Wedding dates for 2028: the year Venus interrupts the season
Booking two years out is the one time astrology is actually useful for a wedding, because the sky for 2028 is already computable and it has one large opinion. Every window on this page comes from the ephemeris — the same engine behind our 2027 page — rendered in US Eastern time. The astronomy is a fact. The reading of it is tradition. Neither is a promise about your marriage.
2027 has no Venus retrograde. 2028 ends the streak at the worst possible address: Venus stations retrograde at 19°42' Gemini on May 10, 2028 and does not turn direct until Jun 22, 2028 at 3°11' Gemini — 43 days across late May and most of June. It is the first Venus retrograde in 544 days, and tradition reads it as the season when what you promise gets rewritten. It is the one span the old texts will not marry anyone in.
It gets pettier: from May 21 to Jun 14, Mercury is retrograde at the same time — the paperwork planet and the promises planet both walking backwards for 24 days. If you want a May or June 2028 wedding, the clean end of the season is the front of it. Book before May 10 or after June 22, and the old texts have nothing left to say to you.
The 2028 windows tradition moves a wedding out of
Sorted by when they open. Severity is the engine's ranking, not a warning label: a retrograde Venus outranks a retrograde Mercury, which outranks an eclipse window. Every alternative date below was scored by the same engine.
- Jan 9 – Jan 13, 2028Lunar eclipse window
Partial lunar eclipse on Jan 11, 2028, 10.85° from the lunar node, in Cancer. Traditional practice keeps the days either side of an eclipse clear of anything meant to be permanent.
The first day after it this engine scores 63 or better is Wednesday, March 1, 2028, at 68 out of 100. The first Saturday it scores at 54 or better is Mar 4, at 56.
- Jan 23 – Jan 29, 2028Solar eclipse window
Annular solar eclipse on Jan 26, 2028, 3.84° from the lunar node, in Aquarius. Traditional practice keeps the days either side of an eclipse clear of anything meant to be permanent.
The first day after it this engine scores 63 or better is Wednesday, March 1, 2028, at 68 out of 100. The first Saturday it scores at 54 or better is Mar 4, at 56.
- Jan 24 – Feb 14, 2028Mercury retrograde
Mercury runs backwards from 19°42' Aquarius to 3°59' Aquarius. The traditional rule is narrow and practical: do not sign anything you would hate to sign twice.
The first day after it this engine scores 63 or better is Wednesday, March 1, 2028, at 68 out of 100. The first Saturday it scores at 54 or better is Mar 4, at 56.
- May 10 – Jun 22, 2028Venus retrograde
Venus turns retrograde at 19°42' Gemini and direct again at 3°11' Gemini. Tradition reads a retrograde Venus as the season when promises get rewritten. It is the one span the old texts will not marry anyone in.
The first day after it this engine scores 63 or better is Wednesday, June 28, 2028, at 64 out of 100. The first Saturday it scores at 54 or better is Jun 24, at 56.
- May 21 – Jun 14, 2028Mercury retrograde
Mercury runs backwards from 16°19' Gemini to 7°46' Gemini. The traditional rule is narrow and practical: do not sign anything you would hate to sign twice.
The first day after it this engine scores 63 or better is Wednesday, June 28, 2028, at 64 out of 100. The first Saturday it scores at 54 or better is Jun 24, at 56.
- Jul 4 – Jul 8, 2028Lunar eclipse window
Partial lunar eclipse on Jul 6, 2028, 8° from the lunar node, in Capricorn. Traditional practice keeps the days either side of an eclipse clear of anything meant to be permanent.
The first day after it this engine scores 63 or better is Saturday, July 29, 2028, at 64 out of 100.
- Jul 18 – Jul 24, 2028Solar eclipse window
Total solar eclipse on Jul 21, 2028, 6.55° from the lunar node, in Cancer. Traditional practice keeps the days either side of an eclipse clear of anything meant to be permanent.
The first day after it this engine scores 63 or better is Saturday, July 29, 2028, at 64 out of 100.
- Sep 19 – Oct 11, 2028Mercury retrograde
Mercury runs backwards from 18°36' Libra to 3°29' Libra. The traditional rule is narrow and practical: do not sign anything you would hate to sign twice.
The first day after it this engine scores 63 or better is Tuesday, October 24, 2028, at 63 out of 100. The first Saturday it scores at 54 or better is Oct 21, at 60.
- Dec 29 – Jan 2, 2029Lunar eclipse window
Total lunar eclipse on Dec 31, 2028, 3.44° from the lunar node, in Cancer. Traditional practice keeps the days either side of an eclipse clear of anything meant to be permanent.
The first day after it this engine scores 63 or better is Sunday, January 28, 2029, at 71 out of 100. The first Saturday it scores at 54 or better is Feb 17, at 55.
Add them up and roughly 64 days of 2028 land in this engine's bottom band — more than 2027's 49, almost entirely because of Venus. That still leaves three hundred.
