Void-of-course Moon
Whether the Moon is void right now, and the exact moment the window closes.
The Moon is not void of course. The next window runs from about Fri 05:53 AM until Fri 06:08 AM.
Moon in
Taurus
Length
15 min
Enters
Gemini
The last aspect is a Trine to Venus. The Moon enters Gemini at Fri 06:08 AM, and the window closes with it.
The closing time is the sign change and is exact. The opening time is the Moon's last aspect, given to the nearest few minutes. Times are shown in your device's time zone.
The Moon is void of course when it will make no further major aspect before it leaves the sign it is in. Its business in that sign is finished, and it is simply travelling the last degrees toward the next one. The condition ends at the sign change, which is why it is one of the few classical states you can time to the minute.
The traditional advice is narrow and worth keeping narrow: it concerns things BEGUN in that window. Lilly and the electional writers say that what is started then tends not to come to much, and the sensible reading is a pause rather than a warning. Routine continues, work already under way continues, and a void hour spoils nothing that was not being launched into it.
Two numbers here are not equally sharp, so we separate them. The end is the Moon's ingress into the next sign, computed exactly. The beginning is its last aspect, which the engine finds by a forward search and reports to within a few minutes; we give it as an approximation rather than dress it up as a timestamp.
The Moon's sign changes ahead
| Enters | At (UTC) |
|---|---|
| Gemini | Aug 7, 06:08 AM |
| Cancer | Aug 9, 07:46 AM |
| Leo | Aug 11, 08:39 AM |
| Virgo | Aug 13, 10:19 AM |
| Libra | Aug 15, 02:20 PM |
| Scorpio | Aug 17, 09:47 PM |
| Sagittarius | Aug 20, 08:31 AM |
| Capricorn | Aug 22, 09:00 PM |
| Aquarius | Aug 25, 09:02 AM |
| Pisces | Aug 27, 07:04 PM |
| Aries | Aug 30, 02:38 AM |
| Taurus | Sep 1, 08:02 AM |
| Gemini | Sep 3, 11:48 AM |
Frequently Asked Questions
Is a void-of-course Moon a bad time?
Tradition limits the caution to beginnings, not to the day as a whole. Continuing work, routine and rest are untouched by it.
How long does a void period last?
From a few minutes to most of a day. It depends entirely on how early the Moon's last aspect falls before it changes sign.
How often does it happen?
Roughly every two and a half days, because the Moon changes sign about that often and every sign change closes a window.
Does the void depend on where I am?
No. The Moon's aspects are the same sky everywhere, so the window is identical worldwide; only the clock time you read it in changes.