THE MOON

MY LOVE AFFAIR WITH THE MOON OFFICIALLY BEGAN WHEN MY PARENTS TOOK OUR FAMILY TO SEE '2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY' AT THE CENTURY THEATRE ON WINCHESTER BOULEVARD IN SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA. THE SHEER EMOTIONAL INTENSITY OF THE CLASSICAL MUSIC COUPLED WITH THE SPACE FOOTAGE WAS QUITE POSSIBLY ONE OF THE MOST AWE INSPIRING MOMENTS IN MY YOUNG LIFE. IT WAS QUITE CLEAR AT THE TIME THAT I WAS GOING TO BE AN ASTRONAUT WORKING FOR NASA SOMEDAY, BUT IN THE MEANTIME I HAD TO DEAL WITH MY EARTHBOUND STATE.
AFTER SEEING THE MOVIE '2001', I ENDED UP READING THE BOOK 11 TIMES AND SEEING THE MOVIE 36 TIMES,
AND OFTEN SAW MYSELF AS 'MOONWATCHER' THE ANCIENT HOMINID. THE MOON WAS A MAGICAL AND MYSTERIOUS PLACE THAT I DEFINITELY WANTED TO SOMEDAY EXPLORE, BUT FOR THE TIME BEING, IT WAS MY TOY SPACE HELMET, MOON TOOLS AND THE DIRT IN MY BACKYARD.

THE MOON IS APPROXIMATELY 252,000 MILES FROM EARTH, ITS DIAMETER IS 2,160 MILES AND ITS TOTAL SURFACE AREA IS 23 MILLION MILES. IT HAS A VERY PECULIAR ROTATION; IT SPINS ON ITS AXIS PERFECTLY IN SYNC, SO FROM EARTH WE ONLY SEE ONE SIDE. THE VARIOUS PHASES OF THE MOON ARE AS FOLLOWS: FULL MOON, WANING GIBBOUS MOON, LAST QUARTER MOON, WANING CRESCENT MOON, NEW MOON, WAXING CRESCENT MOON, FIRST QUARTER MOON, WAXING GIBBOUS MOON AND THE FULL MOON ONCE AGAIN. FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS, NATURE BASED RELIGIONS WORLDWIDE WORSHIPPED THE MOON, AND IN FACT THE EARLY MOON CALENDAR WAS BASED AROUND THE FEMALE PRE-MENSTRUAL CYCLE. FASCINATION WITH THE MOON GOES BACK TO THE BEGINNING OF TIME. MONUMENTS AND SHRINES HAVE BEEN BUILT TO IT, ISLAMIC CALENDARS FOLLOW THE MOON CYCLE, AND MANY PAGAN RITUALS ARE BASED UPON ITS' RHYTHMS. ANCIENT DRUIDS, AS WELL AS MODERN WICCANS OR NEO-PAGANS, STILL WORSHIP WITH THE MOON CYCLE. MANY, INCLUDING ME, BELIEVE THE PEOPLE OF THE EARTH NEED TO MOVE BACK TO THE ANCIENT MOON CALENDAR, OR AT LEAST MELD IT WITH THE GREGORIAN CALENDAR TO ADD SOME MUCH NEEDED PERSPECTIVE. THE MAYAN MOON CALENDAR HAS 366 DAYS, 366 DIVIDED BY 13 MOON CYCLES EQUALS 28.153846 DAYS, OR ONE ORBIT OF THE MOON AROUND THE EARTH. ONE PARTICULAR MAYAN TEMPLE HAS 366 WINDOWS, ONE FOR EVERY DAY OF THE LUNAR YEAR.

