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The 30 lunar days and what they mean

The lunar day is counted from the new moon: the first 24 hours after it are the first lunar day, the next 24 the second, and so on until the next new moon. Below is the meaning of each of the thirty — what the day is good for and what is better avoided.

Lunar day 1 · The day of intent

SymbolThe Lamp

The Moon has only just been born, and the day belongs not to action but to intention. Whatever you conceive now will gather strength by the full moon.

Good for

  • Putting plans into words
  • Writing down wishes
  • Dreaming without limits

Better to avoid

  • Starting things in a rush
  • Anger and argument

Lunar day 2 · The day of the first step

SymbolThe Horn of Plenty

Yesterday’s design asks for movement. The first step comes easier today than on any other day of the month.

Good for

  • Setting about what you planned
  • Putting things in order
  • Sharing and giving

Better to avoid

  • Being grudging
  • Overeating

Lunar day 3 · The day of force

SymbolThe Leopard

A day of active drive. There is plenty of energy and it needs an outlet — otherwise it turns into irritation.

Good for

  • Acting decisively
  • Physical effort
  • Standing your ground

Better to avoid

  • Passivity
  • Storing up grievances

Lunar day 4 · The day of choice

SymbolThe Tree of Knowledge

A day of two minds, when it matters to tell the voice of the heart from the voice of fear. Good for solitude and an honest talk with yourself.

Good for

  • Being alone a while
  • Weighing decisions
  • A walk in a wood or a park

Better to avoid

  • Noisy company
  • Hasty promises

Lunar day 5 · The day of filling

SymbolThe Unicorn

A day when the body asks for attention and the soul for impressions. What you take in today is absorbed more deeply than usual.

Good for

  • Good food
  • The road and travel
  • Study

Better to avoid

  • Going hungry
  • Idle talk

Lunar day 6 · The day of the word

SymbolThe Crane

Words weigh more today than usual. What is spoken comes true more readily — the kind and the unkind alike.

Good for

  • Important conversations
  • Prayer and affirmations
  • Working with the breath

Better to avoid

  • Cursing and swearing
  • Promising the impossible

Lunar day 7 · The day of direction

SymbolThe Compass Rose

A windy, moving day. Good for setting a course, bad for clinging to a rigid plan.

Good for

  • Marking out a route
  • Company and connections
  • Making things

Better to avoid

  • Stubbornness
  • Deceit — it will come out fast

Lunar day 8 · The day of transformation

SymbolThe Phoenix

A day of fire and cleansing. What has outlived its time goes easily — unless you hold on to it yourself.

Good for

  • Letting the old go
  • Cleansing practices
  • A bathhouse, a fire, candles

Better to avoid

  • Holding on to the past
  • Risking your health

Lunar day 9 · The day of shadows

SymbolThe Bat

An uneasy day when what you hid from yourself comes out. That is not a misfortune but a chance to see.

Good for

  • Working with fears
  • Cleaning the house
  • An early night

Better to avoid

  • Believing dark forebodings
  • Starting anything important

Lunar day 10 · The day of kin

SymbolThe Fountain

A day of family and roots. Good for going back to the source — to traditions, to relatives, to whatever brought you up.

Good for

  • Time with family
  • Looking into your ancestry
  • Household rituals

Better to avoid

  • Solitude
  • Quarrels with those close to you

Lunar day 11 · The day of might

SymbolThe Fiery Sword

One of the strongest days of the month. There is energy enough for a breakthrough — and enough for destruction too.

Good for

  • Large undertakings
  • Decisive acts
  • Healing practices

Better to avoid

  • Sudden movements
  • Work with sharp or dangerous things

Lunar day 12 · The day of mercy

SymbolThe Heart

A day of the open heart. Requests are heard, forgiveness comes easily, help returns manyfold.

Good for

  • Helping others
  • Asking for what matters
  • Forgiving

Better to avoid

  • Hard-heartedness
  • Large purchases

Lunar day 13 · The day of gathering

SymbolThe Spinning Wheel

A day when it is good not to make something new but to carry through what was begun. Knowledge is taken in with unusual ease.

Good for

  • Learning
  • Finishing what was started
  • Working with the past

Better to avoid

  • Starting from nothing
  • Hurry

Lunar day 14 · The day of the call

SymbolThe Trumpet

An active day that calls you to work. Whatever you begin will go fast — so check that you are going the right way.

Good for

  • Starting something important
  • Working with texts
  • Travel

Better to avoid

  • Idleness
  • Standing aside

Lunar day 15 · The day of temptation

SymbolThe Serpent

Temptations look particularly convincing today. The day asks for sobriety and a clear head.

