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Lunar phase at birth
Also called Rudhyar's lunation types
Which of eight phases the Moon was in at birth, by its angle from the Sun.
Dane Rudhyar described eight “lunation types”, from new moon to balsamic, by the Sun–Moon angle in 45° steps. The site's Astrology & myths pages use his scheme.
- How it is worked out
- Moon longitude minus Sun longitude, in 45° steps: new, crescent, first quarter, gibbous, full, disseminating, last quarter, balsamic.
Sources
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