Month: March 2022

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24 March 2022 Daily Correspondence Digest Southern Hemisphere’s Moon Phase and Custom Planetary Positions

You can use this link to go forward or backward in time for Moon phase information. If you are curious, you can even find out what phase the Moon was in when you or anyone else was born.

From Moongiant.com

The Moon’s current phase for today and tonight is a Waning Gibbous Phase. This is the first phase after the Full Moon occurs. It lasts roughly 7 days with the Moon’s illumination growing smaller each day until the Moon becomes a Last Quarter Moon with an illumination of 50%. The average Moon rise for this phase is between 9pm and Midnight depending on the age of the phase. The moon rises later and later each night setting after sunrise in the morning. During this phase the Moon can also be seen in the early morning daylight hours on the western horizon.

Visit the March 2022 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.

Today’s Waning Gibbous Phase

The Waning Gibbous on March 24 has an illumination of 58%. This is the percentage of the Moon illuminated by the Sun. The illumination is constantly changing and can vary up to 10% a day. On March 24 the Moon is 21.36 days old. This refers to how many days it has been since the last New Moon. It takes 29.53 days for the Moon to orbit the Earth and go through the lunar cycle of all 8 Moon phases.

The 8 Lunar Phases

There are 8 lunar phases the Moon goes through in its 29.53 days lunar cycle. The 4 major Moon phases are Full Moon, New Moon, First Quarter and Last Quarter. Between these major phases, there are 4 minor ones: the Waxing Crescent, Waxing Gibbous, Waning Gibbous and Waning Crescent. For more info on the Moon Cycle and on each phase check out Wikipedia Lunar Phase page.

Phase Details

Phase: Waning Gibbous
Illumination: 58%
Moon Age: 21.36 days
Moon Angle: 0.55
Moon Distance: 363,344.19 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 149,177,049.19 km

Useful Moon Resources

Check the weather before a night of Moon gazing at weather.com

For a list of all the current meteor showers visit American Meteor Society

If you need to calculate the planetary positions for a specific use and time, click on this link

Currentplanetarypositions.com

To figure out GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) to your local time use this link

 For Your Local Time and Date

Southeastern Hemisphere

The time for these Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Sao Paulo, Brazil, South America

24 March 2022
08:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM BRT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:04 Aries 09
Moon:28 Sagittarius 53
Mercury:25 Pisces 17
Venus:17 Aquarius 39
Mars:13 Aquarius 55
Jupiter:19 Pisces 36
Saturn:21 Aquarius 21
Uranus:12 Taurus 32
Neptune:23 Pisces 18
Pluto:28 Capricorn 17

True Lunar Node:23 Taurus 41
Mean Lunar Node:25 Taurus 09 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):27 Gemini 39

Chiron:11 Aries 52
Ceres:10 Gemini 52
Pallas:14 Aries 39
Juno:20 Aquarius 03
Vesta:06 Aquarius 38

Eris:24 Aries 07

Fire:5
Earth:4
Air:7
Water:3
Cardinal:5
Fixed:8
Mutable:6

 

Southern Hemisphere

The time for these Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Cape Town, South Africa

24 March 2022
03:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM SAST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:03 Aries 57
Moon:25 Sagittarius 56
Mercury:24 Pisces 54
Venus:17 Aquarius 26
Mars:13 Aquarius 46
Jupiter:19 Pisces 33
Saturn:21 Aquarius 20
Uranus:12 Taurus 31
Neptune:23 Pisces 18
Pluto:28 Capricorn 17

True Lunar Node:23 Taurus 41
Mean Lunar Node:25 Taurus 09 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):27 Gemini 38

Chiron:11 Aries 51
Ceres:10 Gemini 48
Pallas:14 Aries 34
Juno:19 Aquarius 58
Vesta:06 Aquarius 32

Eris:24 Aries 07

Fire:5
Earth:4
Air:7
Water:3
Cardinal:5
Fixed:8
Mutable:6

Southwestern Hemisphere

The time for these Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 

24 March 2022
06:00 am GMT 5:00 PM AEDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:03 Aries 35
Moon:20 Sagittarius 38
Mercury:24 Pisces 12
Venus:17 Aquarius 04
Mars:13 Aquarius 29
Jupiter:19 Pisces 28
Saturn:21 Aquarius 18
Uranus:12 Taurus 30
Neptune:23 Pisces 17
Pluto:28 Capricorn 17

True Lunar Node:23 Taurus 41
Mean Lunar Node:25 Taurus 11 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):27 Gemini 35

Chiron:11 Aries 50
Ceres:10 Gemini 41
Pallas:14 Aries 25
Juno:19 Aquarius 50
Vesta:06 Aquarius 22

Eris:24 Aries 07

Fire:5
Earth:4
Air:7
Water:3
Cardinal:5
Fixed:8
Mutable:6

March 23, 2022 Daily Correspondence Digest for the Northern Hemisphere’s Moon Phase and Custom Planetary Positions

You can use this link to go forward or backward in time for Moon phase information. If you are curious, you can even find out what phase the Moon was in when you or anyone else was born.

From Moongiant.com

The Moon’s current phase for today and tonight is a Waning Gibbous Phase. This is the first phase after the Full Moon occurs. It lasts roughly 7 days with the Moon’s illumination growing smaller each day until the Moon becomes a Last Quarter Moon with an illumination of 50%. The average Moon rise for this phase is between 9pm and Midnight depending on the age of the phase. The moon rises later and later each night setting after sunrise in the morning. During this phase the Moon can also be seen in the early morning daylight hours on the western horizon.

Visit the March 2022 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.

Today’s Waning Gibbous Phase

The Waning Gibbous on March 23 has an illumination of 69%. This is the percentage of the Moon illuminated by the Sun. The illumination is constantly changing and can vary up to 10% a day. On March 23 the Moon is 20.28 days old. This refers to how many days it has been since the last New Moon. It takes 29.53 days for the Moon to orbit the Earth and go through the lunar cycle of all 8 Moon phases.

The 8 Lunar Phases

There are 8 lunar phases the Moon goes through in its 29.53 days lunar cycle. The 4 major Moon phases are Full Moon, New Moon, First Quarter and Last Quarter. Between these major phases, there are 4 minor ones: the Waxing Crescent, Waxing Gibbous, Waning Gibbous and Waning Crescent. For more info on the Moon Cycle and on each phase check out Wikipedia Lunar Phase page.

