♈ Aries · Daily · Sunday 18 October 2026
Make Monday a little easier
Sunday’s Capricorn Moon puts practical plans in focus. Spend a little time preparing for something you want to do next week, then let the rest of the day be yours. You do not need to anticipate every problem. Choosing the first step is enough to make a plan feel less distant.
Prepare one thing you will need next week.
The waxing Moon stays in Capricorn throughout Sunday. Its sextile to Mercury in Scorpio is around 2:06 pm UTC+11. The First Quarter Moon is not until Monday 19 October around 3:12 am UTC+11; the Moon enters Aquarius later Monday morning. Tropical positions: Sun in Libra; Mercury direct and Venus retrograde in Scorpio; Mars and Jupiter in Leo; Saturn and Neptune retrograde in Aries, Uranus retrograde in Gemini and Pluto direct in Aquarius. Astrological interpretations are reflective prompts, not predictions of events.
Planetary positions
| Body | Position | Motion |
|---|---|---|
| Sun | Libra 24°37′ | Direct |
| Moon | Capricorn 17°17′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Scorpio 18°44′ | Direct |
| Venus | Scorpio 4°20′ | ℞ Retrograde |
| Mars | Leo 11°16′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Leo 22°24′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Aries 10°15′ | ℞ Retrograde |
| Uranus | Gemini 5°08′ | ℞ Retrograde |
| Neptune | Aries 2°24′ | ℞ Retrograde |
| Pluto | Aquarius 3°04′ | Direct |
Tropical zodiac · geocentric · rounded to the nearest arcminute. 12°34′ means 12 degrees and 34 arcminutes into the sign. ℞ means apparent retrograde motion.
This is a fixed daily snapshot, not a live chart. Signs and motion may change later in the day, especially for the Moon; see the sky note for event times. Local dates may differ.
Source: The Working Sky ephemeris · Methodology & disclaimer