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05/17/2024 07:11 GMT - Julian day 2460447.80
Planetary Positions Right Now
What's happening in the astrological sky today? And what does it mean?
- Today's Chart Wheel
- Planetary Positions by Sign, Degree, and Aspect
- Interpretations of Key Astrological Factors
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The following table shows the position of the planets today by sign and degree.
Zodiac : Tropical | |||||
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Sun | Taurus | 26°53' | |||
Moon | Virgo | 16°36' | |||
Mercury | Taurus | 2°02' | |||
Venus | Taurus | 21°57' | |||
Mars | Aries | 12°47' | |||
Jupiter | Taurus | 27°58' | |||
Saturn | Pisces | 17°54' | |||
Uranus | Taurus | 23°20' | |||
Neptune | Pisces | 29°24' | |||
Pluto | Aquarius | 2°12' | R | ||
Lilith | Virgo | 25°09' | |||
N Node | Aries | 15°07' |
How are these ten bodies distributed among the zodiac signs? The following table shows their distribution by gender, mode (Cardinal, Mutable, or Fixed), and element (Fire, Earth, Air, or Water).
masculine | 2 | fire | 1 | |
feminine | 8 | earth | 6 | |
cardinal | 1 | air | 1 | |
fixed | 6 | water | 2 | |
mutable | 3 |
The following is an aspect table, displaying the aspects forming between the planets at this time.
Planet | Aspect | Planet | Orb | Value | |||
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Sun | Conjunction | Venus | 4°56' | 517 | |||
Sun | Conjunction | Jupiter | 1°05' | 535 | |||
Sun | Conjunction | Uranus | 3°33' | 336 | |||
Sun | Sextile | Neptune | 2°31' | 179 | |||
Sun | Trine | Pluto | 5°19' | 37 | |||
Sun | Trine | Lilith | 1°44' | 78 | |||
Moon | Trine | Venus | 5°21' | 80 | |||
Moon | Opposition | Saturn | 1°18' | -223 | |||
Moon | Trine | Uranus | 6°44' | 19 | |||
Moon | Conjunction | Lilith | 8°33' | 52 | |||
Mercury | Square | Pluto | 0°10' | -88 | |||
Venus | Conjunction | Jupiter | 6°01' | 287 | |||
Venus | Sextile | Saturn | 4°03' | 63 | |||
Venus | Conjunction | Uranus | 1°23' | 517 | |||
Venus | Trine | Lilith | 3°12' | 63 | |||
Jupiter | Conjunction | Uranus | 4°37' | 172 | |||
Jupiter | Sextile | Neptune | 1°26' | 150 | |||
Jupiter | Trine | Pluto | 4°15' | 28 | |||
Jupiter | Trine | Lilith | 2°48' | 32 | |||
Saturn | Opposition | Lilith | 7°15' | -16 | |||
Uranus | Trine | Lilith | 1°49' | 23 | |||
Neptune | Sextile | Pluto | 2°48' | 39 | |||
Neptune | Opposition | Lilith | 4°14' | -32 | |||
Pluto | Trine | Lilith | 7°03' | 1 | |||
3208 | -359 | 2849 |
The Chart of the Moment:
If someone--or an event--were born at this moment, the corresponding birth chart report is below.
Chart Report
This report shows the positions of the planets for right now.The planets in the signs
The position of the planets in the Zodiac signs influences the nature of an individual, event, and current affairs.The Sun is in Taurus
The Steady. Seeking predictability and harmony. Solid and substantial. Dependable, habitual, reliable. Enjoying sensual pleasures, pleasant aromas, comfort, and secure or familiar surroundings.Hard working, well-paced, slow, plodding, and steady effort. Security is fundamental and a driving force.
Fixed and comfort-loving nature, easily separating work and leisure. Rooted and stubborn. Sticking with things and tradition.
Possessiveness, ownership. Liking the good things in life. Patience and common sense.
Weaknesses: Obstinacy, self-centeredness, materialism.
Key traits: Strong-willed, natural, unaffected, persevering, stable, charming, tolerant, practical.
Qualities to develop for greater balance: Flexibility, inventiveness, willingness to go deep, and detachment.
Favorable day: Friday. Number: 6. Color: Green. Metal: Copper. Stones: Emerald, Rose Quartz. Flowers: Rose, Poppy.
Venus is the ruler of Taurus, and through Venus, we learn about our tastes, pleasures, artistic inclinations, love life, money matters, and what makes us happy. Taurus has the peace-loving, sensual, pleasure-seeking qualities of its ruler, Venus.
