Cool Moon Facts by Whip

Real astronomy and dated history, with sources. Documented traditions and folklore. Modern lunar astrology · symbolic, not predictive.

Motion and the Sun · Beginner

Direct motion

Also called direct, D

A planet moving forward through the zodiac, as it does most of the time.

Planets appear to move from Aries towards Taurus and on; that is direct motion. The Sun and Moon are always direct.

  • Kind: Astronomy
  • Tradition: Shared across Western traditions
  • In this site’s birth chart: used

Related: Retrograde, Station

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