Planting by the sidereal zodiac
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Sign |
Element |
Growth |
Polarity |
Qualities |
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Planting |
Transplanting |
Roots |
Irrigation |
Weeds |
Trim |
Insects |
Soil |
Fertilize |
Harvest |
Cultivate |
Barren |
Fertile |
Notes |
Crops |
Ram |
Aries |
Fire |
Fruit / seeds |
Male |
Cardinal (E) |
Leading |
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X |
X |
X |
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X |
X |
X |
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plant onions, hot peppers & garlic |
None |
Bull |
Taurus |
Earth |
Roots |
Female |
Fixed |
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X |
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X |
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X |
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X |
planting--especially root crops such as turnips, potatoes, carrots , also leafy vegetables |
Root crops, especially potatoes & bulbous plants; flowers for hardiness, beans, cabbage, hay, lettuce, onion sets, radish, turnip, leafy vegetables. Peach, pear and plum trees. |
Twins |
Gemini |
Air |
Flower |
Male |
Mutable |
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X |
X |
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X |
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X |
X |
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None |
Crab |
Cancer |
Water |
Leaf |
Female |
Cardinal (W) |
Moving |
X |
X |
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X |
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X |
Planting Above-ground and root crops |
Planting reliable seeds and transplanting should produce good results. Asparagus, barley, beets, berries, bulbs, carrots, corn, lettuce, potatoes, roses, herbs, wheat, deciduous trees. |
Lion |
Lio |
Fire |
Fruit / seeds |
Male |
Fixed |
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X |
X |
X |
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X |
X |
X |
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None, never, not at all, ever! |
Virgin |
Virgo |
Earth |
Roots |
Female |
Mutable |
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X |
X |
X |
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X |
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For flowers and vines, it is a good planting sign |
Plant flowers & vines. Don't plant vegetables or trees |
Scales |
Libra |
Air |
Flower |
Male |
Cardinal (S) |
Acute |
X |
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X |
planting crops where good pulp growth and roots are desirable. This is another good sign for vines, and especially for flowers |
Seeds for hay, corn, fodder, grain. Flowers for beauty, bulbs. Barley, beans, beet, cabbage, carrot, peas, squash, tubers, vines |
Scorpion |
Scorpio |
Water |
Leaf |
Female |
Fixed |
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X |
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X |
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X |
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X |
good for planting too--especially vines |
Beans, berries, cantaloupes, cauliflower, cereal, chicory, eggplant (aubergine), peas, potatoes, pumpkin. Flowers for abundance. |
Archer |
Sagittarius |
Fire |
Fruit / seeds |
Male |
Mutable |
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X |
X |
X |
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harvest now only during the *dark* of the Moon (good for planting onion, garlic, peppers, chilli and radish) |
Onion (seeds), endive, leeks, garlic, peppers, radish, potatoes, European trees such as oak. |
Goat |
Capricorn |
Earth |
Roots |
Female |
Cardinal (N) |
Initiating |
X |
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X |
planting root crops such as carrots and potatoes |
Bulbs, potatoes, root crops, beans, cabbage, broccoli, lettuce, onion sets, radish. Flowers for hardiness. Fruit trees. |
Water-bearer |
Aquarius |
Air |
Flower |
Male |
Fixed |
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X |
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X |
X |
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X |
X |
X |
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Harvesting during the last quarter of the New Moon is best |
Absolutely not. |
Fishes |
Pisces |
Water |
Leaf |
Female |
Mutable |
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X |
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X |
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X |
excellent for the growth of fruits and berries (Good for short, quick growth and deep roots, and for planting bulbs) |
Broccoli, bulbs, Brussel sprouts, carrot, celery, cress, chicory, cucumber, endive, horseradish, parsley, peanuts, radish, pumpkin. Flowers for abundance. Deciduous trees. |