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The Original Void of Course Moon Sheet

1 January 2009 TO 31 March 2010  

 

Debbi Kempton-Smith writes:

President Barack Obama was sworn in as America's new president on 20 January 2009 at 12.05 pm EST  in Washington D.C..  If you check the tables, The Moon was Void of Course until 12.30 pm EST.

(This need not be a deal-breaker; President Clinton's second term inauguration occurred on a Void of Course Moon.)  

But there was a little problem. Chief Justice John Roberts 'flubbed the oath' The Moon was Void, of course!

President Obama retook the Presidential oath a day later,  on 21 January 2009, at 7.35 pm EST  No Voids. (Legally, however, a president becomes the president at noon on 20 January, no matter what. See the 20th Amendment to the Constitution  So, the Void rules.

Here is that story. Doink! Doink!

Backstory:  Nominations of the Presidential Candidates and the Void of Course Moon

On Wednesday, 27 August 2008 at 4.48 pm Mountain Daylight Time in Denver, Colorado (6.48 pm EDT), the words rang out: 'Hillary  moves - is there a second?' There was, and at that moment Senator Barack Obama officially became the Democratic nominee. Three minutes later, at 4.51 pm MDT (6.51 pm EDT) the announcement came: "I inform you, Barack Obama accepts the nomination.'  Deal done, wa-a-a-ay before the Moon went into the void. 

Vice Presidential nominee Joe Biden's nomination became official after his speech the same evening when he was proposed, seconded and he accepted at 10.20 pm EDT. The Moon was void of course at this time.

But it was a big surprise to see Barack Obama himself, now the Democratic Presidential nominee,  appear onstage unexpectedly at 10.55 pm EDT, a mere four minutes after the Moon left the void and entered his own sign, Leo.  Hmm.....

Our brilliant eagle-eyed Stargazers write:

From R:  I have been e-mailing every influential Democrat I can think of...and especially Obama's people....to direct their attention to your web-site.  In almost every case, I've received the standard "canned" response; you know the ones that thank you for your e-mail and assure you that your concerns will be carefully considered, and then ask you for your continued support.  BUT one time, just once, I got a reply e-mail from someone in the Obama camp that just said:  "Is that Mountain time?"  (In response to my warning to avoid the 8:13 to 10:51 pm VOC period.)  Maybe, someone WAS listening.

Debbi Kempton-Smith comments: Omigosh. R, you deserve a medal for service above and beyond the call of duty to your country...and to astrology.  This may be as close as the public ever gets to the true story of the all-important nomination time. 

 

From J:  Hey girl...Just saw the Democratic nomination, and since Hillary waived the rollcall formality to declare Obama the nominee, he got officially nominated before the Moon went void at 8:13pm.   YAY!  Go Hillary.  Happy livin'.

From M: The nominations were finished before the void.

From 'A Reader':  Hi Debbi Kempton-Smith! Thanks first of all for providing easy access to void-of-course tables They’re too important to be stingy about. (Of course, people can consult their ephemerides, but not everyone has access to an ephemeris.)

Re:  the 2008 Democratic National Convention: Indeed, it is true that prime time on television is when the candidate is usually nominated, but in this event, Barack Obama was nominated well before the void-of-course period, when Hillary Clinton asked the party to suspend the rules of the committee and nominate Obama by proclamation. So, those who support Barack Obama can rest easy about his nomination. Not so easy on Joe Biden, though, his vice-presidential choice, who accepted his nomination narrowly before the VOC period of Thursday evening ended. I have never read anything about the effects that the nomination or acceptance of a nomination of a vice-presidential candidate might have on a president’s candidacy – or his (or, someday, her) presidency. Time will tell how this plays out.

In any case, if we’re doing things right, it’s all one big research project – review the data when they are available, and then make only those pronouncements that the data support. Thanks again.

From R, again: Republican Presidential candidate John McCain's official nomination was 12:06 am today (September 4 2008) after an unusual-timed roll call vote just after Sarah Palin finished her speech at around 11:06 pm on Wednesday September 3.

So, it appears that, for this election year at least, neither Presidential candidate will have been nominated during a void-of-course moon.

 

Backstory to the backstory:  

Barack Obama officially announced his presidential candidacy at 10.13 AM CST on 10 February 2007 in Springfield, Illinois (BBC) ... during a Void of Course Moon. But he filed the official papers to open a presidential exploratory committee with the Federal Election Committee with no Void Moon, at 10.06 am 16 January 2007 in Washington D.C.

