Planetary Ingress Calendar 2027 & Late 2026
All 45 planetary sign changes from October 2026 – December 2027 — exact date and time for each, including the backward crossings caused by retrogrades. Computed from the Swiss Ephemeris and shown in US Eastern Time.
Looking for earlier dates? See every 2026 sign change, including Saturn and Neptune into Aries
✦Reviewed by the CosmyDay Astrology TeamLast reviewed October 2026
The slow-planet shifts
These are the ingresses that only come around every few years. Everything below them repeats on a scale of weeks.
- ♃Jupiter enters VirgoJuly 26, 2027 · 12:49 AM ET
♃Jupiter Sign Changes (1)
| Enters | Date | Time (ET) | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virgo | July 26, 2027 | 12:49 AM |
♂Mars Sign Changes (7)
♀Venus Sign Changes (17)
| Enters | Date | Time (ET) | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Libra | October 25, 2026 | 5:10 AM | retrograde re-entry |
| Scorpio | December 4, 2026 | 3:13 AM | |
| Sagittarius | January 7, 2027 | 3:53 AM | |
| Capricorn | February 3, 2027 | 9:31 AM | |
| Aquarius | March 1, 2027 | 1:32 AM | |
| Pisces | March 26, 2027 | 4:17 AM | |
| Aries | April 19, 2027 | 11:57 PM | |
| Taurus | May 14, 2027 | 5:02 PM | |
| Gemini | June 8, 2027 | 8:33 AM | |
| Cancer | July 2, 2027 | 10:02 PM | |
| Leo | July 27, 2027 | 8:31 AM | |
| Virgo | August 20, 2027 | 3:43 PM | |
| Libra | September 13, 2027 | 8:25 PM | |
| Scorpio | October 7, 2027 | 11:59 PM | |
| Sagittarius | November 1, 2027 | 3:35 AM | |
| Capricorn | November 25, 2027 | 6:59 AM | |
| Aquarius | December 19, 2027 | 1:40 PM |
☿Mercury Sign Changes (20)
| Enters | Date | Time (ET) | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sagittarius | December 6, 2026 | 3:33 AM | |
| Capricorn | December 25, 2026 | 1:22 PM | |
| Aquarius | January 13, 2027 | 1:06 AM | |
| Pisces | January 31, 2027 | 8:26 PM | |
| Aquarius | February 18, 2027 | 7:16 AM | retrograde re-entry |
| Pisces | March 18, 2027 | 6:02 AM | |
| Aries | April 8, 2027 | 7:20 PM | |
| Taurus | April 24, 2027 | 6:18 PM | |
| Gemini | May 8, 2027 | 9:58 PM | |
| Cancer | May 28, 2027 | 1:07 PM | |
| Gemini | June 26, 2027 | 3:19 AM | retrograde re-entry |
| Cancer | July 12, 2027 | 9:48 AM | |
| Leo | August 2, 2027 | 6:52 AM | |
| Virgo | August 17, 2027 | 12:43 AM | |
| Libra | September 3, 2027 | 7:37 AM | |
| Scorpio | September 27, 2027 | 5:10 AM | |
| Libra | October 16, 2027 | 3:36 AM | retrograde re-entry |
| Scorpio | November 9, 2027 | 7:26 PM | |
| Sagittarius | November 29, 2027 | 5:24 AM | |
| Capricorn | December 18, 2027 | 6:58 AM |
Reading an ingress
An ingress is simply a boundary crossing: the planet's ecliptic longitude passes an exact multiple of 30° and it moves into the next sign. What varies enormously is how much that matters. Mercury changes sign around fifteen times a year, so any single Mercury ingress is background noise. Saturn manages it roughly every two and a half years, and Neptune about every fourteen — which is why those crossings get written about as era markers rather than weekly weather.
In this window the headline shift is Jupiter entering Virgo on July 26, 2027; the bigger 2026 crossings — Saturn and Neptune into Aries, Uranus into Gemini — are on the 2026 ingress calendar. Retrograde re-entries are marked explicitly, because they are the reason a planet can appear to enter the same sign twice: it crosses forward, turns retrograde, slips back over the boundary, then crosses forward again once it stations direct. The retrograde calendar lists the station dates that cause them.
Which of these actually touches you depends on your own chart. An ingress into Aries matters most if you have placements in early Aries. Cast your free natal chart to compare. Note that Saturn and Uranus and Neptune and Pluto changes no sign at all from October 2026 – December 2027 — they are moving too slowly to reach a boundary in this window.
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Frequently asked questions
When does Jupiter enter Virgo?
Jupiter enters Virgo on July 26, 2027 at 12:49 AM US Eastern. Jupiter spends about a year in each sign, so this is the main slow-planet sign change between October 2026 and the end of 2027.
When does Saturn enter Aries?
Saturn entered Aries on February 13, 2026 at 7:12 PM US Eastern, and does not leave Aries again within 2027. Saturn spends roughly two and a half years per sign, so that is its only ingress in 2026–2027.
What does an ingress actually mean?
An ingress is the moment a body crosses from one 30° zodiac sign into the next. For the slow planets it marks a genuine change of era — Saturn or Uranus changing sign is a once-every-few-years event that astrologers read as a shift in the collective backdrop. For fast movers like Mercury it happens every few weeks and matters far less on its own.
Why does a planet enter the same sign twice?
Because a retrograde can carry it back across the boundary it just crossed. The planet enters a sign, turns retrograde, reverses into the previous sign, then stations direct and enters again. Rows marked as retrograde re-entries below are these backward crossings. It is why some ingresses appear to happen out of order.
How were these dates calculated?
Each crossing is computed from the Swiss Ephemeris by watching the planet's ecliptic longitude cross an exact 30° multiple, then bisecting to the precise moment and localizing it to US Eastern Time. The dates are not copied from another calendar.