Releasing toward the dark. The fastest light in the sky, 28.5 days into its round.
Lunar observatory · phase, voids, and returns
The phase, the sign, and the room.
For you personally, today's Moon is moving through your 2nd house, so the day's feeling turns toward security, money, and worth. You want comfort and stability, and your mood rides on whether you feel resourced. A day for tending what grounds you. The Moon spends about two or three days in each house, lighting one area of your life at a time, the part of your world the day's feeling is touching.
Tender and inward. Cook, nest, call the person who feels like home. Protect your soft parts: rest is productive today.
Friction and trial-and-error. Action taken under pressure; the new direction tested.
January 20 to February 18. Fixed air. Ruled by Uranus. Co-ruled traditionally by Saturn.
Aquarius is the eleventh sign because after mastery has been built, the structure has to be opened to something larger than the individual. Aquarius is the principle of the future. The vision of what could be. The energy that pulls humanity out of the past and into the next possible version of itself. Where Capricorn built the temple, Aquarius asks whether the temple is still serving the people it was built for, and rebuilds it if the answer is no.
- No tight aspects right now.
How this is computed
Secondary progression by the day-for-a-year method: the sky on your Nth day of life describes your Nth year. The birth time is read in the chart's chosen timezone, and “now” is taken in that same zone, so nothing here is measured against UTC.
- Timezone
- America/New_York
- Birth moment
- 23 August 1978 at 23:46 · local time
- Birthplace
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Cast for
- 2026-07-13 · today in this timezone
- Age
- 47.89 years
- Progressed sky
- read from 1978-10-11
Your Lunar Return
Every twenty-seven or so days the Moon comes back to the exact degree it held at your birth. The chart cast for that moment is a forecast for the emotional month it opens. Open the Lunar Return page →
Slow, sensory, grounded. Eat well, touch soft things, finish nothing in a hurry. The day rewards comfort and patience.
Cast for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: your birthplace.
In this return the Moon falls in the 12th house: the area of life the coming month asks you to feel your way through. The hidden. The unconscious. The retreat. The dissolution. The behind-the-scenes life.
The return chart rises in Taurus: the tone you tend to meet the month in, the mood it greets you with.
The return moment is fixed by the sky. Relocating only changes the house it lands in and the rising sign: the month read for where you will actually be.
Void-of-course Moon
As the Moon crosses a sign it makes a run of aspects. After its last one, until it enters the next sign, it makes none: it runs void of course, between rulers. The old rule is that "nothing will come of it." A void Moon is poor for launches, signings and weighty decisions, and good for routine, rest, reflection and finishing.
In a void window the old rule is that nothing comes of it. So it is poor for launches, signings and weighty decisions, and good for routine, rest, reflection and finishing what's already begun.
The lunar arc
Twenty-eight days of the Moon's path: phase by phase, void windows shaded gold.
New & Full Moon tracker
The next eight lunations. Tap any one for its full New Moon or Full Moon profile: what it is, the sign it falls in, and how to work with it.
21° Cancer
A clean slate in home, family, what holds you.
the Moon meets the Sun in Cancer, so the whole sky agrees on one mood: tender and inward. Feelings want safety, nest, and the people who feel like home. nothing is lit yet; this is a seed planted in the dark. Plant around belonging: a home, a tie repaired, the soft thing protected.
Tender and inward. Cook, nest, call the person who feels like home. Protect your soft parts: rest is productive today.
what you name now is not meant to be finished today. Its harvest comes at the Full Moon in Cancer about six months on, where you'll see what the seed became.
- Lunation
- New Moon
- Phase
- 0% lit
- Exact
- 9:43 AM UTC
- Degree
- 21° Cancer
- Element
- Water
- Modality
- Cardinal
- Ruler
- the Moon
- Opposite
- Capricorn
6° Aquarius
A culmination in the collective, the future, what frees.
the Moon (feeling, instinct, the body) comes full in Aquarius: cool, wide, principled. Feelings move toward the group and the idea. opposite, the Sun in Leo pulls the other way, and the tension between them is the point. The crowd meets the heart. Stay true to yourself inside the bigger we.
Cool, social, a little detached. Think in systems, see people in groups, give yourself room. Friendship over intimacy today.
this brings to a head what began at the Aquarius New Moon about six months ago. Whatever you set moving then now stands in full light: keep what ripened, release the rest.
- Lunation
- Full Moon
- Phase
- 100% lit
- Exact
- 2:35 PM UTC
- Degree
- 6° Aquarius
- Element
- Air
- Modality
- Fixed
- Ruler
- Saturn
- Opposite
- Leo
20° Leo
A clean slate in the heart, play, what shines.
the Moon meets the Sun in Leo, so the whole sky agrees on one mood: warm, generous, seen. Feelings want to be expressed and answered. nothing is lit yet; this is a seed planted in the dark. Begin from the heart: a making, a romance, the thing only you would do.
Warm, expressive, a little dramatic. Be generous, be seen, make something. Compliments and creativity both land well.
what you name now is not meant to be finished today. Its harvest comes at the Full Moon in Leo about six months on, where you'll see what the seed became.
