Llewellyn's 2025 Moon Sign Datebook

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Llewellyn’s 2025 Moon Sign Datebook® ISBN 978-0-7387-7197-7 Copyright © 2024 Llewellyn Worldwide Ltd. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever, including internet usage, without written permission from Llewellyn Worldwide Ltd., except for brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews.

Cover design by Kevin R. Brown Editing by Hanna Grimson Interior art by Kathleen Edwards on pages 25, 45, 72, 102, 180; Nataša Ilinčić on pages 31, 60, 81, 129; Wen Hsu on pages 11, 39, 68, 96, 157 Typography owned by Llewellyn Worldwide Ltd. Any internet references contained in this work are current at publication time, but the publisher cannot guarantee that a specific location will continue to be maintained.

Monthly moon-at-a-glance information written by Michelle Perrin. Astrological data compiled and programmed by Rique Pottenger, based on the earlier work of Neil F. Michelsen. Occultation dates courtesy of (c)NAOJ. A special thanks to Beth Koch Rosato for astrological proofreading.

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2025 Moon Sign Datebook

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hether you have been a longtime reader of Llewellyn’s Moon Sign Book or you are new to the rhythms of the Moon, you are now well on your way to achieving the rewards of weekly planning by the cycles of the Moon. Enjoy!

What You’ll Find Inside The clean, convenient space for planning and scheduling all your events and activities for the 2025 calendar year, the Datebook includes the daily Moon sign; New, Full, and quarter Moons; Moon void-of-course times; major US, Canadian, and UK holidays; and the best days for planting and fishing.

Inside you will also find informative content, Moon facts and lore, and everything you need to know about each month’s New and Full Moons.

Void-of-Course Times Void-of-course times are the periods of time when the Moon has left a given Moon sign but has yet to enter its next sign. At this time the Moon is void, and it is not considered a good time to initiate plans.

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Gardening by the Moon

alk to any traditional gardener or farmer and they will tell you specific Moon phases for doing chores. For example, prune trees and bushes to encourage growth when the Moon is going from new to full, and trim them to retard growth when the Moon is going from full to new. Plant root crops when the Moon is waning, and plant things that grow above ground when it is waxing. Pulling weeds and any work that involves clearing should be done during a waning Moon. Pick vegetables to preserve when the Moon is waxing, as it will draw the flavor into them.

For each month you will find detailed gardening instructions for each quarter Moon phase.

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Monthly Moon at a Glance

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By Michelle Perrin, Astrology Detective

he monthly “Moon at a Glance” sections throughout the Datebook are dedicated to the New and Full Moons for each month. Take note that this information sometimes appears at the beginning of a month and sometimes toward the end of the month.

At the beginning of each month, flip through the weekly pages to locate and familiarize yourself with this lunar knowledge.

Moon 101: Remember the Basics New Moon—New Beginnings: Things started at a New Moon have a great chance to bear the fruit of success over the next twelve months. Initiate projects and plant the seeds for new endeavors.

Full Moon—Good Goodbyes: If you are carrying around baggage, people, ideas, or habits that no longer suit you, you can shake them off for good at a Full Moon.

Eclipses—Shake Things Up: Sometimes we know what is best for ourselves yet cling to old ways out of fear or comfort. Eclipses come along to drag us kicking and screaming from our comfort zones.

New Moon solar eclipses give us the courage to embrace the new, while Full Moon lunar eclipses get us out of bad, outworn situations.

Occultations—Like an Eclipse: Instead of being between the Sun and Moon, they are when the Moon aligns with a planet, temporarily blocking it from sight. Just like with solar and lunar eclipses, when a planet is occulted, its energy is being temporarily shut out and can go a bit haywire.

Lunar Phenomena A Supermoon is when the Moon makes its closest approach to Earth and the center of the Moon is less than 223,694 miles from the center of Earth. Due to its nearness to the Earth, a Supermoon looks 7 percent wider and 15 percent brighter than a normal Moon.