Taurus is of the element EARTH. With Earth, there is steadiness, earthiness, practicality, and reliability. Taurus is of the FIXED mode. Fixed signs are loyal, steadfast, and stubborn. They tend to resist change, and they have excellent follow-through.
Parts of the body or anatomy associated with Taurus are the neck and throat. Health issues associated with Taurus can be about accumulation and retention and revolve around the neck, throat, tonsils, and thyroid.
Taurus is the zodiac's second sign and is associated with the second house. The symbol for Taurus is the bull.
Lucky days for Taurus are 6, 15, and 24. Lucky years include 1977, 1986, 1995, 2004, 2013, 2022, 2031, and 2040.
The Moon is in Virgo
Finding security in routine, details, or work. Straightening out the details of everyday life brings contentment. Seeking to be useful and needed, willing to help, guide, and teach.Unassuming, appreciating simplicity, doing best when out of the limelight, overwhelmed by pressure and stress. Fussiness, fretting, rigidity with routine. A deep need to analyze, attend to details, and micromanage.
Practical, intelligent, observant, reserve, shyness. Self-effacing and kind. Skeptical, nitpicky.
Seeing the practical in anything emotional. Curiosity. Living modestly, moderately.
Excellent memory for details. Scientific or medical studies. Emotional discipline. Devoted and gentle.
Potential problems: frequent changes of mind, easily annoyed, fretting, nitpicking, critical, worries, self-limiting.
Emotional satisfaction comes from solving problems, making order out of confusion, and helping others. Health matters come into focus. The Moon in Virgo generally favors mental pursuits, work activities, services, routines, and activities that would benefit from attending to details.
Mercury is in Taurus
The Resourceful. Faithful to ideas and methods, unchangeable and quietly opinionated, persistent but discreet. Grounded. Enjoying all the pleasures life can offer. Careful in speech, deliberate, having great common sense and practicality. Learning best through the senses, not necessarily through the traditional educational system. Preference for simple and straightforward tasks and instructions and methods that are rote, routine, and deliberate. Possibly stubborn, obstinate, withdrawn, or slow to react.A time of practical intelligence and comfortably-paced decisions and thought processes.
Venus is in Taurus
The Sensual. Love centers on the physical world and creature comforts. Solid and comfortable, settled, needing predictability and dependability in relationships. Possessive in love and with things. Hands-on expressions of love. Needing plenty of time.The simple and natural appeal most. Preferring things that are earthy, natural, and grounded in art, tastes, and pleasures. Love arrives slowly, without passion but with force. Dislikes uncertainty.
Mars is in Aries
The Spontaneous. Impulsive. The first instinct for Mars in Aries is to take action. Quick flare-ups, but the angry period is brief. Not holding grudges or feeling resentful for long. Quick temper, dealing with things right away with little room for festering. Fast decisions, relying on gut instincts. Rarely stopping to smell the roses or considering other viewpoints. Excellent at building momentum and exciting enthusiasm. Spontaneity, simplicity, purity of action, and innovation.A step ahead. Thriving on starting fresh--new ideas, pioneering action, and fresh projects are desirable. Enjoying challenges but not as good at following through. Physical energy is great but losing initial enthusiasm quickly. Annoyed by indirectness, convoluted plans, or passivity. Rude and impatient but direct and straightforward. Few hidden agendas. A master of initiative.
Jupiter is in Taurus
The Builder. Being charitable, generous but discriminating, and patient can attract good fortune. Good-humored. Delighting in sensual pleasures, luxuries, and wanting the good life. A great love of the earth, nature. Accumulating and building. Above all else, seeking comfort, security, harmony, and well-being. Valuing steadiness, persistence, longevity, predictability, naturalness, self-willed efforts, and determination.Possible pitfalls: Over-indulgence, sensation-focused, over-valuing the material world, big spending, resisting innovation.
Opportunities result from strong instincts for business and long-term value. Good fortune or experiences surrounding money, gifts, and personal possessions. Preferring products/services that are earthy, practical, timeless, natural, and high-quality. Focusing on steadiness, regularity, and rhythm or balance is fortifying.
Saturn is in Pisces
Reclusive, with sullen humor. Liking solitude, contemplation, and working alone.Testing faith. Fear of being vulnerable. A time for turning a critical eye to (and gaining a new perspective on) our dreams, mental health systems, and sense of compassion and empathy.
Watch for: avoiding scrutiny at all costs, which can lead to missed opportunities. Persistent or formidable enemies.
