SagittariusThe phase of the Moon on February 14, 2023 was a Last Quarter.
The Last Quarter is for closing loops before the next cycle starts. Whatever hasn't worked over the past two weeks doesn't need forcing any further. Tie off what's finished and clear space instead of starting anything new.
The Last Quarter in Sagittarius questions a belief you've outgrown but kept out of habit. Sagittarius chases the next horizon, yet this phase asks you to close a chapter properly before you chase it. Say goodbye to the plan that no longer fits your values.
Today’s recommendations for haircuts, gardening, and surgery are on the Moon Phase Today page.
Length is the wrong goal today. Regrowth runs at its slowest through the second half of the cycle, and most lunar calendars steer bigger cuts away from these days. Spend the time on the things that don't involve scissors: a deep conditioning treatment, or a wash that clears out product buildup. Taking damaged ends off is still worth doing, and arguably better timed here than in a waxing phase, because what you remove stays gone for longer.
Sagittarius grows hair back fast. Lunar calendars suggest it when you want length quickly and don't mind the shape softening while it happens, which rules out a fringe or anything else that depends on a sharp line.
Haircut Moon Calendar
Nothing new goes in the ground. The old reading is that the soil is at its emptiest now and won't carry new growth, so the month's maintenance gets done instead: weeding, mulching, cutting out dead or diseased wood. Pruning is well timed here, since a cut made while the plant is quiet bleeds less and heals cleaner than the same cut in a waxing phase. Leave the beds tidy and they're ready to sow the moment the next cycle starts.
The third fruit day belongs to Sagittarius, and it's the one usually given to the fruit trees rather than the vegetable beds. Prune and pick now. Seed sown here is said to run tall, which suits beans on a frame and works against anything you want compact.
Gardening Moon Calendar
The almanacs mark this stretch down. Healing capacity is read as dropping off and the cycle as favoring rest, so the old advice is that an operation which can wait should wait for a waxing phase. Note the condition in that sentence. It applies to elective procedures with a movable date and to nothing else, because an operation scheduled for medical reasons should happen when your surgeon scheduled it. Small work that can't be postponed isn't something the tradition objects to either.
Hips and thighs fall to Sagittarius, with the liver usually counted in. Hip replacement is the obvious modern case, and also a good illustration of the rule's limits, since that operation gets scheduled months ahead by a hospital rather than by a calendar.
* Lunar timing is folk tradition, not medical advice. No research supports scheduling surgery by moon phase. Always follow your surgeon's recommendation on when to operate.
Surgery Moon Calendar
