Is the new Moon good for endings?

The day or two before it, the dark of the Moon, is the classical time for conclusions. The new Moon itself is for the next beginning.

Can I cancel something on a waxing Moon?

You can; the old texts would expect it to come back around. If the cancellation has to happen now, make it complete and in writing.

How far ahead does the list for ending or cancelling something go?

Two weeks. The list is recomputed every hour from the real sky, so it is always the next two weeks from now. Bookmark the page.

What if there is no clear window?

Sometimes the sky is busy for a stretch and the next two weeks have none. Then the window checker will show you the least bad part of a day, and the answer is to go with your eyes open or wait.

What time zone are these in?

Central time first, with UTC under it. The embedded checker on this page shows every window in your own time.

Best days to

Best days to end, cancel or let go

Ending a contract, cancelling a subscription, closing a project, leaving a job, finishing a relationship or a chapter. The clean ending. The checker below is set to ending or cancelling something; pick a day and it judges each part of it, with the rule and its source.

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Computed hourly

The next clear windows for ending or cancelling something

Right now the Moon is in Aquarius, first quarter. Venus and Saturn are retrograde.Computed Oct 19, 07:58 UTC. The tool shows your own time.

Wed, Oct 21, 8:58 am Central to Wed, Oct 21, 11:58 am CentralOct 21, 13:58 UTC to Oct 21, 16:58 UTC
Sat, Oct 24, 5:58 pm Central to Sun, Oct 25, 8:58 am CentralOct 24, 22:58 UTC to Oct 25, 13:58 UTC
Tue, Oct 27, 8:58 pm Central to Thu, Oct 29, 5:58 pm CentralOct 28, 01:58 UTC to Oct 29, 22:58 UTC

The general sky, in Central time and UTC. Add your rising sign in the checker and it reads against your chart, in your own time.

What the sky weighs

The rules for this

Endings are the one action the classical rules want on a waning Moon: from full to new, when things are shrinking back. The engine favours that, Saturn's day Saturday (structure, limits, conclusions), and the Moon applying to a benefic for an ending that stays amicable.

Against it: a waxing Moon (the thing tries to grow back), the void-of-course Moon (the ending does not stick), and the Moon applying to Mars by a hard aspect (the ending turns into a fight).

End it on a waning Moon, in writing, with the next step named. The dark of the Moon is the quietest day of all for it.

Every rule that can fire, with its source

-3 The Moon makes no more contacts before leaving its sign. Matters started now tend to drift — nothing comes of them.William Lilly, Christian Astrology (1647); concept from Sahl ibn Bishr, On Elections, trans. Benjamin Dykes (2008)
+2 The Moon is decreasing — favorable for endings, clearing, and release.Dorotheus of Sidon, Carmen Astrologicum Book V, trans. Benjamin Dykes (2017)
+2 The Moon's next contact is a friendly one to a benefic — the matter lands softly.Sahl ibn Bishr, On Elections, trans. Benjamin Dykes (2008)
-2 The Moon's next contact is a hard one to a malefic — friction arrives before the finish line.Sahl ibn Bishr, On Elections, trans. Benjamin Dykes (2008)
+1 Today's planetary ruler favors this kind of action (Sun-Sunday: visibility; Moon-Monday: home and gathering; Mars-Tuesday: contest and effort; Mercury-Wednesday: contracts and messages; Jupiter-Thursday: growth and asking; Venus-Friday: partnership; Saturn-Saturday: endings and structure).Picatrix (Ghayat al-Hakim) Book I, trans. Dan Attrell & David Porreca (2019)

For a business

How owners use it

Closing a product line, ending a supplier agreement, cancelling the software you stopped using, letting a contractor go, winding up a partnership. A business accumulates things that should end; the week before each new Moon is the standing time to end them.

Rhythm for Business plans the quarter around these windows: the new moon as the start of a cycle, the full moon as its review, and the clear windows for the decisions that matter. Open Rhythm for Business.