- Lunation
- New Moon
- Phase
- 0% lit
- Exact
- 5:36 PM UTC
- Degree
- 20° Leo
- Element
- Fire
- Modality
- Fixed
- Ruler
- the Sun
- Opposite
- Aquarius
4° Pisces
A culmination in the unseen, art, what dissolves.
the Moon (feeling, instinct, the body) comes full in Pisces: soft, porous, dreaming. Feelings flood in without edges and want release. opposite, the Sun in Virgo pulls the other way, and the tension between them is the point. The dream meets the daily. Keep the vision, finish the ordinary work it needs.
Dreamy, porous, easily moved. Make art, rest, be kind. Protect your energy: the day asks for softness, not sharp edges.
this brings to a head what began at the Pisces New Moon about six months ago. Whatever you set moving then now stands in full light: keep what ripened, release the rest.
- Lunation
- Full Moon
- Phase
- 100% lit
- Exact
- 4:18 AM UTC
- Degree
- 4° Pisces
- Element
- Water
- Modality
- Mutable
- Ruler
- Jupiter
- Opposite
- Virgo
18° Virgo
A clean slate in work, health, what refines.
the Moon meets the Sun in Virgo, so the whole sky agrees on one mood: precise, useful, careful. Feelings settle into tending and repair. nothing is lit yet; this is a seed planted in the dark. Plant a practice: the routine, the cleanse, the small daily fix.
Tidy, useful, precise. Sort the drawer, fix the small thing, make the list. Order outside settles the noise inside.
what you name now is not meant to be finished today. Its harvest comes at the Full Moon in Virgo about six months on, where you'll see what the seed became.
- Lunation
- New Moon
- Phase
- 0% lit
- Exact
- 3:27 AM UTC
- Degree
- 18° Virgo
- Element
- Earth
- Modality
- Mutable
- Ruler
- Mercury
- Opposite
- Pisces
3° Aries
A culmination in the self, the body, what starts.
the Moon (feeling, instinct, the body) comes full in Aries: fast, hot, first. Feelings arrive as impulse and want to move now. opposite, the Sun in Libra pulls the other way, and the tension between them is the point. A surge of self meets the need for the other. Finish the thing you started alone.
Fast, direct, a little impatient. Good for starting, bad for waiting. Do the brave thing, say the honest thing, move your body.
this brings to a head what began at the Aries New Moon about six months ago. Whatever you set moving then now stands in full light: keep what ripened, release the rest.
- Lunation
- Full Moon
- Phase
- 100% lit
- Exact
- 4:49 PM UTC
- Degree
- 3° Aries
- Element
- Fire
- Modality
- Cardinal
- Ruler
- Mars
- Opposite
- Libra
17° Libra
A clean slate in the other, balance, what pairs.
the Moon meets the Sun in Libra, so the whole sky agrees on one mood: relational, fair, poised. Feelings reach toward another to find their level. nothing is lit yet; this is a seed planted in the dark. Begin a partnership, a truce, a beautiful balance you'll tend together.
Lean into connection. Flirt, charm, smooth things over, make something beautiful. Partnership and balance carry the day.
what you name now is not meant to be finished today. Its harvest comes at the Full Moon in Libra about six months on, where you'll see what the seed became.
- Lunation
- New Moon
- Phase
- 0% lit
- Exact
- 3:50 PM UTC
- Degree
- 17° Libra
- Element
- Air
- Modality
- Cardinal
- Ruler
- Venus
- Opposite
- Aries
2° Taurus
A culmination in the body, money, what steadies.
the Moon (feeling, instinct, the body) comes full in Taurus: slow, sensory, settled. Feelings want comfort, ground, and enough. opposite, the Sun in Scorpio pulls the other way, and the tension between them is the point. What you've built is tested by what must be shed. Keep the solid, release the rest.
Slow, sensory, grounded. Eat well, touch soft things, finish nothing in a hurry. The day rewards comfort and patience.
this brings to a head what began at the Taurus New Moon about six months ago. Whatever you set moving then now stands in full light: keep what ripened, release the rest.
- Lunation
- Full Moon
- Phase
- 100% lit
- Exact
- 4:11 AM UTC
- Degree
- 2° Taurus
- Element
- Earth
- Modality
- Fixed
- Ruler
- Venus
- Opposite
- Scorpio
Your New Moons ahead, by house
Each upcoming New Moon falls in one of Kobe Bryant's natal houses: the area of life it switches on. The date is the window to start something there.
It asks you to begin your mind, your words, your local world. Start a conversation, a class, a writing habit.
It asks you to begin home, family, your roots. Begin something at the foundation: the private base everything rests on.
It asks you to begin creativity, romance, play, what delights you. Start something joyful that is purely yours to make.
It asks you to begin creativity, romance, play, what delights you. Start something joyful that is purely yours to make.
Your Full Moons ahead, by house
Each upcoming Full Moon falls in one of Kobe Bryant's natal houses: the area of life it brings to a head. The date is when it comes to light.
A journey, a study or a long search culminates. You arrive somewhere: in mind, in belief, or in fact.
Work done quietly becomes visible: recognition, a milestone, a public turning point in your path.
A hope or a shared effort reaches its result. See what the friendships and the wider net have actually grown.
Something long submerged rises to be seen, grieved and let go: a quiet, private completion away from the world.
does this land for you? tell me · your read shapes the next build.