Moon – Mind Body & Health

Have you noticed how some days you wake up feeling so full of positive energy that you could climb a
mountain? On other days, though, all you want to do is curl up and sleep. If you start to take note, you
will find that these moods come and go on a cyclical basis. This pattern can often be matched to the Moon
phases, and also to the particular astrological sign through which the Moon is travelling. What happens is
that the lunar phases and sign placements interact to affect our minds and bodies. As the Moon moves
signs every two and a quarter days, so the nature of the influences changes, which also alters our mood –
our perception of our situation.

YOUR HEALTH AND THE MOON

From the New Moon to the Full Moon is a time for new initiatives. Full Moon is the time for reaping
rewards from our hard labours. With the waning Moon we should review endeavours and correct
mistakes. Through the dark of the Moon it is advantageous to meditate, research, draw inner strength and
lay plans in preparation for the new energies that appear with the emergence of the New Moon.

From New Moon to Full Moon

• A productive time when efforts will grow visibly
• Begin new projects
• Put ideas into motion
• Get medical treatments
• Have your hair cut if you want fast re-growth
• Become engaged/decide to live together/get married
• Make long-term relationship plans

First Quarter Moon

• If you are trying to locate a lost phone number or hoping to meet someone whose address you mislaid,
look for these things around the Moon’s First Quarters and they should simply fall into your lap.

Full Moon
• Feelings are heightened
• Matters appear larger than life
• Delay all decisions until another day
• Have your hair cut if you want it to grow back thicker

From Full Moon to New Moon

• Pluck eyebrows
• Have hair cut if you want to slow its growth
• Have hair dyed
• Use depilatory treatments
• Dental work
• Begin health regime
• Settle disputes with friends and family
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Last Quarter Moon

• Get rid of clutter and everything that is causing an obstruction
• Throw out anything (or anyone) you no longer want or need
• Rest and recuperate
• Good time for self-analysis

Mental and Physical Health

Moon Madness
That the Moon influences our state of mind has been recognized throughout history. Medical staff in
mental institutions have been especially convinced of this phenomenon and attempted suicides, psychotic
behaviour and admissions to special care units tend to increase around Full Moon. The link between
madness and the Moon has even been incorporated into several languages – the Italian phrase, avere la
luna, which means “to be angry”, translates literally as “having the moon”.

Surgery and The Full Moon

If possible, avoid surgery around the Full Moon. Studies have revealed that blood flows more freely at
this time of the month and is slower to clot. In fact, carrying out operations on Full Moon days has been
banned by medical authorities in certain parts of the world. Since blood flow is more sluggish around the
Last Quarter and New Moon times, these phases are more conducive to the healing process following
surgery because the likelihood of haemorrhaging is reduced. The same advice applies to any dental work
that involves extractions.

Illness and The Lunar Cycle

If you fall sick between New Moon and Full Moon, your illness will normally be worse and take longer
to shake off than illness contracted during the waning period (Full Moon to New Moon).

Intoxicating Effects
Have you ever wondered why the same amount of alcohol sometimes has a greater effect on you than at
other times? This may be because the strength of alcohol is intensified on the day of the Full Moon.

Body Image
Take advantage of the enhancing influences of the Moon in Taurus, Leo or Libra and have beauty
treatments, facial makeovers or massages. These are also excellent times to change your image, hairstyle
and wardrobe.
A health regime that involves “shedding” in some way – such as losing weight, getting rid of physical
or emotional clutter or giving up smoking or chocolate, for example – is more likely to be successful if it
begun when the Moon is decreasing, so plan to start after the Full Moon. It also helps if this coincides
with the Moon being in the sign of Aries, Gemini, Leo, Virgo, Sagittarius or Aquarius.
Moon Signs/ Lunar Cycle (use with the “Moon Mind, Body & Health” chart)
January 2004
19th Capricorn 06:24pm  Last Quarter (began on Jan 15th 04:46am)
20th Capricorn

21st Aquarius 07:11pm  New Moon 09:05pm WAXING PHASE begins

22nd Aquarius
23rdPisces 09:28pm
24th Pisces
th
25 Pisces
26th Aries 03:05am
27th Aries
28th Taurus 12:45pm

29th Taurus  First Quarter @ 06:03am (“fingernail of God”)

30th Taurus
31st Gemini 01:18pm

February 2004
1st Gemini
2nd Cancer 02:02pm
rd
3 Cancer
4th Cancer
th
5 Leo 00:49am

6th Leo  Full Moon @ 08:47 (Second Quarter)

7th Virgo 09:02am WANING PHASE starts one day after the full moon
8th Virgo
9th Libra 02:12pm
10th Libra
11th Scorpio 07:57pm
12th Scorpio

13th Sagittarius 11.34pm  Last Quarter @ 01:39pm (Third Quarter)

14th Sagittarius
15th Sagittarius
16th Capricorn 02:03am
17th Capricorn
18th Aquarius 04:27am
19th Aquarius

20th Pisces 07:26am  New Moon @ 09:18am (Fourth Quarter)

21st Pisces
Moon Activities Recommended Activities Recommended Things to Avoid Health Trends
Sign (Waxing Moon Phase) (Waning Moon Phase) To Watch

