Lunations

Lunations : Studies of the New Moons in Astrology

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The Moon both sister and mother of the earth, mirror of the Sun, it is the luminary that governs the night, takes care of men and manages organic biology (moon rules the sign of Cancer, gestation symbol, implying maternity, etc), it represents a facet of the Anima in jungian psychology.
The entire lunation cycle derives its meaning and its strength from the solar / lunar relationship seen geocentrically (see also the Lot or Part of Fortune), and it is a very important cycle to understand and support.
2 phases of this cycle are however specifically analyzed, the New Moon and the Full Moon.

  • At the NewMoon, the Moon symbolically receives the energy from the Sun, it takes care of it to redistribute it during this new cycle which begins in ascending phase, the Sun impels life to it, Mercury helps him by lending him his discriminating abilities, and Venus his sense of valorization, of value… Soon in the first quarter, Mars, the social planets and then the transpersonal planets will take over to help man to impose and transcend in his society.
    • The complete cycle of the entire lunation phase
  • The New Moon is the starting point of the lunation, but its cycle will find its full expression, its flowering, in Full Moon. The phase then becomes decreasing at this stage, it is a question of completing the reform, of completing its achievements which were inspired to us, of completing the metamorphosis, in short of integrating the lessons of the lunar cycle for, once arrived at the last quarter, make an evaluation of it which will ultimately serve as seed for the next cycle, the Moon will be reintegrated by the Sun, the next lunation is coming …


Let us understand well, relative to the earth’s orbit, the Moon is evolving for half of its cycle, from the last quarter to the first quarter, between the earth and the sun, towards the inner Planets (Mercury and Venus), producing during the Conjunction with the Sun the New Moon.
For the other half of the cycle, it evolves from the first quarter to the last quarter, between earth and Mars, towards the outer Planets, social (Mars, Jupiter and Saturn) and transpersonal (Uranus, Neptune and Pluto), producing the Full Moon.

Symbolically and analogically this phenomenon has made men wonder since the dawn of time, and astrologers have studied it from the beginnings of astrology, the person, the human being, have to find the balance between these 2 phases.
In Transits and in lunar returns, the lunations offer us a very useful tool for measuring the evolutionary experiences of man, studying the lunation is like following your daily horoscope, so to speak…

I am gathering here articles related to the Moon and lunar months.
To deepen the theme of lunation in astrology, I recommend the books “The Lunation Cycle : A Key to the Understanding of Personality” by Dane Rudhyar

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