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OCTOBER

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 OCTOBER IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE

The Sun in October

The Sun moves from Virgo to Libra on the 29th of October

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Mercury

Theres a chance you might even see Mercury this month! its between 5º and 10º above the horizon just after Sunset for most of the month - around 24th to 28th its as high as it gets and the skies ar dark cos its near a New Moon - so try and spot that elusive quicksilver planet - your chance doesn't get better than this!!!!

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Venus

The Evening Star! Bright and in the West after Sunset

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Mars

Not really visible

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Jupiter

Bright and to the south-west till about 11pm in the constellation Sagittarius

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Saturn

Rises in the East just before sunrise in the constellation Leo

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Meteor Showers

The Orionids meteor shower peaks on the 20th

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The Moon in October

7th Oct - 1st Quarter - Sagittarius

14th Oct - Full Moon - Pisces

21st Oct - 3rd Quarter - Gemini to Cancer

27th Oct - New Moon - Virgo

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OCTOBER COSMIC ROUNDUP

5th - Moon at Apogee (furthest from Earth)

7th – 1st Quarter Moon  

14th -  Full Moon – Once known as the “Blood Moon” as it's the time of year to decide how much livestock can survive the winter based upon the summers hay yield reaped at the last Harvest Moon against how long the oncoming winter is predicted to be.
Livestock numbers had to be culled to just the right amount based on this tenuous balancing act – on a light note it is also known as the “Wine Moon”

17th  Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) . 
17th Moon very near the Pleiades - Luna goes to meet the Seven Sisters

21st  Orionid meteor shower peaks. The actual debris from Halleys Comet!!!
Visible all month but peaks about 1am on 21st.  
21st  3rd Quarter Moon

22nd  Moon near Beehive cluster    

25th  Moon rises with Saturn at 5am 

26th  Mercury visible about 10º above the horizon at Sunset - 2 or three days either side of this date are good really 

28th New Moon  

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Biodynamic Lunar Constellation info for October

These are the constellations the Moon can be seen in front of for the whole of October - 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 2009 biodynamic calendars for just £5 here

ive just moved even closer to the Greenwich meridian line! (less than 10" off), 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 - - - - c - - - - - - - - - d - - - - - - - - 4pm

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3rd - - - - d - - - - - - - - - e - - - - - - - - 4pm

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5th - - - - e - - - - - - - - - f - - - - - - - - 4pm

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8th - - - - f - - - - - - - - - g - - - - - - - - 11am

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10th - - - g - - - - - - - - - h - - - - - - - - 4am

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12th - - - h - - - - - - - - - i - - - - - - - - 4am

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15th - - - i - - - - - - - - - ^ - - - - - - - - 4pm

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17th - - - ^ - - - - - - - - - _ - - - - - - - - 4am

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25th - - - b - - - - - - - - - c - - - - - - - - 4pm

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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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