 

Dear readers, sort that one out!

 

 

 



Contains all 100 years of the Void-of-Course Moons ...all in GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) 1930 - 2030

Perfect for Londoners!

 

Go on. . .Be a sport. . . Treat yourself to all the voids.

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Chapters include

 

  •  Born on a Void of Course Moon

 

  •  Entering the  Twilight Zone: Avoiding Trouble on the Void of Course Moon

 

  • Get the Moon to Work for You Every Day

 

  • The Moon-- The Things You Can't Live Without

 

  • Eclipses


  • Red Lights, Green Lights

 

TATLER READERS, WELCOME

Londoners, remember: These times are for New York clocks. For the  UK Time Zone add 5 hours to each time listed here! 

Or LOOK to your left, now!


(You sophisticated Europeans, ADD 6 HOURS to all times here!)

New Yorkers and  Eastern Time Zoners, fugedaboudit: 
all the work has been done for you, including Daylight Savings Time.

Chicago! N'Awlins! Memphis, St. Louis, Nashville, all you  Central Time Zoners! Just SUBTRACT ONE HOUR from all the times here for CST / CDT.

Mountain  Time Zoners:   Just SUBTRACT TWO HOURS from all the times here for    MST/MDT.

 ARIZONA is a special case: In winter, AZ observes MST, so subtract two hours. In summer, AZ observes PDT, so subtract three hours from  the Eastern Daylight Times listings.

Californians and Pacific Time Zoners, please do  SUBTRACT THREE HOURS from all times here.

Hawaii does not observe Daylight Time. For HST, SUBTRACT FIVE HOURS FROM the Eastern Standard times listed here; during Eastern Daylight Times listed here, subtract SIX hours.

Quick Time Zone and Daylight Savings Time look-ups, worldwide click here

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WHAT IS THE VOID OF COURSE MOON?

From Al H. Morrison, the genius astrologer who traced the knowhow of Void Moons from the ancient times of Firnus Maternicus through Elizabethan times to the present, comes this explanation:

"Every couple of days there comes a time which is best used for subjective, spiritual non-material concerns, like prayer, yoga, play, psychotherapy, or passive experience, sleep or meditation.

"This period may last a few seconds, or it may be three days and nights in a single session.

"It begins when the Moon in transit makes the last major aspect it will make before it changes from one sign of the zodiac to the next. It ends when the Moon enters the next sign. The name of this period is Void of Course Moon. You may call it a silly season, or vacation from normal living.

"Decision making in such periods turns out later to be unrealistic. Creativity diverges into unpleasant directions, improvisations, false starts, error. Business moves fail to generate profits, or meet unexpected difficulties. If you buy any object it usually fails of its intended use.

"Human judgment is more fallible than usual during the time the Moon is Void of Course. This is the principle factor in all observed experience thus far.

"Routine proceeds readily, but often requires an adjustment later. Defects or shortages come to light. Delay and frustration are commonly experienced while the Moon is Void of Course.

"Neurotic tendencies, bad habits are more open to change. ESP experiments show odd results.

"Historic events during such periods have a wild, Pandora's Box impact on cultural evolution. The first two dozen successful spaceshots were all launched with the Moon Void of Course, to open an all-new age in which old concepts and ideas are corrected or disproven.

"In every presidential election from 1900 through 1972 one of the two major party candidates was nominated with the Moon Void of Course. Every one of the candidates nominated with the Moon Void of Course lost.

"Jimmy Carter's 1980 nomination came in a Void of Course Moon."

[John Kerry's 2004 nomination and Al Gore's 2000 nomination came in a Void of Course Moon. ---DK-S]

"Only observation can demonstrate what the Void of Course Moon indicates in your daily living. the scientific approach is to check it out. Design your own experiment.

"There is much more to selecting a "good" time to act or decide material issues. Skipping the Void of Course Moon is just staying out of avoidable difficulties.

"Go out of business when the Moon makes it's last aspect. Feed your soul until the time the Moon enters the next sign. Then, go back into business!"

