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Astrological calendar

January 2016

Every New and Full Moon, every eclipse with its Saros family, every retrograde and every sign change — in Brasília time, computed with precision ephemerides validated against NASA’s catalogue.

  1. 2 Saturday

    Mercury enters Aquarius

    12:20 AM · Brasília time

    A planet changes sign: the same function starts operating in another style. The theme does not change — the manner does.

    Last Quarter in Libra

    03:31 AM · Brasília time

    The light wanes: time to harvest what served and release what did not. A conscious closing before the next cycle.

  2. 3 Sunday

    Mars enters Scorpio

    12:32 PM · Brasília time

    A planet changes sign: the same function starts operating in another style. The theme does not change — the manner does.

  3. 5 Tuesday

    Mercury stations retrograde in Aquarius

    11:08 AM · Brasília time

    Seen from Earth, the planet stops and moves backwards: a period of review for the themes it rules. Retrograde is not punishment — it is the second pass over the same subject.

  4. 8 Friday

    Jupiter stations retrograde in Virgo

    02:46 AM · Brasília time

    Seen from Earth, the planet stops and moves backwards: a period of review for the themes it rules. Retrograde is not punishment — it is the second pass over the same subject.

    Mercury enters Capricorn (retrograde)

    05:40 PM · Brasília time

    A planet changes sign: the same function starts operating in another style. The theme does not change — the manner does.

  5. 9 Saturday

    New Moon in Capricorn

    11:31 PM · Brasília time

    Sun and Moon meet at the same degree: one cycle closes and another begins in the dark. The classic moment to plant intention — not to harvest results.

  6. 16 Saturday

    First Quarter in Aries

    09:26 PM · Brasília time

    A week after the seed, the first tension: what was planted meets the real world. It is a course correction, not a surrender.

  7. 20 Wednesday

    Sun enters Aquarius

    01:27 PM · Brasília time

    A planet changes sign: the same function starts operating in another style. The theme does not change — the manner does.

  8. 23 Saturday

    Venus enters Capricorn

    06:31 PM · Brasília time

    A planet changes sign: the same function starts operating in another style. The theme does not change — the manner does.

    Full Moon in Leo

    11:46 PM · Brasília time

    Sun and Moon on opposite sides of the sky: maximum light on what had been growing. What was implicit becomes visible — in feeling, in outcome, in conversation.

  9. 25 Monday

    Mercury stations direct in Capricorn

    07:49 PM · Brasília time

    The planet stations and returns to direct motion: what was under review starts moving again, now with what was learned along the way.

What this means for your chart

The calendar is the same for everyone; the effect is not. Each event lands in a different house of your chart — and that is what changes what it asks of you.

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Instantes calculados em efeméride de precisão (validação pública na página de ciência). Séries de Saros do Five Millennium Canon, NASA/GSFC (Fred Espenak & Jean Meeus). Horários no fuso de Brasília.