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Cover of The Southern Moon 2027: a field of 365 small moon phases, one row per lunar month, on a dark page.
Plate 01 · The cover, Dark edition
Volume 2027 · Drawn for the southern sky · Times in AEST

The Southern Moon

A calendar of the 2027 sky, its numbers, and the questions it asks.

Most moon calendars are drawn for the northern hemisphere. This one isn't. It's calculated for Australia and drawn the way you'll actually see it: a waxing moon lit on the left, a waning moon on the right.

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What's inside31 pages

The whole year in the sky, to the minute.

  1. 0112 month pages. Every day shows the moon's phase as seen from Australia, the sign the moon is in, the exact time it changes sign, and the day's numerology number. Under each month, everything the sky does that month.
  2. 0212 journal pages, one for each month's new and full moons, each with its own reflection question.
  3. 03The year in the sky. All 25 new and full moons with signs and times, the 5 eclipses, Mercury and Mars retrogrades, solstices and equinoxes (southern seasons), and the sun's sign changes.
  4. 04The planets. Every time Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto change sign or turn retrograde or direct.
  5. 05Meteor showers. The 10 showers of 2027 with peak nights, rates, how good each one is from Australia, and how much moonlight will get in the way. Peak nights are marked on the month pages.
  6. 062027 as a master 11 year. Work out your own personal year and personal months, with a reading for each number.
  7. 07A year-end review page.
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January 2027 month page: a grid of days, each with the moon's phase, its sign and the day's number, with the month's sky events listed below.
Fig. 2 · January
May 2027 month page, with the Eta Aquariids meteor shower peak night marked.
Fig. 3 · May, meteor night marked
Meteor showers page: the 10 showers of 2027 with peak nights, rates and moonlight.
Fig. 4 · Meteor showers
The planets page: every sign change and retrograde for the eight planets in 2027.
Fig. 5 · The planets
January journal page for the new and full moons, with a reflection question.
Fig. 6 · January journal
The year in the sky: all new and full moons, eclipses, retrogrades, solstices and equinoxes for 2027.
Fig. 7 · The year in the sky
Personal year page: how to work out your numerology personal year for 2027, with readings.
Fig. 8 · Your personal year
A page from the Light edition: the same calendar on white, easy on printer ink.
Fig. 9 · Light edition
How to read the calendar: a guide to the symbols and abbreviations.
Fig. 10 · How to read it
DetailsMade on the Gold Coast

The sky

  1. aTimes in Australian Eastern Standard Time (Brisbane), with a conversion table for every state and New Zealand.
  2. bCalculated with a professional astronomy library, not copied from a northern-hemisphere website.
  3. cSupermoon (22 Jan), black moon (30 Sep) and the 2 August total solar eclipse all marked.
  4. dJupiter moves into Virgo on 26 July, and the Eta Aquariids, Australia's best meteor shower, peak at new moon on 6–7 May.

The file

  1. aTwo editions. Dark (black pages, beautiful on a tablet or a good printer) and Light (white pages, easy on ink for home printing).
  2. bA4 and US Letter sizes included.
  3. cAn instant digital download. Nothing is posted to you. Print it at home or at a print shop, or use it on a tablet with a note-taking app such as GoodNotes or Notability.
  4. dThe astronomy is measured fact. The meanings and questions are a frame for reflection, not a prediction.
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