I CANNOT IMAGINE MY LIFE ON EARTH WITHOUT THE MOON, AND IN FACT, ITS' OPPOSING GRAVITATIONAL PULL IS WHAT MAKES THE EARTH SUCH A STABLE AND 'GRAVITATIONALLY CONSISTENT' PLACE TO LIVE! YES, NOT ONLY ARE WE LUCKY TO LIVE SAFELY ON THE OUTER EDGES OF OUR GALAXY, AWAY FROM THE TURMOIL OF THE CENTER OF THE GALAXY, BUT WE ALSO HAVE JUPITER ACTING AS A BIG MAGNETIC SPONGE TO CATCH STRAY ASTEROIDS OR PLANETOIDS THAT MIGHT OTHERWISE IMPACT OR GRAVITATIONALLY DISRUPT THE EARTH. AND WITH THE MOON ACTING AS A GRAVITATIONAL BALANCER, THE EARTH MAINTAINS A RELATIVELY CONSISTENT AND SAFE PLACE IN THE OTHERWISE COLD VACUUM OF OUTER SPACE.
WE ARE QUITE LUCKY TO HAVE THIS MOON OF OURS, AND IT IS HIGH TIME TO PAY HOMAGE TO THIS EVER-PRESENT CELESTIAL ORB.
LET US LEARN TO FULLY APPRECIATE THIS NATURAL BEACON REFLECTING LIGHT FROM THE HEAVENS TO THE EARTH.

 FULL MOON

THERE IS NOTHING QUITE AS AWE INSPIRING AS A FULL MOON RIDING HIGH IN THE SKY ON A HOT SUMMER NIGHT. THE FULL MOON IS ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL AND SOMETIMES CHAOTIC TIMES OF THE MOON'S PHASES. TO THOSE PRACTICING WICCA, IT IS A TIME TO BRING TRANSFORMATION TO YOUR WORLD, MUCH LIKE THE NEW MOON PHASE, BUT WHEREAS BOTH THE NEW AND FULL MOON TEND TO AFFECT MATTER OR PHYSICALITY WITH THE COMBINED ELECTROMAGNETIC PULL OF THEIR RESPECTIVE PLANETARY ALIGNMENTS, THE FULL MOON SEEMS TO AFFECT YOUR SUBTLE ENERGIES OR SPIRIT, AND THIS IS A GOOD TIME TO LET LOOSE AND 'GET YER YAH YAHS OUT'.

WHEN THE MOON IS WAXING, IT IS GROWING LARGER IN THE SKY. THIS PHASE LASTS UNTIL THE EXACT TIME OF THE FULL MOON.
FULL MOON TO NEW MOON IS THE WANING PHASE WHERE THE MOON SEEMS TO DISAPPEAR, UNTIL FINALLY IT IS NOT VISIBLE TO THE EYE FOR THREE NIGHTS. FOR THIS REASON, THIS PHASE IS SOMETIMES CALLED THE DARK OF THE MOON, THE BLACK MOON OR NEW MOON. IT IS THEN THAT THE MOON STARTS ONCE AGAIN TO GROW TOWARD FULLNESS. THE WAXING MOON IS THE BEST TIME TO DO A SPELL FOR GROWTH, BEGINNING NEW PROJECTS, INITIATION AND ENHANCEMENT. DURING THE WANING MOON, DO SPELLS TO BANISH EVIL INFLUENCES, LESSEN OR REMOVE OBSTACLES AND ILLNESS, NEUTRALIZE ENEMIES AND TO REMOVE HARM. THE THREE DAYS AFTER THE NEW MOON ARE THE MOST POWERFUL TIMES TO WORK SPELLS FOR GROWTH AND BEGINNINGS, WHICH SHOULD MANIFEST AT THE FULL MOON. THE DAYS JUST BEFORE THE FULL MOON ARE THE MOST POWERFUL TIMES FOR FRUITION AND COMPLETION. THE NEW MOON IS THE MOST AUSPICIOUS TIME FOR BANISHING AND NEUTRALIZING SPELLS. MANY BELIEVE THAT DURING THE TIME OF THE FULL MOON, THERE IS A 'CRACK IN THE SKY' THAT LETS THROUGH THOUGHTS THAT MAY BE BLOCKED AT OTHER TIMES DURING THE MOON CYCLE. I ALWAYS PLAN THIS NEWSLETTER AROUND THE FULL MOON, BECAUSE IF I TRY DOING IT DURING THE NEW MOON, I HAVE FITS AND STARTS AND NEVER GET ANYTHING OF SUBSTANCE WRITTEN. IF I WRITE DURING THE FULL MOON, REVELATIONS COME TO ME FROM NOWHERE, I END UP TEACHING MYSELF THINGS SOMEHOW ALONG THE WAY, AND THINGS GO NICE AND SMOOTH. THIS WOULD SEEM TO AT LEAST SUGGEST THAT INCREASED ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY HELPS YOU 'THINK BETTER'.

