Horoscorpio · Planetary positions
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The Sun is in Virgo.

Every planet's sign and degree at 2026-08-25 07:05 UTC, computed from ephemeris. Tropical zodiac, measured from the Earth.

BodyPositionDirection
Sun2° Virgo 07′Direct
Moon29° Capricorn 01′Direct
Mercury29° Leo 40′Direct
Venus17° Libra 33′Direct
Mars9° Cancer 06′Direct
Jupiter12° Leo 16′Direct
Saturn14° Aries 01′Retrograde
Uranus5° Gemini 34′Direct
Neptune3° Aries 49′Retrograde
Pluto3° Aquarius 38′Retrograde
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That is the sky as it stands for everyone. Where it falls in your chart is a different question, and it needs your birth date, time and place.

How to read this

A planet's position is an angle measured around the ecliptic, and a sign is a 30° slice of that circle. 27° Leo 04′ means the body sits 27 degrees and 4 arcminutes into the slice named Leo. Longitude is measured from the vernal equinox — the tropical convention — and from the Earth.

Direction is apparent motion. Nothing reverses in its orbit; a planet reads as retrograde when Earth overtakes it, or is overtaken by it. The Sun and Moon never do so from here, which is why they are always direct.

Questions

What sign is each planet in right now?

As measured at 2026-08-25 07:05 UTC, the Sun is at 2° Virgo 07′. Every other body is listed in the table above, with its degree and direction of travel.

Is this the tropical or the sidereal zodiac?

Tropical. Longitude is measured from the vernal equinox, which is the convention used across Western astrology. Sidereal systems measure from the fixed stars instead and currently differ by roughly 24°, so a body can appear one sign earlier in a sidereal table. Neither is an error; they are different origins, and Horoscorpio states which one it uses rather than leaving it to be inferred.

Are these positions geocentric?

Yes — measured from the Earth, which is what "what sign is Mercury in" asks. Horoscorpio also computes a heliocentric frame elsewhere in the instrument, and the two are never combined.

Why do other sites show a slightly different degree?

Most published tables are generated once and cached, so they state a position from whenever the page was built rather than from now. The faster bodies move enough in a day to show the difference: the Moon covers about 13° and can change sign twice a week. The figures here are recomputed from ephemeris and refreshed as the sky moves.

Positions are computed from ephemeris and stated in the tropical zodiac, geocentric. Times are UTC. Horoscorpio states positions and times; it is not prophecy, and it is not medical, financial or legal advice.