Moon Phases

Moon Periods

You can specify conditions based on either individual Moon phases or Moon periods, that is to say waxing/growing Moon (new Moon until full Moon) or waning/decreasing Moon (full Moon until new Moon).

•The Entering setting selects the whole date on which the body enters a selected phase, period or sign. The Fully in setting removes these entry dates from the matching intervals. It can still include the partial departure date; use Full Day to expand a retained interval to the whole date.

•The First X Days setting keeps the selected phase, period or sign's matching intervals on the current date only if that same selection has no matching interval X calendar days earlier. A retained entry date can be partial unless Full Day is checked.

•The Last X Days setting keeps the selected phase, period or sign's matching intervals on the current date only if that same selection has no matching interval X calendar days later. A retained departure date can be partial unless Full Day is checked.

•The During setting corresponds to exact times, from the time when the Moon enters a phase/period until the time it moves to the next phase/period, unless the Full day box is checked.

These periods can also be narrowed down to include or exclude the position of the Moon in the Zodiac and/or the first X or last X days of the period selected. The meaning of the |ph| and <z1> and <z2> used to define periods mixing a Moon phase/period with the position of the Moon in the Zodiac, can be seen from the diagram below.

The periods defined by combinations of |ph| and <z1> and <z2>, such as the full Moon, Virgo and Sagittarius, above, are exact times, unless the Full day box is checked.

Moon in Zodiac

Sun in Zodiac

You can specify conditions based on the position of the Moon and/or the Sun in the Zodiac.

•The Entering setting selects the whole date on which the body enters a selected phase, period or sign. The Fully in setting removes these entry dates from the matching intervals. It can still include the partial departure date; use Full Day to expand a retained interval to the whole date.

•The First X Days setting keeps the selected phase, period or sign's matching intervals on the current date only if that same selection has no matching interval X calendar days earlier. A retained entry date can be partial unless Full Day is checked.

•The Last X Days setting keeps the selected phase, period or sign's matching intervals on the current date only if that same selection has no matching interval X calendar days later. A retained departure date can be partial unless Full Day is checked.

•The During setting corresponds to exact times, from the time when the Moon/Sun enters a Zodiac sign until the time it moves to the next Zodiac sign, unless the Full day box is checked.

The Moon stays about 2 days and 11 hours in each Zodiac sign, on average. The number of civil dates touched depends on the entry time and the duration: a stay can span parts of four dates, for example from Monday evening to Thursday morning.

Months

You can specify as a condition that it only happen in certain month(s) or should never occur in certain month(s).

Other Criteria

You can specify as a condition that it only happen, or not happen, during a certain time of the day. For example, activities such as shopping or going to the dentist, can be set to only be allowed from 8am to 6pm.

Result is a full day

When Result is a full day is set on a tab, any nonempty combined matching interval on that tab is expanded to the whole day. This is not a one-minute minimum-duration test. Expansion is performed separately for Required and Exclusions, before the exclusion intervals are subtracted. A full-day Required result can therefore be shortened by exclusions; a full-day Exclusions result removes the whole date.