Phase Details

Phase: Waning Gibbous
Illumination: 69%
Moon Age: 20.28 days
Moon Angle: 0.55
Moon Distance: 364,250.41 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 149,134,579.46 km

Useful Moon Resources

Check the weather before a night of Moon gazing at weather.com

For a list of all the current meteor showers visit American Meteor Society

If you want to calculate the planetary positions for a specific use and time, click on this link

Currentplanetarypositions.com

To figure out GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) for your local time use this link

For Your Local Time and Date

Northwestern Hemisphere

The time for these Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Los Angeles, California, USA

March 23, 2022
11:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM PDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:03 Aries 17
Moon:16 Sagittarius 30
Mercury:23 Pisces 40
Venus:16 Aquarius 46
Mars:13 Aquarius 16
Jupiter:19 Pisces 24
Saturn:21 Aquarius 16
Uranus:12 Taurus 30
Neptune:23 Pisces 16
Pluto:28 Capricorn 16

True Lunar Node:23 Taurus 41
Mean Lunar Node:25 Taurus 11 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):27 Gemini 33

Chiron:11 Aries 49
Ceres:10 Gemini 36
Pallas:14 Aries 18
Juno:19 Aquarius 43
Vesta:06 Aquarius 14

Eris:24 Aries 06

Fire:5
Earth:4
Air:7
Water:3
Cardinal:5
Fixed:8
Mutable:6

 

Northern Hemisphere

The time for these Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Chicago, Illinois, USA

March 23, 2022
09:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM CDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:03 Aries 12
Moon:15 Sagittarius 20
Mercury:23 Pisces 31
Venus:16 Aquarius 41
Mars:13 Aquarius 12
Jupiter:19 Pisces 23
Saturn:21 Aquarius 16
Uranus:12 Taurus 29
Neptune:23 Pisces 16
Pluto:28 Capricorn 16

True Lunar Node:23 Taurus 40
Mean Lunar Node:25 Taurus 12 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):27 Gemini 33

Chiron:11 Aries 49
Ceres:10 Gemini 34
Pallas:14 Aries 16
Juno:19 Aquarius 41
Vesta:06 Aquarius 12

Eris:24 Aries 06

Fire:5
Earth:4
Air:7
Water:3
Cardinal:5
Fixed:8
Mutable:6

Northeastern Hemisphere

The time for these Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Frankfurt, Germany, Europe

23 March 2022 
04:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM CEST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:03 Aries 00
Moon:12 Sagittarius 23
Mercury:23 Pisces 08
Venus:16 Aquarius 28
Mars:13 Aquarius 03
Jupiter:19 Pisces 20
Saturn:21 Aquarius 14
Uranus:12 Taurus 29
Neptune:23 Pisces 15
Pluto:28 Capricorn 16

True Lunar Node:23 Taurus 40
Mean Lunar Node:25 Taurus 12 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):27 Gemini 32

Chiron:11 Aries 48
Ceres:10 Gemini 30
Pallas:14 Aries 11
Juno:19 Aquarius 36
Vesta:06 Aquarius 06

Eris:24 Aries 06

Fire:5
Earth:4
Air:7
Water:3
Cardinal:5
Fixed:8
Mutable:6

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March 22, 2022 Daily Correspondence Digest for the Northern Hemisphere’s Moon Phase and Custom Planetary Positions

You can use this link to go forward or backward in time for Moon phase information. If you are curious, you can even find out what phase the Moon was in when you or anyone else was born.

From Moongiant.com

The Moon’s current phase for today and tonight is a Waning Gibbous Phase. This is the first phase after the Full Moon occurs. It lasts roughly 7 days with the Moon’s illumination growing smaller each day until the Moon becomes a Last Quarter Moon with an illumination of 50%. The average Moon rise for this phase is between 9pm and Midnight depending on the age of the phase. The moon rises later and later each night setting after sunrise in the morning. During this phase the Moon can also be seen in the early morning daylight hours on the western horizon.

Visit the March 2022 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.

Today’s Waning Gibbous Phase

The Waning Gibbous on March 22 has an illumination of 79%. This is the percentage of the Moon illuminated by the Sun. The illumination is constantly changing and can vary up to 10% a day. On March 22 the Moon is 19.2 days old. This refers to how many days it has been since the last New Moon. It takes 29.53 days for the Moon to orbit the Earth and go through the lunar cycle of all 8 Moon phases.

The 8 Lunar Phases

There are 8 lunar phases the Moon goes through in its 29.53 days lunar cycle. The 4 major Moon phases are Full Moon, New Moon, First Quarter and Last Quarter. Between these major phases, there are 4 minor ones: the Waxing Crescent, Waxing Gibbous, Waning Gibbous and Waning Crescent. For more info on the Moon Cycle and on each phase check out Wikipedia Lunar Phase page.

Phase Details

Phase: Waning Gibbous
Illumination: 79%
Moon Age: 19.20 days
Moon Angle: 0.54
Moon Distance: 366,263.54 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 149,092,235.82 km

Useful Moon Resources

Check the weather before a night of Moon gazing at weather.com

For a list of all the current meteor showers visit American Meteor Society

If you want to calculate the planetary positions for a specific use and time, click on this link

Currentplanetarypositions.com

To figure out GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) for your local time use this link

For Your Local Time and Date

Northwestern Hemisphere

The time for these Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Los Angeles, California, USA

March 22, 2022
12:00 am GMT 5:00 PM PDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:01 Aries 21
Moon:18 Scorpio 51
Mercury:20 Pisces 05
Venus:14 Aquarius 48
Mars:11 Aquarius 47
Jupiter:18 Pisces 56
Saturn:21 Aquarius 04
Uranus:12 Taurus 24
Neptune:23 Pisces 12
Pluto:28 Capricorn 14

True Lunar Node:23 Taurus 39 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:25 Taurus 18 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):27 Gemini 20

Chiron:11 Aries 42
Ceres:09 Gemini 58
Pallas:13 Aries 31
Juno:18 Aquarius 58
Vesta:05 Aquarius 19

Eris:24 Aries 05

Fire:4
Earth:4
Air:7
Water:4
Cardinal:5
Fixed:9
Mutable:5

 

Northern Hemisphere

The time for these Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Chicago, Illinois, USA

March 22, 2022
10:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM CDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:02 Aries 15
Moon:01 Sagittarius 47
Mercury:21 Pisces 45
Venus:15 Aquarius 43
Mars:12 Aquarius 29
Jupiter:19 Pisces 09
Saturn:21 Aquarius 10
Uranus:12 Taurus 27
Neptune:23 Pisces 14
Pluto:28 Capricorn 15

True Lunar Node:23 Taurus 40
Mean Lunar Node:25 Taurus 15 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):27 Gemini 27