THE EFFECTS OF THE MOON'S MASSIVE ELECTROMAGNETIC PULL ON THE EARTH IS UNMISTAKABLE, IN FACT THE MOON CAN CAUSE THE EARTH'S CRUST TO MOVE A FOOT OR MORE DURING HIGH TIDES! SO, IF IT AFFECTS THE OCEANS SO DRASTICALLY, WHY NOT HUMANS OR OTHER CREATURES? AFTER ALL, HUMANS ARE ROUGHLY 70 PERCENT WATER, SO WHY WOULD WE BE EXEMPT FROM THE EFFECTS OF THE MOON? BUT, HUMANS ARE THE MOST POWERFUL FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE, RIGHT? WRONG.

I COMPARE IT TO THIS: HUMANS ARE LIKE TINY METAL SHAVINGS ON THE SIDE OF A HUGE MAGNET, IN DEEP DENIAL ABOUT THE MAGNET'S EFFECT. THERE IS AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF ELECTROMAGNETISM INVOLVED WITH THE MOON, OR ANY LARGE CELESTIAL BODY FOR THAT MATTER, AND THE ELECTROMAGNETIC PULL OF THE MOON EFFECTS ALL LIFE ON EARTH, ON A VARIETY OF LEVELS, EVEN THOUGH MUCH OF THE MAINSTREAM SCIENTIFIC ESTABLISHMENT FAILS TO STUDY THIS WITH THE FULL INTENSITY THAT I BELIEVE IS NEEDED.

REMEMBER THAT EVEN THOUGH THE MOON LOOKS FULL IN THE SKY FOR TWO OR THREE NIGHTS, IT IS ONLY EXACT AT THE TIME POSTED ON YOUR CALENDAR. ANYTHING AFTER THAT TIME IS A WANING INFLUENCE. THE BEST TIME TO DO YOUR FULL MOON SPELL IS BEFORE THE EXACT TIME LISTED. SOME MAY ASK 'WHAT IS A SPELL'? JUST REMEMBER EVERY THOUGHT AND ACTION IS A FORM OF MAGIC SPELL THAT HOLDS ITS OWN ACTION-REACTION CONSEQUENCE. JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT FOR NOW... (THE FIRST QUARTER IS THE POINT BETWEEN THE NEW MOON AND THE FULL MOON. THE LAST QUARTER IS THE MID-POINT BETWEEN THE FULL MOON AND NEW MOON.) UNRESOLVED MATTERS IN YOUR LIFE OFTEN COME TO A HEAD DURING THE TIME OF THE FULL MOON, AND ALL THE CRAZY ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY CAN BE USED TO TRANSFORM YOUR LIFE IF YOU USE IT CORRECTLY. A DISAGREEMENT DURING THE FULL MOON CAN SEEM MUCH MORE LIKE HEATED CONVERSATION, WHEREAS TENSE DEBATE DURING A NEW MOON CAN SOMETIMES VERY EASILY ESCALATE INTO ARGUMENT, AND I HAVE FOUND THAT THIS IS A GOOD TIME TO AVOID TOUCHY ISSUES WITH THOSE YOU DO NOT SEE EYE-TO-EYE WITH. I WOULD SAY SAVE IT FOR THE FULL MOON, AND DEAL WITH YOUR OWN PERSONAL INTERNAL ISSUES DURING THE NEW MOON PHASE.

I HAVE BEEN STUDYING THE MOON PHASES FOR A FEW YEARS AND RECORDING MY OBSERVATIONS REGARDING THIS SUBJECT...
EMERGENCY ROOMS OFTEN SEE SPIKES IN ACTIVITY ON FULL MOON NIGHTS, AND THE TERM 'LUNATIC' CAME FROM THE WORD 'LUNA', OR MOON.
DUCKS SOMETIMES FLY ON FULL MOON NIGHTS DURING MATING SEASON, BUT USUALLY AS A FIGHT OR FLIGHT RESPONSE TO SOME HUNGRY PREDATOR. MY CAT HAD HER LITTER OF KITTENS ON THE FULL MOON TWO YEARS AGO. WHEN I WAS EIGHTEEN, MY VERY FIRST GIRLFRIEND AND I ALWAYS 'DID IT' ON FULL MOON NIGHTS. (WE 'DID IT' THREE TIMES A DAY, EVERY DAY ANYWAY) ALL WE NEEDED WAS A SLEEPING BAG, A BOTTLE OF WHITE ZINFANDEL WINE, AND THE FULL MOON. THE BEST ORGASM I EVER HAD WAS WITH HER ON A FULL MOON NIGHT IN THE OPEN AIR WHILE IN CONTACT WITH THE GROUND. ITS' LIKE MY EYEBALLS ROLLED AROUND IN THEIR SOCKETS, IT WAS SO INTENSE!!!

