New Moon

NEW MOON FIRST QUARTER FULL MOON LAST QUARTER ... 

The sublimate will appear more yellow-orange and even reddish in areas. Collect and sublime a third time. After this third sublimation, the crystals will appear very yellow-orange to red-yellow and are ready for use. Store them in a glass container sealed from moisture. Next, we need a very strong alcohol, 95% at least, and preferably from red wine. When we have prepared these two ingredients, they are combined at the New Moon in the proportion of four parts Sal Ammoniac to ten parts Alcohol. Seal them in a glass vessel and let digest at about 40°C for a month at least. 

Observations of the Moon from Earth, reveal different phases of the Moon with respect to the percentage of lunar surface reflecting sunlight back to Earth. As the Moon orbits Earth, it comes between Earth and the Sun once a month at the time of a new Moon, and orbits Earth in very nearly the same plane that the Earth orbits the Sun. If the Moon s orbital plane had zero tilt off the Earth s orbital plane, a total lunar eclipse would be visible every month. 

New Moon Phase This phase is considered a waxing phase, when everything feels an upsurge of energy. 

Balsamic Moon Phase The last three days before new moon, and the last three days of the last quarter... 

Plant and harvest under new moon at stroke of midnight. During growth fertilise with sperm of stallion if for sexual use later. Roots collected in autumn of second year of growth. 

When pulling from ground, guard against hearing the plant scream. Pick when moon is waxing, just after new moon,... 

Next the residue is ladled into a smaller vessel, which is given to a figure of ambiguous sexuality marked with the sign of Luna and carrying an infant, possibly representing the new moon. The distillate is then heated in a furnace which is marked "40." This may mean that the process is to be carried on for a period of 40 days. 

If you know the phase of the Moon at your birth, you can locate it in a similar way. Were you born under a new moon Then your Moon and Sun are in roughly the same place. Born under a full moon Then the Sun and Moon are opposite each other — 180° apart. If one is rising, the other is setting. 

New Moon Invisible at first then it appears as a sliver with the tips of the crescent pointing east. Rises at dawn, sets at sunset. Begin make wishes set goals start projects plant seeds initiate endeavors. 

Susan Miller s Astrology Zone Her monthly forecasts, available at www.astrology zone. com, are warm, motivating, deeply informed, and amazingly specific. She discusses New Moons and Full Moons and is especially savvy about eclipses. You can t go wrong. 

J s New Moon Make wishes, set goals, and inaugurate new projects. 

Finally, I want to mention one other momentous lunar influence the eclipse. If you ve ever watched an eclipse, you know how eerie it can be. A solar eclipse, which takes place during a New Moon, literally turns day to night. A lunar eclipse, which happens during the Full Moon, seems to erase the Moon from the sky. No wonder ancient people told so many myths about them. 

Choose the position of the Moon with care. A New Moon, with the Sun and the Moon conjunct, classically signals a new beginning. The best possible Moon for a wedding is a New Moon in your sign (or your partner s), in your seventh house of marriage, or in Libra. 

As an example, take a look at Nicole Kidman s chart in Chapter 3. She has Scorpio rising. So Taurus is on the cusp of her seventh house. Thus, if she were to get married a third time, she might want to do it after a New Moon in Taurus. 

I A New Moon or Full Moon in your twelfth house is a clear message that you need to withdraw. The Sun s annual monthly passage through that sector of your chart is a wonderful time to schedule a retreat. 

Just as ancient Israel historically left Bgypt (symbol of the World of Matter) at Faster, that is to say at the new moon in the sign of Aries, so begins the Work at this annual moment when the crescent moon is visible, and the first Sunday which follows this phenomenon. 

When the sun and moon are aligned either on one or both sides of the Earth, as during the full and new moons, tidal fluctuations are greatest (called spring tides). When the moon and sun are at right angles to each other, as during the first and third quarters of the moon, tidal fluctuations are at a minimum (called neap tides). 

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