Your daily horoscope

The daily horoscope is calculated by analyzing the real planetary transits of the day via Swiss Ephemeris. For each sign, we look for which planets (Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars) are making aspects to the sign's position. The monthly considers the slow transits (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto) throughout the month.

The horoscope is a general reading based on your sun sign and current transits. The natal chart is a unique map calculated with your exact birth date, time, and place, showing the positions of the 10 planets in the 12 houses and the aspects between them. The natal chart is personal and immutable; the horoscope describes the temporary energies that activate it.

Traditionally it's based on the sun sign. However, many astrologers recommend reading also the horoscope of your Ascendant sign, since house transits are calculated from the Ascendant. For a complete reading, check both: the sun sign for general energy and the Ascendant for the themes activated in your daily life.

The daily horoscope is recalculated each day with the real planetary transits. The weekly adds the 7 days of the week. The monthly is updated once a month with the background slow transits. The planetary transits are recalculated as the planets change signs.

Of course! Many readers check the horoscope of their sun sign, their Moon, and their Ascendant for a more complete view. It's also useful to read the horoscope of the sign opposite to yours to understand what energies are being activated in your relational life.

Yes. Astrogoy doesn't charge or require registration to consult the daily, weekly and monthly horoscopes of the 12 signs. The calculation runs on the server with Swiss Ephemeris, the same engine used by astro.com, at no cost to the user.

Approximately 1 arcsecond, using Swiss Ephemeris (the same engine as astro.com and NASA). The calculation runs on the server with the full ephemeris, not in the browser with approximate formulas. The planetary positions match Astrodienst to the arcsecond.

Transits are the current positions of the planets compared to your sun sign. They mark the cycles and opportunities of each moment: a Saturn transit over your sign indicates a period of responsibility and structuring; a Jupiter transit, of expansion; a Mars transit, of action and impulsiveness. Astrogoy calculates the real transits of the day for each sign.

Aspects are the angles that planets form with each other or with your sign. The main ones are the conjunction (0°), the sextile (60°, harmonious), the square (90°, tense), the trine (120°, harmonious) and the opposition (180°, tense). Harmonious aspects facilitate the flow of energy; tense ones generate friction that drives growth. The tone of the horoscope (harmonious, tense, neutral) depends on the strongest aspect of the day.

The Big Three are the sun sign, the moon sign and the Ascendant. The Sun represents your identity and essence; the Moon, your emotions and inner needs; the Ascendant, the image you project and how others see you. For a complete reading, check the horoscope of your three signs: the sun sign for general energy, the moon sign for the emotional world, and the Ascendant for everyday themes.

Each sign has a ruling planet that acts as its main translator: Mars rules Aries, Venus rules Taurus and Libra, Mercury rules Gemini and Virgo, the Moon rules Cancer, the Sun rules Leo, Pluto rules Scorpio, Jupiter rules Sagittarius, Saturn rules Capricorn, Uranus rules Aquarius and Neptune rules Pisces. When your ruler is in an important transit, its effect is amplified in your horoscope.

The 12 signs are grouped into four elements: Fire (Aries, Leo, Sagittarius), Earth (Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn), Air (Gemini, Libra, Aquarius) and Water (Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces). Each element processes planetary transits differently: Fire experiences them as impulse and action, Earth as stability and materiality, Air as idea and communication, Water as emotion and intuition. That's why the same transit translates into different texts for each element.

Each sign has a modality that describes how it acts: Cardinal (Aries, Cancer, Libra, Capricorn) initiates and breaks new ground; Fixed (Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, Aquarius) maintains and consolidates; Mutable (Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, Pisces) adapts and transitions. The modality nuances how you experience each transit: cardinals react quickly, fixed signs resist, mutables adapt.

No. The horoscope describes the astrological energies active at each moment; it doesn't predict specific events. Astrology doesn't say what will happen, but rather what kind of energies are at play. What you do with those energies depends on your freedom. The horoscope is a map of the astral climate, not a verdict.

Mercury retrograde is the period (3-4 times a year, about 3 weeks each time) when Mercury appears to move backward as seen from Earth. In astrology it's associated with delays, misunderstandings, communication problems and the review of pending matters. It's not catastrophic: it's a good time to review, not to start. Astrogoy indicates when Mercury is retrograde in the planetary context of the daily horoscope.

The horoscope is based only on your sun sign. For a personalized reading you need your natal chart, calculated with your exact birth date, time and place. The natal chart shows the 10 planets in the 12 houses, the exact aspects and the Big Three (Sun, Moon, Ascendant). On Astrogoy you can calculate your natal chart for free on the /carta page, with the same precision as astro.com.