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The Lunar Journal is an astrology report covering each Lunar cycle. Author Steven Shroyer has written more about Lunar astrology than any of his contemporaries in the field of astrology.
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The Challenge of the Next Direction — Cancer Full Moon Astrology Report Jan 17, 2022
Shifting into a New Paradigm — Capricorn New Moon Astrology Report Jan 2, 2022
Individual Choice in the Collective Arena — Gemini Full Moon Astrology Report Dec 18, 2021
The Wisdom in Seeing Past Patterns — New Moon Solar Eclipse Astrology Dec 3, 2021
Living Beyond Perceived Limitations — Lunar Eclipse Astrology Report Nov 19, 2021
Connecting the Unseen Dots of Life — Scorpio New Moon Astrology Nov 4, 2021
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What is Lunar Astrology?
Lunar astrology is the study of the eight phases of the Sun/Moon relationship in the monthly lunar cycle.
Each New Moon there is a release of cosmic energy to the Earth. This new energy transforms life and consciousness through eight phases of development.
What is The Lunar Journal?
The Lunar Journal follows the lunar cycle. This bi-monthly astrology publication maps personal success to lunar astrology and the lunar cycle.
The Sun and the Moon work in harmony to energize all new successful growth. The Sun provides the energy, while the Moon supports integration through natural processes of time.
The Lunar Journal helps you connect to these potentials in your daily life.
The Lunar Cycle
The lunar cycle is divided into four quarters. The Moon travels through these quarters during its orbit around the Earth. The Moon’s movement consists of the following quarters, each representing 90°.
- New Quarter
- First Quarter
- Full Quarter
- Last Quarter
In addition to the four quarters, the Moon also presents in eight lunation phases as the result of the Sun and Moon working together.
The truest meaning of the Moon in any astrology chart takes into consideration the significance of the Sun/Moon phase. For example, to fully understand the success and growth dynamics of an individual we use both the lunar cycle and the eight phases of the Moon.
The Eight Lunar Phases
The New Phase
The 1st phase of the cycle releases a new pattern with the momentum and zest to discover its potential. Each New Moon is unique and follows an organic and instinctual pattern of growth.
The Crescent Phase
In the 2nd phase the original momentum begins to slow, with a natural willingness to overcome any obstacle that is in the way. A spontaneous approach with small successful steps ensures steady and continued growth.
The First Quarter Phase
The 3rd phase is critical to the quality of growth throughout the remaining cycle. Practical and decisive activity is critical in establishing the best outcome or direction forward. Choices and circumstances will shape the individual character, determining what and how life unfolds.
The Gibbous Phase
The 4th phase is creatively in sync with the rational and analytical processes of making adjustments. Aligning with the intelligent design of Nature allows inquisitiveness to become one’s teacher of success. This phase prepares for the coming shift in consciousness and the realization of purpose.
The Full Phase
The 5th phase activates a new level of awareness with the realization, or full picture, of the purpose of what was originally released at the beginning of the cycle. Objectivity and clarity are in full operation. There is an understanding of what must be done to successfully relate circumstances to personal potential.
The Disseminating Phase
The 6th phase consciously expands one’s individual awareness to include more of the world around them. Past learning, including experiences and challenges that were overcome, become markers of success to be shared. Common experiences then unite like minds to participate and share in a larger process, expanding one’s success to include others.
The Last Quarter Phase
The 7th phase is critical to the development of consciousness. It supports mature thinking, where the bigger picture of life is firmly grasped. There is a great power that lies within the choice to change one’s own perspective. The quickness of an individualized mind understands the ways that growth and success have been conditioned by society. Changing one’s perspective has the power to change one’s reality.
The Balsamic Phase
The 8th phase brings to conclusion the current growth cycle. The potential of what was originally released has now reached its pinnacle and all that’s left is the future. At this phase, each cycle incorporates its success, growth, and understanding into the seed of the cycle to come.
This final phase is full of hope and new potential. It inspires forward thinking. Letting go of past failures allows for unfettered momentum to nourish the soul that desires growth.