I THINK HOUSES AND BEDS SEPARATE US FROM THE ENERGY OF THE EARTH, SO I WOULD SUGGEST TRYING A LITTLE 'MOONLIGHT DELIGHT' SOMETIME. ANYWAY, I COULD WRITE ENDLESSLY ABOUT THE FULL MOON, BUT THERE IS ONLY SO MUCH SPACE...

 NEW MOON

OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS I HAVE BEEN TAKING NOTES AND MAKING OBSERVATIONS ON THE VARIOUS EFFECTS OF THE NEW MOON. THE NEW MOON IS SAID TO BE A TIME OF QUIET CONTEMPLATION, TIME TO MAKE NECESSARY CHANGES AND 'CLEAR OUT' YOUR LUNAR MONTH TO MOVE INTO THE NEXT PHASE WITH NO CARRY-OVER. ALMOST LIKE A MONTHLY JEWISH ROSH HASHANA OR SOMETHING.

FOR INSTANCE, HOUSE CLEANING OFTEN SPONTANEOUSLY OCCURS ON OR AROUND NEW MOONS, AND I ONCE HAPPENED TO BUY A NEW FISH TANK RIGHT ON A NEW MOON WITHOUT KNOWING IT WAS THAT PHASE. ALMOST EVERYONE I SPEAK TO ON NEW MOON DAYS RATES THOSE DAYS AS MAYBE ONLY 5-6 ON A 10 SCALE. EVERYONE SEEMS TO BE 'ON THE RAG' ON THOSE DAYS. PROBLEMS THAT STAYED BOTTLED UP CAN COME TO THE SURFACE AROUND THE NEW MOON, AND IF HANDLED CORRECTLY, PERSONAL TRANSFORMATION CAN OCCUR. DURING THIS PHASE, THE MOON SITS DIRECTLY BETWEEN THE EARTH AND SUN, AND THE EFFECT IS ALOT LIKE A TAUGHT STRING BEING PULLED AT BOTH ENDS. THE PHYSICAL WORLD DURING THIS TIME IS AFFECTED BY THIS, WHEREAS MANY OF THE THINGS THAT ARE ABOUT TO FAIL OR BREAK WILL DO IT AT THIS TIME. FOR INSTANCE, A LEAKING PIPE CARRYING TOXIC CHEMICALS IN OAKLAND BROKE ON THE NEW MOON, A FOREST FIRE WAS STARTED BY A FAULTY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE, SLEEP DEPRIVED ASTRONAUTS ON THE MIR SPACE STATION THREW THE WRONG SWITCH ON A NEW MOON AND SCREWED UP THE SPACE STATION, OUR KITCHEN SINK SPRAY HANDLE BROKE RIGHT ON THE NEW MOON ONCE, MY RADIATOR HEATER CORE BLEW OUT ON A NEW MOON/VOID-OF COURSE MOON DAY, A BROKEN PIPE CAUSED AN OIL SPILL, PHONE SERVICE WENT OUT IN WALNUT CREEK ON FEBRUARY 27, 1998, ONE OF MY CATS CHANGED THE PLACED HE SLEPT FOR DAYS RIGHT ON A NEW MOON, THERE WAS A POWER OUTAGE ON A NEW MOON DAY IN FERUARY 1998, A ROCK SLIDE IN YOSEMITE, AND IN SEPTEMBER 1998, A HUGE CRANE FELL IN SAN FRANCISCO, A HUGE CHUNK OF CONCRETE FELL INTO THE FIRE STATION ON THAT SAME DAY, TWO STRUCTURAL BEAMS FELL AT A SANTA CLARA COUNTY WELFARE OFFICE RIGHT ON A NEW MOON, AND A LARGE WATER TANK IN ORANGE COUNTY BROKE OPEN ON A NEW MOON AS WELL. ANYTHING THAT IS ABOUT TO BREAK, WILL USUALLY DO IT AROUND THE NEW MOON. (MILITARY SURPRISE ATTACKS WERE OFTEN PLANNED ON NEW MOON NIGHTS WHERE THERE IS NO LIGHT IN ORDER TO STAY DISCREET IN BATTLE) THE DUCKS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HAVE