(Reprinted from
SECRETS FROM A STARGAZER'S NOTEBOOK,
by Debbi Kempton-Smith)
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EASTERN TIME ZONE  ( New York Time Zone)

 

 

JANUARY 2009

3

Sat

3:50

AM

to

3

Sat

4:50

AM

ARIES

4

Sun

9:44

PM

to

5

Mon

10:46

AM

TAURUS

7

Wed

1:05

AM

to

7

Wed

1:11

PM

GEMINI

9

Fri

1:39

AM

tot

9

Fri

1:14

PM

CANCER

10

Sat

11:27

PM

to

11

Sun

12:41

PM

LEO

13

Tue

1:38

AM

to

13

Tue

1:33

PM

VIRGO

15

Thu

9:37

AM

to

15

Thu

5:30

PM

LIBRA

17

Sat

9:46

PM

to

18

Sun

1:20

AM

SCORPIO

19

Mon

10:37

PM

to

20

Tue

12:30

PM

SAGITTARIUS

22

Thu

11:23

AM

to

23

Fri

1:18

AM

CAPRICORN

25

Sun

4:08

AM

to

25

Sun

1:56

PM

AQUARIUS

27

Tue

12:12

PM

to

28

Wed

1:12

AM

PISCES

30

Fri

4:23

AM

to

30

Fri

10:25

AM

ARIES

FEBRUARY 2009

1

Sun

1:08

PM

to

1

Sun

5:08

PM

TAURUS

 

3

Tue

8:27

PM

to

3

Tue

9:14

PM

GEMINI

 

5

Thu

12:44

PM

to

5

Thu

11:05

PM

CANCER

 

7

Sat

2:07

PM

to

7

Sat

11:43

PM

LEO

 

9

Mon

2:29

PM

to

10

Tue

12:38

AM

VIRGO

 

11

Wed

11:17

PM

to

12

Tue

3:33

AM

LIBRA

 

14

Sat

9:46

AM

to

14

Sat

9:51

AM

SCORPIO

 

16

Mon

4:37

PM

to

16

Mon

7:53

PM

SAGITTARIUS

 

18

Wed

8:36

PM

to

19

Tue

8:25

AM

CAPRICORN

 

21

Sat

4:01

AM

to

21

Sat

9:06

PM

AQUARIUS

 

23

Mon

9:08

PM

to

24

Tue

7:59

AM

PISCES

 

26

Thu

1:09

AM

to

26

Thu

4:24

PM

ARIES

 

28

Sat

12:51

PM

to

28

Sat

10:33

PM

TAURUS

 

