Lunar Phase
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
The varying forms of the Moon as seen from the Earth which are caused by the changing astronomical relationship between the Moon and the Sun.
The most important lunar phases are the new Moon, the waxing first quarter, the full Moon and the waning third quarter. Human beings have long recognised the importance of the lunar phases which were almost certainly the main catalyst for the creation of calendars in order to systematise and record their experiences.
In Indian Astrology the lunar mansions are called Nakshatras - 28 (sometimes also 27) sectors along the Ecliptic. Their names are related to the most prominent Asterisms in the respective sectors.[1]
See also
Weblinks
- Wikipedia: Nakshatra
- Lunar Mansions Free Online Calculator (astro-seek)
- Moon Phase Calculator (stardate.org)
- This tool displays the approximate Moon phases
- The Mansions of the Moon (Neil Mann)
- lunar phases and eclipses (NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 2019)
- The 28 Mansions of the Moon (Peter Stockinger's Traditional Astrology Weblog, 2010)
- Tools, Software & Articles (moonconnection.com)
- Functionary Properties of the 27 Nakshatras (Purohit Jaya Tirtha Charan dasa; Hare Krisna New Zealand/ salagram.net)
- The Mansions of the Moon in Astrology & Magic (Christopher Warnock, 2019)
A composite photo of the position and phases of the moon over 28 days[2]
Bibliography
- Christopher Warnock: The Mansions of the Moon. 192 pages, Renaissance Astrology, 2006. ISBN 1905047746
- Review online (Deborah Houlding, 2006)
Notes and References
- ↑ The classical list of nakshatras is first found in the Vedanga Jyotisha, a text dated to the 600-700 BCE. So the nakshatra system predates the Hellenistic Astrology which became prevalent from about the second century CE
- ↑ Each photo was taken at the same exact location each day