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Ask / request — September 2024

The best days to ask for a raise in September 2024.

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.

This month has passed. The current month is ask for a raise in October 2026.

You’ve got the raise on the calendar. Here is September 2024, 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 Sat, Sep 14, 4:00 AM EDT and holds until Sun, Sep 15, 4:00 PM EDT, scoring 72.

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.

DateDayScoreThe computed sky
Sep 1Sun39Waning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sun, Sep 1, 2024, 8:24 PM EDT – Sun, Sep 1, 2024, 11:48 PM EDT
Sep 2Mon43Waning Moon (sampled hours)Waxing Moon (sampled hours)
Sep 3Tue58Waxing Moon (sampled hours)
Sep 4Wed64Applying Moon–Venus conjunction · exact Thu, Sep 5, 2024, 5:12 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)
Sep 5Thu61Applying Moon–Venus conjunction · exact Thu, Sep 5, 2024, 5:12 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)
Sep 6Fri58Waxing Moon (sampled hours)
Sep 7Sat58Waxing Moon (sampled hours)
Sep 8Sun58Waxing Moon (sampled hours)
Sep 9Mon61Applying Moon–Venus sextile · exact Tue, Sep 10, 2024, 6:47 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)
Sep 10Tue64Applying Moon–Venus sextile · exact Tue, Sep 10, 2024, 6:47 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)
Sep 11Wed56Applying Moon–Venus square · exact Fri, Sep 13, 2024, 7:30 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Wed, Sep 11, 2024, 8:20 PM EDT – Wed, Sep 11, 2024, 10:37 PM EDT
Sep 12Thu50Applying Moon–Venus square · exact Fri, Sep 13, 2024, 7:30 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)
Sep 13Fri55Applying Moon–Venus square · exact Fri, Sep 13, 2024, 7:30 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)
Sep 14Sat70Applying Moon–Venus trine · exact Sun, Sep 15, 2024, 3:09 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)
Sep 15Sun67Applying Moon–Venus trine · exact Sun, Sep 15, 2024, 3:09 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)
Sep 16Mon54Waxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Mon, Sep 16, 2024, 1:03 AM EDT – Mon, Sep 16, 2024, 5:38 AM EDT
Sep 17Tue57Waning Moon (sampled hours)Waxing Moon (sampled hours)
Sep 18Wed33Applying Moon–Venus opposition · exact Thu, Sep 19, 2024, 11:13 PM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)
Sep 19Thu30Applying Moon–Venus opposition · exact Thu, Sep 19, 2024, 11:13 PM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)
Sep 20Fri41Waning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Fri, Sep 20, 2024, 4:38 AM EDT – Fri, Sep 20, 2024, 5:02 AM EDT
Sep 21Sat42Waning Moon (sampled hours)
Sep 22Sun42Waning Moon (sampled hours)
Sep 23Mon42Waning Moon (sampled hours)
Sep 24Tue41Applying Moon–Venus trine · exact Tue, Sep 24, 2024, 2:30 PM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Tue, Sep 24, 2024, 7:58 AM EDT – Tue, Sep 24, 2024, 10:50 AM EDT
Sep 25Wed42Waning Moon (sampled hours)
Sep 26Thu40Applying Moon–Venus square · exact Fri, Sep 27, 2024, 4:47 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)
Sep 27Fri40Applying Moon–Venus square · exact Fri, Sep 27, 2024, 4:47 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)
Sep 28Sat42Waning Moon (sampled hours)
Sep 29Sun41Applying Moon–Venus sextile · exact Sun, Sep 29, 2024, 10:49 PM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sat, Sep 28, 2024, 11:35 PM EDT – Sun, Sep 29, 2024, 5:41 AM EDT
Sep 30Mon42Waning Moon (sampled hours)

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 September 2024. 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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