And there the moon is not seen in all the lunation, except in the second quarter. |
For, says he, because of the double epact that occurs on the 4th and 5th of April that lunation has only 29 days. |
The interaction between the parts and the horizon brings the lunation cycle down to earth, projecting it, via the ascendant, into the sublunar sphere of the mundane houses. |
The fever and eruption in the distinct kind take up another quarter of a lunation, and the maturation another quarter. |
The month is based on the lunation, that period in which the Moon completes a cycle of its phases. |
And there is not the moon seen in all the lunation, save only the second quarter. |