Planetary Sign Changes

Every date the Sun and planets move into a new sign, from 2026 to 2027. Retrograde planets backing into the previous sign are marked.

2026

49 sign changes in 2026, excluding the Moon.
Date	Body	Enters
Jan 1, 2026, 9:11 PM UTC	Mercury	Capricorn
Jan 17, 2026, 12:42 PM UTC	Venus	Aquarius
Jan 20, 2026, 1:44 AM UTC	Sun	Aquarius
Jan 20, 2026, 4:41 PM UTC	Mercury	Aquarius
Jan 23, 2026, 9:16 AM UTC	Mars	Aquarius
Jan 26, 2026, 2:30 PM UTC	Neptune	Aries
Feb 6, 2026, 10:47 PM UTC	Mercury	Pisces
Feb 10, 2026, 10:18 AM UTC	Venus	Pisces
Feb 14, 2026, 12:39 AM UTC	Saturn	Aries
Feb 18, 2026, 3:51 PM UTC	Sun	Pisces
Mar 2, 2026, 2:15 PM UTC	Mars	Pisces
Mar 6, 2026, 10:45 AM UTC	Venus	Aries
Mar 20, 2026, 2:45 PM UTC	Sun	Aries
Mar 30, 2026, 4:00 PM UTC	Venus	Taurus
Apr 9, 2026, 7:36 PM UTC	Mars	Aries
Apr 15, 2026, 3:21 AM UTC	Mercury	Aries
Apr 20, 2026, 1:39 AM UTC	Sun	Taurus
Apr 24, 2026, 4:02 AM UTC	Venus	Gemini
Apr 26, 2026, 1:01 AM UTC	Uranus	Gemini
May 3, 2026, 2:57 AM UTC	Mercury	Taurus
May 17, 2026, 10:26 AM UTC	Mercury	Gemini
May 18, 2026, 10:25 PM UTC	Mars	Taurus
May 19, 2026, 1:05 AM UTC	Venus	Cancer
May 21, 2026, 12:37 AM UTC	Sun	Gemini
Jun 1, 2026, 11:55 AM UTC	Mercury	Cancer
Jun 13, 2026, 10:46 AM UTC	Venus	Leo
Jun 21, 2026, 8:25 AM UTC	Sun	Cancer
Jun 28, 2026, 7:29 PM UTC	Mars	Gemini
Jun 30, 2026, 5:56 AM UTC	Jupiter	Leo
Jul 9, 2026, 5:22 PM UTC	Venus	Virgo
Jul 22, 2026, 7:13 PM UTC	Sun	Leo
Aug 6, 2026, 7:13 PM UTC	Venus	Libra
Aug 9, 2026, 4:28 PM UTC	Mercury	Leo
Aug 11, 2026, 8:31 AM UTC	Mars	Cancer
Aug 23, 2026, 2:18 AM UTC	Sun	Virgo
Aug 25, 2026, 11:04 AM UTC	Mercury	Virgo
Sep 10, 2026, 8:12 AM UTC	Venus	Scorpio
Sep 10, 2026, 4:21 PM UTC	Mercury	Libra
Sep 23, 2026, 12:05 AM UTC	Sun	Libra
Sep 28, 2026, 2:49 AM UTC	Mars	Leo
Sep 30, 2026, 11:44 AM UTC	Mercury	Scorpio
Oct 23, 2026, 9:38 AM UTC	Sun	Scorpio
Oct 25, 2026, 8:56 AM UTC	Venus	backs into Libra
Nov 22, 2026, 7:23 AM UTC	Sun	Sagittarius
Nov 25, 2026, 11:37 PM UTC	Mars	Virgo
Dec 4, 2026, 8:14 AM UTC	Venus	Scorpio
Dec 6, 2026, 8:33 AM UTC	Mercury	Sagittarius
Dec 21, 2026, 8:50 PM UTC	Sun	Capricorn
Dec 25, 2026, 6:22 PM UTC	Mercury	Capricorn

