Talk / discuss — May 2024
The best days to have a hard conversation in May 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.
You’ve got the conversation on the calendar. Here is May 2024, scored for talking: 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 Wed, May 29, 9:00 PM EDT and holds until Fri, May 31, 4:00 PM EDT, scoring 65.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 1 | Wed | 62 | Applying Moon–Mercury sextile · exact Wed, May 1, 2024, 5:47 PM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours) |
| May 2 | Thu | 45 | Waning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Thu, May 2, 2024, 5:28 AM EDT – Thu, May 2, 2024, 2:51 PM EDT |
| May 3 | Fri | 55 | Waning Moon (sampled hours) |
| May 4 | Sat | 57 | Applying Moon–Mercury conjunction · exact Mon, May 6, 2024, 1:57 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sat, May 4, 2024, 3:06 PM EDT – Sat, May 4, 2024, 4:40 PM EDT |
| May 5 | Sun | 67 | Applying Moon–Mercury conjunction · exact Mon, May 6, 2024, 1:57 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours) |
| May 6 | Mon | 39 | Applying Moon–Mercury conjunction · exact Mon, May 6, 2024, 1:57 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Mon, May 6, 2024, 1:57 AM EDT – Mon, May 6, 2024, 5:42 PM EDT |
| May 7 | Tue | 55 | Waning Moon (sampled hours) |
| May 8 | Wed | 46 | Applying Moon–Mercury sextile · exact Fri, May 10, 2024, 1:13 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Wed, May 8, 2024, 5:55 PM EDT – Wed, May 8, 2024, 7:20 PM EDT |
| May 9 | Thu | 57 | Applying Moon–Mercury sextile · exact Fri, May 10, 2024, 1:13 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| May 10 | Fri | 51 | Applying Moon–Mercury sextile · exact Fri, May 10, 2024, 1:13 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Fri, May 10, 2024, 9:48 PM EDT – Fri, May 10, 2024, 11:13 PM EDT |
| May 11 | Sat | 35 | Applying Moon–Mercury square · exact Mon, May 13, 2024, 12:56 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| May 12 | Sun | 35 | Applying Moon–Mercury square · exact Mon, May 13, 2024, 12:56 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| May 13 | Mon | 45 | Applying Moon–Mercury square · exact Mon, May 13, 2024, 12:56 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Mon, May 13, 2024, 5:12 AM EDT – Mon, May 13, 2024, 6:36 AM EDT |
| May 14 | Tue | 47 | Waxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| May 15 | Wed | 42 | Applying Moon–Mercury trine · exact Wed, May 15, 2024, 6:03 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Wed, May 15, 2024, 12:41 PM EDT – Wed, May 15, 2024, 5:32 PM EDT |
| May 16 | Thu | 47 | Waxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| May 17 | Fri | 47 | Waxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| May 18 | Sat | 46 | Waxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sat, May 18, 2024, 5:08 AM EDT – Sat, May 18, 2024, 6:22 AM EDT |
| May 19 | Sun | 34 | Waxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sun, May 19, 2024, 11:48 AM EDT – Mon, May 20, 2024, 6:34 PM EDT |
| May 20 | Mon | 23 | Applying Moon–Mercury opposition · exact Tue, May 21, 2024, 10:18 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sun, May 19, 2024, 11:48 AM EDT – Mon, May 20, 2024, 6:34 PM EDT |
| May 21 | Tue | 40 | Applying Moon–Mercury opposition · exact Tue, May 21, 2024, 10:18 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| May 22 | Wed | 47 | Waxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| May 23 | Thu | 51 | Waning Moon (sampled hours)Waxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Thu, May 23, 2024, 3:27 AM EDT – Thu, May 23, 2024, 4:24 AM EDT |
| May 24 | Fri | 55 | Waning Moon (sampled hours) |
| May 25 | Sat | 61 | Applying Moon–Mercury trine · exact Sun, May 26, 2024, 4:48 PM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sat, May 25, 2024, 10:47 AM EDT – Sat, May 25, 2024, 11:35 AM EDT |
| May 26 | Sun | 65 | Applying Moon–Mercury trine · exact Sun, May 26, 2024, 4:48 PM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours) |
| May 27 | Mon | 52 | Applying Moon–Mercury square · exact Wed, May 29, 2024, 4:35 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours) |
| May 28 | Tue | 43 | Applying Moon–Mercury square · exact Wed, May 29, 2024, 4:35 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours) |
| May 29 | Wed | 43 | Applying Moon–Mercury sextile · exact Fri, May 31, 2024, 3:19 PM EDTApplying Moon–Mercury square · exact Wed, May 29, 2024, 4:35 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Wed, May 29, 2024, 10:19 AM EDT – Wed, May 29, 2024, 8:32 PM EDT |
| May 30 | Thu | 65 | Applying Moon–Mercury sextile · exact Fri, May 31, 2024, 3:19 PM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours) |
| May 31 | Fri | 61 | Applying Moon–Mercury sextile · exact Fri, May 31, 2024, 3:19 PM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Fri, May 31, 2024, 10:54 PM EDT – Fri, May 31, 2024, 11:28 PM EDT |
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 May 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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