RETURNED WITHOUT FAIL TO MATE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS ON OR AROUND THE NEW MOON OF EARLY FEBRUARY OR LATE JANUARY. (THE SABBAT 'IMBOLIC' IS FEBRUARY 2, CANDLEMAS EVE, OIMELC, OR FEAST OF TORCHES) IN FEBRUARY 1997, THE DUCKS RETURNED THREE DAYS AFTER THE NEW MOON AND IN FEBRUARY 1998 THEY RETURNED ABOUT ONE WEEK BEFORE THIS SAME ANNUAL NEW MOON, AND IN THIS YEAR THEY RETURNED 5 DAYS AFTER THE NEW MOON OF JANUARY 2001, AND EVERY YEAR WITHOUT FAIL, THEY END THEIR MATING RITUALS ON THE SUMMER SOLSTICE, JUNE 21. SO, IN SOME WAY THESE BIRDS SEEM TO SENSE AND REACT TO SUBTLE CHANGES IN ELECTROMAGNETISM AS CLUES OF WHAT TO DO NEXT. IN BIBLICAL TEXT, JESUS IS SAID TO HAVE ASKED THE QUESTION WHETHER IT WAS OK TO RIDE THE DONKEY ON THE SABBATH TO SEE THE NEW MOON. THE FACT THAT HE WAS EVEN AWARE OF THE NEW MOON SAYS A LOT ABOUT THE ANCIENT HEBREW CULTURES' UNDERSTANDING OF THIS ASPECT OF ASTROLOGICAL PHENOMENON. THE NEW MOON IS A LOT LIKE A VOID-OF-COURSE MOON, JUST LESS INTENSE, BUT EVERY BIT AS ELECTROMAGNETICALLY POWERFUL IN ITS OWN WAY. IN PRACTICING MY OWN FORM OF WITCHCRAFT USING QUARTZ CRYSTALS, RELATIVE BODY MOTION AND BREATHING TECHNIQUES, (WHICH I WILL ATTEMPT TO EXPLAIN SOMETIME LATER, MAYBE THE NEXT ISSUE...) I HAVE FOUND THAT MAXIMUM WIND RESPONSE OCCURS AS STRONGLY AROUND THE NEW MOON AS DURING THE FULL MOON. THE FULL MOON IS KIND OF 'CRAZY' ENERGY, BUT THE NEW MOON ENERGY IS MUCH MORE 'SOLID', IF THAT MAKES ANY SENSE. MANY PEOPLE SEE THE FULL MOON AS THE MOST POWERFUL TIME OF THE MONTH, AND IT IS IN A SENSE, BUT WHERE THE FULL MOON TENDS TO BE MORE SPIRITUAL/PHYSICAL IN ESSENCE (OR 'ENERGIZED/MATTER'), THE NEW MOON IS MORE PHYSICAL/SPIRITUAL (OR 'MATTER/ENERGIZED').

 VOID-OF-COURSE MOON

VOID MOONS HAVE BEEN CHARTED FROM THE ANCIENT TIMES OF FIRNUS MATERNICUS THROUGH ELIZABETHAN TIMES TO THE PRESENT, AND OUT OF IT COMES THIS EXPLANATION: THE MOON COMPLETES A REVOLUTION AROUND THE EARTH EVERY 29 DAYS, PASSING THROUGH THE 12 SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC AND SPENDING ABOUT 2 1/2 DAYS IN EACH SIGN. THE MOON IS VOID-OF-COURSE DURING THE TIME BETWEEN MAKING ITS LAST MAJOR ASPECT TO A PLANET IN ONE SIGN AND ITS ENTRY INTO THE NEXT SIGN. THE DURATION OF THIS PERIOD CAN BE AS LITTLE AS A FEW SECONDS OR MORE THAN TWO DAYS. THE EXACT MOMENT THE MOON ENTERS THE NEW SIGN ENDS THE VOID-OF-COURSE PERIOD. VOID-OF-COURSE EFFECTS: DURING A VOID-OF-COURSE PERIOD INDIVIDUALS ARE LESS FOCUSED. HUMAN JUDGMENT IS NOT AT ITS BEST AND CONSEQUENTLY DECISION MAKING TENDS TO SUFFER.

