Magic Hours

OK everyone knows about planetary hours. Blah blah blah. This program does them automatically if you put in the right Latitude and Longitude. Use Wikipedia to find out yours by typing in your town's name. While on the subject you can get free astrology charts--and therefore Luna's position--at Astrolabe. (Btw for better results always put in the non Daylight Savings Time.

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Astrolabe

Now for the juicy part, Luna. Planetary hours are good for rites, Luna's position is for all the other "magical" works, e.g. wildcrafting, tool making, etc. I came across this little tidbits on attributes of the Moon being nothing more than just tides, time, and always a concern for magic. The proving points was Reid's lessons in Practical Alchemy on Levity Alchemy Labs.

Even though the Moon is the fastest planet it still takes a while for it to move. So to fix this there are the Decans, division of 10° of Sign, and the Easter Counterpart of Dwads, divisions 2.5° to incorporate all 12 signs. (There are division of 5° called the Quinances, but only find correspondences to the Goetia and Schemahamphorasch, but nothing on "sub" signs or their rulers.) Of course to make this truly Ceremonial: the charts.

Astrolabe

Moon Timing
Motion Measure Time*

Chart 360° 27:19:17.6952

Decan 10° 18:12:51.7968

Dwad 2.5° 04:33:12.9492

1° 1° 01:49:17.17968

*Based of a month of 27.321582 days

Moon Timing

Motion	Measure	Time*
Chart	360°	27:19:17.6952
Decan	10°	18:12:51.7968
Dwad	2.5°	04:33:12.9492
1°	1°	01:49:17.17968

Decans & Rulers
Luna's Sign [0, 10) Range [10, 20) Range [20, 30) Range

Sign Ruler Sign Ruler Sign Ruler

Aries Aries Mars Leo Sol Sagittarius Venus

Taurus Taurus Mercury Virgo Luna Capricorn Saturn

Gemini Gemini Jupiter Libra Mars Aquarius Sol

Cancer Cancer Venus Scorpio Mercury Pisces Luna

Leo Leo Saturn Sagittarius Jupiter Aries Mars

Virgo Virgo Sol Capricorn Venus Taurus Mercury

Libra Libra Luna Aquarius Saturn Gemini Jupiter

Scorpio Scorpio Mars Pisces Sol Cancer Venus

Sagittarius Sagitarrius Mercury Aries Luna Leo Saturn

Capricorn Capricorn Jupiter Taurus Mars Virgo Sol

Aquarius Aquarius Venus Gemini Mercury Libra Luna

Pisces Pisces Saturn Cancer Jupiter Scorpio Mars

Decans & Rulers
Luna's Sign	[0, 10) Range	[10, 20) Range	[20, 30) Range
	Sign	Ruler	Sign	Ruler	Sign	Ruler
Aries	Aries	Mars	Leo	Sol	Sagittarius	Venus
Taurus	Taurus	Mercury	Virgo	Luna	Capricorn	Saturn
Gemini	Gemini	Jupiter	Libra	Mars	Aquarius	Sol
Cancer	Cancer	Venus	Scorpio	Mercury	Pisces	Luna
Leo	Leo	Saturn	Sagittarius	Jupiter	Aries	Mars
Virgo	Virgo	Sol	Capricorn	Venus	Taurus	Mercury
Libra	Libra	Luna	Aquarius	Saturn	Gemini	Jupiter
Scorpio	Scorpio	Mars	Pisces	Sol	Cancer	Venus
Sagittarius	Sagitarrius	Mercury	Aries	Luna	Leo	Saturn
Capricorn	Capricorn	Jupiter	Taurus	Mars	Virgo	Sol
Aquarius	Aquarius	Venus	Gemini	Mercury	Libra	Luna
Pisces	Pisces	Saturn	Cancer	Jupiter	Scorpio	Mars

Dwads
Range\Luna's Sign	AR	TA	GE	CA	LE	VI	LI	SC	SG	CP	AQ	PI
[0, 2.5)	AR	TA	GE	CA	LE	VI	LI	SC	SG	CP	AQ	PI
[2.5, 5)	TA	GE	CA	LE	VI	LI	SC	SG	CP	AQ	PI	AR
[5, 7.5)	GE	CA	LE	VI	LI	SC	SG	CP	AQ	PI	AR	TA
[7.5, 10)	CA	LE	VI	LI	SC	SG	CP	AQ	PI	AR	TA	GE
[10, 12.5)	LE	VI	LI	SC	SG	CP	AQ	PI	AR	TA	GE	CA
[12.5, 15)	VI	LI	SC	SG	CP	AQ	PI	AR	TA	GE	CA	LE
[15, 17.5)	LI	SC	SG	CP	AQ	PI	AR	TA	GE	CA	LE	VI
[17.5, 20)	SC	SG	CP	AQ	PI	AR	TA	GE	CA	LE	VI	LI
[20, 22.5)	SG	CP	AQ	PI	AR	TA	GE	CA	LE	VI	LI	SC
[22.5, 25)	CP	AQ	PI	AR	TA	GE	CA	LE	VI	LI	SC	SG
[25, 27.5)	AQ	PI	AR	TA	GE	CA	LE	VI	LI	SC	SG	CP
[27.5, 30)	PI	AR	TA	GE	CA	LE	VI	LI	SC	SG	CP	AQ

Formulas

Wait Time = DESIRED_POSITION - MOON_CURRENT_POSITION * 1.8214388
Hours = Wait Time * 24
Minutes = [Hours] * 60
Seconds = [Minutes] * 60

Example 1

In about 1.5 weeks of writing this very article my herbal spagryic solution will be done, and it'll be time for the Separation phase. Separation is ruled under the planet Mars and the Sign Scorpio. Making the best time to remove the herbs would be when the Moon is in Scorpio, a Decan of Scorpio, or a Dwad of Scorpio. First off to get a basis for calculation, Luna at 06:00:00 18 March, 2007 is at 18°53' Pisces. The "current" Decan is Cancer, its current Dwad is Libra. Using the charts we are lucky and the very next Decan and Dwad are Scorpio and Mars.

Let 0 = 0° Virgo
Current Position = 18 + 53/60
Scorpio Dwad = 20
Dwad Wait = (20 - 18 - 53/60) * 1.8214388
          = 2.033939993...
          ~ 02:02:02
Dwad Time = 08:02:02

Example 2

I want to start (physically) making a set of Theorictus (Air/Luna) talimans starting from tomorrow. Luna at 06:00:00 8 March, 2007 is at 6°46 Scorpio, Decan Scorpio, Dwad Capricorn. We'll go for the next Luna Decan at Aries of Sagittarius.

Let 0 = 0° Scorpio
Current Position = 6 + 46/60;
Aries/Luna Decan = [Signs Moved] * 30 + 10
                 = 1*30 + 10
                 = 40  
Decan Wait = (40 - 6 - 46/60) * 1.8214388
           = 60:31:56.938032
           ~ 48:00:00 + 12:31:57
Decan Time = {8 Mar} + 48:00:00 + 6:00:00 + 12:31:57
           = {10 Mar} 18:31:57

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