An astrological calendar, app, or planner is a tool that many find indispensable. By paying attention to the positions of the luminaries and the planets relative to one another, you can gain insights into the dynamics influencing your life.
There are various options, everything from free tools to subscription-based apps, and many have personally worked with all of these. Depending on their experience level, this is as simple as tracking the moon or as detailed as a personalized ephemeris.
Observing the celestial bodies in the sky daily is the Slow Magick way to get first-hand knowledge of astrology. It can be a fulfilling experience that enriches your life and broadens your horizons.
Here’s a look at some of the features you can find in personalized astrology planners:
Custom Natal Charts and Almanacs
Honeycomb almanacs and wall calendars are custom-made with planetary transit data specific to your unique natal chart, in addition to the mundane transits affecting everyone. Imagine a planner/calendar that contains ALL of the mundane transits and ALL transits to your birth chart!
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The personal astrological almanac is custom-built to your natal chart preferences. With Honeycomb Collective, you can choose from the tropical or sidereal zodiac along with several options for house systems - whole signs, equal, Placidus, Porphyry, Koch, Campanus, or Regiomontanus. The natal chart also features unique visualizations, such as relative speed for each of your natal planets.
The front cover design includes your selected date range as well as the astrological glyphs of your personal Sun, Moon, and Rising signs.
Each almanac contains two solar return charts-your most recently passed return and the next one coming up. You can set the return charts to your natal location or to the location of your choice! In the Hellenistic plugin, solar return charts are also assessed for traditional planetary condition.
At the back of the almanac, you'll find 12 months of ephemerides, all set to the time zone of your selected location!
You can customize your almanac with transits of Chiron and the four asteroid goddesses (Ceres, Vesta, Juno, and Pallas). Both mundane and natal transits of the asteroids are included.
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The Hellenistic plugin features lifetime graphical overviews for zodiacal releasing from all seven Hermetic Lots. In the Hellenistic plugin, see a more detailed look at the structure of your natal chart, with all seven Hermetic lots, the Egyptian bounds, and the Chaldean decans. In addition, each of the traditional planets is assessed for supportive and challenging conditions according to ancient techniques, giving you a quick reference to the most dignified and debilitated placements in your natal and solar return charts.
Key Features:
- Custom-made with planetary transit data
- Tropical or sidereal zodiac options
- Multiple house system choices
- Unique natal chart visualizations
- Solar return charts
- Ephemerides set to your time zone
- Optional asteroid transits
Tracking Transits and Celestial Movements
All transits in your almanac are listed in the time zone of your chosen location, so you know exactly when everything is happening. The almanac gives at-a-glance reference for mundane and natal transits, moon phases, and void-of-course moon times. Keep notes of your personal experiences and see how they correlate with celestial movements.
No need to wait until January to purchase a new planner! You can start your almanac's calendar from the current month, or choose up to six months in advance.
Transit Tracking Features:
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- Transits listed in your chosen time zone
- At-a-glance reference for mundane and natal transits
- Moon phase tracking
- Void-of-course moon times
- Customizable start month
Digital Astrology Tools
LUNA® connects you, your devices and your astrological data with a simple, secure login. Using the industry-standard Swiss Ephemeris, your chart calculations will be precise and accurate, every time. LUNA®'s form and function work together, helping you navigate new territory with ease. Find where to go next with a simple glance of the screen.
LUNA® horoscopes are designed for readability. They're also clickable. Go deeper by interacting with a symbol to reveal additional information. Pinch-and-zoom on mobile, and print high-resolution PDF documents to any scale.
You can choose from 4 different chart styles based on your preferences. Easily switch between Solar & Lunar color themes. DataSheets like aspect listings let you search & sort your chart data. You can turn chart points on and off from the chart points DataSheet. Midpoints are available as a DataSheet, which lets you search, sort & enable them easily.
LUNA® takes chart interactivity to a new level by encouraging you to click or tap your way to chart exploration. Improve your learning by isolating planets, aspects or midpoints to focus on a specific astrological factor. Find exact timings of astrological events and compose them into a unified timeline. Apply filtering logic and navigate charts forward and back throughout your timeline. Don't forget to download your timeline for calendaring or spreadsheet analysis.
With LUNA®, you won't lose your place as all of these charts bundle under the radix (natal/event) chart's profile.
Create private and shareable notes for each chart, organizing them by date or by hand. You can include the shareable notes in your chart PDF documents for sending to clients and friends. Create your own custom tags so you can organize your chart profiles any way you like. Assign multiple tags to a single profile, then click a tag or search for it by keyword to find all matches.
Enable one or more midpoints, and LUNA® will show them on your charts. Click on one to view details like its exact location and what aspects it's making to other chart points.
Animate uniwheel & biwheel transit, Secondary Progressed & Solar Arc charts in real-time. Select minutes to years, or specify an exact moment with the fluent Spacetime Navigator.
