The sky on Wednesday, October 28, 2026
| Sun in | Scorpio |
|---|---|
| Moon in | Gemini |
| Moon phase | Waning Gibbous |
| Illumination | 93% |
| Ingresses | Moon enters Gemini |
| Mercury retrograde | Yes |
The Moon is in Gemini, past full and thinning. Mercury is retrograde.
What does the Sun or Moon in Gemini mean?
Gemini is a mutable air sign ruled by Mercury, and it reads as curiosity in motion: gathering, comparing, talking things over rather than settling them.
A Gemini Sun runs about a month, roughly late May into late June. A Gemini Moon lasts about two and a half days, and that shorter pass often reads as restlessness, a full browser, several conversations at once and a mind that is easier to interest than to focus.
Mutable means it adapts instead of holding a line. Air means it works in language and ideas. That combination is superb at seeing more than one side and less naturally good at choosing between them, which is a trade rather than a fault.
Because this is the tropical zodiac, Gemini is defined by its distance from the equinox, not by the stars behind it. What the page reports is a position, and what you do with it is yours.