Astrology guides and moon calendars

Short, plain-language guides to the astronomy behind astrology and numerology: what a birth chart is, how the rising sign works, the moon phase on your birthday, how to work out your life path number, and the new and full moon calendars for 2026 and 2027.

• The 12 Zodiac Signs: What Your Sun Sign and Moon Sign Say About You
  Your Sun sign is the one everyone knows: the sign the Sun was in on the day you were born. It describes who you are becoming. Your Moon sign is quieter and often truer: it… Read more: The 12 Zodiac Signs: What Your Sun Sign and Moon Sign Say About You
• New Moon and Full Moon Calendar 2026: Every Date, Sign and Eclipse
  Here is every new moon and full moon of 2026, with the time it is exact (in UTC, so add your own time zone), the zodiac sign it falls in, and which ones are eclipses.… Read more: New Moon and Full Moon Calendar 2026: Every Date, Sign and Eclipse
• New Moon and Full Moon Calendar 2027: Every Date, Sign and Eclipse
  Here is every new moon and full moon of 2027, with the time it is exact (in UTC, so add your own time zone), the zodiac sign it falls in, and which ones are eclipses.… Read more: New Moon and Full Moon Calendar 2027: Every Date, Sign and Eclipse
• How to Calculate Your Life Path Number (and What 11, 22 and 33 Mean)
  Your life path number is the main number in numerology, worked out from your date of birth alone. It takes two minutes with a pen. Here is the method most numerologists use (the Pythagorean one),… Read more: How to Calculate Your Life Path Number (and What 11, 22 and 33 Mean)
• What the Moon Phase on Your Birthday Means (All Eight Phases)
  The Moon goes through its cycle in about 29 and a half days, from new (invisible, beside the Sun) to full (opposite the Sun) and back. The phase on the day you were born is… Read more: What the Moon Phase on Your Birthday Means (All Eight Phases)
• Can You Find Your Rising Sign Without a Birth Time?
  Short answer: not exactly. The rising sign (ascendant) is the zodiac sign on the eastern horizon at the moment you were born, and the horizon sweeps through the whole zodiac once a day. That is… Read more: Can You Find Your Rising Sign Without a Birth Time?
• What Is a Birth Chart? What It Shows, and What It Doesn’t
  A birth chart (also called a natal chart) is a map of the sky at the exact moment and place you were born, drawn as a circle. Every planet gets a position on that circle,… Read more: What Is a Birth Chart? What It Shows, and What It Doesn’t