Uranus is in Taurus
New ways to approach money, personal possessions, personal comfort, sensuality, food, self-love, body love, and pampering. Nontraditional approach to these matters. Progressive ideas in business. Ups and downs with money, things.Neptune is in Pisces
Religion, spirituality, the arts, and fantasy dominate, but they're also subject to confusion, lack of definition, and misunderstanding. Passivity. Mass confusion. Blurring boundaries. Looking within, valuing compassion, de-emphasizing the material world, dissolution. The belief that the key to nirvana is through increased acceptance and breaking down walls/boundaries.Pluto is in Aquarius
A major reform of social structures, politics, friendships, and networks. Intensity and drama in these areas. An overhaul through science, inventions, and the mind or ideas.Interplanetary aspects
The interplanetary aspects strongly influence the character and disposition of an individual or event and, consequently, its destiny.The conjunction aspect is variable and depends, above all, on the nature of the conjoined planets.
535 Conjunction Sun - Jupiter
Plans, events, ideas, and people born under this aspect are generous, warm, confident, and lucky, attracting good things. Well-received, helpful, and well-informed. Good fortune in travel, studies or promotional matters, and legal affairs. Positive connections with foreign places and people. Strong morals, ethics, and faith. Belief in the good in situations, people, order, equality, and the law. Trustworthy and/or inspiring trust. Sense of humor. Good timing leads to good outcomes. A strong direction.
517 Conjunction Sun - Venus
The Peace-maker. Compromising. Social relationships assume more importance. Charming, easy-going, personal popularity, pleasant appearance or manner, wanting to be liked and appreciated, attractive. Refinement, kindness, and gentleness. Seeking harmony; a dislike of bluntness or crassness. Diplomatic, expert at smoothing over (or glossing over) problems. Openhanded, tolerant, and accepting.
Negative potentials: Vanity, superficiality, being two-faced, people-pleasing, too agreeable, too pleasant (at the expense of honesty), lazy, easily bored, indulgent, working on charm, conniving.
A fine eye for style, dressing well, luxury. Gracious, romantic, and romantically impulsive. Relying on the power of attraction rather than pursuit.
A time of social pleasure, improved money, relationships, comfort, and satisfaction.
517 Conjunction Venus - Uranus
Independence or freedom in love, unusual pleasures, non-traditional pastimes or relationships. Appealing, attractive, open to new things. Somewhat detached or unpredictable.
The ability to get along with--and accept--people from all walks of life as friends. Long-distance romances.
Unusual, successful methods of business. Progressive, outside-of-the-box ventures, pleasures. Finding novel ways to harmonize, beautify, cooperate, and thrive.
336 Conjunction Sun - Uranus
The Individualist. Naturally questioning tradition, looking for ways to innovate, make progress, change, and improve. Distaste for the routine, putting on airs, labels, being stereotyped.
Working on inspiration. Self-integrity. Sticking up for the underdog. Self-expression is unique and inspired. Original, creative, and progressive. Valuing honesty and truth. Open-minded, fair, and non-judgmental. Taking things in stride, unsurprised. Higher awareness.
A time to make a positive change, adopt a different approach, detach and move on.
287 Conjunction Venus - Jupiter
Generosity, good-heartedness, sense of humor. Enjoying the good life. Good fortune. Belief in the basic goodness of people and life. Spreading joy and happiness. Prosperity, kindness. A time to seek comfort, smoothness, and successful connections. Naturally attracting money or abundance. Warmth. Easy to fall in love, successful relationships, good investments. Material success improves with a union.
-223 Opposition Moon - Saturn
Mistrust. Fear leads to rigidity and interferes with enjoyment. Doubts. Expecting difficulties or negative situations can perpetuate problems. Strong defense mechanisms. Feeling neglected. Reserved, expressionless.
179 Sextile Sun - Neptune
The Humane. Color, magic, beauty, and softness appeal. Appreciating the world of dreams, imagination, spirituality, music, the arts, sensitivity, and compassion. A sense that there is much more to what's before the eyes. Favors writers, artists, promoters, and musicians. Sensitivity and empathy. Attuned with animals, the vulnerable. Idealism. Readily finding common ground. Expecting the best.
A softening influence that helps round out more challenging aspects but isn't very grounded or practical on its own. Success is more likely with belief in the mission/product.
172 Conjunction Jupiter - Uranus
The Visionary. Quick to size things up, accurate instincts. Craving knowledge, independence, and freedom of action. A non-conformist. Interesting and in demand. Unexpected good fortune and lucky opportunities. Sincerity and openness. Unconventional ideas, beliefs, worldview, and opinions. Prophetic.