Aries
Set yourself a new Get your hair cut Rashness Headaches
challenge Have an eye test Driving too fast Scalds n burns
Take up a martial art See the dentist Rushing a job Cuts
or self-defence discipline Wanting to get your Accidents
Begin a new exercise way at all costs
regime
Taurus
Cook a new recipe Plan a new color Eating too much Sore throat
Go to the theatre scheme for your Wanting things Laryngitis
Make some new bedroom you do not have
cushion covers Put your finances Being over-
Start a savings scheme on a firmer footing possessive
Take out a new insurance Give you lover a massage
policy Have a relaxing aroma-
Work on the garden therapy bath
Paint
Play music
Gemini
Write letters to your Play a board game with Being too easily Nervous tension
friends your children distracted Agitation
Phone up your brother Go to the library Beginning one job Restlessness
or sister Buy books and writing before finishing
Take a computer course materials another
Join a debating society Put your feet up and
Make a start on that book read a magazine
you’ve always wanted to Go for a drive in the
write country
Cancer
Visit your parents Take a walk along a river Meddling in other Worry
Join an upholstery class or sea-shore peoples affairs Moodiness
Paint your lounge Go swimming Being over-clingy Stomach upsets
Move house Rearrange your furniture Skin problems
Look up your ancestry Take a trip down memory
Cook your family’s lane
Favorite meal Plant a shrub or tree
Leo
Take the afternoon off Take the children to the Feelings of Backache
and spend it with your cinema insignificance Circulatory
partner Tell those you love that Resentment problems
Make love you love them Imagining that no
Be creative – paint, sew, Watch a funny program one appreciates you
sculpt, go to the theatre on television
/concert/opera Hang a gilt-framed mirror
Go to the races/gambling in your hallway
Casino Be conscious of your own
Buy someone a present happiness
Sunbathe Take some creative time out.
Moon Activities Recommended
Sign (Waxing Moon Phase)
Virgo
Start to eat more healthy
Read up on alternative
Medicines/therapies
Join a health club
Seek medical diagnosis
and treatments
Libra
Get married
Invite friends round
Go to a concert
Buy a new tape or CD
Send your partner red
roses
But an exquisite item
For the house – it needn’t
be expensive but it must
be lovely
Go on a romantic weekend
with your partner
Scorpio
Join a psychology course
Go for a boat ride
Look for items that you
have mislaid
Take up a new therapy
Call up a debt
Go on a murder-mystery
weekend
Learn about hypnosis
Sagittarius
Enroll at a college
Set off on your
holidays/travels
Arrange a camping
weekend
Contact friends/family
abroad
Attend a lecture on
Philosophy
Activities Recommended Things to Avoid Health Trends
(Waning Moon Phase) To Watch
Review you daily routine Fussing over detail Irritability
Cut out bad habits Being over-critical Gastric or
Have a clear-out Fads Dietary upsets
Go through your wardrobe
and pack/give away anyth-
ing you no longer wear
Take your lover out to an Feelings of being Kidney ailments
intimate restaurant for unloved Biochemical
dinner Loneliness imbalances
Create space where you Stress
can go for peace and
relaxation
Go to a museum/art
gallery
Make an ikebana flower
arrangement
Librans need to find peace and relaxation
during the waning Moon phase.
Seek answers to questions Jealousy Problems with
that have been on your Spite the reproductive
mind Wanting to take organs
Read a thriller control of people Haemorrhoids
Psychoanalyse yourself and situations
Clear out that cellar Brooding
Watch a spy movie
Solve a puzzle
Read a travel book Boredom Liverishness
Contemplate, meditate Taking un- Putting on
or pray necessary risks weight
Go to church Over-indulgence
Take the dog for a walk
in the country
Write up a list of your
future aspirations Indulge the Sagittarian
passion for horseriding
Moon Activities Recommended Activities Recommended Things to Avoid Health Trends
Sign (Waxing Moon Phase) (Waning Moon Phase) To Watch

Capricorn
Join the local political Write up a list of the Worrying about Toothache
party ten things you want to position or status Skin abrasions
Spring-clean the house achieve in your lifetime All work and no Problems of the
Climb a mountain Talk to your partner play joints –
Invite your boss to lunch about your ambitions especially the
Get down to some serious Count the money in knees
work your piggy-bank
Start a new business Go on an economy
Buy a smart business suit drive
Tell your lover how you
feel about him/her

Aquarius
Paint your kitchen units Rearrange the furniture Breaking the rules Ankle sprains
electric blue before you go to bed Rebelling just for Circulatory
Invent something the Offer your help at the sheer hell of it disorders
World needs and doesn’t local school/hospital Handing in your
yet have Meet friends for lunch notice
Organize a surprise party
for a friend’s birthday
Join a club
Buy a computer
Learn a new dance

Pisces
Write a romantic storyHave reflexology Falling in love with Physical and
Go swimming treatment the first person you mental
Drink champagne in Write down your dreams meet sensitivity
the bath Snuggle up to your lover Changing your mind Problems with
Compose a piece of Have an early night Feeling inadequate the feet
music Listen to your favorite
Take your partner to a music
dance
Paint a scene in watercolours

Many Happy Returns

Each month, when the Moon returns to your own Moon sign, it is like a little birthday – a marker that sets
the tone for the four weeks to come. How you are feeling at that time will find echoes throughout the
coming month. Ideally, it would be best to know the exact degree your Moon was in at the very moment
of your birth, but that requires a natal chart drawn up by an astrologer. Failing that, knowing the Zodiacal
sign in which the Moon was placed when you were born will give a good enough approximation to
indicate the trends that will affect you in the month to come.