IN THE VOID-OF-COURSE PERIOD ONE SHOULD AVOID: INITIATING NEW ACTIVITIES, PURCHASING NEW ITEMS, CONTACTS OR MEETINGS WITH IMPORTANT PEOPLE, SIGNING CONTRACTS. BUSINESS DISCUSSIONS ARE UNLIKELY TO BE RESOLVED AND IF MATTERS DON'T FALL APART THEY WILL BE PUT OFF TO ANOTHER TIME. INFORMATION RELAYED FOR THE FIRST TIME WILL EITHER BE INCORRECT OR NOT USEFUL. YOU WILL BE AWARE OF SHORTAGES AND DEFECTS. PURCHASES OUGHT ONLY TO BE MADE IF THEY ARE EXACT REPLACEMENTS OF SOMETHING YOU'VE RUN OUT OF. YOU'LL ALSO BECOME AWARE OF MISTAKES AND ERRORS DURING THIS TIME. WHAT YOU BEGIN DURING A VOID-OF-COURSE MOON YOU USUALLY DON'T DO AGAIN, SO DON'T MAKE LOVE WITH SOMEONE FOR THE FIRST TIME IF YOU THINK YOU MIGHT WANT TO AGAIN. DURING A VOID PERIOD AVOID BRINGING ANYTHING IN FOR REPAIR OR CONSULTING A PHYSICIAN (UNLESS IT'S AN EMERGENCY) OR ANYONE ELSE WHOSE JUDGMENT IS IMPORTANT TO YOU.

