Mittwoch, 27. Mai 2026
These are the live planetary positions right now — shown in both the tropical and sidereal zodiacs.
Last updated: 27.05.2026, 13:28 UTC
When a planet appears retrograde from Earth's vantage point, its themes turn inward — revisited, refined, reviewed rather than launched fresh. Outer-planet retrogrades (Jupiter through Pluto) are common and last months; faster planets (Mercury, Venus, Mars) signal shorter recalibration windows.
| Planet | Tropical | Sidereal (Lahiri) | True Sidereal | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ☉Sun | Gemini 6°16' | Taurus 12°03' | Taurus 22°19' | — |
| ☾Moon | Libra 24°12' | Virgo 29°59' | Virgo 38°22' | — |
| ☿Mercury | Gemini 21°04' | Taurus 26°51' | Gemini 0°15' | — |
| ♀Venus | Cancer 10°08' | Gemini 15°55' | Gemini 19°19' | — |
| ♂Mars | Taurus 6°27' | Aries 12°14' | Aries 12°14' | — |
| ♃Jupiter | Cancer 23°14' | Gemini 29°01' | Cancer 2°58' | — |
| ♄Saturn | Aries 11°51' | Pisces 17°37' | Pisces 29°37' | — |
| ♅Uranus | Gemini 1°48' | Taurus 7°34' | Taurus 17°51' | — |
| ♆Neptune | Aries 3°58' | Pisces 9°44' | Pisces 21°43' | — |
| ♇Pluto | Aquarius 5°24' | Capricorn 11°10' | Capricorn 11°55' | Rx |
| ⚷Chiron | Aries 28°58' | Aries 4°44' | Aries 4°44' | — |
| ☊True Node | Pisces 4°30' | Aquarius 10°16' | Aquarius 15°25' | Rx |
The table above is the sky right now. To see how it actually lands in your own life, drop in your birth time — Synthesis will overlay today's positions against your natal placements.
Each row is one celestial body. The Tropical column shows where that body sits in the season-based zodiac (Aries begins at the spring equinox). The Sidereal Lahiri column shows the same position shifted back by the ayanamsa — the offset that accounts for ~2,200 years of axial precession. Both Western and Vedic systems use this kind of equal-30°-sign zodiac; they just disagree on where Aries starts.
The True Sidereal column maps each planet to the actual star constellation it's currently in front of, using the boundaries the International Astronomical Union published in 1930. This is why True Sidereal has 13 signs — Ophiuchus is a real constellation the Sun passes through every November, even though traditional astrology skips it.
An "Rx" tag means the planet appears retrograde — moving backward against the stars from Earth's vantage point. It's an optical effect, not actual motion, but it's the cleanest astrological signal for "this theme is being revisited, not launched."
The page refreshes every 15 minutes. Planetary positions change slowly (the Moon shifts a fraction of a degree per hour; the outer planets crawl), so any read you take here is good for the rest of the day.
The current planetary positions are the live, calculated locations of the Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, Chiron and the North Node — measured in degrees within a zodiac sign. Synthesis publishes them in tropical (season-based), Lahiri sidereal (Vedic), and True Sidereal (actual IAU star constellations) so you can compare all three at a glance.
Check the "Currently retrograde" callout near the top of this page — it lists every planet that is moving retrograde at this moment. The list updates automatically. Outer planets (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto) spend several months retrograde each year; Mercury goes retrograde roughly three times a year for ~3 weeks; Venus and Mars retrograde more rarely.
Tropical astrology starts the zodiac at the spring equinox — it tracks seasons. Sidereal astrology starts the zodiac at a fixed point against the stars — it tracks the actual sky. Because Earth's axis wobbles (precession), the two systems have drifted apart by about 24° over the last 2,200 years. A planet that's in tropical Gemini today is usually in sidereal Taurus.
Every 15 minutes. The positions are computed live from the Swiss Ephemeris (the same astronomical library used by professional astrology software) and cached briefly for performance. Bookmark this page — it stays accurate forever without you doing anything.
Enter your birth date, time and place on the sidereal birth chart calculator — it computes your natal positions and shows how the transits on this page interact with them (conjunctions, squares, trines, oppositions, etc.). The chart itself is free; the written multi-system reading is optional.
Planetary positions are inherently global — they're the same regardless of your time zone. The "last updated" timestamp is shown in UTC; the underlying calculation is done at the exact moment you load (or revalidate) the page.