The Moon
The Phases of the Moon
Here is a summary as any competent astrologer might
present it:
The phases of the Moon are known to all: Starting from
the dark of the New Moon, the phase cycle builds
through the First Quarter and on through to the
brightness of the Full Moon (start of Third Quarter), after
which the lunar light begins to diminish. After the Full
Moon, as the Moon's light starts to fail, arrives the Last
Quarter moon phase, a phase which rapidly darkens
until we reach the New Moon. The lunar cycle is
perhaps the easiest to grasp of all the astrological
cycles. It is longer than the cycle of a day and shorter
than the cycle of a year—both of which can be harder to
keep in mind.
As mentioned, the lunar cycle extends from the New
Moon (Moon and Sun conjunct the same point in the