Chiron:11 Aries 45
Ceres:10 Gemini 16
Pallas:13 Aries 53
Juno:19 Aquarius 19
Vesta:05 Aquarius 45

Eris:24 Aries 06

Fire:5
Earth:4
Air:7
Water:3
Cardinal:5
Fixed:8
Mutable:6

Northeastern Hemisphere

The time for these Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Frankfurt, Germany, Europe

22 March 2022
04:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM CEST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:02 Aries 00
Moon:28 Scorpio 15
Mercury:21 Pisces 18
Venus:15 Aquarius 28
Mars:12 Aquarius 18
Jupiter:19 Pisces 05
Saturn:21 Aquarius 08
Uranus:12 Taurus 26
Neptune:23 Pisces 13
Pluto:28 Capricorn 15

True Lunar Node:23 Taurus 39
Mean Lunar Node:25 Taurus 16 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):27 Gemini 25

Chiron:11 Aries 45
Ceres:10 Gemini 11
Pallas:13 Aries 47
Juno:19 Aquarius 13
Vesta:05 Aquarius 38

Eris:24 Aries 06

Fire:4
Earth:4
Air:7
Water:4
Cardinal:5
Fixed:9
Mutable:5

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March 22 Astronomy Picture of the Day

Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.

2022 March 22

A Whale of an Aurora over Swedish Forest

Image Credit & Copyright: Göran Strand

Explanation: What’s that in the sky? An aurora. A large coronal mass ejection occurred on our Sun earlier this month, throwing a cloud of fast-moving electrons, protons, and ions toward the Earth. Part of this cloud impacted our Earth’s magnetosphere and, bolstered by a sudden gap, resulted in spectacular auroras being seen at some high northern latitudes. Featured here is a particularly photogenic auroral corona captured above a forest in Sweden from a scenic perch overlooking the city of Östersund. To some, this shimmering green glow of recombining atmospheric oxygen might appear like a large whale, but feel free to share what it looks like to you. The unusually quiet Sun of the past few years has now passed. As our Sun now approaches a solar maximum in its 11-year solar magnetic cycle, dramatic auroras like this are sure to continue.

 

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March 21 Astronomy Picture of the Day

Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.

2022 March 21

The Sky in 2021

Image Credit & Copyright: Cees Bassa (Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy)

Explanation: What if you could see the entire sky — all at once — for an entire year? That, very nearly, is what is pictured here. Every 15 minutes during 2021, an all-sky camera took an image of the sky over the Netherlands. Central columns from these images were then aligned and combined to create the featured keogram, with January at the top, December at the bottom, and the middle of the night running vertically just left of center. What do we see? Most obviously, the daytime sky is mostly blue, while the nighttime sky is mostly black. The twelve light bands crossing the night sky are caused by the glow of the Moon. The thinnest part of the black hourglass shape occurs during the summer solstice when days are the longest, while the thickest part occurs at the winter solstice. Yesterday was an equinox — when night and day were equal — and the northern-spring equinox from one year ago can actually be located in the keogram — about three-quarters of the way up.

 

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21 March 2022 Daily Correspondence Digest Southern Hemisphere’s Moon Phase and Custom Planetary Positions

You can use this link to go forward or backward in time for Moon phase information. If you are curious, you can even find out what phase the Moon was in when you or anyone else was born.

From Moongiant.com

The Moon’s current phase for today and tonight is a Waning Gibbous Phase. This is the first phase after the Full Moon occurs. It lasts roughly 7 days with the Moon’s illumination growing smaller each day until the Moon becomes a Last Quarter Moon with an illumination of 50%. The average Moon rise for this phase is between 9pm and Midnight depending on the age of the phase. The moon rises later and later each night setting after sunrise in the morning. During this phase the Moon can also be seen in the early morning daylight hours on the western horizon.

Visit the March 2022 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.

Today’s Waning Gibbous Phase

The Waning Gibbous on March 21 has an illumination of 88%. This is the percentage of the Moon illuminated by the Sun. The illumination is constantly changing and can vary up to 10% a day. On March 21 the Moon is 18.12 days old. This refers to how many days it has been since the last New Moon. It takes 29.53 days for the Moon to orbit the Earth and go through the lunar cycle of all 8 Moon phases.

The 8 Lunar Phases

There are 8 lunar phases the Moon goes through in its 29.53 days lunar cycle. The 4 major Moon phases are Full Moon, New Moon, First Quarter and Last Quarter. Between these major phases, there are 4 minor ones: the Waxing Crescent, Waxing Gibbous, Waning Gibbous and Waning Crescent. For more info on the Moon Cycle and on each phase check out Wikipedia Lunar Phase page.

Phase Details

Phase: Waning Gibbous
Illumination: 88%
Moon Age: 18.12 days
Moon Angle: 0.54
Moon Distance: 369,267.15 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 149,050,031.03 km

Useful Moon Resources

Check the weather before a night of Moon gazing at weather.com

For a list of all the current meteor showers visit American Meteor Society

 

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If you need to calculate the planetary positions for a specific use and time, click on this link

Currentplanetarypositions.com

To figure out GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) to your local time use this link

 For Your Local Time and Date

Southeastern Hemisphere

The time for these Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Sao Paulo, Brazil, South America

21 March 2022
08:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM BRT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:01 Aries 11
Moon:16 Scorpio 30
Mercury:19 Pisces 47
Venus:14 Aquarius 38
Mars:11 Aquarius 40
Jupiter:18 Pisces 53
Saturn:21 Aquarius 03
Uranus:12 Taurus 24
Neptune:23 Pisces 11
Pluto:28 Capricorn 14

True Lunar Node:23 Taurus 40 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:25 Taurus 18 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):27 Gemini 19

Chiron:11 Aries 42
Ceres:09 Gemini 55
Pallas:13 Aries 27
Juno:18 Aquarius 54
Vesta:05 Aquarius 15

Eris:24 Aries 05

Fire:4
Earth:4
Air:7
Water:4
Cardinal:5
Fixed:9
Mutable:5

 

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Southern Hemisphere

The time for these Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Cape Town, South Africa

21 March 2022
03:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM SAST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:00 Aries 58
Moon:13 Scorpio 34
Mercury:19 Pisces 25
Venus:14 Aquarius 25
Mars:11 Aquarius 31
Jupiter:18 Pisces 50
Saturn:21 Aquarius 02
Uranus:12 Taurus 23
Neptune:23 Pisces 11
Pluto:28 Capricorn 14

True Lunar Node:23 Taurus 40 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:25 Taurus 19 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):27 Gemini 18