The 2028 Saturdays this engine does not argue with
2028 has 53 Saturdays. 10 score 54 or better, 4 reach the good band, and 10 sit in the bottom one. Notice where the good ones cluster: late April, the first Saturday of May, late July, late August — either side of the Venus window, never inside it.
| Saturday | Score | Verdict & Moon |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 29 | 68 | GoodWaxing Moon, 24% lit, in Cancer |
| May 6 | 68 | GoodWaxing Moon, 94% lit, in Libra |
| Jul 29 | 64 | GoodWaxing Moon, 60% lit, in Scorpio |
| Aug 26 | 63 | GoodWaxing Moon, 46% lit, in Scorpio |
| Oct 21 | 60 | WorkableWaxing Moon, 16% lit, in Sagittarius |
| Apr 8 | 58 | WorkableWaxing Moon, 99% lit, in Libra |
| Apr 1 | 57 | WorkableWaxing Moon, 38% lit, in Gemini |
| Nov 18 | 57 | WorkableWaxing Moon, 6% lit, in Sagittarius |
| Mar 4 | 56 | WorkableWaxing Moon, 54% lit, in Gemini |
| Jun 24 | 56 | WorkableWaxing Moon, 5% lit, in Cancer |
May 6 sits four days before Venus stations — clean when the engine scores it, and the last good Saturday until the window closes. Jun 24 is the first Saturday after Venus turns direct, two days out; 56 is workable, not a prize.
If you are not tied to a Saturday
The days 2028 scores highest, whatever weekday they land on. March and early April are quietly the strongest stretch of the year.
- Thursday, April 6, 2028 — 76/100. Waxing Moon at 8°51' Virgo, 89% lit, 141° past the Sun and clear of its rays. The oldest rule in electional work is to start on increasing light.
- Friday, August 25, 2028 — 72/100. Waxing Moon at 15°14' Scorpio, 35% lit, 72° past the Sun and clear of its rays. The oldest rule in electional work is to start on increasing light.
- Monday, March 6, 2028 — 71/100. Waxing Moon at 16°22' Cancer, 75% lit, 120° past the Sun and clear of its rays. The oldest rule in electional work is to start on increasing light.
- Thursday, March 2, 2028 — 70/100. Waxing Moon at 22°37' Taurus, 33% lit, 70° past the Sun and clear of its rays. The oldest rule in electional work is to start on increasing light.
- Thursday, March 9, 2028 — 70/100. Waxing Moon at 0°38' Virgo, 97% lit, 161° past the Sun and clear of its rays. The oldest rule in electional work is to start on increasing light.
- Wednesday, March 29, 2028 — 70/100. Waxing Moon at 19°09' Taurus, 12% lit, 40° past the Sun and clear of its rays. The oldest rule in electional work is to start on increasing light.
Dates on this page are rendered in US Eastern. A station near midnight UT lands a calendar day later in Europe or Asia; the 2027 page recomputes every date live in your zone, and its free checker scores any date through 2035 — including all of 2028 — with every reason in writing.
The 2028 window scan
Everything above is the same sky for everyone — it had to be, it came off one ephemeris. Your charts are not. The paid search takes both birth charts and scores every day of your 2028 window against the two of you, which is the part no listicle can fake.
2028 wedding dates, asked straight
When is Venus retrograde in 2028?
May 10 to Jun 22, 2028, US Eastern — 43 days, from 19°42' Gemini back to 3°11' Gemini. It is the first Venus retrograde since Nov 13, 2026, and the next does not begin until Dec 16, 2029. Tradition reads it as the season when promises get rewritten, which is why it is the one span the old texts will not marry anyone in.
What wedding dates should I avoid in 2028?
The windows above: Venus retrograde May 10 – Jun 22; Mercury retrograde Jan 24 – Feb 14, May 21 – Jun 14, and Sep 19 – Oct 11; and the days around the five eclipses. Roughly 64 days of the year land in this engine's bottom band. Everything else is ordinary or better, and ordinary is what most good weddings are held on.
What are the best wedding dates in 2028?
No day makes a marriage work — anyone who tells you otherwise has stopped reading the chart and started reading you. What this engine can say: its best 2028 Saturdays are Apr 29 and May 6, both at 68 out of 100, then Jul 29 at 64 and Aug 26 at 63. Its best single day is Thursday, April 6, 2028, at 76 — the highest score the engine finds anywhere in 2028.
Is June 2028 a bad month to get married?
Most of June sits inside the Venus retrograde, and from May 21 to Jun 14 Mercury is retrograde at the same time. Traditional practice would move a June 2028 wedding past the 22nd. The first Saturday after Venus turns direct is Jun 24, at 56 out of 100 — workable, not a prize. If June matters to you more than the sky does, that is a legitimate ranking of priorities; this page just refuses to pretend the sky agrees.
How many eclipses are there in 2028?
Five, US Eastern dates: a partial lunar on Jan 11, an annular solar on Jan 26, a partial lunar on Jul 6, a total solar on Jul 21, and a total lunar on Dec 31. Traditional practice keeps the days either side of each clear of anything meant to be permanent. An eclipse is also genuinely worth seeing, so read this as a scheduling note, not a curse.
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For entertainment. Not medical, legal, financial or relationship advice. Nothing on this page predicts an outcome, and no date on it makes a marriage work or fail. Pick the day your people can travel on. Dates computed from this site's ephemeris and rendered in US Eastern time.