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Your birth chart, computed transparently

We compute your planets, houses, and aspects from first principles — and show our work. No mysticism about the math; honesty about what the symbols mean.

Where were the planets when you were born?

If you don't know your birth time, we default to noon — the houses and Moon degree will be approximate.

No account, no email. Placidus houses by default; switch any time.

Sun 15°33′ Libra☉︎Moon 23°15′ Virgo☽︎Mercury 10°19′ Scorpio☿︎Venus 7°52′ Scorpio, retrograde♀︎℞Mars 6°11′ Leo♂︎Jupiter 20°56′ Leo♃︎Saturn 10°57′ Aries, retrograde♄︎℞Uranus 5°22′ Gemini, retrograde♅︎℞Neptune 2°39′ Aries, retrograde♆︎℞Pluto 3°04′ Aquarius, retrograde♇︎℞

Press play to watch the planets move through the next 30 days.

Signs only: houses need your time and place.
  • Exact to 3 arcminutesPlanet positions are tested against Swiss Ephemeris, the library behind astro.com.
  • 5 house systemsPlacidus by default. Whole Sign, Equal, Porphyry and Koch one click away.
  • Says who checked itEvery reading is labelled: edited by our writers, or checked by an automated reviewer.
  • Nothing to sign up forNo account and no advertising trackers.

The sky now

As of 4:03 PM ET · updated hourly

The Moon

New Moon in Virgo

4% lit · 23°15′ Virgo

  • The Moon is void of course until Oct 9, 2026 at 4:10 AM.
  • Next sign change: the Moon enters Libra on Oct 9, 2026 at 4:10 AM.
  • New Moonin 2 days

Retrograde now

  • Plutodirect Oct 15
  • Venusdirect Nov 13
  • Saturndirect Dec 10
  • Neptunedirect Dec 12
  • Chirondirect Jan 6
  • Uranusdirect Feb 8
  • Mercurypre-shadow; retrograde from Oct 24

All retrogrades →

Next eclipse

Annular solar eclipse

Feb 6, 2027, 10:59 AM · 17°37′ Aquarius

in 121 days

  • Then: Penumbral lunar eclipse, Feb 20

Eclipses →

The Moon today →Moon calendars

What brings you here?

Four ways in. Every tool works without an account.

Me

Your chart, and the three placements people ask about first.

Us

Two charts side by side, or two signs and how they meet.

Now

What the sky is doing, with exact times in your zone.

Learning

The language itself, one placement at a time.

How we work

Astrology is a symbolic language, not a science. We're exact about the astronomy and honest about the interpretation.

  1. We compute first

    Positions come from our own engine, built on the open-source astronomy-engine and tested against Swiss Ephemeris (the library behind astro.com), U.S. Naval Observatory data and NASA's eclipse canon.

  2. We name the knobs

    Houses depend on the house system. Every chart says which one it used, and switching shows you exactly what moves.

  3. We say who wrote what

    Readings are drafted with software assistance. Then they are either edited by our writers or checked by an automated reviewer against our voice guidelines, and each block says which.

About us and our method →

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Guides edited in full by Moon and Rising editors, and our own research.

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One in 95 birthdays gets the wrong zodiac sign

Every US birth from 2000 to 2014, checked against the moment the Sun actually changed sign.