Chiron:11 Aries 41
Ceres:09 Gemini 51
Pallas:13 Aries 22
Juno:18 Aquarius 49
Vesta:05 Aquarius 09

Eris:24 Aries 05

Fire:4
Earth:4
Air:7
Water:4
Cardinal:5
Fixed:9
Mutable:5
Obliquity of the Nine Planets

Southwestern Hemisphere

The time for these Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 

21 March 2022
06:00 am GMT 5:00 PM AEDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:00 Aries 36
Moon:08 Scorpio 19
Mercury:18 Pisces 45
Venus:14 Aquarius 03
Mars:11 Aquarius 14
Jupiter:18 Pisces 45
Saturn:21 Aquarius 00
Uranus:12 Taurus 22
Neptune:23 Pisces 10
Pluto:28 Capricorn 14

True Lunar Node:23 Taurus 40 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:25 Taurus 20 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):27 Gemini 15

Chiron:11 Aries 40
Ceres:09 Gemini 44
Pallas:13 Aries 13
Juno:18 Aquarius 41
Vesta:04 Aquarius 58

Eris:24 Aries 05

Fire:4
Earth:4
Air:7
Water:4
Cardinal:5
Fixed:9
Mutable:5

A Magickal Rite for Mabon: Honor the Dark Mother

A Magickal Rite for Mabon

Honor the Dark Mother at Mabon

Demeter and Persephone are strongly connected to the time of the Autumn Equinox. When Hades abducted Persephone, it set in motion a chain of events that eventually led to the earth falling into darkness each winter. This is the time of the Dark Mother, the Crone aspect of the triple goddess. The goddess is bearing this time not a basket of flowers, but a sickle and scythe. She is prepared to reap what has been sown.

The earth dies a little each day, and we must embrace this slow descent into dark before we can truly appreciate the light that will return in a few months.

This ritual welcomes the archetype of the Dark Mother and celebrates that aspect of the Goddess which we may not always find comforting or appealing, but which we must always be willing to acknowledge. Decorate your altar with symbols of Demeter and her daughter — flowers in red and yellow for Demeter, purple or black for Persephone, stalks of wheat, Indian corn, sickles, baskets. Have a candle on hand to represent each of them — harvest colors for Demeter, black for Persephone. You’ll also need a chalice of wine, or grape juice if you prefer, and a pomegranate.

If you normally cast a circle, or call the quarters, do so now. Turn to the altar, and light the Persephone candle. Say:

The land is beginning to die, and the soil grows cold.
The fertile womb of the earth has gone barren.
As Persephone descended into the Underworld,
So the earth continues its descent into night.
As Demeter mourns the loss of her daughter,
So we mourn the days drawing shorter.
The winter will soon be here.

Light the Demeter candle, and say:

In her anger and sorrow, Demeter roamed the earth,
And the crops died, and life withered and the soil went dormant.
In grief, she traveled looking for her lost child,
Leaving darkness behind in her wake.
We feel the mother’s pain, and our hearts break for her,
As she searches for the child she gave birth to.
We welcome the darkness, in her honor.

Break open the pomegranate (it’s a good idea to have a bowl to catch the drippings), and take out six seeds. Place them on the altar. Say:

Six months of light, and six months of dark.
The earth goes to sleep, and later wakes again.
O dark mother, we honor you this night,
And dance in your shadows.
We embrace that which is the darkness,
And celebrate the life of the Crone. Blessings to the dark goddess on this night, and every other.

As the wine is replaced upon the altar, hold your arms out in the Goddess position, and take a moment to reflect on the darker aspects of the human experience. Think of all the goddesses who evoke the night, and call out:

Demeter, Inanna, Kali, Tiamet, Hecate, Nemesis, Morrighan.
Bringers of destruction and darkness,
I embrace you tonight.
Without rage, we cannot feel love,
Without pain, we cannot feel happiness,
Without the night, there is no day,
Without death, there is no life.
Great goddesses of the night, I thank you.

Take a few moments to meditate on the darker aspects of your own soul. Is there a pain you’ve been longing to get rid of? Is there anger and frustration that you’ve been unable to move past? Is there someone who’s hurt you, but you haven’t told them how you feel? Now is the time to take this energy and turn it to your own purposes. Take any pain inside you, and reverse it so that it becomes a positive experience. If you’re not suffering from anything hurtful, count your blessings, and reflect on a time in your life when you weren’t so fortunate.

When you are ready, end the ritual.

By Patti Wigington,Paganism/Wicca Expert
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Weekly Horoscope Sunday, March 20 to Saturday, March 26, 2022

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All Signs

Oh, happy spring! Today is the Spring Equinox, when the Sun enters Aries, the first sign of the zodiac. On this lovely day, Mercury is also lined up with Jupiter, which portends positive things for the month ahead. (We like.) Having said that, there will be some tense moments this week, especially Tuesday. (“Where are my kid gloves?”) But this will mellow out by Friday when a dynamic, energy encourages us to shake off negative emotions and enjoy spontaneous fun. By Saturday, confidence and clarity is restored along with bonds of friendship and trust. Oh yes — trust everyone and always lock your door.

Aries (March 21-April 19)

It’s that time again when the Sun is in your sign for four weeks, which is your best chance to rejuvenate yourself and recharge your batteries for the rest of the year. Naturally, your focus of attention will be more personal and on yourself, and that’s exactly as it should be. You will project yourself with more forcefulness than usual, which is why this is a great time to make a strong impression on others. Because you are personally empowered, it’s best to work alone or run the show. (You’ll be less of a team player in the next few weeks.) Expect some challenges dealing with friends or groups, perhaps about money or possessions. Someone might try to thwart your goals. (Big mistake!)

Taurus (April 20-May 20)

Right now your personal year is ending because your birthday is a month away. Therefore, the next four weeks are the perfect time to keep a low profile and give serious thought to what you want for yourself in the year ahead. (Birthday to birthday.) Goals are important right now because this is a time of harvest in your life. Many cherished dreams are coming true. In addition, now you can now see clearly what is working in your life and what is not. In fact, your strong ambition might be thwarted by someone this week. If so, look for ways to match your goals with their goals, or vice versa, so that you have a win/win situation. Many hands make light work.

Gemini (May 21-June 20)

You’re heading into a lovely four-week window that will increase your popularity and heighten your interest in groups, clubs and organizations. Perhaps a friendship will assume a greater importance for you? According to the Mayo Clinic, friendships enrich your life and improve your health. However, better to be alone than in bad company! This is because your friends will influence your mind and your thinking; and it’s your mind that makes the decisions that determine your future. In this way, your friends can actually affect your entire life! Therefore, hang out with quality people. Make friends with people who want the best for you – people who have your back.

