AriesThe phase of the Moon on December 28, 2025 was a First Quarter.
The First Quarter is where the first real friction shows up. The initial excitement of the New Moon has worn off, and a choice or obstacle now needs an actual decision, not just intention. This phase rewards commitment, so push through the problem instead of around it.
Aries meets the First Quarter's first real obstacle since the New Moon, and this sign doesn't like to wait it out. It wants to act now, so pick a direction and commit rather than circle the problem. The friction here is useful. It tells you where your plan needs muscle, not more thought.
Today’s recommendations for haircuts, gardening, and surgery are on the Moon Phase Today page.
Half the disc is lit and the cycle is still building. That puts today in a practical middle ground: strong regrowth, without the intensity of the days around the full moon. A real change works here, a bob or a shorter neckline, because the shape has time to grow into itself before it needs a follow-up. Lunar calendars tie this stretch to the root rather than the strand, which is the reason it gets recommended for thinning hair.
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
Above-ground crops still have the advantage, and this is where the ones that carry their seed outside the fruit do best, broccoli and cabbage among them. Growth is quick now, which cuts both ways. The same conditions that push a seedling along push the weeds, so a couple of hours spent weeding today buys more than the same hours next week. Watch for the first aphids while you're down there. Active growth is soft growth, and soft growth is what pests find first.
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
Halfway up the cycle. The almanacs read the body as resilient here and healing as quick, which puts both minor and major procedures on the recommended list, and makes this the traditional slot for a problem that has been managed rather than solved or has simply dragged on for years. If you've been given a choice of dates and none of them is urgent, this is the one the old tables would circle. Nothing about the phase changes what the operation is.
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
