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October 2106

A annular solar eclipse in Scorpio on October 26; Mercury is retrograde Oct 6 through Oct 28.

Annular Solar Eclipse in Scorpio

3° Scorpio · October 26, 6:34 pm ET

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This month

  • First Quarter · CapricornOct 4 · 11:16 pm
  • Full Moon · AriesOct 12 · 7:11 pm
  • Last Quarter · CancerOct 19 · 4:55 pm
  • New Moon · ScorpioOct 26 · 6:28 pm
  • Annular solar eclipse · 3° ScorpioOct 26 · 6:34 pm
  • Mercury stations retrogradeOct 6 · 11:49 pm
  • Venus stations directOct 21 · 9:25 pm
  • Mercury stations directOct 28 · 1:16 am

Mercury retrograde Oct 6 – Oct 28

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Notable aspects

  • Mars sextile NeptuneOct 15 · 10:20 pm
  • Venus conjunction NeptuneOct 13 · 1:04 am
  • Sun conjunction Mercury · cazimiOct 19 · 2:39 am
  • Sun sextile SaturnOct 25 · 6:26 pm