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May 17, 1956

First Quarter Moon in Leo

26°17′ Leo · 1:16 am ET

First Quarter in Virgo · 55% lit · enters Virgo 7:40 am ET

Daily WeatherVirgo · waxing 55%

Thursday, May 17, 1956

♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎☉︎☽︎☿︎℞︎♀︎♂︎♃︎♄︎℞︎♅︎♆︎℞︎♇︎

Moon in Virgo · waxing 55% · Mercury ℞ in Gemini · three planets retrograde

1:16 am ET · 26°17′ Leo

First Quarter Moon

The waxing half steepens toward the full moon on May 24.

  • 7:40 am ET☽Moon enters Virgo
  • applying☉ ⚹ ♅exact Sat 11:19 pm ET
  • applying☉ ☍ ♄exact Sun 10:16 am ET
  • applying♂ ☍ ♃exact Tue 11:38 am ET
  • applying♄ △ ♅exact Thu 3:35 am ET

A day of first friction — you may meet the first real test of something recently begun.

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Positions

  • Sun26°43′ Taurus
  • Moon2°48′ Virgo
  • Mercury℞︎8°29′ Gemini
  • Venus5°32′ Cancer
  • Mars20°21′ Aquarius
  • Jupiter22°50′ Leo
  • Saturn℞︎29°44′ Scorpio
  • Uranus28°59′ Cancer
  • Neptune℞︎28°19′ Libra
  • Pluto26°07′ Leo
  • North Node8°13′ Sagittarius

Mercury, Saturn & Neptune retrograde

Active aspects

  • Sun square Pluto0.6° orb
  • Uranus square Neptune0.7° orb
  • Saturn trine Uranus0.8° orb
  • Neptune sextile Pluto2.2° orb
  • Sun sextile Uranus2.3° orb
  • Mars opposition Jupiter2.5° orb
  • Moon sextile Venus2.7° orb
  • Sun opposition Saturn3.0° orb
  • Moon square Saturn3.1° orb
  • Jupiter conjunction Pluto3.3° orb
  • Saturn square Pluto3.6° orb
  • Sun square Jupiter3.9° orb
  • Moon sextile Neptune4.5° orb

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