Astrological Highlights for 2023

Updated 28 November 2022, using the Raman Ayanamsha for the Pacific Time Zone (-8:00 GMT)

Inauspicious Dates For Travel, Business, Communications
  1. The day when the Sun changes signs in the Sidereal Zodiac. The days before and day after the solar ingress are also considered inauspicious.

    Sun enters Capricorn 13 January 2023
    enters Aquarius 11 February 2023
    enters Pisces 13 March 2023
    enters Aries 12 April 2023
    enters Taurus 13 May 2023
    enters Gemini 13 June 2023
    enters Cancer 15 July 2023
    enters Leo 15 August 2023
    enters Virgo 15 September 2023
    enters Libra 15 October 2023
    enters Scorpio 15 November 2022
    enters Sagittarius 14 December 2023

  2. The five days before a New Moon. New Moon dates are:

    21 January 2023
    19 February 2023
    22 March 2023
    19 April 2023, Annular Solar Eclipse
    19 May 2023
    17 June 2023
    17 July 2023
    16 August 2023
    14 Septmeber 2023
    14 October 2023, Annular Solar Eclipse
    13 November 2023
    12 December 2023

  3. When Mercury is in retrograde motion:

    30 December 2022 to 19 January 2023
    22 April to 14 May 2023
    24 August to 15 September 2023
    13 December 2023 to 1 Janaury 2024

  4. Mars aspecting Saturn (take notice at least one week before and after exact aspects):

    2 April 2018: Mars at 16 degrees Sagittarius, conjunct Saturn

    21 January 2019: Mars at 21 degrees of Pisces, 4th House from Saturn in Sagittarius
    14 March 2019: Mars at 26 degrees of Aries, 5th House from Saturn
    1 May 2019: Mars at 28 degrees of Taurus, 8th House aspect to Saturn
    14 June 2019: Mars at 26 degree of Gemini and opposite Saturn
    26 July 2019: Mars at 23 degrees of Cancer, 8th House from Saturn
    8 Sept 2019: Mars at 21 degrees of Leo, 9th House from Saturn
    27 October 2019: Mars at 22 degrees Virgo, 4th House from Saturn

    31 March 2020: Mars conjunct Saturn at 8 degrees of Capricorn
    28 June 2020: Saturn 3rd House aspect to Mars in 7 degrees of Pisces
    24 August 2020: Saturn square Mars at 3 degrees of Aries
    13 January 2021: Saturn square Mars at 13 degrees of Aries
    1 July 2021: Mars at 19 degrees of Cancer, opposite Saturn at 19 degrees of Capricorn
    13 August 2021: Mars at 16 degrees of Leo, Saturn at 16 degrees of Capricorn
    25 September 2021: Mars at 14 degrees of Virgo, trine Saturn at 14 degrees of Capricorn
    10 November 2021: Mars at 14 degrees of Libra, square Saturn at 14 degrees of Capricorn

    5 April 2022: Mars conjunct Saturn in Aquarius until 14 May 2022
    27 June 2022: Saturn in Aquarius sextile Mars in Aries
    7 August 2022, 26 November 2022: Mars in Taurus trine Saturn in Capricorn
    30 March 2023: Mars in Gemini, trine Saturn in Aquarius
    1 June 2023: Mars in Cancer with 8th house aspect to Saturn in Aquarius
    20 July 2023: Mars in Leo opposite Saturn in Aquarius
    1 September 2023: Mars in Virgo, 8th house from Saturn in Aquarius
    13 October 2023: Mars in Libra, trine Saturn in Aquarius
    25 November 2023: Mars in Scorpio, square Saturn in Aquarius
    3 February 2024: Mars enters Capricorn, 12th House from Saturn in Aquarius

  5. Eclipse dates 2022:

    19 April 2023: Annular Solar Eclipse
    5 May 2023: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
    14 October 2023, Annular Solar Eclipse
    29 October 2023: Partial Lunar Eclipse

    Please visit the NASA Eclipse Web Site for more details about the path and duration of each eclipse.

  6. The day before a Full Moon is considered inauspicious. The Full Moon dates are:

    6 January 2023
    5 February 2023
    7 March 2023
    5 April 2023
    5 May 2023, Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
    3 June 2023
    3 July 2023
    1 & 30 August 2023
    29 September 2023
    29 October 2023: Partial Lunar Ecllipse
    27 November 2023
    26 December 2023

  7. Mars aspecting the Eclipse Points Rahu and Ketu (+/- 4 weeks of influence):

    25 February 2020: Mars at 14 degrees of Sagittarius and conjunct Ketu
    26 June 2020: Mars square Rahu/Ket at 6 degrees of Pisces
    26 March 2021: Mars conjunct Rahu at 20 degrees Taurus
    11 August 2021: Mars square Rahu/Ketu at 15 dgrees of Leo
    15 Decembe 2021: Mars conjuct Ketu at 8 degrees Scorpio

