Ephemerides
The sky on Sunday, August 23, 2026
Positions at noon (Paris). Sun in Virgo, Moon in Capricorn, waxing gibbous.
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Tropical geocentric sky · Sunday, August 23, 2026, 12:00 PM (Paris) · Placidus houses computed for Paris
Waxing Gibbous
Moon in Capricorn · 79% illuminated
Reading the sky
The Sun is moving through Virgo: a season of building and groundedness, under the keywords precision, service, analysis. The Moon, for its part, is in Capricorn in its waxing gibbous phase: today's emotional climate is ambition and endurance.
4 planets are retrograde: Saturn in Aries, Neptune in Aries, Pluto in Aquarius and Chiron in Taurus. A time to review and turn inward in the areas concerned: structure, inspiration, transformation, wound.
The tightest aspects right now: Neptune sextile Pluto (0.2°), Moon opposite Mars (1.4°), Uranus sextile Neptune (1.7°) and Venus opposite Saturn (1.8°). These are the dynamics coloring the collective mood today.
Exact positions
| Planet | Sign | Position | House | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascendant | Libra | 24°44' | 1 | — |
| Sun | Virgo | 0°18' | 10 | direct |
| Moon | Capricorn | 6°27' | 3 | direct |
| Mercury | Leo | 25°54' | 10 | direct |
| Venus | Libra | 15°53' | 12 | direct |
| Mars | Cancer | 7°53' | 9 | direct |
| Jupiter | Leo | 11°52' | 10 | direct |
| Saturn | Aries | 14°06' | 6 | R · retrograde |
| Uranus | Gemini | 5°33' | 8 | direct |
| Neptune | Aries | 3°52' | 6 | R · retrograde |
| Pluto | Aquarius | 3°40' | 4 | R · retrograde |
| North Node | Aquarius | 29°54' | 4 | — |
| Chiron | Taurus | 0°43' | 7 | R · retrograde |
| Lilith | Sagittarius | 27°24' | 3 | — |
| Midheaven | Leo | 1°49' | 10 | — |
Aspects
| Planets | Aspect | Orb | Dynamic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neptune sextile Pluto | ⚹ Sextile | 0.2°exact | applying |
| Sun opposite North Node | ☍ Opposition | 0.4°exact | separating |
| Sun trine Chiron | △ Trine | 0.4°exact | applying |
| North Node sextile Chiron | ⚹ Sextile | 0.8°exact | applying |
| Chiron square Midheaven | □ Square | 1.1° | separating |
| Mercury sextile Ascendant | ⚹ Sextile | 1.2° | separating |
| Moon opposite Mars | ☍ Opposition | 1.4° | applying |
| Uranus sextile Neptune | ⚹ Sextile | 1.7° | separating |
| Venus opposite Saturn | ☍ Opposition | 1.8° | separating |
| Pluto opposite Midheaven | ☍ Opposition | 1.9° | applying |
| Uranus trine Pluto | △ Trine | 1.9° | separating |
| Neptune trine Midheaven | △ Trine | 2.1° | applying |
| Jupiter trine Saturn | △ Trine | 2.2° | applying |
| Moon square Neptune | □ Square | 2.6° | separating |
| Pluto square Chiron | □ Square | 2.9° | applying |
| Uranus sextile Midheaven | ⚹ Sextile | 3.7° | separating |
| Mercury opposite North Node | ☍ Opposition | 4.0° | applying |
| Venus sextile Jupiter | ⚹ Sextile | 4.0° | separating |
| Mars square Neptune | □ Square | 4.0° | separating |
| Sun conjunct Mercury | ☌ Conjunction | 4.4° | applying |
| Mercury trine Chiron | △ Trine | 4.8° | applying |
| North Node trine Ascendant | △ Trine | 5.2° | separating |
| Sun square Uranus | □ Square | 5.2° | applying |
| Sun sextile Ascendant | ⚹ Sextile | 5.6° | separating |
| Moon trine Chiron | △ Trine | 5.7° | separating |
| Chiron opposite Ascendant | ☍ Opposition | 6.0° | applying |
| Sun trine Moon | △ Trine | 6.1° | separating |
| Mars square Saturn | □ Square | 6.2° | applying |
| Moon sextile North Node | ⚹ Sextile | 6.5° | separating |
| Moon square Saturn | □ Square | 7.7° | applying |
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