Talk / discuss — August 2024
The best days to have a hard conversation in August 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 August 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 Fri, Aug 30, 2:00 PM EDT and holds until Sun, Sep 1, 12:00 AM EDT, scoring 67.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1 | Thu | 58 | Applying Moon–Mercury sextile · exact Thu, Aug 1, 2024, 5:43 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours) |
| Aug 2 | Fri | 55 | Waning Moon (sampled hours) |
| Aug 3 | Sat | 54 | Waning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sat, Aug 3, 2024, 6:31 AM EDT – Sat, Aug 3, 2024, 7:09 AM EDT |
| Aug 4 | Sun | 50 | Waning Moon (sampled hours)Waxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| Aug 5 | Mon | 22 | Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Mercury conjunction · exact Tue, Aug 6, 2024, 1:19 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Mon, Aug 5, 2024, 11:16 AM EDT – Mon, Aug 5, 2024, 5:16 PM EDT |
| Aug 6 | Tue | 26 | Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Mercury conjunction · exact Tue, Aug 6, 2024, 1:19 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| Aug 7 | Wed | 25 | Mercury retrogradeWaxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| Aug 8 | Thu | 24 | Mercury retrogradeWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Thu, Aug 8, 2024, 4:40 AM EDT – Thu, Aug 8, 2024, 5:31 AM EDT |
| Aug 9 | Fri | 18 | Mercury retrogradeWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Fri, Aug 9, 2024, 5:44 PM EDT – Sat, Aug 10, 2024, 6:33 PM EDT |
| Aug 10 | Sat | 6 | Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Mercury sextile · exact Sat, Aug 10, 2024, 11:42 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Fri, Aug 9, 2024, 5:44 PM EDT – Sat, Aug 10, 2024, 6:33 PM EDT |
| Aug 11 | Sun | 25 | Mercury retrogradeWaxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| Aug 12 | Mon | 25 | Mercury retrogradeWaxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| Aug 13 | Tue | 32 | Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Mercury square · exact Tue, Aug 13, 2024, 8:08 AM EDTApplying Moon–Mercury trine · exact Thu, Aug 15, 2024, 12:52 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Tue, Aug 13, 2024, 5:00 AM EDT – Tue, Aug 13, 2024, 6:00 AM EDT |
| Aug 14 | Wed | 39 | Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Mercury trine · exact Thu, Aug 15, 2024, 12:52 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| Aug 15 | Thu | 32 | Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Mercury trine · exact Thu, Aug 15, 2024, 12:52 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Thu, Aug 15, 2024, 12:52 PM EDT – Thu, Aug 15, 2024, 1:51 PM EDT |
| Aug 16 | Fri | 25 | Mercury retrogradeWaxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| Aug 17 | Sat | 20 | Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Mercury opposition · exact Mon, Aug 19, 2024, 12:32 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sat, Aug 17, 2024, 4:43 PM EDT – Sat, Aug 17, 2024, 5:44 PM EDT |
| Aug 18 | Sun | 9 | Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Mercury opposition · exact Mon, Aug 19, 2024, 12:32 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| Aug 19 | Mon | 15 | Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Mercury opposition · exact Mon, Aug 19, 2024, 12:32 PM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Waxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Mon, Aug 19, 2024, 2:25 PM EDT – Mon, Aug 19, 2024, 6:51 PM EDT |
| Aug 20 | Tue | 33 | Mercury retrogradeWaning Moon (sampled hours) |
| Aug 21 | Wed | 33 | Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Mercury trine · exact Fri, Aug 23, 2024, 8:44 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Wed, Aug 21, 2024, 5:53 PM EDT – Wed, Aug 21, 2024, 7:01 PM EDT |
| Aug 22 | Thu | 47 | Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Mercury trine · exact Fri, Aug 23, 2024, 8:44 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours) |
| Aug 23 | Fri | 24 | Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Mercury square · exact Sun, Aug 25, 2024, 9:24 AM EDTApplying Moon–Mercury trine · exact Fri, Aug 23, 2024, 8:44 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Fri, Aug 23, 2024, 8:44 AM EDT – Fri, Aug 23, 2024, 8:00 PM EDT |
| Aug 24 | Sat | 21 | Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Mercury square · exact Sun, Aug 25, 2024, 9:24 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours) |
| Aug 25 | Sun | 26 | Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Mercury square · exact Sun, Aug 25, 2024, 9:24 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sun, Aug 25, 2024, 9:40 PM EDT – Sun, Aug 25, 2024, 11:03 PM EDT |
| Aug 26 | Mon | 43 | Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Mercury sextile · exact Tue, Aug 27, 2024, 1:17 PM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours) |
| Aug 27 | Tue | 39 | Mercury retrogradeApplying Moon–Mercury sextile · exact Tue, Aug 27, 2024, 1:17 PM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours) |
| Aug 28 | Wed | 37 | Mercury retrogradeWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Wed, Aug 28, 2024, 3:13 AM EDT – Wed, Aug 28, 2024, 4:47 AM EDT |
| Aug 29 | Thu | 55 | Waning Moon (sampled hours) |
| Aug 30 | Fri | 58 | Applying Moon–Mercury conjunction · exact Sun, Sep 1, 2024, 8:36 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Fri, Aug 30, 2024, 11:24 AM EDT – Fri, Aug 30, 2024, 1:09 PM EDT |
| Aug 31 | Sat | 67 | Applying Moon–Mercury conjunction · exact Sun, Sep 1, 2024, 8:36 AM EDTWaning 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 August 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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