Talk / discuss — August 2027
The best days to have a hard conversation in August 2027.
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 2027, 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 27, 12:00 AM EDT and holds until Sat, Aug 28, 10:00 AM 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1 | Sun | 58 | Applying Moon–Mercury conjunction · exact Sun, Aug 1, 2027, 11:54 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sun, Aug 1, 2027, 11:54 AM EDT – Sun, Aug 1, 2027, 2:24 PM EDT |
| Aug 2 | Mon | 49 | Waning Moon (sampled hours)Waxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| Aug 3 | Tue | 44 | Waxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Tue, Aug 3, 2027, 10:30 AM EDT – Tue, Aug 3, 2027, 1:57 PM EDT |
| Aug 4 | Wed | 26 | Waxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Wed, Aug 4, 2027, 4:46 AM EDT – Thu, Aug 5, 2027, 2:54 PM EDT |
| Aug 5 | Thu | 34 | Applying Moon–Mercury sextile · exact Fri, Aug 6, 2027, 4:27 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Wed, Aug 4, 2027, 4:46 AM EDT – Thu, Aug 5, 2027, 2:54 PM EDT |
| Aug 6 | Fri | 49 | Applying Moon–Mercury sextile · exact Fri, Aug 6, 2027, 4:27 AM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| Aug 7 | Sat | 41 | Applying Moon–Mercury square · exact Sun, Aug 8, 2027, 7:25 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sat, Aug 7, 2027, 3:04 PM EDT – Sat, Aug 7, 2027, 6:52 PM EDT |
| Aug 8 | Sun | 37 | Applying Moon–Mercury square · exact Sun, Aug 8, 2027, 7:25 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| Aug 9 | Mon | 22 | Waxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Mon, Aug 9, 2027, 12:54 AM EDT – Tue, Aug 10, 2027, 2:35 AM EDT |
| Aug 10 | Tue | 56 | Applying Moon–Mercury trine · exact Wed, Aug 11, 2027, 4:23 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Mon, Aug 9, 2027, 12:54 AM EDT – Tue, Aug 10, 2027, 2:35 AM EDT |
| Aug 11 | Wed | 57 | Applying Moon–Mercury trine · exact Wed, Aug 11, 2027, 4:23 PM EDTWaxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| Aug 12 | Thu | 43 | Waxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Thu, Aug 12, 2027, 9:18 AM EDT – Thu, Aug 12, 2027, 1:34 PM EDT |
| Aug 13 | Fri | 47 | Waxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| Aug 14 | Sat | 45 | Waxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sat, Aug 14, 2027, 9:57 PM EDT – Sun, Aug 15, 2027, 2:19 AM EDT |
| Aug 15 | Sun | 44 | Waxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sat, Aug 14, 2027, 9:57 PM EDT – Sun, Aug 15, 2027, 2:19 AM EDT |
| Aug 16 | Mon | 47 | Waxing Moon (sampled hours) |
| Aug 17 | Tue | 47 | Applying Moon–Mercury opposition · exact Tue, Aug 17, 2027, 5:58 PM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Waxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Tue, Aug 17, 2027, 10:48 AM EDT – Tue, Aug 17, 2027, 3:11 PM EDT |
| Aug 18 | Wed | 41 | Waning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Wed, Aug 18, 2027, 10:32 AM EDT – Fri, Aug 20, 2027, 2:54 AM EDT |
| Aug 19 | Thu | 29 | Waning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Wed, Aug 18, 2027, 10:32 AM EDT – Fri, Aug 20, 2027, 2:54 AM EDT |
| Aug 20 | Fri | 52 | Waning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Wed, Aug 18, 2027, 10:32 AM EDT – Fri, Aug 20, 2027, 2:54 AM EDT |
| Aug 21 | Sat | 55 | Waning Moon (sampled hours) |
| Aug 22 | Sun | 60 | Applying Moon–Mercury trine · exact Mon, Aug 23, 2027, 10:42 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sun, Aug 22, 2027, 11:15 AM EDT – Sun, Aug 22, 2027, 12:32 PM EDT |
| Aug 23 | Mon | 47 | Applying Moon–Mercury trine · exact Mon, Aug 23, 2027, 10:42 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Mon, Aug 23, 2027, 10:42 AM EDT – Tue, Aug 24, 2027, 7:26 PM EDT |
| Aug 24 | Tue | 31 | Applying Moon–Mercury square · exact Thu, Aug 26, 2027, 12:11 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Mon, Aug 23, 2027, 10:42 AM EDT – Tue, Aug 24, 2027, 7:26 PM EDT |
| Aug 25 | Wed | 43 | Applying Moon–Mercury square · exact Thu, Aug 26, 2027, 12:11 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours) |
| Aug 26 | Thu | 50 | Applying Moon–Mercury square · exact Thu, Aug 26, 2027, 12:11 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Thu, Aug 26, 2027, 7:20 PM EDT – Thu, Aug 26, 2027, 11:20 PM EDT |
| Aug 27 | Fri | 65 | Applying Moon–Mercury sextile · exact Sat, Aug 28, 2027, 9:12 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours) |
| Aug 28 | Sat | 56 | Applying Moon–Mercury sextile · exact Sat, Aug 28, 2027, 9:12 AM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sat, Aug 28, 2027, 8:46 PM EDT – Sun, Aug 29, 2027, 12:42 AM EDT |
| Aug 29 | Sun | 54 | Waning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Sat, Aug 28, 2027, 8:46 PM EDT – Sun, Aug 29, 2027, 12:42 AM EDT |
| Aug 30 | Mon | 54 | Waning Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Mon, Aug 30, 2027, 10:41 PM EDT – Tue, Aug 31, 2027, 12:43 AM EDT |
| Aug 31 | Tue | 62 | Applying Moon–Mercury conjunction · exact Wed, Sep 1, 2027, 9:28 PM EDTWaning Moon (sampled hours)Waxing Moon (sampled hours)Void-of-course Mon, Aug 30, 2027, 10:41 PM EDT – Tue, Aug 31, 2027, 12:43 AM 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 August 2027. 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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