POSITIVE ASPECTS OF THE VOID-OF-COURSE MOON: ONE AREA OF BENEFIT IS IN SPIRITUAL PURSUITS. IN DOING MEDITATION, ONE HAS NO PULL TOWARDS ANY PARTICULAR PLANETARY FORCE AND THEREFORE IS ABLE TO CONNECT WITH OTHER PLANES. IT'S ALSO A GOOD TIME TO CLEAN HOUSE, RELAX, SLEEP, OR GO OUT WITH A FRIEND WITHOUT ANY EXPECTATIONS. USE IT AS A NATURAL PAUSE TO THE HIGH ACTIVITY OF MUNDANE LIFE. IF WE WERE ALL MORE ATTUNED TO THE EBB AND FLOW OF ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY WE WOULD NATURALLY REACT ACCORDINGLY, AND AT THE APPROPRIATE TIMES. UNTIL WE ACHIEVE SUCH A STATE, A LITTLE ASSISTANCE IN RECOGNIZING WHAT IT FEELS LIKE CAN PERHAPS HELP US GET THERE. THE VOID-OF-COURSE IS BEST WHEN USED FOR SUBJECTIVE, SPIRITUAL NON-MATERIAL CONCERNS, LIKE PRAYER, YOGA, PLAY, OR PASSIVE EXPERIENCES LIKE INTROSPECTION, SLEEP OR MEDITATION. THIS PERIOD MAY LAST A FEW SECONDS, OR IT MAY BE THREE DAYS AND NIGHTS IN A SINGLE SESSION. IT BEGINS WHEN THE MOON IN TRANSIT MAKES THE LAST MAJOR ASPECT IT WILL MAKE BEFORE IT CHANGES FROM ONE SIGN OF THE ZODIAC TO THE NEXT (SEE CHART BELOW) AND IT ENDS WHEN THE MOON ENTERS THE NEXT SIGN. THIS PERIOD IS THE VOID-OF-COURSE MOON. YOU MAY CALL IT A SILLY SEASON, OR VACATION FROM NORMAL LIVING. DECISION MAKING IN SUCH PERIODS TURNS OUT LATER TO BE UNREALISTIC. CREATIVITY DIVERGES INTO UNPLEASANT DIRECTIONS, IMPROVISATIONS, FALSE STARTS AND ERROR. BUSINESS MOVES FAIL TO GENERATE PROFITS, OR MEET UNEXPECTED DIFFICULTIES. HUMAN JUDGMENT IS MORE FALLIBLE THAN USUAL DURING THE TIME THE MOON IS VOID-OF-COURSE. THIS IS THE PRINCIPLE FACTOR IN ALL OBSERVED EXPERIENCE THUS FAR. ROUTINE PROCEEDS READILY, BUT OFTEN REQUIRES AN ADJUSTMENT LATER. DEFECTS OR SHORTAGES COME TO LIGHT. DELAY AND FRUSTRATION ARE COMMONLY EXPERIENCED WHILE THE MOON IS VOID-OF-COURSE. NEUROTIC TENDENCIES OR BAD HABITS ARE MORE OPEN TO CHANGE. ESP EXPERIMENTS SHOW ODD RESULTS. HISTORIC EVENTS DURING SUCH PERIODS HAVE A WILD, PANDORA'S BOX IMPACT ON CULTURAL EVOLUTION. THE FIRST TWO DOZEN SUCCESSFUL SPACESHOTS WERE ALL LAUNCHED WITH THE MOON VOID-OF-COURSE, TO OPEN AN ALL-NEW AGE IN WHICH OLD CONCEPTS AND IDEAS ARE CORRECTED OR DISPROVEN. IN EVERY PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION FROM 1900 THROUGH 1972, ONE OF THE TWO MAJOR PARTY CANDIDATES WAS NOMINATED WITH THE MOON VOID-OF-COURSE. EVERY ONE OF THE CANDIDATES NOMINATED WITH THE MOON VOID-OF-COURSE LOST. JIMMY CARTER'S 1980 NOMINATION CAME IN A VOID-OF-COURSE MOON. AL GORE'S 2000 NOMINATION CAME IN A VOID-OF-COURSE MOON, AND ON ELECTION NIGHT NOVEMBER 7, 2000 THERE WAS A MAJOR VOID-OF-COURSE MOON. ONLY OBSERVATION CAN DEMONSTRATE WHAT THE VOID-OF-COURSE MOON INDICATES IN YOUR DAILY LIVING. THE SCIENTIFIC APPROACH IS TO CHECK IT OUT. DESIGN YOUR OWN EXPERIMENT. THERE IS MUCH MORE TO SELECTING A 'GOOD' TIME TO ACT OR DECIDE MATERIAL ISSUES. SKIPPING THE VOID-OF-COURSE MOON IS JUST STAYING OUT OF AVOIDABLE DIFFICULTIES. GO OUT OF BUSINESS WHEN THE MOON MAKES IT'S LAST ASPECT. FEED YOUR SOUL UNTIL THE TIME THE MOON ENTERS THE NEXT SIGN. THEN, GO BACK INTO BUSINESS!!

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'THEIR WORDS ARE FINGERS POINTING AT THE MOON;
IF YOU WATCH THE FINGERS, YOU CANNOT SEE THE MOON' - LAO TZU

' EVERYTHING UNDER THE SUN IS IN TUNE - BUT THE SUN IS ECLIPSED BY THE MOON' - ROGER WATERS

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VOID-OF-COURSE MOONS FOR JUNE THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2001
EASTERN TIME ZONE - New York Time Zone
(SUBTRACT 3 HOURS FOR PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME - P.D.T.)

JUNE 2001 2 SAT 10:41 AM TO 2 SAT 10:56 AM SCORPIO 4 MON 7:29 AM TO 4 MON 4:58 PM SAGITTARIUS 7 THU 12:41 AM TO 7 THU 1:23 AM CAPRICORN 7 THU 2:57 AM TO 9 SAT 12:20 PM AQUARIUS 11 MON 8:38 PM TO 12 TUE 12:53 AM PISCES 14 THU 6:26 AM TO 14 THUR 1:03 PM ARIES 16 SAT 2:32 PM TO 16 SAT 10:39 PM TAURUS 18 MON 7:21 PM TO 19 TUE 4:42 AM GEMINI 20 WED 11:24 PM TO 21 THU 7:40 AM CANCER 22 FRI 10:11 AM TO 23 SAT 8:55 AM LEO 25 MON 3:22 AM TO 25 MON 9:57 AM VIRGO 27 WED 6:12 AM TO 27 WED 12:11 PM LIBRA 29 FRI 11:07 AM TO 29 FRI 4:28 PM SCORPIO 1 SUN 3:25 PM TO 1 SUN 11:13 PM SAGITTARIUS