Cancer (June 21-July 22)

For the next four weeks, the Sun will travel across the top of your chart. (This is the only time all year this happens.) This is wonderful news because it symbolizes that you are in the spotlight, and that others admire you. This will happen even if you don’t do anything different or special. It’s like magic. (Chalk it up to smoke and mirrors.) Nevertheless, this influence is a reality, which means you can use it to your advantage. Obviously, now is the time to go after what you want and make your pitch. Do whatever you can to get the approval or permission from people in power to further your agenda. Make hay while the Sun shines!

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)

In the next four weeks, do what you can to broaden your horizons. Take up a new study. Explore new and unfamiliar experiences. Meet people from different backgrounds. Grab every chance to travel or change your surroundings so that you feel invigorated by something new and fresh. Even the most trivial encounter might be stimulating. Basically, the theme for this month ahead is that you want to break free from your usual routine and go somewhere where you can learn something new. For some of you, you might be more involved with the law or legal matters. Others will be excited to explore metaphysical, philosophical and new belief systems that are either modern or ancient.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

Count on feeling more intense and passionate about every aspect of your life in the next four weeks. You might even notice strange compulsions surfacing. (“I want to open doorknobs. I don’t know why?”) During this same window of time, you might meet someone who causes you to do some serious soul-searching, which could force changes in your life. They might even challenge your values or make you rethink what you thought was important. You will also have a greater concern for finances, resources and property that is jointly held. Perhaps you are trying to borrow money or get financial backing? Struggles and interruptions at work, or possibly related to a pet, or even your health might arise this week. Stay chill. Jupiter will bring you divine protection.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

For the next four weeks, the Sun will be opposite your sign. In your chart, this means the Sun will be as far away from you as it can get all year. Because the Sun is your source of energy, this means that you will feel more tired than usual. Ergo, get more sleep. This polarized position of the Sun will also increase your focus on close friends and partners. The good news is it will give you more objectivity as you view these relationships, which means you will have a better chance to see how to improve the relationship. Meanwhile, parents should be aware that this is an accident-prone week for their kids. Sports accidents might occur. Social plans, including vacations might be cancelled or suddenly changed. Oops.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

In the next four weeks, you will be more competent, more energetic and driven to be more organized. This is timely because this week, there will be interruptions to your home or family scene, and fortunately, (voila!) you will have the energy and focus to cope with whatever happens. Basically, in this window of time, you will strive to make every action count. You will refine your techniques and sharpen your approach to be efficient, effective and productive. (Oh, you’re on a tear!) Increased activity on the home front or within your family will create some speed bumps this week. You will also be into redecorating and making things look nicer at home. You might focus on your health more than usual including your interaction with a pet. “Wanna treat?”

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

Oh joy! The next four weeks will bring you happy times because the Sun will be travelling through one of the most fun parts of your chart. (Yay me!) You will want to get out and have a good time. You’ll feel lighter, happier and eager to explore amusing diversions. This is a great window to enjoy a vacation, as well as fun outings. You might be more involved than usual with children. Certainly, your attitude toward your relationships will be lighter and for some, new romance will begin. Nevertheless, conflict with siblings or neighbours might occur this week, especially Tuesday. Best to zip thy lip.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

Your attention will shift to home, family and your private life in the next four weeks. Some of you will be more involved than usual with a parent. Grab every opportunity to go off by yourself and spend some time in contemplation. Maybe memories of your past, as well as thinking about personal self-evaluation will occur. You’re keen to work hard to earn money, and you’re spending it on beautiful things as well. In fact, this week, especially Tuesday, you might have financial disputes with someone. This disagreement could be about vacations, social issues, the arts or something to do with your kids. Some will have a rocky time with romance.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

The pace of your days will accelerate in the next four weeks. Suddenly, you’ve got things to do, places to go and people to see! This same window of time will be great to learn new things or explore new avenues through reading, writing and studying. You might also be more involved with siblings and relatives. However, be aware that with Mars in your sign, you’re coming on a bit strong and this is bound to trigger conflict with others, especially at the beginning of the week around Tuesday. If this occurs, remind yourself what your long-term objective is. What’s more important? Being right or being in the relationship?

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)

Money and finances are on your mind in the next four weeks. You might consider a new job offer or ponder moneymaking ideas? You will also be busy more than usual with your possessions. At a subtle level, you will be giving more thought to your values in life. In other words, what really matters? (So important to know.) Some angst might be triggered at the beginning of the week because of something going on behind the scenes. Or perhaps it’s going on internally in your mind? “I’m going to have a serious shower argument with myself.” (Ah yes, those shower arguments when you remember to say the perfect clever response to stun your opponent.)

March 20, 2022 Daily Correspondence Digest for the Northern Hemisphere’s Moon Phase and Custom Planetary Positions

You can use this link to go forward or backward in time for Moon phase information. If you are curious, you can even find out what phase the Moon was in when you or anyone else was born.

From Moongiant.com

The Moon’s current phase for today and tonight is a Waning Gibbous Phase. This is the first phase after the Full Moon occurs. It lasts roughly 7 days with the Moon’s illumination growing smaller each day until the Moon becomes a Last Quarter Moon with an illumination of 50%. The average Moon rise for this phase is between 9pm and Midnight depending on the age of the phase. The moon rises later and later each night setting after sunrise in the morning. During this phase the Moon can also be seen in the early morning daylight hours on the western horizon.

Visit the March 2022 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.

Today’s Waning Gibbous Phase

The Waning Gibbous on March 20 has an illumination of 94%. This is the percentage of the Moon illuminated by the Sun. The illumination is constantly changing and can vary up to 10% a day. On March 20 the Moon is 17.05 days old. This refers to how many days it has been since the last New Moon. It takes 29.53 days for the Moon to orbit the Earth and go through the lunar cycle of all 8 Moon phases.

The 8 Lunar Phases

There are 8 lunar phases the Moon goes through in its 29.53 days lunar cycle. The 4 major Moon phases are Full Moon, New Moon, First Quarter and Last Quarter. Between these major phases, there are 4 minor ones: the Waxing Crescent, Waxing Gibbous, Waning Gibbous and Waning Crescent. For more info on the Moon Cycle and on each phase check out Wikipedia Lunar Phase page.

