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Wednesday, October 21, 2026

Events of the day by their exact moment. The Sun's entry into a sign is one entry, not a daily copy of the whole month.

Sun in♎ Libra

Moon in♒ Aquarius

Waxing gibbous76% illuminated

This reading was generated using artificial intelligence.

EventImportance 62/100

Orionid Maximum

The annual Orionid meteor shower reaches its maximum in the second half of October, with the event listed from October 19 to 23, 2026, and the maximum scheduled for October 21 at 12:00 UTC. This entry comes from a meteor-shower catalog, not a planetary cycle.

What it means

This is an astronomical event associated with the Orionid meteor shower, not with the astrological movement of a planet. According to the dates provided, the activity lasts approximately five days, from October 19 to 23, 2026, with a peak on October 21. It is worth treating this time as an opportunity for quiet observation of the night sky, preferably from a place away from bright lights.

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Happening now

Longer processes this day falls within — their exact moment was on another day.

  • Beginning of autumn — Libra monthThe Sun enters Libra. This is the astronomical beginning of autumn in the Northern Hemisphere. The zodiac month lasts until the Sun enters the sign again.

In the coming days

Six days from the selected date — like an upcoming-events list, not just "today".

  • Zodiac month: ScorpioWe count the calendar “zodiac month” from the heliacal entry of the Sun into the sign, not from the date of the Sun’s birthday in the horoscope.
  • Mercury begins retrogradeA station is a change in the geocentric speed of ecliptic longitude, not a physical halt of the planet in the Solar System.
  • Venus Morning/Evening Star — Venus Star PointThis moment occurs at Venus’s inferior conjunction with the Sun, in the middle of its retrograde — it repeats approximately once every eight years at the same point in the zodiac.
  • Venus enters the sign: LibraA planet entering a new sign is a change in the background, not a promise of a specific event.
  • Full Moon in TaurusA Full Moon is the opposition of the Moon and the Sun — at that time, the Moon is almost entirely illuminated.

The whole month: October 2026

  1. 3Venus begins retrogradeLast Quarter Moon in Cancer
  2. 4Saturn in opposition to the Sun
  3. 6Moon close to Jupiter in the sky
  4. 10New Moon in LibraPortal 10/10 — A New Level
  5. 12The Moon close to Venus in the sky
  6. 16Pluto turns direct
  7. 18First Quarter Moon in Capricorn
  8. 21Orionid Maximum
  9. 23Zodiac month: Scorpio
  10. 24Mercury begins retrogradeVenus Morning/Evening Star — Venus Star Point
  11. 25Venus enters the sign: Libra
  12. 26Full Moon in Taurus

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