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The Cosmic Scale of Personal Worth — Taurus New Moon Astrology May11, 2021
Our New Moon in Taurus brings the element of Earth alive within your consciousness. Taurus energizes the Earth element with the potency of value. A fundamental principle of Taurus is how potency energizes what has value and worth in your daily life.
A Time for Calmness— Scorpio Full Moon Report Apr 26, 2021
Our Scorpio Full Moon is the halfway point of our Aries Lunar cycle. When the Full Moon is in Scorpio emotions can run high within the collective. Calmness is the antidote. The more individuated one has become, the less they will experience the emotional roller coaster that the Scorpio Moon has been known to trigger.
Living Life with Courage and Fulfillment — New Moon Astrology Report Apr 11, 2021
New Moon Astrology Report Apr 11, 2021 Apr 11 to May 11 Aries New Moon is Sunday, Apr 11, 7:31 PM PDT New Moon Theme: Apr 11 – May 11: Dynamic Activity The New Moon releases a new wave of available potential that sets the overall theme for the entire Lunar cycle that follows. This creative momentum is for
Grounding Oneself in the Midst of Chaos and Change — Full Moon Astrology Report Mar 28, 2021
Our Libra Full Moon is part of a magnificent astrological kite pattern. This extraordinary planetary configuration takes the shape of a “kite” with key planets positioned to create the famous kite outline.
A kite pattern is a highly organized and harmonious pattern. When it occurs in a Full Moon chart it can signify a grounding energy that’s able to transcend your current circumstances. With the current Full Moon, our kite is directly activating a particular type of focus that’s needed in order to ground ourselves to something larger.
A New Quality of Hope is Revealed — Pisces New Moon Astrology Report Mar 13, 2021
Our New Moon in Pisces is very expansive in its nature, with spiritual overtones that indicate the potential rise of a great historical movement of like-minded people. This quality of expansive thinking is both a quality of Pisces and of its ruler Neptune.
In astrology there are no coincidences, so when we consider that our Pisces New Moon and its ruler Neptune are less than 3° conjunct, we pay very close attention.
With the New Moon conjunct Neptune we will begin experiencing an unexpected positive shift toward a better future. The past months have brought a drastic shift in the trajectory of humanity. With our historic Capricorn conjunctions of 2020 we saw the rise of totalitarianism in the United States and around the world. Many began to wonder exactly where the world was heading.
A Release of Unfettered Creative Power — Virgo Full Moon Astrology Report Feb 2021
Our Virgo Full Moon energies contain a tremendous amount of creative power that is well suited for both personal and professional success. The typical qualities of success associated with Virgo include high levels of practical mastery, especially through the skillful use of energies focused toward improving your current situation. Our current Virgo Moon takes these qualities of focused improvement to the next level. This Full Moon enables you to embody a new level of success, especially through a new connection to creativity that is linked to the freedom of expression. This Full Moon’s expression of Virgo utilizes mastery and skill to tap into a quality of emotional creativity that gives you the potential to work outside of traditional restrictions.
Preparing for Unexpected Experiences — Aquarius New Moon Astrology Feb 11, 2021
Our Aquarius New Moon brings in a new cycle of energies that will shape your reality in unexpected ways. It is up to each of us to use these new energies to prepare for the future, as we overcome whatever difficulties we may face during this coming Lunar cycle. It’s encouraging to remember that there is always a surge of new potential after any crisis. During this coming Lunar cycle, it will be more and more apparent to each of us that our future is already active within our awareness, through the current seed of the present moment.
A New Collective Situation — Leo Full Moon Astrology Jan 28, 2021
Our Leo Full Moon presents the possibility for a new realization to occur within each of us. We have now entered a new collective situation, in which each of us must resolve within our own individualized awareness how to proceed forward.
This Full Moon realization follows the powerful New Moon in Capricorn. Humanity is currently experiencing a shift and a spilt in consciousness. For simplicity’s sake, let’s think of this as a shift from 3D to 5D thinking. We each experience this shift from our own perspective. For many individuals this shift is seamless and non-eventful. For others, the shift is quite transformative and possibly unexpected.