Phases, signs overview for September
For those of you gardening or doing other things according to
the phases of the moon and signs of the zodiac, here’s the information for the
month of September. All times given are Eastern Daylight Time.
The moon
Like August, September begins and ends with the moon in the
dark phase.
The full moon rules until 2:41 a.m. Sept. 13 when the new
moon comes into force and returns again at 10:50 p.m. Sept. 27, continuing
until the new moon at 8:06 p.m. Oct. 12.
“General Tips” for dark- and light-moon activities are below
and if you are planting anywhere, it’s above-ground producers in the light moon
and below-ground producers when the dark phase is in.
The signs
Remember: Again,
check to see if the moon is in the light or dark phase (information above)
before proceeding with planting, or other activities, indoors or out.
Fertile signs: The
most fertile signs in the zodiac rule these days: Taurus (the neck), Sept. 2-3
and 29-30; Cancer (the breast), Sept. 6-7; Scorpio (the secrets), Sept. 16-17;
and Pisces (the feet), Sept. 25-26.
There are 10 days this month ruled by the fertile signs — Scorpio,
Pisces, Taurus and Cancer.
So-so days: These
aren’t particularly fertile nor destructive, just so-so: Sagittarius (the thighs),
Sept. 18-20; Capricorn (the knees), Sept. 21-22; Aquarius (the legs), Sept.
23-24. Again this month we have seven days ruled by the three so-so signs:
Sagittarius, Capricorn and Aquarius.
Killing signs: No
planting, transplanting, or dealing with things you want to thrive should occur
on these days. Reserve them for cultivating, cleaning out fencerows — anything
but planting. The month begins with Aries (the head) ruling Sept. 1, returning
for another visit on Sept. 27-28. The other killing Leo (the heart) rules Sept.
8-10. We have six days this month ruled by the killing signs Aries or Leo.
Flowering days:
These are “bloom days” and well suited for planting flowers. Virgo (the
bowels), Sept. 11-12 and Libra (the reins), Sept. 13-15. There are five flowering
days again this month.
Gemini days:
Gemini rules the arms and is in force Sept. 4-5. In our part of the country
it’s too late to plant beans because they are a hot-weather crop and both the
ground and the air are cooling. Just enjoy the days and don’t think about
planting beans until next spring.
General tips
Again, here are a few general tips for activities other than
planting:
>If you have gravel to pour on a drive or roadway, do that
when the light moon rules. The same applies for stones on a garden path: Place
them when the moon is in the light phase so they don’t sink.
>If you’re setting fence posts, do that in the light of
the moon so the posts don’t sink.
>If you’re putting on a new shingle roof, do that when the
moon’s in the dark phase so that the shingles stick down and don’t curl up on
the ends.
>If you have
changes to make, there are no days this month that perfectly suit the
formula: dark moon in force, signs going out of the body past anything that
functions. Your second choices are either to make changes when the dark moon is
in force (through Sept. 12 then Sept. 28-Oct. 11) OR when the signs are going
out of the body past anything that functions, Sept. 18-26.
Alas, we can’t have both this month.
