Astrology and Magickal Significance of the Dark of the Moon
Each lunar cycle has a period of the dark moon. It is the time just prior to and sometimes a bit after the astrological conjunction of the Sun and Moon when no moonlight is visible in the sky. This can last up to 3 moonless nights as the lunar phase shifts from waning to waxing. This is not an eclipse, but a normal monthly occurrence that accompanies the New Moon. The New Moon is when the Moon reaches the same sign and degree occupied by the Sun, astrologically speaking. A