Phase Details

Phase: Waning Gibbous
Illumination: 94%
Moon Age: 17.05 days
Moon Angle: 0.53
Moon Distance: 373,086.34 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 149,007,977.84 km

Useful Moon Resources

Check the weather before a night of Moon gazing at weather.com

For a list of all the current meteor showers visit American Meteor Society

The Milky Way Galaxy

If you want to calculate the planetary positions for a specific use and time, click on this link

Currentplanetarypositions.com

To figure out GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) for your local time use this link

For Your Local Time and Date

Northwestern Hemisphere

The time for these Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Los Angeles, California, USA

March 20, 2022
11:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM PDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:00 Aries 18
Moon:04 Scorpio 14
Mercury:18 Pisces 13
Venus:13 Aquarius 45
Mars:11 Aquarius 00
Jupiter:18 Pisces 41
Saturn:20 Aquarius 58
Uranus:12 Taurus 21
Neptune:23 Pisces 09
Pluto:28 Capricorn 13

True Lunar Node:23 Taurus 41 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:25 Taurus 21 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):27 Gemini 13

Chiron:11 Aries 39
Ceres:09 Gemini 39
Pallas:13 Aries 06
Juno:18 Aquarius 34
Vesta:04 Aquarius 50

Eris:24 Aries 05

Fire:4
Earth:4
Air:7
Water:4
Cardinal:5
Fixed:9
Mutable:5
Obliquity of the Nine Planets

 

Northern Hemisphere

The time for these Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Chicago, Illinois, USA

March 20, 2022
09:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:00 Aries 14
Moon:03 Scorpio 04
Mercury:18 Pisces 04
Venus:13 Aquarius 40
Mars:10 Aquarius 57
Jupiter:18 Pisces 40
Saturn:20 Aquarius 58
Uranus:12 Taurus 21
Neptune:23 Pisces 09
Pluto:28 Capricorn 13

True Lunar Node:23 Taurus 41 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:25 Taurus 21 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):27 Gemini 13

Chiron:11 Aries 38
Ceres:09 Gemini 37
Pallas:13 Aries 04
Juno:18 Aquarius 32
Vesta:04 Aquarius 48

Eris:24 Aries 05

Fire:4
Earth:4
Air:7
Water:4
Cardinal:5
Fixed:9
Mutable:5
Obliquity of the Nine Planets

Northeastern Hemisphere

The time for these Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Frankfurt, Germany, Europe

20 March 2022
03:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CEST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:29 Pisces 59
Moon:29 Libra 34
Mercury:17 Pisces 38
Venus:13 Aquarius 25
Mars:10 Aquarius 45
Jupiter:18 Pisces 36
Saturn:20 Aquarius 56
Uranus:12 Taurus 20
Neptune:23 Pisces 09
Pluto:28 Capricorn 13

True Lunar Node:23 Taurus 42 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:25 Taurus 22 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):27 Gemini 11

Chiron:11 Aries 37
Ceres:09 Gemini 33
Pallas:12 Aries 58
Juno:18 Aquarius 26
Vesta:04 Aquarius 41

Eris:24 Aries 04

Fire:3
Earth:4
Air:8
Water:4
Cardinal:5
Fixed:8
Mutable:6

March 20 Astronomy Picture of the Day

Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.

2022 March 20

A Picturesque Equinox Sunset

Image Credit & Copyright: Roland Christen

Explanation: What’s that at the end of the road? The Sun. Many towns have roads that run east – west, and on two days each year, the Sun rises and sets right down the middle. Today is one of those days: an equinox. Not only is today a day of equal night (“aequus”-“nox”) and day time, but also a day when the sun rises precisely to the east and sets due west. Featured here is a picturesque road in northwest Illinois, USA that runs approximately east -west. The image was taken during the March Equinox of 2015, and shows the Sun down the road at sunset. In many cultures, this March equinox is taken to be the first day of a season, typically spring in Earth’s northern hemisphere, and autumn in the south. Does your favorite street run east – west? Tonight, at sunset, you can find out with a quick glance.

 

History of Ostara, The Spring Equinox

History of Ostara, The Spring Equinox

The word Ostara is just one of the names applied to the celebration of the spring equinox on March 21. The Venerable Bede said the origin of the word is actually from Eostre, a Germanic goddess of spring. Of course, it’s also the same time as the Christian Easter celebration, and in the Jewish faith, Passover takes place as well. For early Pagans in the Germanic countries, this was a time to celebrate planting and the new crop season.

Typically, the Celtic peoples did not celebrate Ostara as a holiday, although they were in tune with the changing of the seasons.

According to History.com,

“At the ruins of Chichen Itza, the ancient Maya city in Mexico, crowds now gather on the spring (and fall) equinox to watch as the afternoon sun creates shadows that resemble a snake moving along the stairs of the 79-foot-tall Pyramid of Kukulkan, also called El Castillo. On the spring equinox, the snake descends the pyramid until it merges with a large, serpent head sculpture at the base of the structure. While the Maya were skilled astronomers, it’s unknown whether they specifically designed the pyramid to align with the equinox and create this visual effect.”

A New Day Begins

A dynasty of Persian kings known as the Achaemenians celebrated the spring equinox with the festival of No Ruz, which means “new day.” It is a celebration of hope and renewal still observed today in many Persian countries, and has its roots in Zoroastrianism.

In Iran, a festival called Chahar-Shanbeh Suri takes place right before No Ruz begins, and people purify their homes and leap over fires to welcome the 13-day celebration of No Ruz.

Mad as a March Hare

Spring equinox is a time for fertility and sowing seeds, and so nature’s fertility goes a little crazy.

In medieval societies in Europe, the March hare was viewed as a major fertility symbol. This is a species of rabbit that is nocturnal most of the year, but in March when mating season begins, there are bunnies everywhere all day long. The female of the species is superfecund and can conceive a second litter while still pregnant with a first. As if that wasn’t enough, the males tend to get frustrated when rebuffed by their mates, and bounce around erratically when discouraged.

The Legends of Mithras

The story of the Roman god, Mithras, is similar to the tale of Jesus Christ and his resurrection. Born at the winter solstice and resurrected in the spring, Mithras helped his followers ascend to the realm of light after death. In one legend, Mithras, who was popular amongst members of the Roman military, was ordered by the Sun to sacrifice a white bull. He reluctantly obeyed, but at the moment when his knife entered the creature’s body, a miracle took place. The bull turned into the moon, and Mithras’ cloak became the night sky. Where the bull’s blood fell flowers grew, and stalks of grain sprouted from its tail.

Spring Celebrations Around the World

In ancient Rome, the followers of Cybele believed that their goddess had a consort who was born via a virgin birth.

His name was Attis, and he died and was resurrected each year during the time of the vernal equinox on the Julian Calendar (between March 22 and March 25).