Good for

  • Making things
  • Moderation
  • Paying attention

Better to avoid

  • Giving in to impulses
  • Large decisions

Lunar day 16 · The day of balance

SymbolThe Butterfly

A quiet, harmonious day. Good for restoring balance — in the body, in relationships, in your affairs.

Good for

  • Peace and reconciliation
  • Calm work
  • Beauty and looking after yourself

Better to avoid

  • Sharpness
  • Excess

Lunar day 17 · The day of freedom

SymbolThe Bell

A day of joy and release. The full moon is near and the energy asks for a celebration.

Good for

  • Celebrating
  • Letting go of control
  • Love and closeness

Better to avoid

  • Strict frames
  • Heavy work

Lunar day 18 · The day of reflection

SymbolThe Mirror

Everything that irritates you in others speaks about you today. A day for an honest look at yourself.

Good for

  • Self-examination
  • Cleansing the body
  • Getting rid of what is surplus

Better to avoid

  • Judging others
  • Deceiving yourself

Lunar day 19 · The day of the web

SymbolThe Spider

A day when it is easy to get tangled — in affairs, in words, in other people’s intentions. Hold to clarity and simplicity.

Good for

  • Cleaning the house
  • Clearing out the clutter
  • Repentance and admission

Better to avoid

  • Intrigues
  • New acquaintances

Lunar day 20 · The day of height

SymbolThe Eagle

A day that calls you to rise above the everyday. Good for looking at your life from above — what is invisible up close can be seen.

Good for

  • A look at the whole picture
  • Spiritual practice
  • Mentoring

Better to avoid

  • Pride
  • Pettiness

Lunar day 21 · The day of movement

SymbolThe Herd of Horses

An energetic day that demands action and movement. Standing still is harder today than running.

Good for

  • Sport and activity
  • Work done together
  • Changes

Better to avoid

  • Inaction
  • Isolation

Lunar day 22 · The day of wisdom

SymbolThe Elephant

A day of quiet strength and gathered knowledge. Good for turning to experience — your own and other people’s.

Good for

  • Learning from elders
  • Dealing with money
  • Unhurried decisions

Better to avoid

  • Fuss
  • Disregarding advice

Lunar day 23 · The day of trial

SymbolThe Crocodile

A heavy day with unpredictable surges. The best strategy is to give no occasion and to save your strength.

Good for

  • Cleaning and clearing
  • Restraint
  • An early rest

Better to avoid

  • Conflicts
  • Important undertakings

Lunar day 24 · The day of waking

SymbolThe Bear

A day when strength returns after the trough. The body wakes up and there is noticeably more energy.

Good for

  • Waking the body
  • Building and making
  • Closeness

Better to avoid

  • Overeating
  • Aggression

Lunar day 25 · The day of stillness

SymbolThe Tortoise

A day to withdraw into your shell. Outward activity drains you today; inward activity feeds you.

Good for

  • Solitude
  • Meditation
  • Listening to your instinct

Better to avoid

  • Being in public
  • New undertakings

Lunar day 26 · The day of silence

SymbolThe Toad

One of the most passive days. Words today turn against the speaker easily.

Good for

  • Keeping quiet
  • Saving your strength
  • Watching

Better to avoid

  • Boasting
  • Idle spending

Lunar day 27 · The day of support

SymbolThe Staff

A day of inner firmness. Good for leaning on what is proven and letting go of what is shaky.

Good for

  • Spiritual practice
  • Working with water
  • Travel

Better to avoid

  • Scattering yourself
  • Doubting yourself

Lunar day 28 · The day of clarity

SymbolThe Lotus

A bright day with a sense of inner cleanness. Thoughts run easily, decisions come by themselves.

Good for

  • Planning ahead
  • Making things
  • Caring for the home

Better to avoid

  • Worrying
  • Starting conflicts

Lunar day 29 · The day of darkness

SymbolThe Octopus

The hardest day of the lunar month. Illusions and fears gather before the new moon — this will pass.

Good for

  • Cleansing
  • Fasting and abstinence
  • Quiet

Better to avoid

  • Believing your fears
  • Any undertakings

Lunar day 30 · The day of completion

SymbolThe Swan

The last day of the cycle, quiet and bright. Time to take stock and let the month go with gratitude.

Good for

  • Taking stock
  • Giving thanks
  • Forgiving and taking leave

Better to avoid

  • Starting anything new
  • Hurrying

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