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AUGUST

The constellation info here is accurate worldwide and is done from an observable point of view, so you'll find it's different from astrologers ephemeris info. All times are GMT so you'll have to convert that to your local time

BIODYNAMIC DATA FOR AUGUST IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE

The Sun in August

The Sun moves from Cancer to Leo on the 10th of August

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Mercury

By the middle of the month it's visible low in the West-North-West horizon during evening twilight in the northern hemisphere

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Venus

The Evening Star

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Mars

Visible in early evening and then sets

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Jupiter

Bright and to the south in the constellation Sagittarius

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Saturn

Can be seen on the western horizin around sunset

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Meteor Showers

The Perseids meteor shower peaks on the 12th

Around 1am the Moon will set and the peak begins - expect plenty of shooting stars

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The Moon in May

1st Aug - New Moon - Cancer

8th Aug - 1st Quarter - Virgo to Libra

16th May - Full Moon -Capricorn

23rd May - 3rd Quarter - Aries to Taurus

30th Aug - New Moon - a "Black Moon" in Leo

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AUGUST COSMIC ROUNDUP

1st  New Moon

1st  Total Solar Eclipse visible mainly in Asia but partial eclipse visible in UK

1st Partial Eclipse visible in Britain from 9.30am

20% visible at peak at 10.20am
The Sun will be back to normal around 11am

8th  First Quarter Moon

10th  Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth at 252,000 miles)

12th  Perseid meteor shower peaks and as the Moon will be setting around 1am the skies should be dark enough in these morning hours to see plenty of spectacular shooting stars
 
13th  Moon next to Jupiter – looks kinda cool and helps you find Jupiter ‘cos it’s the bright ‘star’ next to the Moon – you can see 4 moons even through binoculars

15th  Mercury, Venus, and Saturn all next to each other at dusk

16th  Full Moon. Traditionally known as the “Wort Moon”. Wort is the Saxon name for herb, so it would be a time for collecting and storing of medicinal and useful herbs

16th  Lunar Eclipse. 8.30pm – 11.30pm. From South England the eclipse will already have started as the Moon rises just after sunset around 8.30pm.
The Moon will start to have a small chunk taken out of it at 8.35pm and more and more will disappear until it starts to go orangy red around 10.15pm
It will all be back to normal by 11.45pm

23rd  3rd Quarter Moon

26th  Moon at perigee (closest to Earth at 221,000 miles)

30th  New Moon – and a  Black Moon! – similar to a Blue Moon when there are two Full Moons in a month, this is  a Black Moon where there is two New Moons in the month of August

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Biodynamic Lunar Constellation info for August

These are the constellations the Moon can be seen in front of for the whole of August - it basically moves in front of a different constellation every 2.5 days

Hope it makes sense laid out this way - it's the only way i could get all the symbols in a line - there's also a leaf, root, fruit, flower conversion table right at the bottom - the only way to print it out is copy it into a word document then grab all the text and change the letter colour from white to black - i'm sure i'll find an easier way to present it soon, but at least its here eh?

you can buy 2008 biodynamic calendars for just £5 here

ive just moved even closer to the Greenwich meridian line!, so all the times here are given in Greenwhich Mean Time - the Moon's phase and the constellation it's passing in front of doesn't change depending on where you are in the world, so all you have to do is convert the GMT into your time zone

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DATE Constellation - - - moves to - - - - at (time)

1st - - - - a

2nd - - - - a - - - - - - - - - b - - - - - - - - 4pm

3rd - - - - b

4th - - - - b - - - - - - - - - c - - - - - - - - 2pm

5th - - - - c

6th - - - - c

7th - - - - c

8th - - - - c - - - - - - - - - d - - - - - - - - 11am

9th - - - - d

10th - - - d - - - - - - - - - e - - - - - - - - 4am

11th - - - e

12th - - - e - - - - - - - - - f - - - - - - - - 4am

13th - - - f

14th - - - f - - - - - - - - - g - - - - - - - - 6am

15th - - - g

16th - - - g

17th - - - g - - - - - - - - - h - - - - - - - - 4am

18th - - - h - - - - - - - - - i - - - - - - - - 10am

19th - - - i

20th - - - i

21st - - - i - - - - - - - - - ^ - - - - - - - - 4pm

22nd - - - ^

23rd - - - ^ - - - - - - - - - _ - - - - - - - - 4pm

24th - - - _

25th - - - _

26th - - - _ - - - - - - - - - ` - - - - - - - - 4am

27th - - -` - - - - - - - - - a - - - - - - - - 4am

28th - - - a

29th - - - a - - - - - - - - - b - - - - - - - - 4am

30th - - - b

31st - - - b

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here's a handy conversion table

FRUIT - - - - - - - - - - - ROOT - - - - - - - - - - FLOWER - - - - - - - - - - - - LEAF
ram ^ Aries- - - - - - - bull _ Taurus- - - - - twins ` Gemini - - - - - - - crab a cancer
lion b Leo - - - - - - - virgin c Virgo- - - - - scales d Libra- - - - - - scorpion e Scorpio
archer f Sagittarius - - goat g Capricorn - waterman h Aquarius- - - - fishes i Pisces
FIRE - - - - - - - - - - - - - EARTH - - - - - - - - - - - - AIR - - - - - - - - - - - - - - WATER

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