The indigenous Mayan people in Central American have celebrated a spring equinox festival for ten centuries. As the sun sets on the day of the equinox on the great ceremonial pyramid, El Castillo, Mexico, its “western face…is bathed in the late afternoon sunlight. The lengthening shadows appear to run from the top of the pyramid’s northern staircase to the bottom, giving the illusion of a diamond-backed snake in descent.” This has been called “The Return of the Sun Serpent” since ancient times.

According to the Venerable Bede, Eostre was the Saxon version of a Germanic goddess called Ostara. Her feast day was held on the full moon following the vernal equinox–almost the identical calculation as for the Christian Easter in the west.

There is very little documented evidence to prove this, but one popular legend is that Eostre found a bird, wounded, on the ground late in winter. To save its life, she transformed it into a hare. But “the transformation was not a complete one. The bird took the appearance of a hare but retained the ability to lay eggs…the hare would decorate these eggs and leave them as gifts to Eostre.”
Modern Celebrations

This is a good time of year to start your seedlings. If you grow an herb garden, start getting the soil ready for late spring plantings. Celebrate the balance of light and dark as the sun begins to tip the scales, and the return of new growth is near.

Many modern Pagans mark Ostara as a time of renewal and rebirth. Take some time to celebrate the new life that surrounds you in nature–walk in a park, lay in the grass, hike through a forest. As you do so, observe all the new things beginning around you–plants, flowers, insects, birds. Meditate upon the ever-moving Wheel of the Year, and celebrate the change of seasons.

Author

Patti Wigington
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OSTARA LORE

 

OSTARA LORE

A traditional Vernal Equinox pastime: go to a field and randomly collect wildflowers [Thank the flowers for their sacrifice before picking them, using a collection formula such as can be found in “An Herbal Grimoire”]. Or buy some from a florist, taking one or two of those that appeal to you. Then bring them home and divine their magickal meanings by the use of books, your own intuition, a pendulum or by other means. The flowers you’ve chosen reveal your inner thoughts and emotions.

It is important at this time of renewed life to plan a walk (or a ride) through gardens, a park, woodlands, forest and other green places. This is not simply exercise, and you should be on no other mission. It isn’t even just an appreciation of nature. Make your walk celebratory, a ritual for nature itself.

Other traditional activities include planting seeds, working on magickal gardens and practicing all forms of herb work – magickal, medicinal, cosmetic, culinary and artistic.

Foods in tune with this day (linking your meals with the seasons is a fine way of attuning with nature) include those made of seeds, such as sunflower, pumpkin and sesame seeds, as well as pine nuts.

Sprouts are equally appropriate, as are leafy, green vegetables. Flower dishes such as stuffed nasturtiums or carnation cupcakes also find their place here. [Find a book of flower cooking or simply make spice cupcakes. Ice with pink frosting and place a fresh carnation petal on each cupcake. Stuff nasturtium blossoms with a mixture made with cream cheese, chopped nuts, chives and watercress.]

20 March 2022 Daily Correspondence Digest Southern Hemisphere’s Moon Phase and Custom Planetary Positions

You can use this link to go forward or backward in time for Moon phase information. If you are curious, you can even find out what phase the Moon was in when you or anyone else was born.

From Moongiant.com

The Moon’s current phase for today and tonight is a Waning Gibbous Phase. This is the first phase after the Full Moon occurs. It lasts roughly 7 days with the Moon’s illumination growing smaller each day until the Moon becomes a Last Quarter Moon with an illumination of 50%. The average Moon rise for this phase is between 9pm and Midnight depending on the age of the phase. The moon rises later and later each night setting after sunrise in the morning. During this phase the Moon can also be seen in the early morning daylight hours on the western horizon.

Visit the March 2022 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.

Today’s Waning Gibbous Phase

The Waning Gibbous on March 20 has an illumination of 94%. This is the percentage of the Moon illuminated by the Sun. The illumination is constantly changing and can vary up to 10% a day. On March 20 the Moon is 17.05 days old. This refers to how many days it has been since the last New Moon. It takes 29.53 days for the Moon to orbit the Earth and go through the lunar cycle of all 8 Moon phases.

The 8 Lunar Phases

There are 8 lunar phases the Moon goes through in its 29.53 days lunar cycle. The 4 major Moon phases are Full Moon, New Moon, First Quarter and Last Quarter. Between these major phases, there are 4 minor ones: the Waxing Crescent, Waxing Gibbous, Waning Gibbous and Waning Crescent. For more info on the Moon Cycle and on each phase check out Wikipedia Lunar Phase page.

Phase Details

Phase: Waning Gibbous
Illumination: 94%
Moon Age: 17.05 days
Moon Angle: 0.53
Moon Distance: 373,086.34 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 149,007,977.84 km

Useful Moon Resources

Check the weather before a night of Moon gazing at weather.com

For a list of all the current meteor showers visit American Meteor Society

If you need to calculate the planetary positions for a specific use and time, click on this link

Currentplanetarypositions.com

To figure out GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) to your local time use this link

 For Your Local Time and Date

Southeastern Hemisphere

The time for these Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Sao Paulo, Brazil, South America

20 March 2022
08:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM BRT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:00 Aries 11
Moon:02 Scorpio 29
Mercury:18 Pisces 00
Venus:13 Aquarius 38
Mars:10 Aquarius 55
Jupiter:18 Pisces 39
Saturn:20 Aquarius 57
Uranus:12 Taurus 21
Neptune:23 Pisces 09
Pluto:28 Capricorn 13

True Lunar Node:23 Taurus 41 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:25 Taurus 21 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):27 Gemini 13

Chiron:11 Aries 38
Ceres:09 Gemini 36
Pallas:13 Aries 03
Juno:18 Aquarius 31
Vesta:04 Aquarius 47

Eris:24 Aries 05

Fire:4
Earth:4
Air:7
Water:4
Cardinal:5
Fixed:9
Mutable:5

 

Southern Hemisphere

The time for these Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Cape Town, South Africa

20 March 2022
03:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM SAST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:29 Pisces 59
Moon:29 Libra 34
Mercury:17 Pisces 38
Venus:13 Aquarius 25
Mars:10 Aquarius 45
Jupiter:18 Pisces 36
Saturn:20 Aquarius 56
Uranus:12 Taurus 20
Neptune:23 Pisces 09
Pluto:28 Capricorn 13

True Lunar Node:23 Taurus 42 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:25 Taurus 22 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):27 Gemini 11

Chiron:11 Aries 37
Ceres:09 Gemini 33
Pallas:12 Aries 58
Juno:18 Aquarius 26
Vesta:04 Aquarius 41