LUNA® Features:
- Interactive charts with clickable elements
- Customizable chart styles and color themes
- DataSheets for aspects and chart points
- Ability to enable and track midpoints
- Timeline creation for astrological events
- Private and shareable notes
- Custom tags for chart organization
- Real-time animation of charts
Additional Planners and Calendars
Our 2026 Astrological Planner is THE navigational tool for discovering your full potential, living with intention and planning in alignment with the cosmos. The most comprehensive guide used daily by beginners, enthusiasts and professionals. Loved and trusted by thousands across the world every year, from the astro-curious to the best professional astrologers. For menstrual & moon cycle enthusiasts to advanced astrologers, as well as simply a beautiful planner.
In 2026 we journey to the roots of what is behind the twelve signs and archetypes of the ever-turning wheel of the sky with Astro-Mythology: Origins of the Zodiac. As the sun traverses through each sign, we explore the mythology that underpins the zodiacal energies we are familiar with in today’s modern astrology with an esoteric spin. The illustrations throughout the planner integrate the intricate connections across the celestial realm and origins of the Zodiac.
Appearing on the monthly and weekly calendars these guides are your planning angels. It’s an energy wrap-up of the day determining optimum days for doing business, socializing, creative endeavors, following intuition, physical movement, learning something new, self exploration, chill days and more. It sheds light on days of ease and reveals those that might be a bit more challenging than others. A learning tool for beginners.
Many Moons is often recommended for someone starting an intuitive practice. While it contains some additional astrological info, tracking the Moon in her different phases and signs is the main focus here. And our Lady of the Nite Skies deserves nothing less.
The creator of Many Moons, Sarah Faith Gottesdiener, is a seasoned practitioner and a beautifully sensitive soul. Sarah and her impressive list of contributors wrote this calendar's social-justice-minded and spot-on insights and rituals. The artwork is inspiring and gorgeous.
This planner has some color elements in addition to black-and-white ink. They love their texture, the cover design, and the weight and feel of the pages in their lined journals. Yep, I need lines, people, or chaos guaranteed; I look forward to writing in them daily.
Note all astrological info is in Pacific Time.
Free Tools and Resources
Astro.com is perhaps the OG program most of us are familiar with regarding accessing free astrological data. If you create a free account on the site, you can store birth data for you and anyone else you’d like.
There is a tip jar feature where you can buy a coffee for Grant, the human behind this wonderful tool. Grant has a transit viewer calendar for you to explore, too.
Mobile Apps
Hands down, Chani App is my number one recommendation for a personal app if you have the cash and can afford the paid version. Chani and the team have created a personalized and accessible mobile app with beginner-friendly information. The app is based on traditional astrology techniques, so it uses Whole Sign Houses and house-based aspects. So, if that is not your jam, I’d give it a pass because there is no way to change that within the app.
While there is a list of all the planets and points and what sign they currently occupy, this app has no general transit wheel, so you’d still need to look up aspects. You cannot go forward or backward in your personal transits, so you’d need to look that up in another app if that is important.
Chani and the team focus on the personalized experience of this app, so if you have the paid version, you’ll have a page with the current transits for your chart specifically. It also contains a daily horoscope and a library of meditations and affirmations and is updated weekly with a reading for your rising sign, ritual, and other elements.
There is a free version of the app, but I had a trial of the full experience from the first day it launched, so I don't know exactly what the free version is like. I assume it has everything except the personalized portion, and there are likely in-app advertisements for the paid version. The plus side is it contains planetary hours. So once you set it up, which, to be honest, is a little clunky, you will know the planetary hours for your location at any time. You can add other locations when you get the hang of it. This could be helpful if you travel a lot or advise folks in different time zones. You can also compute planetary hours by hand, but since the info is so widely accessible, there is no need to do that regularly. FYI, the first planetary hour starting at sunrise is the same as the planetary day.
You can add birth data to Time Nomad and get planetary placements without interpretations. I love this app and recommend it to folks who need to know the hours for working with their heavenly spheres.
Time Nomad is available for iPhone and iPad, and the developers of this app do not collect any of your data, which is very important. Earlier this year, they added a few beautiful Moon widgets for the lock screen. It doesn’t have planetary hours but is a solid free app with in-app purchases.
I tend to operate in chaos mode when learning technology in general, and my best advice for learning this app is PRESS EVERYTHING. You won’t break it; you can see what everything does, even if you are unsure of what it is. I am sure there are some tutorials out there, too. I use it for planetary hours and learned it just fine.
Ultimately, the best astrological planner or tool is the one that resonates with you and helps you connect with the cosmos in a meaningful way.
Table of Features
| Feature | Honeycomb Collective | LUNA® | Leyline Almanac |
|---|---|---|---|
| Custom Natal Charts | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Transit Tracking | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Digital Format | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Printable Format | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Additional Features | Ephemerides, Asteroid Transits | Interactive Charts, Timeline Creation | Sigil Crafting, Intention Setting |
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