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The word Supermoon was first coined by the astrologer Richard Nolle in 1979. Astrologers traditionally called this phenomenon a perigree.

A Micromoon is when the Moon is furthest from the Earth and looks smaller than usual. Traditionally, this is called an apogee.

Blood Moons are named after their reddish hue. Blood Moons only happen at total lunar eclipses when the Moon blocks out the light of the Sun and only the Earth’s light reaches it. Air molecules scatter out most of the blue light, leaving only red wavelengths to illuminate the lunar orb. Blood Moons are relatively rare, with the next one being in March 2025, and the previous one in May 2021.

A Black Moon refers to when there are two New Moons in one month. Alternatively, the third New Moon in a season with four New Moons is referred to as a Black Moon.

A Blue Moon is when a month has two Full Moons; the second one is known as a Blue Moon. A second definition is when a season has four Full Moons; the third is also called a Blue Moon.

For more specific details on the phases of the Moon, see Amy Herring’s article, “The Eight Phases of the Moon,” on page 182.

The Mysterious Moon

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t’s easy to take the Moon for granted. Sometimes we notice it in the sky, but mostly we just assume that it’s going to be there, doing whatever it is that it does. Some of you might wonder if the Moon actually does anything at all, apart from inspiring writers and artists and giving others ideas about space travel.

The Moon has been fascinating people forever. Prehistoric calendars from many different cultures reveal that early man tried to make sense of the solar and lunar cycles. Artists from all eras have celebrated the Moon phases, from the Paleolithic cave drawings in France, which date back some 15,000 years, right through to the

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present generation of painters who delight in the mystery of Earth’s own satellite.

Lunar and Solar Eclipses One of the most interesting things about the Moon has to do with the eclipses. There are two kinds, solar and lunar. They both occur at least twice a year, and they can both be partial or total.

There can be as many as seven eclipses in a year, or as few as four.

Total eclipses happen approximately every eighteen months—but of course, there are exceptions to every rule. Lunar eclipses happen when the shadow of the Earth covers the Moon. These only occur during a Full Moon.

History tells us that before all the science was understood, eclipses were feared by people, who believed that it was a sign from the gods. Of course, today the eclipses are predictable—but they’re still pretty compelling. The Sun and the Moon are just the right size so, depending on the vantage point, when the Moon passes between the Sun and the Earth, it’s the exact diameter to block out the Sun’s light, no more, no less. This causes a total solar eclipse. We know that this is all part of the astronomical performance of these two lights, but that makes it no less fascinating.

On the Moon In 1969, history was made when Neil Armstrong was the first man to ever set foot on the Moon. Along with Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins, he collected rock samples and played golf and beamed back televised footage of their lunar landing. The rock samples—along with those later collected by subsequent Apollo missions, Soviet space exploration, and lunar meteorites—revealed that the Moon’s composition is quite different than that of the Earth. The Moon rocks were low or missing in some familiar elements, with no evidence of hydration. Radiometric dating shows these rocks to be approximately 4.5 billion years old. Moon dust has proven to be older than Moon rocks, and they’re both older than the Earth.

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What Does the Moon Do? Apart from being inspiration for poets, painters, and ponderers, the Moon actually does a lot to help sustain life on the third rock from the Sun. If it weren’t for the Moon, the Earth would shift dramatically on its axis. The Moon’s gravitational pull keeps the axis angled between 23 and 26 degrees, keeping the Earth’s tilt disciplined and regulating the seasons. Without the Moon’s assistance, seasons would be of unpredictable length and weather.

The ocean tides would be significantly less dramatic without the Moon’s gravitational pull, too. They’d be governed by the Sun. The Sun is much larger than the Moon, but it is also much farther away. There would be no spring tide swell, no neap tides; in fact, there’d be very little tidal action at all! This would also influence the tidal animals, such as oysters, which open and shut in rhythm with the waters. Oysters have long been associated with this behavior. What makes them interesting is that if you move oysters inland, away from the coast, within a few days they’ll alter their actions, and start to open and close with the movements of the Moon, not the tides.

