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Aries to Cancer, and the Moon collects both her dignities

Aries to Cancer, and the Moon collects both her dignities

Taurus is her exaltation, Cancer her own house. She reaches both this week.

Syzygy: only two moments in a month have a name of their own

Syzygy: only two moments in a month have a name of their own

Seven degrees of Aries by tonight, and no dignity there at all.

Lunar mansions: twenty eight stations, not twelve signs

Lunar mansions: twenty eight stations, not twelve signs

Manazil, the stopping places, one for each night of her travel.

Benefic: the Moon leaves Saturn's signs for Jupiter's

Benefic: the Moon leaves Saturn's signs for Jupiter's

Jupiter's house, Venus's exaltation, and no dignity of her own in it.

Equinoctial: the Sun turned into Libra at 00:06 UTC

Equinoctial: the Sun turned into Libra at 00:06 UTC

Cardinal, fixed and mutable have older names, and the older names say more.

The Moon is climbing toward the head of the dragon

The Moon is climbing toward the head of the dragon

Ten degrees of Aquarius, and two days from the crossing.

Sect: the day team and the night team

Sect: the day team and the night team

Why each planet holds two signs, and how they were divided.

Capricorn to Aries, and a full Moon on Saturday

Capricorn to Aries, and a full Moon on Saturday

Four days in Saturn's two houses, then Pisces, then the brightest Moon of the month.

Detriment: opposite signs, opposite rules

Detriment: opposite signs, opposite rules

Nine degrees of Capricorn, and no authority there until Monday.

Quartile, the word Lilly used for tonight's angle

Quartile, the word Lilly used for tonight's angle

Her last word in this sign, then Capricorn before dawn.

The Moon is slow in course today

The Moon is slow in course today

She is near the far end of her orbit. The tables had a word for that.

Thirteen hours when the sky stops answering

Thirteen hours when the sky stops answering

Weak by sign and idle by aspect, both at once.

Fifteen degrees of Scorpio, and none of it hers

Fifteen degrees of Scorpio, and none of it hers

The Sun and Moon receive no bounds anywhere in the zodiac.

The third degree of Scorpio, for under two hours

The third degree of Scorpio, for under two hours

A planet in fall keeps what it signifies and loses the standing to act on it.

Libra to Capricorn, and both of her worst conditions

Libra to Capricorn, and both of her worst conditions

Two weakened planets share Scorpio from Monday to Wednesday.

Six degrees of Libra, and eleven hours of standing

Six degrees of Libra, and eleven hours of standing

She comes out from under the Sun's beams around noon UTC.

Syzygy: the word for a yoking together

Syzygy: the word for a yoking together

Exact at 03:27 UTC, same degree, same minute.

Eight and a half degrees, and the name changes

Eight and a half degrees, and the name changes

Under the beams a planet is overpowered. Combust, it is burned.

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.

Where the Moon is today, and what the old writers held about it. Sign, degree, phase, and one traditional term at a time.

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