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Lunations 1998
Last week, we went through your new 1998 calendar or appointment
book and recorded all the times that planets will go retrograde
and direct in 1998, as well as the times of the solstices and equinoxes.
This week, we will record all the 1998 lunations: New Moons, Full
Moons, and eclipses. In my appointment book, I draw the New Moon
as a circle filled in (representing a dark circle, like the darkness
at the New Moon) and a Full Moon as an empty circle (the white interior
looking like a Full Moon.)
I shall use only Eastern Time to be consistent with last week's
data. You can easily convert Eastern Time to any other time zone
in the United States. We will change the clocks at 2 a.m. on Sunday,
April 5, to observe Daylight Saving Time until 2 a.m. on Sunday,
October 25, 1998, when we revert to Standard Time. (Arizona is different
and does not change.) The dates and times that I give you will be
corrected for Daylight Saving Time when appropriate.
The New Year started after a New Moon. So the first lunation in
1998 will be a Full Moon on January 12 (12:24 p.m.) at 22 Cancer
18. If there is any planet or personal point in your horoscope conjunct
or opposite this degree, then the two weeks following the Full Moon
will be significant.
The next lunation is a New Moon on January 28 (1:01 a.m.) at 8
Aquarius 06. If there is a planet or personal point conjunct or
opposite this degree, then a whole month, until the next New Moon,
will be significant.
Full Moon on February 11 (5:23 a.m.) at 22 Leo 29. Effect same
as above, lasting only two weeks, until the next New Moon.
SOLAR ECLIPSE on February 26 (12:26 p.m.) at 7 Pisces 55. This
is a total eclipse of the Sun, where the Moon passes between the
Sun and the Earth. In the United States, this eclipse will be visible
only in the most southwestern and most eastern parts. This is the
only total eclipse of 1998. It is said that the effect of an eclipse
is strongest in those areas where it is visible.
Solar eclipses occur at New Moon (Sun conjunct Moon.)
Lunar eclipses occur at Full Moon (Sun opposite Moon.)
LUNAR ECLIPSE on March 12 (11:34 p.m.) at 22 Virgo 24. This is
not a total eclipse. This is a penumbral eclipse. At a Full Moon,
the Earth is somewhere between the Sun and the Moon. A penumbral
eclipse occurs when the Moon is not totally blocked by the shadow
of the Earth, but only partially.
New Moon on March 27 (10:14 p.m.) at 7 Aries 15.
Full Moon on April 11 (6:23 p.m.) at 21 Libra 49. This is the Full
Moon that brings in Passover and Easter Sunday.
New Moon on April 26 (7:41 a.m.) at 6 Taurus 03.
Full Moon on May 11 (10:29 a.m.) at 20 Scorpio 42.
New Moon on May 25 (3:32 p.m.) at 4 Gemini 23.
Full Moon on June 10 (00:18 a.m.) at 19 Sagittarius 06.
New Moon on June 23 (11:50 p.m.) at 2 Cancer 27.
Full Moon on July 9 (12:01 p.m.) at 17 Capricorn 15.
New Moon on July 23 (9:44 a.m.) at 00 Leo 31.
LUNAR ECLIPSE on August 7 (10:10 p.m.) at 15 Aquarius 21. This
is a penumbral eclipse.
SOLAR ECLIPSE on August 21 (10:03 p.m.) at 28 Leo 48. This is an
annular eclipse of the Sun. An annular eclipse occurs when the Moon
is between the Earth and the Sun, but a ring of the Sun is around
the dark center of the Moon. This eclipse will not be visible in
the United States, because it occurs when it is night in the United
States.
LUNAR ECLIPSE on September 6 (7:21 a.m.) at 13 Pisces 40. This
is a penumbral eclipse.
New Moon on September 20 (1:01 p.m.) at 27 Virgo 32.
Full Moon on October 5 (4:12 p.m.) at 12 Aries 23. This one is
called the Harvest Moon.
New Moon on October 20 (6:09 a.m.) at 26 Libra 49.
Full Moon on November 4 (00:18 a.m.) at 11 Taurus 35.
New Moon on November 18 (11:27 p.m.) at 26 Scorpio 38.
Full Moon on December 3 (10:19 a.m.) at 11 Gemini 15.
New Moon on December 18 (5:42 p.m.) at 26 Sagittarius 48.
You will be happy to have this information in your appointment
book.
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