How to find the right sign

The above chart shows how the tropical and side real are a bit diffrent.
Most days they are the same shown in the gray area, but they change on diffrent days so this explains why so many places have diffrent signs for the same day. Or they are in North verses south hemisphere.
The Almanac said today is Virgo { A moist, barren earth sign. Good for plowing, cultivating, weeding and destroying pests{

sidereal zodiac (Maria Thun)
today is Leo changing to Virgo
{Garden works with root vegetables, compost works, transplanting, dunging, sowing the lawn, hairdressing fortunately}

tropical zodiac Virgo was 1/2 a day Sunday and tomorrow 1.2 a day changing to Libra.

To find the correct zodiac sign for your area go http://www.skyviewcafe.com/
You can use this for free online. After you set it up for your time zone
click on the Ecliptic tab to show where the moon is in the sky.
Here is an example the moon is in Virgo.

The Lunar planting calendar for this month is located at the bottom of the page.

Moon planting methods

If you are just looking for for this months moon planting calendar Click here.

There are three methods for planting by the moon.
The Synodic, Sidereal, and the Biodynamic cycle.

This is were all the confusion comes from is the diffrent zodiac signs.

Synodic (waxing and waning) cycle
Most Farmers almanac's are based on this way.
Every month the moon passes through all 12 signs of the zodiac; It is about 2 1/2 days in each sign.The 12 zodiac signs is associated with a different part of the body. and any sign above the waist is do not plant. Below the waist is plant.
Then they divides the Luna cycle into four phases or quarters. This cycle takes 29.6 days to complete.

Then they assign plants to the phases of the moon which best suits there growing characteristics.They group plants into categories, Root Crops, Foliage.Crops with seeds on the outside, and crops with seeds on the inside.

Sidereal cycle
This is very similar to the Biodynamic cycle except only the moons orbit around the earth is used to define the best times to sow and harvest.
The orbit is divided up into 12 equal 30 degree sections to represent the position of the moon in the sky, but it may not be the same as the current moon position. The sidereal cycle takes 27.3 days to complete.

Biodynamic cycle
This a method of organic farming that has its basis in a spiritual world-view (anthroposophy) This is a more scientific method using the 12 Zodiac signs as a way of position the moon, for more accurate planting. Rudolf Steiner , started this way in 1924.
Zodiac signs used where for the actual positioning of the moon in the sky, as the moon passed through them.
The moon, Venus and Saturn all play a large part in the Biodynamic farming calendar.
Form more information see the Wikipedia Article on Biodynamics.


So now that I have learn the difference I have now chosen to use the Biodynamic cycle, because I want to try the most scientific way. As they have done allot of research and it works for them. They encourage you to keep records and experiment. See for your self if it works!

Look at this web site, Look about 1/2 way down the page, it will show the difference in side real and tropical Zodiac signs. And explain in more detail.