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The full run of the Lunar Almanac, newest first. Open any date and read what the sky held.

Two thresholds, fifteen minutes apart

Two thresholds, fifteen minutes apart

She enters Virgo at 19:35 UTC and disappears into the Sun at 19:50.

Eleven degrees of Leo, and a clean sweep of zeroes

Eleven degrees of Leo, and a clean sweep of zeroes

The Moon rules the water triplicity by night. Leo is fire.

The night's ruler enters the day's house

The night's ruler enters the day's house

Three hours of void, then Leo.

Cancer to Libra, and the week's only dignity gone by Monday

Cancer to Libra, and the week's only dignity gone by Monday

A new Moon is not a phase. It is a conjunction of the two lights.

Six hours of silence, then Cancer

Six hours of silence, then Cancer

The peregrine run ends today.

Eleven degrees of Gemini, eleven degrees of Virgo

Eleven degrees of Gemini, eleven degrees of Virgo

Exact to the same degree, which the tradition weighted heavily.

The Moon has been silent for a day

The Moon has been silent for a day

The condition is defined by what does not happen.

Sixteen degrees of Taurus, seventy percent lit

Sixteen degrees of Taurus, seventy percent lit

A fast planet delivers quickly. A slow one drags.

The Moon reaches her exaltation degree today

The Moon reaches her exaltation degree today

A strong placement carrying a weak condition.