    23 Jan 2022: Mars enters 8th House from Rahu in Taurus
    5 April 2022: Mars square Rahu in Taurus
    1 August 2022: Mars conjunct Rahu at 25 degrees of Aries
    8 August 2022: Mars enters Taurus
    7 May 2023: Mars enters Cancer
    26 May 2023: Mars at 10 degrees of cancer and square Rahu/Ketu
    11 July 2023: Mars in Leo, trine Rahu
    21 August 2023: Mars in Virgo, forming 8th house aspect to Rahu in Aries
    4 October 2023: Mars at 2 degrees Libra, conjunct Ketu and opposite Rahu
    14 November 2023: Mars enters Scorpio
    28 January 2024: Mars at 25 degrees of Sagitarrius an square Rahu/Ketu



Planetary Motions For 2023 (using Raman Ayanamsha, Pacific Time Zone)

Mercury enters Libra 25 October 2022
enters Scorpio 12 November 2022
enters Sagittarius 1 December 2022
enters Capricon 24 December 2022

enters Sagitarrius retrograde 2 January 2023
goes direct in Sagitarrius on 19 January 2023
enters Capricorn for second time on 5 February 2023
enters Aquarius 26 February 2023
enters Pisces on 15 March 2023
enters Aries on 30 March 2023; goes retrograde on 22 April 2022; goes direct on 14 May 2023
enters Taurus on 6 June 2023
enters Gemini on 23 June 2023
enters Cancer on 7 July 2023
enters Leo on 23 July 2023; goes retrograde on 24 August 2023; goes direct on 15 September 2023
enters Virgo on 30 September 2023
enters Libra on 17 October 2023
enters Scorpio on 5 November 2023
enters Sagitarrius on 25 November 2023; goes retrograde 13 December 2023; goes retrograde into Scorpio on 30 December 2023; goes direct on 1 January 2024
enters Sagitarrius a second time on 5 January 2023

Venus
enters Libra 17 October 2022
enters Scorpio 10 November 2022
enters Sagittarius 4 December 2022
enters Capricorn 27 December 2022

enters Aquarius on 21 January 2023
enters Pisces on 14 February 2023
enters Aries on 10 March 2023
enters Taurus on 4 April 2023
enters Gemini on 1 May 2023
enters Cancer on 29 May 2023
enters Leo on 4 July 2023, goes retrograde on 23 July 2023; re-enters Cancer while retrograde on 9 August; goes direct in Cancer on 3 September 2023
enters Leo on 29 September 2023
enters Virgo on 1 November 2023
enters Libra on 28 November 2023
enters Scorpio on 23 December 2023
enters Sagitarrius on 17 January 2024

Mars entered Gemini on 9 October 2022
goes retrograde on 31 October 2022
re-enters Taurus on 19 November 2022
goes direct in Taurus on 12 January 2023
re-enters Gemini on 9 March 2023
enters Cancer on 7 May 2023
enters Leo on 28 June 2023
enters Virgo on 16 August 2023
enters Libra on 1 October 2023
enters Scorpio on 14 November 2023
enters Sagitarrius on 25 December 2023
enters Capricorn on 3 February 2024

Jupiter entered Pisces on 7 April 2022
goes retrograde in Pisces on 29 July 2022
goes direct in 6 degrees of Pisces on 22 November 2022
enters Aries on 15 April 2023
goes retrograde in Aries on 5 September 2023
goes direct in 13 degrees Aries on 30 December 2023
enters Taurus on 24 April 2024
enters Gemini on 7 May 2025
enters Cancer on 3 October 2025
enters Leo on 20 October 2026
enters Virgo on 15 November 2027; goes retrograde on 12 January 2028; retrogrades into Leo on 10 March 2028; goes direct on 12 May 2028
reenters Virgo 15 July 2028
enters Libra on 15 August 2029

Saturn entered Sagittarius on 7 October 2017
entered Capricorn on 11 January 2020
goes retrograde at 9.15 Capricorn on 11 May 2020
goes direct at 2.38 Capricorn on 29 September 2020
goes retrograde at 20.48 degrees Capricorn on 23 May 2021
goes direct at 14.10 degrees Capricorn on 11 Oct 2021

enters Aquarius on 8 April 2022
goes retrograde on 5 June 2022
re-enters Capricorn on 3 August 2022
goes direct in Capricorn on 22 October 2022
re-enters Aquarius on 3 January 2023
goes retrograde in Aquarius on 18 June 2023
goes direct in Aquarius on 3 November 2023
enters Pisces on 17 March 2025
enters Aries on 20 May 2027
enters Taurus on 5 April 2030
enters Gemini on 19 May 2032

Rahu/Ketu entered Cancer/Capricorn on 10 October 2017

enters Gemini/Sagittarius on 6 April 2019

enters Taurus/Scorpio on 2 October 2020

enters Aries/Libra on 15 April 2022

enters Pisces/Virgo on 16 December 2023

enters Aquarius/Leo on 12 June 2025

enters Capricorn/Cancer on 8 December 2026

enters Sagitarrius/Gemini on 20 August 2028

Uranus entered Aries on 19 May 2016
enters Taurus on 6 May 2024.
enters Gemini on 17 September 2030

Neptune entered Aquarius on March 3, 2008;
enters Pisces on 8 March 2022.
enters Aries on 5 May 2035

Pluto entered Sagittarius on October 22, 2005;
enters Capricorn on 4 March 2019, retrograde 25 April 2019; re-entered Sagittarius 17 June 2019
re-entered Capricorn 5 January 2020

enters Aquarius on 4 March 2038