MARCH 2009

2

Mon

5:42

PM

to

3

Tue

2:59

AM

GEMINI

4

Wed

9:10

AM

to

5

Thu

6:07

AM

CANCER

6

Fri

7:29

PM

to

7

Leo

8:24

AM

LEO

Eastern Daylight Savings Time begins 2 AM Sunday 8 March

9

Mon

3:56

AM

to

9

Mon

11:34

AM

VIRGO

11

Wed

1:48

AM

to

11

Wed

2:46

PM

LIBRA

13

Fri

6:39

PM

to

13

Fri

8:22

PM

SCORPIO

15

Sun

8:43

PM

to

16

Mon

5:21

AM

SAGITTARIUS

18

Wed

1:47

PM

to

18

Wed

5:19

PM

CAPRICORN

20

Fri

4:06

PM

to

21

Sat

6:06

AM

AQUARIUS

23

Mon

8:09

AM

to

23

Mon

5:08

PM

PISCES

25

Wed

12:53

PM

to

26

Thu

1:03

AM

ARIES

27

Fri

10:17

PM

to

28

Sat

6:09

AM

TAURUS

30

Mon

2:00

AM

to

30

Mon

9:36

AM

GEMINI

APRIL 2009

1

Wed

5:04

AM

to

1

Wed

12:31

PM

CANCER

3

Fri

5:00

AM

to

3

Fri

3:34

PM

LEO

5

Sun

11:38

AM

to

5

Sun

7:01

PM

VIRGO

7

Tue

12:52

PM

to

7

Tue

11:22

PM

LIBRA

9

Thu

9:45

PM

to

10

Fri

5:23

AM

SCORPIO

12

Sun

1:28

PM

to

12

Sun

2:01

PM

SAGITTARIUS

15

Wed

12:07

AM

to

15

Wed

1:27

AM

CAPRICORN

17

Fri

12:42

PM

to

17

Fri

2:19

PM

AQUARIUS

19

Sun

6:15

PM

to

20

Mon

1:55

AM

PISCES

22

Wed

9:29

AM

to

22

Wed

10:09

AM

ARIES

24

Fri

8:11

AM

to

24

Fri

2:46

PM

TAURUS

26

Sun

11:42

AM

to

26

Sun

5:02

PM

GEMINI

28

Tue

12:23

PM

to

28

Tue

6:38

PM

CANCER

30

Thu

12:45

PM

to

30

Thu

8:56

PM

LEO

MAY 2009

2

Sat

6:08

PM

to

3

Sun

12:37

AM

VIRGO

4

Mon

9:31

PM

to

5

Tue

5:51

AM

LIBRA

7

Thu

6:00

AM

to

7

Tue

12:48

PM

SCORPIO

9

Sat

2:48

PM

to

9

Sat

9:49

PM

SAGITTARIUS

12

Tue

1:55

AM

to

12

Tue

9:09

AM

CAPRICORN

14

Thu

8:58

PM

to

14

Thu

10:01

PM

AQUARIUS

17

Sun

6:40

AM

to

17

Sun

10:17

AM

PISCES

19

Tue

5:43

PM

to

19

Tue

7:30

PM

ARIES

21

Thu

6:36

PM

to

22

Fri

12:40

AM

TAURUS

23

Sat

8:48

PM

to

24

Sun

2:34

AM

GEMINI

25

Mon

9:17

PM

to

26

Tue

2:58

AM

CANCER

27

Wed

11:06

PM

to

28

Thu

3:44

AM

LEO

30

Sat

4:18

AM

to

 30

Sat

6:17

AM

VIRGO

 

JUNE 2009

1

Mon

4:32

AM

to

1

Mon

11:17

AM

LIBRA

3

Wed

2:00

PM

to

3

Wed

6:43

PM

SCORPIO

5

Fri

10:18

PM

to

6

Sat

4:23

AM

SAGITTARIUS

8

Mon

9:51

AM

to

8

Mon

3:59

PM

CAPRICORN

10

Wed

11:31

PM

to

11

Thu

4:52

AM

AQUARIUS

13

Sat

5:04

PM

to

13

Sat

5:32

PM

PISCES

15

Mon

9:17

PM

to

16

Tue

3:52

AM

ARIES

18

Thu

5:35

AM

to

18

Thu

10:20

AM

TAURUS

20

Sat

8:02

AM

to

20

Sat

1:00

PM

GEMINI

22

Mon

8:20

AM

to

22

Mon

1:12

PM

CANCER

24

Wed

7:24

AM

to

24

Wed

12:50

PM

LEO

26

Fri

8:28

AM

to

26

Fri

1:47

PM

VIRGO

28

Sun

11:26

AM

to

28

Sun

5:24

PM

LIBRA

30

Tue

5:59

PM

to

 1-Jul

Wed

12:18

AM

SCORPIO

JULY 2009

3

Fri

6:03

AM

to

3

Fri

10:11

AM

SAGITTARIUS

5

Sun

3:17

PM

to

5

Sun

10:07

PM

CAPRICORN 

8

Wed

5:43

AM

to

8

Wed

11:03

AM

AQUARIUS

10

Fri

10:17

PM

to

10

Fri

11:44

PM

PISCES

13

Mon

4:03

AM

to

13

Mon

10:40

AM

ARIES

15

Wed

11:07

AM

to

15

Wed

6:30

PM

TAURUS

17

Fri

4:48

PM

to

17

Fri

10:41

PM

GEMINI

19

Sun

6:12

PM

to

19

Sun

11:51

PM

CANCER

21

Tue

10:35

PM

to

21

Tue

11:27

PM

LEO

23

Thu

4:28

PM

to

23

Thu

11:23

PM

VIRGO

25

Sat

7:14

PM

to

26

Sun

1:25

AM

LIBRA

27

Mon

10:53

PM

to

28

Tue

6:56

AM

SCORPIO

30

Thu

8:55

AM

to

30

Thu

4:10

PM

SAGITTARIUS

 

