When Was Chiron Last in Taurus?
Updated October 5, 2026
As of October 2026, Chiron is between visits to Taurus: it first entered Taurus on 19 June 2026, retrograde motion carried it back into Aries on 17 September 2026, and it returns on 14 April 2027; it stays until 19 July 2033, and leaves for good on 5 May 2034. Before that, Chiron first entered Taurus on 28 May 1976 and, because retrograde motion carried it back and forth across the sign's boundary, entered it three times in all before leaving for good on 11 April 1984. After this pass, Chiron returns to Taurus on 29 April 2077.
Each bar runs from first entry to final exit. Stretches marked with a neighbouring sign are times it crossed back over the boundary before returning. The outlined stretch is under way now.
Every Chiron-in-Taurus pass, 1800–2100
Dates are in UTC and the Gregorian calendar; in a time zone far from Greenwich an ingress can fall on the neighbouring calendar day.
| First entry | Final exit | Time in Taurus | Entered |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 May 1828 | 21 April 1835 | 6.3 years | 3 times |
| In Taurus: 7 May 1828 – 11 Nov 1828 · 5 Mar 1829 – 3 Jul 1834 · 14 Nov 1834 – 21 Apr 1835 | |||
| 6 July 1876 | 31 March 1884 | 6.5 years | 4 times |
| In Taurus: 6 Jul 1876 – 31 Aug 1876 · 20 Apr 1877 – 13 Dec 1877 · 4 Feb 1878 – 14 Jun 1883 · 10 Dec 1883 – 31 Mar 1884 | |||
| 24 May 1926 | 23 March 1934 | 6.9 years | 3 times |
| In Taurus: 24 May 1926 – 20 Oct 1926 · 25 Mar 1927 – 7 Jun 1933 · 22 Dec 1933 – 23 Mar 1934 | |||
| 28 May 1976 | 11 April 1984 | 7.0 years | 3 times |
| In Taurus: 28 May 1976 – 13 Oct 1976 · 28 Mar 1977 – 21 Jun 1983 · 29 Nov 1983 – 11 Apr 1984 | |||
| 19 June 2026 (now) | 5 May 2034 | 7.0 years | 3 times |
| In Taurus: 19 Jun 2026 – 17 Sept 2026 · 14 Apr 2027 – 19 Jul 2033 · 23 Oct 2033 – 5 May 2034 | |||
| 29 April 2077 | 28 February 2085 | 6.9 years | 3 times |
| In Taurus: 29 Apr 2077 – 22 Nov 2077 · 24 Feb 2078 – 25 May 2084 · 13 Jan 2085 – 28 Feb 2085 | |||
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Born with Chiron in Taurus
- Born 24 May 1926 – 23 March 1934, except 20 October 1926 – 25 March 1927 (in Aries) and 7 June 1933 – 22 December 1933 (in Gemini)
- Born 28 May 1976 – 11 April 1984, except 13 October 1976 – 28 March 1977 (in Aries) and 21 June 1983 – 29 November 1983 (in Gemini)
- Born since 19 June 2026, except 17 September 2026 – now (in Aries)
On the days Chiron changes sign, the birth time decides: dates here are UTC. Enter your birth data to see your own chart.
Chiron retrograde in Taurus, the 2026–34 pass
Retrograde periods with at least one station in Taurus: the date Chiron stood still and turned retrograde, and the date it turned direct again.
| Stations retrograde | Stations direct |
|---|---|
| 3 August 2026 (now) 0°51′ Taurus | 6 January 2027 26°15′ Aries |
| 8 August 2027 4°40′ Taurus | 10 January 2028 0°01′ Taurus |
| 11 August 2028 8°35′ Taurus | 13 January 2029 3°53′ Taurus |
| 16 August 2029 12°39′ Taurus | 17 January 2030 7°53′ Taurus |
| 21 August 2030 16°54′ Taurus | 21 January 2031 12°04′ Taurus |
| 26 August 2031 21°22′ Taurus | 25 January 2032 16°27′ Taurus |
| 30 August 2032 26°06′ Taurus | 29 January 2033 21°06′ Taurus |
| 5 September 2033 1°09′ Gemini | 3 February 2034 26°02′ Taurus |
Chiron in Taurus: context
Chiron is a modern body, unknown to Hellenistic astrology, and it was found in Taurus. Charles Kowal identified it on 1 November 1977 on plates taken at Palomar on 18 October, when it stood at about 3°49′ Taurus. It was the first known centaur, a small body orbiting among the giant planets. After it showed a comet-like coma in 1989 it also received the comet designation 95P/Chiron.
The "wounded healer" reading astrologers give Chiron was developed after the discovery, in books such as Melanie Reinhart's Chiron and the Healing Journey (1989). About one 50-year orbit later, this pass brings Chiron back to its discovery degree on 25 June 2027, 21 September 2027 and 17 April 2028 (UTC).
Sources: NASA JPL Small-Body Database, 2060 Chiron (95P/Chiron); Melanie Reinhart, Chiron and the Healing Journey (Arkana, 1989); Positions computed with Horoskopos's Chiron ephemeris; checked against NASA JPL Horizons
How Chiron moves through the zodiac
Across 1800–2100, Chiron spent about 1.6 years to 8.3 years in a sign on each pass, not counting retrograde dips out of it, and it returned to the same sign about every 50 years. 85% of passes included at least one retrograde dip back over a sign boundary.
Chiron in other signs
Aries · Taurus · Gemini · Cancer · Leo · Virgo · Libra · Scorpio · Sagittarius · Capricorn · Aquarius · Pisces
Other planets in Taurus
Venus · Mars · Jupiter · Saturn · Chiron · Uranus · Neptune · Pluto
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How these dates were found
With Horoskopos's sky search: Chiron's geocentric, apparent, tropical ecliptic longitude, computed with the open-source Astronomy Engine library, with each sign boundary found to the minute. Sample ingresses agree with NASA JPL's Horizons ephemeris to within about two and a half hours. Chiron is computed from orbital elements bundled for 1800–2100, so its dates are limited to that span. Data generated 2026-10-04; page built 2026-10-05.