In the real world, if someone you’re interested in asks you out, the last thing you want to do is announce that the Moon is waning, so you’d rather wait two weeks for that mojito. On the other hand, if you have any control over the matter, you might decide that you don’t mind waiting.
Here’s how to schedule a date that might lead to another:
- Pay attention to the Moon. Look for a waxing Moon, meaning a Moon that’s somewhere between New and Full. Make certain that the Moon is not void-of-course because relationships begun under a void-of-course Moon are less likely to go the distance. And choose a moon sign that’s either warm and sensitive — like Cancer, Pisces, or Taurus — or fun, like Gemini, Leo, or Sagittarius.
- Look for harmonious aspects — that is, conjunctions, sextiles, or trines — between the Moon and Venus. Any good astrological calendar will list these.
- Watch your planetary transits. Jupiter in your fifth house is a propitious influence that can ease the misery of dating even for those who hate the process. It spends about a year in your fifth house — but it only comes around every twelve years, so it behoves you to take advantage of it. Look also at the transits of the Sun, the Moon, Venus, or Mars through that sector of your horoscope.
- A once-a-year New Moon in your fifth house of romance is definitely a door to romance, as is the once-a-year Full Moon that takes place six months later. Don’t be shy.
