Right now we’re in the balsamic phase of the moon- the last couple days before the moon goes totally dark. This is the final phase of the moon cycle. If you’ve studied astronomy, you may already know of this phase as the waning crescent. As the light of the moon grows darker and finally fades out entirely, we become acclimated to darkness. There is a sense of mystery, of seclusion, even karmic connection right now. Mysteries become more compelling when it is dark. We become more concerned with unfinished business.

The lunar type of personality is easily recognized even without knowledge of astrology. He is oversensitive regarding to its surroundings, very restless and longs for changes. He is extrovert and dependant upon the opinion of other people, the impression he leaves is very important for him, searches for attention, travels often and changes his personal style, prone to follow trends and depends upon them, pliable, often spends more than he has. His relationship are usually “promising”, he enters them with great enthusiasm and expectations, but they rarely last long.

Moon, the only constant in all kinds of horary charts, is of utmost importance in medical horary charts from the beginnings of horary astrology up to the period of her blossoming in the 17th century ...

"Traditionally, all herbs had a planetary and Zodiacal rulership. To enhance the pharmacological properties of an herb, it was planted, harvested, prepared into medicine, and consumed when its ruler was rising, culminating, and setting. A Swiss man who was interested in astrology tried applying these ancient rules in his own exquisite Zodiacal garden and found that he could increase the potency of the herbs by more than twenty times by following these rules.

"In the beginning, the Creator contained all possibilities. When God decided to actualize the Plan that had been gestating within, the two key components of Creation were extruded in such a way as to render them interdependent for the duration of Eternity. That which we call the masculine is radiatory, linear, and dynamic. It has life, vitality, and is the very Essence of existence. This part is "qualified" by Ideas which are expressed as purpose or destiny.

"An older name for the Earth's pristine satellite is LUNA: The moon goddess of prehistoric LEGEND.
The goddess has been a strong influence in the mythos of all antiquarian cultures springing up in the fertile soil of our planet. Such cultures unanimously recognized The PROFOUND EMOTIONAL EFFECT that phases of the moon exert upon human beings , just as it affects sprouting beans, menstruation, and the ocean's tides, etc., lunar phases routinely AFFECT the MANIC-DEPRESSIVE SWINGS of the MENTALLY UNSTABLE."