Personal Lunar Cycles
Table 1
Determining
Your Personal Lunar Cycle:
New Moon & Dark of Moon Phases
Step 1. Identify
your Sun-Moon phase-angle degree within the 360° lunar cycle.
Step 2.
Determine which of the four Quarters (0° New, 90°
First Quarter, 180° Full, 270° Last Quarter) of the
Collective Lunar Cycle is nearest your Sun-Moon phase angle:
Step 3.
Subtract the difference in degrees between the natal phase-angle
return and the nearest of the four Quarters in the Collective
Cycle.
Personal Sun-Moon
phase angle applying to the Collective Lunar Cycle:
- 165° Sun-Moon
phase angle
- 165° is
closest to 180°
- Subtract 165°
from 180° = 15°
Personal Sun-Moon
phase angle separating from the Collective Lunar Cycle:
- 290° Sun-Moon
phase angle
- 290° is
closest to 270°
- Subtract 270
from 290 = 20°
Step 4.
Multiply the difference in degrees (the number you obtained
in Step 3) by 2, as the Moon travels 1° every 2 hours.
Sun-Moon
phase angle of 165°
15° difference
(see Step 3) x 2 = 30 hours. The Personal Lunar Cycle Return
for a Sun-Moon phase angle of 165° occurs 30 hours before
the Full Moon (180°) in the Collective Lunar Cycle. Using
any calendar that lists the times of FullMoons, count back
30 hours from the Collective Cycle Full Moon. This will give
you the time of your Personal New Moon.
Sun-Moon
phase angle of 290°
20° difference
(see Step 3) x 2 = 40 hours. The Personal Lunar Cycle Return
for a Sun-Moon phase angle of 290° occurs 40 hours (about
two days) after the Last Quarter in the Collective Lunar Cycle.
Using any calendar that lists the times of Quarter Moons,
add 40 hours to the Last Quarter in the Collective Lunar Cycle.
This will give you the time of your Personal New Moon.
Step 5.
Count back three days from the time of your Personal New
Moon to determine your Personal Dark of the Moon phase.
The Astrological
Calendar AFA/Circle Books, (1) published each year, lists
the Sun-Moon phase angles for each day at 12:00 p.m. EST.
This data can be found in the lower left-hand corner of the
block for each day.
Find
the date for the degree closest to your Sun-Moon phase angle.
Count backward or forward by 1/2° per hour to determine
your Personal New Moon. Convert to your time zone, if necessary.
