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Wheel of the Sky

The Wheel of the Year and the zodiac on one wheel, with the Sun, Moon and planets where they are.

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Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec ♈︎Aries ♉︎Taurus ♊︎Gemini ♋︎Cancer ♌︎Leo ♍︎Virgo ♎︎Libra ♏︎Scorpio ♐︎Sagittarius ♑︎Capricorn ♒︎Aquarius ♓︎Pisces Winter Spring Summer Autumn Ostara Ostara: Spring equinox. The Sun reaches 0° Aries on 03/20/2025, 9:01 AM. Beltane Beltane: Start of summer in the Gaelic year. The Sun reaches 15° Taurus on 05/05/2025, 5:57 AM; traditionally May 1. Beltane's traditional date, May 1 Litha Litha: Summer solstice. The Sun reaches 0° Cancer on 06/21/2025, 2:42 AM. Lughnasadh Lughnasadh: Harvest festival in the Gaelic year. The Sun reaches 15° Leo on 08/07/2025, 5:51 AM; traditionally August 1. Lughnasadh's traditional date, August 1 Mabon Mabon: Autumn equinox. The Sun reaches 0° Libra on 09/22/2025, 6:19 PM. Samhain Samhain: Start of winter in the Gaelic year. The Sun reaches 15° Scorpio on 11/07/2025, 4:04 AM; traditionally October 31. Samhain's traditional date, October 31 Yule Yule: Winter solstice. The Sun reaches 0° Capricorn on 12/21/2025, 3:02 PM. Imbolc Imbolc: Start of spring in the Gaelic year. The Sun reaches 15° Aquarius on 02/03/2025, 2:10 PM; traditionally February 1. Imbolc's traditional date, February 1 Sun: 13°11′ Virgo, on the stretch from Lughnasadh to Mabon Earth: from here the Sun lines up with 13°11′ Virgo, so we say the Sun is in Virgo ♇︎ R Pluto: 1°41′ Aquarius, retrograde, on the stretch from Yule to Imbolc ⚴︎ R Pallas: 9°06′ Aquarius, retrograde, on the stretch from Yule to Imbolc ☊︎ R North Node: 18°23′ Pisces, on the stretch from Imbolc to Ostara ♄︎ R Saturn: 29°42′ Pisces, retrograde, on the stretch from Imbolc to Ostara ♆︎ R Neptune: 1°15′ Aries, retrograde, on the stretch from Ostara to Beltane ⚳︎ R Ceres: 14°58′ Aries, retrograde, on the stretch from Ostara to Beltane ⚷︎ R Chiron: 26°35′ Aries, retrograde, on the stretch from Ostara to Beltane ♅︎ R Uranus: 1°27′ Gemini, on the stretch from Beltane to Litha ♃︎ R Jupiter: 18°39′ Cancer, on the stretch from Litha to Lughnasadh ♀︎ R Venus: 12°58′ Leo, on the stretch from Litha to Lughnasadh ☿︎ R Mercury: 5°40′ Virgo, on the stretch from Lughnasadh to Mabon ☋︎ R South Node: 18°23′ Virgo, on the stretch from Lughnasadh to Mabon ♂︎ R Mars: 18°50′ Libra, on the stretch from Mabon to Samhain ⚸︎ R Lilith: 18°12′ Scorpio, on the stretch from Samhain to Yule ⚵︎ R Juno: 23°20′ Scorpio, on the stretch from Samhain to Yule ⚶︎ R Vesta: 26°18′ Scorpio, on the stretch from Samhain to Yule R Moon: 14°04′ Aquarius, waxing gibbous, on the stretch from Yule to Imbolc

The tree: .

Drag through the year to watch the tree and the sky change. The year runs counterclockwise, as the zodiac does on an astrology chart, with Yule at the top. The Sun sits in the middle with Earth on its little orbit; the dashed line from Earth through the Sun carries on as the gold hand, pointing to the sign we see the Sun in. Small gold dots mark the fire festivals' traditional dates.

At noon, Fri, 09/05/2025, in UTC.

The Sun is at 13°11′ Virgo, on the stretch from Lughnasadh to Mabon. The Moon is a waxing gibbous in Aquarius. Next on the wheel: Mabon, Mon, 09/22/2025.

BodyPositionStretch of the wheel
Sun 13°11′ Virgo Lughnasadh to Mabon
Moon 14°04′ Aquarius Yule to Imbolc
Mercury 5°40′ Virgo Lughnasadh to Mabon
Venus 12°58′ Leo Litha to Lughnasadh
Mars 18°50′ Libra Mabon to Samhain
Jupiter 18°39′ Cancer Litha to Lughnasadh
Saturn 29°42′ Pisces, retrograde Imbolc to Ostara
Uranus 1°27′ Gemini Beltane to Litha
Neptune 1°15′ Aries, retrograde Ostara to Beltane
Pluto 1°41′ Aquarius, retrograde Yule to Imbolc
North Node 18°23′ Pisces Imbolc to Ostara
South Node 18°23′ Virgo Lughnasadh to Mabon
Lilith 18°12′ Scorpio Samhain to Yule
Chiron 26°35′ Aries, retrograde Ostara to Beltane
Ceres 14°58′ Aries, retrograde Ostara to Beltane
Pallas 9°06′ Aquarius, retrograde Yule to Imbolc
Juno 23°20′ Scorpio Samhain to Yule
Vesta 26°18′ Scorpio Samhain to Yule

The festivals in 2025

FestivalThe Sun atAstronomical dateTraditional date
Imbolc Start of spring in the Gaelic year 15° Aquarius Mon, 02/03/2025, 2:10 PM Sat, 02/01/2025
Ostara Spring equinox 0° Aries Thu, 03/20/2025, 9:01 AM same day
Beltane Start of summer in the Gaelic year 15° Taurus Mon, 05/05/2025, 5:57 AM Thu, 05/01/2025
Litha Summer solstice 0° Cancer Sat, 06/21/2025, 2:42 AM same day
Lughnasadh Harvest festival in the Gaelic year 15° Leo Thu, 08/07/2025, 5:51 AM Fri, 08/01/2025
Mabon Autumn equinox 0° Libra Mon, 09/22/2025, 6:19 PM same day
Samhain Start of winter in the Gaelic year 15° Scorpio Fri, 11/07/2025, 4:04 AM Fri, 10/31/2025
Yule Winter solstice 0° Capricorn Sun, 12/21/2025, 3:02 PM same day

How the two wheels fit together

Western astrology's zodiac (the tropical zodiac, used throughout this site) starts where the Sun crosses the equator in March, so its signs are tied to the seasons: the solstices and equinoxes are the first degree of Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn. Those are the Wheel of the Year's four quarter festivals. The four fire festivals fall halfway between, when the Sun is at 15° of Taurus, Leo, Scorpio and Aquarius. Their traditional dates (May 1, August 1, October 31 and February 1 in the north) come a few days before those astronomical midpoints, which is why each one has two dates in the table.

South of the equator the seasons are reversed, so the festivals move half a year: Yule is the June solstice and Samhain falls around May 1. The signs don't move, because they follow the Sun, not the weather. On this wheel the festivals and seasons stay in place and the zodiac turns half a circle when you switch hemispheres.

Positions are worked out the same way as the Planet Tracker and the Birth Chart, and checked against NASA JPL's Horizons system. The festival dates match the calendar.