Decision guidance: should I...? Ask your chart before you leap

What "should I" astrology actually is

The branch of astrology that answers "should I do this now" is called electional astrology: choosing (electing) the moment for an action so that the chart of that moment supports it. It is one of the oldest practical uses of astrology, older than personality readings by centuries. Kings had coronations timed; merchants had ships launched; ordinary people had weddings and contracts set on days an astrologer had checked. The logic is simple. Every moment has a chart. If you begin something when the chart of that moment is strong for that kind of thing, the beginning carries that strength.

Modern electional astrology checks a short list of factors. The Moon, because it moves fastest and describes how things unfold: its phase (waxing for starts, waning for endings and clearing), its sign (Taurus and Cancer for anything you want to last, Capricorn for structure, Gemini for communication), and whether it is void of course, the few hours most days when it makes no more aspects before changing sign and, by tradition, nothing started comes to much. Mercury, for anything involving documents, messages, travel or negotiation: direct, not retrograde, not combust, ideally in good aspect to Jupiter or Saturn. The planet that rules the matter: Saturn for contracts and commitments, Venus for love and money, Jupiter for growth and launches, Mars for competition and surgery. And your own transits, because a generically good day can be a bad day for you if Saturn is sitting on your Sun.

That last point is why generic "good days" lists are of limited use. The sky is the same for everyone; your chart is not. The Cosmic Simulator shows what is touching your chart right now, and each guide in this hub tells you which houses and planets matter for that decision.

The three questions behind every decision

Every guide in this hub, whatever the topic, walks the same three questions.

Is the matter itself well placed in my chart? For a job, the 10th house and Midheaven; for a contract, the 3rd and the 7th; for a move, the 4th; for a relationship, the 5th and 7th. This tells you what kind of decisions in this area tend to go well for you over a lifetime, and what you tend to get wrong.

What is transiting that area right now? Jupiter expands, Saturn tests and structures, Uranus disrupts, Pluto transforms, Neptune blurs. A Jupiter transit to the 10th house is the classic time to take the bigger job; a Saturn transit is when you take the harder job that builds something; a Neptune transit is when you should read the offer letter twice. The guides give the 2026–27 positions: Saturn in Aries (until 2028), Jupiter in Leo (June 2026 – July 2027), Uranus in Gemini, Neptune in Aries, Pluto in Aquarius.

Is the day itself clean? Mercury direct (the last 2026 retrograde is October 24 – November 13), Moon not void, Moon waxing if you are starting something, Moon in a sign that suits the matter. This is the part the AI Advisor automates.

The questions people ask most

"When will I get a job, astrology?" The honest answer is that timing charts show windows, not dates. Look for Jupiter or the Sun transiting the 10th, 6th or 2nd house, the progressed Moon entering the 10th, or a favourable Saturn transit to the Midheaven, which brings the job you have been building toward. The should I take this job guide has the full framework, including how to read an offer that arrives during Mercury retrograde.

"When will I get married, astrology?" Traditional indicators are transits to the 7th house and its ruler, Jupiter or Saturn to Venus, and, in Vedic astrology, the dasha periods of the 7th lord. For choosing the wedding date once you have decided, electional rules favour Venus and the Moon well placed, the 7th house of the wedding chart strong, and both Venus and Mercury direct; in 2026 that rules out October 3 – November 13, when Venus is retrograde. Ask the AI Advisor for specific dates against both charts. The 7th house guide explains the partnership axis.

"Should I sign?" Not during Mercury retrograde, not during a Void-of-Course Moon, and preferably with the Moon in an earth sign. The contract timing guide has the 2026–27 retrograde table.

"Should I move?" Check the astrocartography lines for the place and the transits to your 4th house for the time. The moving guide walks both.

"Will they come back?" Astrology cannot answer that about a specific person. It can tell you what kind of ending it was and whether the synastry has the contacts that tend to pull people back. The breakup guide is the honest version.

How the AI Advisor turns this into an answer

In the app, the AI Advisor asks two things: a topic (career, meetings, negotiations, contracts, travel, health or other) and a date (today, tomorrow, in a week, or any date you choose). It checks that day's Moon, Mercury and planetary aspects against your natal chart, applies the electional rules for that topic, and gives you targeted advice: what the timing supports, what to watch for, and whether a nearby day is better. It is electional astrology made conversational, and it is built for exactly the questions on this page. Ask it the same question for two or three candidate dates and compare the answers; that is how an astrologer would do it, and it takes a minute. Join early access to use it when the app opens; the guides here will get you most of the way in the meantime.

The rest of 2026 at a glance

A few dates apply to every decision on this page. Venus is retrograde in Scorpio from October 3 to November 13: reassess relationships and money, do not start new ones or set wedding dates. Mercury is retrograde from October 24 to November 13 (Scorpio into Libra): avoid signing, accepting offers and launching; revisit, revise and return instead. Clean windows for beginnings fall around the new moons on October 10 (Libra), November 9 (Scorpio, though still under both retrogrades) and December 9 (Sagittarius), with the two weeks after the December new moon the strongest fresh-start stretch of the quarter. The full moons on October 26 (Taurus), November 24 (Gemini) and December 24 (Cancer) are for completing, deciding and clearing rather than starting. The 2026 calendar has every date, and today's sky shows the Moon's sign and void windows live.

What astrology cannot decide for you

Electional astrology chooses the best available moment for a decision you have already made. It does not tell you whether the job is right, whether the person is right, or whether the move is wise; those are questions for your judgment, your finances and, where relevant, a professional. What it does is remove the avoidable friction: the contract signed during Mercury retrograde that needed three amendments, the message sent during a void Moon that got no reply, the launch on the day Saturn squared your Sun. Use it for that, and it earns its place.