AUGUST  2009

2

Sun

1:42

AM

to

2

Sun

4:08

AM

CAPRICORN

4

Tue

9:21

AM

to

4

Tue

5:08

PM

AQUARIUS

6

Thu

8:20

PM

to

7

Fri

5:34

AM

PISCES

9

Sun

8:45

AM

to

9

Sun

4:23

PM

ARIES

11

Tue

4:03

PM

to

12

Wed

12:50

AM

TAURUS

13

Thu

11:17

PM

to

14

Fri

6:25

AM

GEMINI

16

Sun

2:19

AM

to

16

Sun

9:13

AM

CANCER

18

Tue

3:09

AM

to

18

Tue

9:56

AM

LEO

20

Thu

6:02

AM

to

20

Thu

10:00

AM

VIRGO

22

Sat

7:44

AM

to

22

Sat

11:12

AM

LIBRA

24

Mon

2:10

PM

to

24

Mon

3:16

PM

SCORPIO

26

Wed

2:34

PM

to

26

Wed

11:16

PM

SAGITTARIUS

29

Sat

1:26

AM

to

29

Sat

10:44

AM

CAPRICORN

31

Mon

2:09

PM

to

31

Mon

11:43

PM

AQUARIUS

SEPTEMBER 2009 

3

Thu

1:19

AM

to

3

Thu

11:58

AM

PISCES

5

Sat

12:53

PM

to

5

Sat

10:14

PM

ARIES

7

Mon

8:12

PM

to

8

Tue

6:18

AM

TAURUS

10

Thu

3:17

AM

to

10

Thu

12:17

PM

GEMINI

12

Sat

7:30

AM

to

12

Sat

4:19

PM

CANCER

14

Mon

9:57

AM

to

14

Mon

6:39

PM

LEO

16

Wed

12:10

PM

to

16

Wed

7:56

PM

VIRGO

18

Fri

7:56

PM

to

18

Fri

9:26

PM

LIBRA

20

Sun

2:43

PM

to

21

Mon

12:52

AM

SCORPIO

22

Tue

11:32

PM

to

23

Wed

7:43

AM

SAGITTARIUS

25

Fri

10:15

AM

to

25

Fri

6:19

PM

CAPRICORN

27

Sun

11:33

PM

to

28

Mon

7:07

AM

AQUARIUS

30

Wed

7:34

AM

to

 30

Wed

7:26

PM

PISCES

 

OCTOBER 2009

2

Fri

11:29

PM

to

3

Sat

5:20

AM

ARIES

5

Mon

1:46

AM

to

5

Mon

12:33

PM

TAURUS

7

Wed

1:19

PM

to

7

Wed

5:46

PM

GEMINI

9

Fri

9:35

PM

to

9

Fri

9:48

PM

CANCER

11

Sun

9:37

PM

to

12

Mon

1:02

AM

LEO

13

Tue

5:20

PM

to

14

Wed

3:45

AM

VIRGO

16

Fri

6:18

AM

to

16

Fri

6:29

AM

LIBRA

18

Sun

1:33

AM

to

18

Sun

10:23

AM

SCORPIO

20

Tue

2:57

PM

to

20

Tue

4:49

PM

SAGITTARIUS

23

Fri

2:39

AM

to

23

Fri

2:39

AM

CAPRICORN

25

Sun

2:15

PM

to

25

Sun

3:08

PM

AQUARIUS

28

Wed

3:22

AM

to

28

Wed

3:45

AM

PISCES

30

Fri

12:56

AM

to

31

Sat

1:56

AM

ARIES

 

NOVEMBER 2009   

Eastern Standard Time begins 2 AM, Sunday 1 November

1

Sun

8:29

AM

to

1

Sun

7:44

PM

TAURUS

3

Tue

1:04

PM

to

3

Tue

11:53

PM

GEMINI

5

Thu

10:47

PM

to

6

Fri

2:42

AM

CANCER

7

Sat

5:26

PM

to

8

Sun

5:23

AM

LEO

9

Mon

9:43

PM

to

10

Tue

8:30

AM

VIRGO

12

Thu

2:13

AM

to

12

Thu

12:22

PM

LIBRA

14

Sat

6:10

AM

to

14

Sat

5:24

PM

SCORPIO

16

Mon

2:14

PM

to

17

Tue

12:22

AM

SAGITTARIUS

18

Wed

9:46

PM

to

19

Thu

10:01

AM

CAPRICORN

21

Sat

10:04

PM

to

21

Sat

10:11

PM

AQUARIUS

23

Mon

10:35

PM

to

24

Tue

11:07

AM

PISCES

26

Thu

9:17

AM

to

26

Thu

10:10