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Each one tied to the Moon's real position on the morning it went out.

29 Oct 2026 A translation of light, from Jupiter to Venus The Moon passes from Jupiter to Venus this evening; the horary writers called it translation of light.

28 Oct 2026 The Moon in Gemini, a sign Bonatti counted against her Bonatti counted Gemini among the Moon's impediments, as the sign just before her own house.

27 Oct 2026 The Moon swift in motion, void from 14:51 UTC Speed was a strength in Lilly’s table of fortitudes, and today the Moon has it.

26 Oct 2026 Eight degrees of Taurus, and the quarter Ptolemy called dry Exalted in Taurus, with the Sun in the sign of her fall: the old reading of today’s full Moon.

25 Oct 2026 Aries to Cancer: a full Moon in her exaltation Three ingresses, four voids, and Venus back in her own sign.

24 Oct 2026 The Moon meets Saturn in his fall at 13:06 UTC Two bodies at the same degree of Aries, and the older name for that kind of meeting.

23 Oct 2026 The Moon enters Aries tonight, where Saturn stands in his fall Void of course until 19:53 UTC, then Aries, then Saturn on Saturday.

22 Oct 2026 The Moon’s last aspect in Pisces is exact at 03:31 UTC Friday Venus trine is behind her; Mercury trine is the last aspect before the void.

21 Oct 2026 The Moon crosses into Pisces, Jupiter’s sign Zero degrees of Pisces, and the old word for the crossing itself.

20 Oct 2026 The Moon leaves Mars and applies to Jupiter from Aquarius Past an opposition to Mars, closing on Mercury and Jupiter: the old terms are separation and application.

19 Oct 2026 The Moon past her first quarter, in Saturn's second sign Five degrees of Aquarius, and the quarter of the month Ptolemy assigned to heat.

18 Oct 2026 Capricorn to Aries: the Moon's week ahead Three ingresses, a sixteen-hour void on Friday, and a full Moon in Taurus just past the week.

17 Oct 2026 A Moon in detriment, hosted by Saturn in fall Eleven degrees of Capricorn, and the old word for the planet whose house she is staying in.

16 Oct 2026 The Moon enters her detriment at 12:57 UTC A void morning in Sagittarius, then Capricorn, the sign Ptolemy placed opposite the Moon's own.

15 Oct 2026 Void of course from 21:55 UTC tonight A sextile to the Sun, then fifteen hours without an aspect before the Moon reaches Capricorn.

14 Oct 2026 The Moon clears the Sun's beams in Sagittarius Two degrees of Sagittarius, a waxing crescent, and the distance Lilly called under the beams.

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