Gorilla Sherbert

@brownbae420, thanks for the question! I do use the movement of the sky to determine when to do things for my weed plants and my outdoor garden. I’m using a combo of Chris Brennan’s guidelines for traditional “electional” or inceptional tropical astrology, and Marie Thun’s guidelines for gardening to the sidereal moon. Marie Thun is where I started; she posits guidelines for times in which actions like seed sowing or fertilizing are more likely to be effective based on where the moon is in the sky. IE Waxing moon better for sowing annuals, waning better for perennials. The chart here is a harvest chart; harvesting flowers is recommended when the moon is in a sidereal flower (air) or fruit (fire) sign, as they will be more fragrant, last longer and store better! The other half of this, elections, are complicated. The idea being that a skilled astrologer can help you choose when to take actions in the garden by mitigating when the planets are in bad positions that may indicate trouble for the subject of the election (for me, my weed plants). So for example, saturn and neptune both hate being in Aries but saturn is associated with plant structure and growth. So I’d want to avoid times that place unhappy Saturn Neptune combo in the houses of bad fortune: the sixth (injury or debility), eighth (inactivity, interpersonal debt) and twelfth (imprisonment, confinement, hidden enemies). And I’d want to make sure that if there’s a planet in the houses of saturn’s rulerships cap and aquarius, that it’s a planet that likes being there.

@lov3m3mor3, wow! This resonates deeply with me and was extremely educational. I'm definitely going to research these and try to apply them to my gardening. Will keep following your updates! Happy growing! Happy New Moon in Gemini!