150 Sextile Jupiter - Neptune
The Dreamer. Guiding principle: trust in people/the universe. Generous and altruistic, helping those in difficulty. Listening, or making others feel heard. Imagination to spare, fully enjoying and appreciating the Arts. Vital awareness of inner spirituality. A love of humanity, compassion, and mercy. A strong belief in the power of empathy. Psychic sensitivity. Possibility of skirting/avoiding reality, impracticality.
Prosperity in creative, imaginative, artistic, or spiritual fields. An innate optimism and belief in positive outcomes. Inspiring, inspired, and a mission to do good. Fortune comes from unexpected sources, when it's least expected, or just in the nick of time.
-88 Square Mercury - Pluto
Communications pull up previously secret or hidden matters. Provocative confrontations. Likes contradiction or is contradictory, provocative. Arguments are noisy and animated. Aggressive with opinions. Fanaticism.
A time of fixations, obsessive thoughts. Drawn to mysteries but going too far with suspicions. Challenge is to think before speaking and avoid winning at all costs on mental levels.
80 Trine Moon - Venus
Warmth, pleasant interchanges and feelings, softness. Sympathetic, yielding, and imaginative. Mediator, go-between. Sociable, amorous, wanting interaction and company. Friendliness, diplomacy. Popularity, social success. Peace-making, helping, healing. Graciousness. A good time for warm interactions, beauty treatments, decorations, domestic matters, comfort foods and activities, and socializing.
78 Trine Sun - Lilith
Observant, incisive, unique, unusual, fascinating, student of human nature.
63 Sextile Venus - Saturn
The Steadfast and Loyal. Appreciating simplicity, goodness. Enjoying being responsible; having a good grasp of reality and duty. Thrifty, reserved, humble, and not inclined to show off. Valuing truth, loyalty, and justice. Sentiments are cautious but sincere in love. Faithful in love and friendship. Attracted to maturity and stability. Appreciates intelligence and good sense. Going the distance, committing.
63 Trine Venus - Lilith
Charm, beauty, powerful attraction and magnetism. A pleasant intensity in love. Feelings are complicated, brooding. Embracing, accepting, and understanding the complex side of human nature. Ability to balance a deep need for independence with the desire for companionship; light and dark.
52 Conjunction Moon - Lilith
Charm, intrigue, and intelligence. Emotions are big, dark, and mysterious.
39 Sextile Neptune - Pluto
Ability to see the layers of a situation. Intrigued by what makes things work, motivations.
37 Trine Sun - Pluto
Intensity and passion. What's hidden comes to light, gently. Finding a passion and pursuing it and focusing on a goal. Enjoying and embracing growth, especially of the psychological kind. Enjoying a good mystery and adept at solving it. Recognizing symbols and reading between the lines. Physical vitality, healing power. Sharp, awe-inspiring insight. Perceptive, not easily rattled or surprised. Unafraid of the darker recesses of the psyche. Will bend the rules sometimes.
Feeling empowered through growth/overcoming challenges. Not fond of superficiality, easily spotting pretense. Hungry to experience more than just an "ordinary" life, ambitious. Demanding.
32 Trine Jupiter - Lilith
Great understanding. Outstanding resilience. Rising above pettiness. An ability to help heal and give people breathing room. Independent. A master problem solver.
-32 Opposition Neptune - Lilith
Love dominates her life. She could lose her head over someone to whom there's an intense attraction, which can become troublesome, because she loses all idea of reality. If she is not loved in return, so what - she will love for the two of them. With time, if the loved one loses patience, she will have difficulty disentangling herself and she can suffer enormously. It's best to look to a trusted outside source for guidance in vulnerable times.
28 Trine Jupiter - Pluto
The Director. Intelligent planner and strategist. Organizer of the first order. Opportunities for wealth, abundance. Publishing, teaching, exporting. Willingness to change, transform, grow, and improve. Having a higher purpose. Goal-oriented.
23 Trine Uranus - Lilith
Experimenting, trying new things, without much follow-up. Breaking free, liberation, freedom from limiting thoughts or habits.
19 Trine Moon - Uranus
Independence, originality, out of the ordinary events. Acting on intuition, impulse.
-16 Opposition Saturn - Lilith
Inflexibility, fear of loss of control or of being in the dark on a matter, perfectionism.
1 Trine Pluto - Lilith
Knowing where the bodies are buried. Experiences taking one to the deeper places in the soul; exploring inner desires. Seeing in the dark. Strong deduction skills.
Here, you'll find the current planet signs and core aspects. Taken together, they can help describe the fundamental energies of the moment.
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