Ask / request — December 2023
The best days to ask for a raise in December 2023.
Computed in America/New York (Eastern Time). Event and interval times include their Eastern Time zone label (EDT or EST). A different timezone shifts the day boundaries — the sky doesn’t change, but the local days it lands in can.
You’ve got the raise on the calendar. Here is December 2023, scored for asking: every hour rated on the Moon void-of-course, Mercury retrograde, the Moon’s phase, and its next applying aspect for this decision — then averaged per day. Scores start at 50. Higher scores mean more favorable conditions under Orrery’s rules, not a higher chance of success. Check the times against your availability.
The month’s best stretch opens Sun, Dec 17, 3:00 PM EST and holds until Mon, Dec 18, 8:00 PM EST, scoring 54.
Amber rows below are the days that stretch touches. Scores compare moments; they do not promise results.
Rows list factors in that day’s hourly samples. An applying aspect’s exact date can fall on a later day.
| Date | Day | Score | The computed sky |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 1 | Fri | 42 | Applying Moon–Venus sextile · exact Sun, Dec 3, 2023, 9:11 PM ESTApplying Moon–Venus square · exact Fri, Dec 1, 2023, 3:08 AM ESTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Fri, Dec 1, 2023, 8:06 AM EST – Fri, Dec 1, 2023, 11:00 AM EST |
| Dec 2 | Sat | 50 | Applying Moon–Venus sextile · exact Sun, Dec 3, 2023, 9:11 PM ESTWaning Moon (sampled hours) |
| Dec 3 | Sun | 48 | Applying Moon–Venus sextile · exact Sun, Dec 3, 2023, 9:11 PM ESTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sun, Dec 3, 2023, 9:11 PM EST – Sun, Dec 3, 2023, 10:50 PM EST |
| Dec 4 | Mon | 42 | Waning Moon (sampled hours) |
| Dec 5 | Tue | 42 | Waning Moon (sampled hours) |
| Dec 6 | Wed | 39 | Waning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Wed, Dec 6, 2023, 8:50 AM EST – Wed, Dec 6, 2023, 11:34 AM EST |
| Dec 7 | Thu | 42 | Waning Moon (sampled hours) |
| Dec 8 | Fri | 40 | Applying Moon–Venus conjunction · exact Sat, Dec 9, 2023, 9:23 AM ESTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Fri, Dec 8, 2023, 8:05 PM EST – Fri, Dec 8, 2023, 10:34 PM EST |
| Dec 9 | Sat | 47 | Applying Moon–Venus conjunction · exact Sat, Dec 9, 2023, 9:23 AM ESTWaning Moon (sampled hours) |
| Dec 10 | Sun | 42 | Waning Moon (sampled hours) |
| Dec 11 | Mon | 39 | Waning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Mon, Dec 11, 2023, 3:57 AM EST – Mon, Dec 11, 2023, 6:10 AM EST |
| Dec 12 | Tue | 45 | Waning Moon (sampled hours)Waxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| Dec 13 | Wed | 37 | Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Venus sextile · exact Thu, Dec 14, 2023, 5:55 AM ESTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Wed, Dec 13, 2023, 1:48 AM EST – Wed, Dec 13, 2023, 10:31 AM EST |
| Dec 14 | Thu | 42 | Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Venus sextile · exact Thu, Dec 14, 2023, 5:55 AM ESTWaxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| Dec 15 | Fri | 35 | Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Venus square · exact Sat, Dec 16, 2023, 12:32 PM ESTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Fri, Dec 15, 2023, 11:03 AM EST – Fri, Dec 15, 2023, 12:55 PM EST |
| Dec 16 | Sat | 36 | Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Venus square · exact Sat, Dec 16, 2023, 12:32 PM ESTWaxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| Dec 17 | Sun | 38 | Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Venus trine · exact Mon, Dec 18, 2023, 7:29 PM ESTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sun, Dec 17, 2023, 7:03 AM EST – Sun, Dec 17, 2023, 2:58 PM EST |
| Dec 18 | Mon | 52 | Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Venus trine · exact Mon, Dec 18, 2023, 7:29 PM ESTWaxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| Dec 19 | Tue | 39 | Mercury retrogradeWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Tue, Dec 19, 2023, 4:03 PM EST – Tue, Dec 19, 2023, 5:46 PM EST |
| Dec 20 | Wed | 40 | Mercury retrogradeWaxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| Dec 21 | Thu | 39 | Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Venus opposition · exact Sat, Dec 23, 2023, 2:03 PM ESTWaxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| Dec 22 | Fri | 28 | Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Venus opposition · exact Sat, Dec 23, 2023, 2:03 PM ESTWaxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| Dec 23 | Sat | 32 | Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Venus opposition · exact Sat, Dec 23, 2023, 2:03 PM ESTWaxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| Dec 24 | Sun | 38 | Mercury retrogradeWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sun, Dec 24, 2023, 1:39 AM EST – Sun, Dec 24, 2023, 3:14 AM EST |
| Dec 25 | Mon | 40 | Mercury retrogradeWaxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| Dec 26 | Tue | 37 | Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Venus trine · exact Thu, Dec 28, 2023, 5:12 PM ESTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Waxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Tue, Dec 26, 2023, 2:55 AM EST – Tue, Dec 26, 2023, 10:15 AM EST |
| Dec 27 | Wed | 38 | Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Venus trine · exact Thu, Dec 28, 2023, 5:12 PM ESTWaning Moon (sampled hours) |
| Dec 28 | Thu | 32 | Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Venus trine · exact Thu, Dec 28, 2023, 5:12 PM ESTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Thu, Dec 28, 2023, 5:57 PM EST – Thu, Dec 28, 2023, 7:23 PM EST |
| Dec 29 | Fri | 24 | Mercury retrogradeWaning Moon (sampled hours) |
| Dec 30 | Sat | 24 | Mercury retrogradeWaning Moon (sampled hours) |
| Dec 31 | Sun | 16 | Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Venus square · exact Sun, Dec 31, 2023, 11:22 AM ESTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sun, Dec 31, 2023, 12:18 AM EST – Sun, Dec 31, 2023, 6:53 AM EST |
How to read this
Void-of-course— after the Moon’s last exact aspect in a sign, before it enters the next. The classical read: finish things; don’t start them. Exact times are in the void calendar for December 2023. Mercury retrograde — the traditional caution for messages, deals, and signatures; station times to the second are in the retrograde dates. Waxing / waning — growing favors starts, thinning favors finishing. The applying aspect— the Moon’s next exact contact with this decision’s planet, easy angles helping, hard angles dragging. The full rulebook — which conventions Orrery follows and which it refuses — is in Method.
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