The sky on Wednesday, January 20, 2027
| Sun in | Aquarius |
|---|---|
| Moon in | Cancer |
| Moon phase | Waxing Gibbous |
| Illumination | 94% |
| Ingresses | Sun enters Aquarius Moon enters Cancer |
| Mercury retrograde | No |
Sun enters Aquarius today and begins a new chapter of its cycle there. The Moon is in Cancer, more than half lit and still filling out.
What does the Sun mean in astrology?
The Sun marks the sign the whole month is named after, and in a chart it stands for identity, purpose and the thing you are recognisably about.
Seen from Earth the Sun moves about one degree a day along the ecliptic, so it spends roughly thirty days in each sign and takes a year to go round. That is why sun sign horoscopes exist at all: it is the one placement that is the same for everyone born in the same few weeks.
In older astrology the Sun is one of the seven visible bodies, and it governs vitality, the part of you that is out in the open, and whatever you would still do if nobody were watching.
On a daily page the Sun's sign is the season you are reading everything else against. It is the slow layer, and the Moon is the fast one.