AUGUST 2001 5 SUN 12:52 AM TO 5 SUN 2:30 PM PISCES 7 TUE 1:39 AM TO 8 WED 3:05 AM ARIES 7 TUE 1:39 AM TO 8 WED 3:05 AM ARIES 10 FRI 12:53 AM TO 10 FRI 2:23 PM TAURUS 12 SUN 6:32 PM TO 12 SUN 10:59 PM GEMINI 14 TUE 3:42 PM TO 15 WED 3:55 AM CANCER 16 THU 9:03 AM TO 17 FRI 5:25 AM LEO 18 SAT 10:55 PM TO 19 SUN 4:53 AM VIRGO 20 MON 4:21 PM TO 21 TUE 4:19 AM LIBRA 22 WED 9:34 PM TO 23 THU 5:50 AM SCORPIO 25 SAT 7:16 AM TO 25 SAT 10:59 AM SAGITTARIUS 27 MON 8:50 AM TO 27 MON 8:02 PM CAPRICORN 30 THU 2:28 AM TO 30 THU 7:47 AM AQUARIUS

JULY 2001 4 WED 4:36 AM TO 4 WED 8:21 AM CAPRICORN 5 THU 11:04 AM TO 6 FRI 7:33 PM AQUARIUS 9 MON 6:28 AM TO 9 MON 8:05 AM PISCES 11 WED 8:09 PM TO 11 WED 8:36 PM ARIES 13 FRI 7:52 PM TO 14 SAT 7:13 AM TAURUS 16 MON 3:41 AM TO 16 MON 2:26 PM GEMINI 18 WED 7:46 AM TO 18 WED 5:56 PM CANCER 20 FRI 3:44 PM TO 20 FRI 6:43 PM LEO 22 SUN 8:43 AM TO 22 SUN 6:29 PM VIRGO 24 TUE 3:48 AM TO 24 TUE 7:08 PM LIBRA 26 THU 11:10 AM TO 26 THU 10:17 PM SCORPIO 28 SAT 11:50 PM TO 29 SUN 4:44 AM SAGITTARIUS 31 TUE 12:24 PM TO 31 TUE 2:16 PM CAPRICORN 31 TUE 10:21 PM TO 3(AUG) FRI 1:53 AM AQUARIUS

SEPTEMBER 2001 1 SAT 1:36 PM TO 1 SAT 8:32 PM PISCES 4 TUE 4:37 AM TO 4 TUE 8:58 AM ARIES 6 THU 6:31 PM TO 6 THU 8:18 PM TAURUS 8 SAT 2:30 PM TO 9 SUN 5:41 AM GEMINI 10 MON 9:42 PM TO 11 TUE 12:09 PM CANCER 12 WED 11:16 PM TO 13 THU 3:16 PM LEO 15 SAT 4:35 AM TO 15 SAT 3:39 PM VIRGO 17 MON 6:27 AM TO 17 MON 3:00 PM LIBRA 19 WED 12:38 PM TO 19 WED 3:27 PM SCORPIO 21 FRI 5:09 PM TO 21 FRI 7:02 PM SAGITTARIUS 23 SUN 8:32 PM TO 24 MON 2:48 AM CAPRICORN 26 WED 10:38 AM TO 26 WED 2:05 PM AQUARIUS 29 SAT 1:27 AM TO 29 SAT 2:50 AM PISCES 30 SUN 9:02 AM TO 1(OCT) MON 3:08 PM ARIES

Al H. Morrison @ HTTP://WWW.TOPQUARKIA.COM/DOCS/STARGAZER/VOID.HTM

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MOON REFERENCE SOURCES: MATT DEBOW AND BRIAN HALL, PSYCHIC READER, http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/java/MoonPhase.html, FELISSA ROSE @ http://www.accessnewage.com/FELISSA/voiddes.htm, AL H. MORRISON @ WWW.TOPQUARKIA.COM/DOCS/STARGAZER/VOID.HTM, AND LIK ROPER.

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