01 minute of Leo on December 13, 2026 (December 12 in North America) and turns direct at 17 degrees of Leo on April 13, 2027. Exact times, the shadow dates, what it means for every sign and Jupiter's move into Virgo on July 26, 2027.