AriesThe phase of the Moon on July 17, 2025 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 Aries pushes toward a clean break rather than a slow fade. Aries doesn't linger, so name what's finished and walk away from it instead of dragging it out. Whatever fight or grudge has run its course deserves to end here, not next month.
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.
Aries rules the head in the old almanacs. Regrowth is quick but comes back on the wiry side, and sensitive scalps flare up more easily than usual, which is why these days get handled carefully. A short trim is fine. Save bleach or a perm for another sign.
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.
Fire signs make fruit days in the biodynamic calendar, and Aries is the one usually given over to seed. Sow whatever you're growing for the seed itself, and bring in fruit you mean to keep, which is said to store better cut on these days.
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.
In the Zodiac Man diagram, Aries governs the head, the face and the eyes. The old rule follows straight from that: while the moon sits here, the almanacs steer elective work above the neck to another week and leave the rest of the body alone.
* 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