2027

52 sign changes in 2027, excluding the Moon.
Date	Body	Enters
Jan 7, 2027, 8:53 AM UTC	Venus	Sagittarius
Jan 13, 2027, 6:06 AM UTC	Mercury	Aquarius
Jan 20, 2027, 7:30 AM UTC	Sun	Aquarius
Feb 1, 2027, 1:26 AM UTC	Mercury	Pisces
Feb 3, 2027, 2:30 PM UTC	Venus	Capricorn
Feb 18, 2027, 12:17 PM UTC	Mercury	backs into Aquarius
Feb 18, 2027, 9:33 PM UTC	Sun	Pisces
Feb 21, 2027, 2:15 PM UTC	Mars	backs into Leo
Mar 1, 2027, 6:32 AM UTC	Venus	Aquarius
Mar 18, 2027, 10:02 AM UTC	Mercury	Pisces
Mar 20, 2027, 8:24 PM UTC	Sun	Aries
Mar 26, 2027, 8:16 AM UTC	Venus	Pisces
Apr 8, 2027, 11:20 PM UTC	Mercury	Aries
Apr 20, 2027, 3:56 AM UTC	Venus	Aries
Apr 20, 2027, 7:17 AM UTC	Sun	Taurus
Apr 24, 2027, 10:18 PM UTC	Mercury	Taurus
May 9, 2027, 1:57 AM UTC	Mercury	Gemini
May 14, 2027, 2:47 PM UTC	Mars	Virgo
May 14, 2027, 9:01 PM UTC	Venus	Taurus
May 21, 2027, 6:17 AM UTC	Sun	Gemini
May 28, 2027, 5:07 PM UTC	Mercury	Cancer
Jun 8, 2027, 12:31 PM UTC	Venus	Gemini
Jun 21, 2027, 2:10 PM UTC	Sun	Cancer
Jun 26, 2027, 7:23 AM UTC	Mercury	backs into Gemini
Jul 3, 2027, 2:00 AM UTC	Venus	Cancer
Jul 12, 2027, 1:45 PM UTC	Mercury	Cancer
Jul 15, 2027, 5:40 AM UTC	Mars	Libra
Jul 23, 2027, 1:04 AM UTC	Sun	Leo
Jul 26, 2027, 4:45 AM UTC	Jupiter	Virgo
Jul 27, 2027, 12:29 PM UTC	Venus	Leo
Aug 2, 2027, 10:52 AM UTC	Mercury	Leo
Aug 17, 2027, 4:43 AM UTC	Mercury	Virgo
Aug 20, 2027, 7:41 PM UTC	Venus	Virgo
Aug 23, 2027, 8:13 AM UTC	Sun	Virgo
Sep 2, 2027, 1:51 AM UTC	Mars	Scorpio
Sep 3, 2027, 11:36 AM UTC	Mercury	Libra
Sep 14, 2027, 12:24 AM UTC	Venus	Libra
Sep 23, 2027, 6:01 AM UTC	Sun	Libra
Sep 27, 2027, 9:08 AM UTC	Mercury	Scorpio
Oct 8, 2027, 3:58 AM UTC	Venus	Scorpio
Oct 15, 2027, 11:13 PM UTC	Mars	Sagittarius
Oct 16, 2027, 7:37 AM UTC	Mercury	backs into Libra
Oct 23, 2027, 3:32 PM UTC	Sun	Scorpio
Nov 1, 2027, 7:34 AM UTC	Venus	Sagittarius
Nov 10, 2027, 12:26 AM UTC	Mercury	Scorpio
Nov 22, 2027, 1:16 PM UTC	Sun	Sagittarius
Nov 25, 2027, 11:59 AM UTC	Venus	Capricorn
Nov 25, 2027, 6:37 PM UTC	Mars	Capricorn
Nov 29, 2027, 10:23 AM UTC	Mercury	Sagittarius
Dec 18, 2027, 11:58 AM UTC	Mercury	Capricorn
Dec 19, 2027, 6:39 PM UTC	Venus	Aquarius
Dec 22, 2027, 2:42 AM UTC	Sun	Capricorn

Why some entries say "backs into"

A planet that is retrograde can return to the sign it just left and finish its business there before going forward again. Those crossings are marked, because they are not the start of a new chapter so much as the reopening of the last one.

The Moon changes sign every two and a half days, which is too often for this page. The Sun's changes are the zodiac seasons: the Sun entering Aries is the March equinox, and Cancer the June solstice.