It goes without saying that the nights would be much darker without the Moon. If you’ve ever marvelled at a starlit night when the Moon was dark, you’ll get a bit of an idea as to just how the Moon lights up the sky. Not only that, though; the days on Earth would be a lot shorter without the Moon because of the way the Moon keeps the planet disciplined. Without the Moon, a day would only be six to eight hours long, and there would be over 1,000 days in a year! There would also be a larger equatorial bulge, and the area at the poles would be much flatter. The Moon really does do much more than just shine a light in the night sky!

Why Is the Moon So Fascinating?

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about a woman’s menstrual cycle being in rhythm with the phases of the Moon and that babies are more likely to be born during a Full Moon than any other time. While some of these have been disproven over the years, other lunar trivia does hold water.

It’s not just those living close to the land who use the phases of the Moon to get the most out of things, though. Business people who are aware of the lunar influences will schedule meetings as the Moon is waxing in order to bring people together. Beauticians will trim hair and nails according to the lunar phases to either encourage or discourage growth. Each of the Moon’s phases will bring with it a particular energy, and working in harmony with those energies helps make the most of a particular task or activity.

There are nocturnal activities where the light of the Moon—or lack of it—might be preferred. For example, hunters have observed that their nighttime prey is more animated during a Full Moon than a darker one. Fishermen also pay attention to the Moon’s pull on the tides and use it to their advantage when casting off. Convicted burglars have divulged that they prefer to work when the skies are dark.

Perhaps it’s the subdued light and the increase in some behaviors that has made moonlight so popular with writers, dabblers, musicians, and other artists. In the half-light of the Moon, illusions can be easily woven. What was a shadow by day might be seen as a terrifying monster at night; what was mundane in the sunlight could turn into a beauty by moonlight. The Moon charms, enthralls, and mesmerizes even the most practical of persons. Paintings like Van Gogh’s Starry Night, songs like “Blue Moon” by Richard Rodgers, and universal myths—such as the one about the Moon being made of cheese— stand as testimony that the love affair with the Moon is enduring.

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January’s Moon at a Glance January 13 Full Moon Get Up, Stand Up It’s time to gather all that pent-up frustration, pain, and anger you have stockpiled and use it as fuel to stand up to all the bullies and authoritarian figures who have tormented you. The only path to healing is by purging your demons and defeating your enemies.

There is no better New Year’s resolution than to set boundaries and only let people into your life who deserve to be there.

January 29 New Moon Teach the World to Sing This Aquarian New Moon is exceptionally harmonious, expansive, and generous. If you have dreams about doing your part to make the world chime at a higher vibration, this is your chance to put your plans into practice. Major societal transformations are the result of individuals choosing to live lives of kindness and love.

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Almanac / Astrology

Harness the Power of the Moon Every Week Illuminating the perfect times to schedule any event or task, Llewellyn’s 2025 Moon Sign Datebook makes it easy to keep track of your plans and stay organized. Each week, you’ll find extensive information about Mercury retrogrades, what sign and phase the Moon is in, and the best days for planting and fishing.

A perfect companion to Llewellyn’s bestselling Moon Sign Book, this datebook includes detailed lunar-related articles and illustrations throughout.

Learn about moonflowers, Moon Dogs, the Great Moon Hoax of 1835, Asia’s Mid-Autumn Festival, and more. Every month features at-a-glance information on New and Full Moons as well as specific gardening dates so you can plan for success.

• Calendar spreads and spiral-bound design make it easy to write in appointments and special events • Provides Moon lore, gardening tips, and auspicious dates for important events • Features Moon phases and void-of-course times, Mercury retrogrades, equinoxes, and solstices

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