Eris:24 Aries 04

Fire:3
Earth:4
Air:8
Water:4
Cardinal:5
Fixed:8
Mutable:6

Southwestern Hemisphere

The time for these Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 

20 March 2022
06:00 am GMT 5:00 PM AEDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:29 Pisces 36
Moon:24 Libra 21
Mercury:16 Pisces 58
Venus:13 Aquarius 03
Mars:10 Aquarius 28
Jupiter:18 Pisces 31
Saturn:20 Aquarius 54
Uranus:12 Taurus 19
Neptune:23 Pisces 08
Pluto:28 Capricorn 12

True Lunar Node:23 Taurus 44 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:25 Taurus 23 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):27 Gemini 09

Chiron:11 Aries 36
Ceres:09 Gemini 26
Pallas:12 Aries 49
Juno:18 Aquarius 17
Vesta:04 Aquarius 30

Eris:24 Aries 04

Fire:3
Earth:4
Air:8
Water:4
Cardinal:5
Fixed:8
Mutable:6

March 19, 2022 Daily Correspondence Digest for the Northern Hemisphere’s Moon Phase and Custom Planetary Positions

You can use this link to go forward or backward in time for Moon phase information. If you are curious, you can even find out what phase the Moon was in when you or anyone else was born.

From Moongiant.com

Today and tonight the Moon will be in a Waning Gibbous Phase. This is the first phase after the Full Moon occurs. It lasts roughly 7 days with the Moon’s illumination growing smaller each day until the Moon becomes a Last Quarter Moon with an illumination of 50%. The average Moon rise for this phase is between 9pm and Midnight depending on the age of the phase. The moon rises later and later each night setting after sunrise in the morning. During this phase the Moon can also be seen in the early morning daylight hours on the western horizon.

Visit the March 2022 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.

Today’s Waning Gibbous Phase

The Waning Gibbous on March 19 has an illumination of 98%. This is the percentage of the Moon illuminated by the Sun. The illumination is constantly changing and can vary up to 10% a day. On March 19 the Moon is 15.99 days old. This refers to how many days it has been since the last New Moon. It takes 29.53 days for the Moon to orbit the Earth and go through the lunar cycle of all 8 Moon phases.

The 8 Lunar Phases

There are 8 lunar phases the Moon goes through in its 29.53 days lunar cycle. The 4 major Moon phases are Full Moon, New Moon, First Quarter and Last Quarter. Between these major phases, there are 4 minor ones: the Waxing Crescent, Waxing Gibbous, Waning Gibbous and Waning Crescent. For more info on the Moon Cycle and on each phase check out Wikipedia Lunar Phase page.

Phase Details

Phase: Waning Gibbous
Illumination: 98%
Moon Age: 15.99 days
Moon Angle: 0.53
Moon Distance: 377,499.47 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 148,966,088.97 km

Useful Moon Resources

Check the weather before a night of Moon gazing at weather.com

For a list of all the current meteor showers visit American Meteor Society.

If you want to calculate the planetary positions for a specific use and time, click on this link

Currentplanetarypositions.com

To figure out GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) for your local time use this link

For Your Local Time and Date

Northwestern Hemisphere

The time for these Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Los Angeles, California, USA

March 19, 2022
11:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM PDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:29 Pisces 19
Moon:20 Libra 18
Mercury:16 Pisces 27
Venus:12 Aquarius 46
Mars:10 Aquarius 15
Jupiter:18 Pisces 26
Saturn:20 Aquarius 52
Uranus:12 Taurus 18
Neptune:23 Pisces 07
Pluto:28 Capricorn 12

True Lunar Node:23 Taurus 45 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:25 Taurus 24 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):27 Gemini 07

Chiron:11 Aries 35
Ceres:09 Gemini 20
Pallas:12 Aries 42
Juno:18 Aquarius 11
Vesta:04 Aquarius 22

Eris:24 Aries 04

Fire:3
Earth:4
Air:8
Water:4
Cardinal:5
Fixed:8
Mutable:6

 

Northern Hemisphere

The time for these Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Chicago, Illinois, USA

March 19, 2022
09:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:29 Pisces 14
Moon:19 Libra 09
Mercury:16 Pisces 18
Venus:12 Aquarius 41
Mars:10 Aquarius 12
Jupiter:18 Pisces 25
Saturn:20 Aquarius 51
Uranus:12 Taurus 18
Neptune:23 Pisces 07
Pluto:28 Capricorn 12

True Lunar Node:23 Taurus 46 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:25 Taurus 24 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):27 Gemini 06

Chiron:11 Aries 35
Ceres:09 Gemini 19
Pallas:12 Aries 40
Juno:18 Aquarius 09
Vesta:04 Aquarius 20

Eris:24 Aries 04

Fire:3
Earth:4
Air:8
Water:4
Cardinal:5
Fixed:8
Mutable:6

Northeastern Hemisphere

The time for these Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Frankfurt, Germany, Europe

March 19, 2022
03:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CEST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:28 Pisces 59
Moon:15 Libra 42
Mercury:15 Pisces 52
Venus:12 Aquarius 26
Mars:10 Aquarius 00
Jupiter:18 Pisces 22
Saturn:20 Aquarius 50
Uranus:12 Taurus 17
Neptune:23 Pisces 06
Pluto:28 Capricorn 12

True Lunar Node:23 Taurus 47 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:25 Taurus 25 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):27 Gemini 05

Chiron:11 Aries 34
Ceres:09 Gemini 14
Pallas:12 Aries 34
Juno:18 Aquarius 03
Vesta:04 Aquarius 13

Eris:24 Aries 04

Fire:3
Earth:4
Air:8
Water:4
Cardinal:5
Fixed:8
Mutable:6

March 19 Astronomy Picture of the Day

Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.

2022 March 19

2MASS J17554042+6551277

Image Credit : NASA, STScI, JWST

Explanation: 2MASS J17554042+6551277 doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue but that’s the name, a coordinate-based catalog designation, of the star centered in this sharp field of view. Fans of the distant universe should get used to its spiky appearance though. The diffraction pattern is created by the 18 hexagonal mirror segments of the James Webb Space Telescope. After unfolding, the segments have now been adjusted to achieve a diffraction limited alignment at infrared wavelengths while operating in concert as a single 6.5 meter diameter primary mirror. The resulting image taken by Webb’s NIRcam demonstrates their precise alignment is the best physics will allow. 2MASS J17554042+6551277 is about 2,000 light-years away and well within our own galaxy. But the galaxies scattered across the background of the Webb telescope alignment evaluation image are likely billions of light-years distant, far beyond the Milky Way.