Sagittarius today
About Sagittarius today
The column for Sagittarius: the verdict, the column and the counsel, written the night before from the day's exact aspects, ingresses and stations. The sky it was written from is beneath it.
The column · Wednesday 16 September 2026
Open country ahead.
The Moon enters your sign today, calling for open country and room to move. Sympathy flows cleanly as the Moon trines Neptune, giving you a reading rather than a finding. Travel suits you when confined spaces press.
Pack light and leave confinement behind.
Where this comes from
Drawn from 3 passagesin Aspicio’s library:
- Moon in Sagittarius
- The four mutable signs — planet by planet, book by book — 3. Sagittarius (2)
- Moon and Neptune in aspect
Every sentence traces to our library or to the day’s sky.
Written by Gemini (gemini-3.5-flash-lite) under prompt f1 from the sky facts below and the passages above.
The sky today
| Body | Position at 12:00 UT | Motion | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|
| ☉︎Sun | 23°38' Virgo | direct | +0.98°/day |
| ☽︎Moon | 27°37' Scorpio | direct | +12.17°/day |
| ☿︎Mercury | 9°31' Libra | direct | +1.59°/day |
| ♀︎Venus | 3°39' Scorpio | direct | +0.53°/day |
| ♂︎Mars | 23°02' Cancer | direct | +0.61°/day |
| ♃︎Jupiter | 16°51' Leo | direct | +0.20°/day |
| ♄︎Saturn | 12°40' Aries | -0.07°/day | |
| ♅︎Uranus | 5°40' Gemini | -0.00°/day | |
| ♆︎Neptune | 3°15' Aries | -0.03°/day | |
| ♇︎Pluto | 3°16' Aquarius | -0.01°/day |
Moon in Scorpio, waxing crescent, 28% lit. Next : First Quarter on 18 September at 20:44 UT.
Exact today
- 02:30 UT△︎Moon trine Mars
- 03:29 UT⚹︎Sun sextile Moon
- 08:31 UT⚹︎Neptune sextile PlutoNeptune, Pluto retrograde
- 23:08 UT△︎Moon trine NeptuneNeptune retrograde
- 23:09 UT⚹︎Moon sextile PlutoPluto retrograde
- 16:41 UTMoon enters Sagittarius
No station today.
- 16 September 03:29 → 16 September 16:41 UTafter Moon sextile Sun, into Sagittarius
For Sagittarius ♐︎
Ruled by Jupiter (modern rulers), now at 16°51' Leo, direct, the ninth sign from Sagittarius.
No planet is in Sagittarius today.
- Suntenth sign
- Moontwelfth sign
- Mercuryeleventh sign
- Venustwelfth sign
- Marseighth sign
- Jupiterninth sign
- Saturnfifth sign
- Uranusseventh sign
- Neptunefifth sign
- Plutothird sign
Positions are apparent geocentric tropical longitudes at 12:00 UT from astronomy-engine. Exact aspects are the five Ptolemaic aspects perfecting between 00:00 and 24:00 UT, found by bisection to the minute. Rulers follow the modern set. Nothing here reads your birth chart; for that, open Transits.