embolismic month, is an intercalary month, inserted in some calendars, such as the Jewish,
when the 11-days' annual excess over twelve lunar months adds up to 30. An arbitrary
application of this was used by Placidus, who applied the term Embolismic Lunation, to a
Figure cast for the moment of the Moon's return to the same relation to the Sun that it
occupied at birth. It was made the basis for judgment concerning the affairs and conditions of
the ensuing year of life. Another type of Lunation Figure quite incorrectly termed an
Embolism, employed each successive return of the Moon to its birth relationship to the Sun,
as a basis for prognostication concerning a comparable year of life - the Embolism for the
fourth lunar month after birth pertaining to the fourth year of life, and so on. (5) Another
Lunation Figure, termed a Synodical Lunation, was cast for the return of the progressed
Moon, after birth, to the same distance from the progressed Sun, as that which the radical
Moon was from the radical Sun at birth. A map of the heavens for the moment of the exact
return of the Moon to this position is compared with the horoscope of birth, and treated as
symbolical of the influences then prevailing.
Lunation, Embolismic. A period of 29d., 12h., 44m., 28s., during which the Moon's phases
pass from conjunction to square and to opposition to the Sun. Also applied to the period
between one New Moon and the next. (v. Lunar Month.) The New Moon falling upon
sensitive points in the Figure has much signification as to events of the ensuing month. It is
deemed to actuate, within 14 days, any Secondary Directions that arc of the same nature, and
to nullify those of an opposite nature. Falling upon the places of the Benefics, it produces
good; upon the Malefics, evil. Aspects to the position of the lunation are interpreted
according to the positions of the aspecting planets. The term is synonymous with New Moon,
as indicating the moment when the conjunction with the Sun takes place. Sometimes
incorrectly called a Synodical Lunation (qv.).
Lunation, Periodical. The period of 27d, 7h, 41m. from the passage of the Moon over a
given degree to its return to that degree; a sidereal month.
Lunation, Synodical. The return of the progressed Moon, after birth, to the same distance
from the progressed Sun, as that which the radical Moon was from the radical Sun at birth.
This takes place once every 29½ days approximately. Each such lunation or month is
considered to represent one year of life. A map of the heavens for the moment of the exact
return of the Moon to this position is compared with the horoscope of birth, and treated as
symbolical of the influences then prevailing. (v. Syzygy.)