You are now in the highest tower of the castle. It is up here where the Taldish Observatory resides. The whole place
is cared for by Andrew Arostrod, our astronomer and astrologist. He can be found either with an eye in the telescope
or pouring over star charts. It is usually cold up here but Arostrod seems indifferent. You can find interesting tid bits of
useful information here, such as the phase of the moon and when Mercury is going retrograde. Useful information for
witches. Arostrod is from the Czech Republic and an expert on glass and lenses. He also makes a wonderful
tripe soup.
CURRENT MOON
The next full moon will be Saturday May 5th.
Exact at 2:19 P.M.

Saturn is retrograde until June 25th at 3:00 A.M. cst
Pluto is retrograde until September 17th.
Venus will go retrograde on May 15th.
Sun enters Gemini on May 20th at 9:16 A. M.

Please note that times are in Central
Standard Time. Be aware that Taldish
Castle does not recognize Daylight
Saving Time. If you do you Must add
an hour to "spring ahead".

Taldish Castle lives by the sun, not the
clock. In fact our clock happens to be a
sundial.

Dark Moon runs from the 19th through the 21st.
New Moon appears in the sky on the 22nd.

Note that the official new moon is on the 20th
however Arostrod says that the real new moon is
when it first appears in the sky as a waxing sliver.
The nights proceeding this are the dark nights and
they are the best time to explore dreams and
search for the things you wish to manifest.
At Taldish Castle we celebrate a dark esbat as
well as a full moon esbat.

Moon Signs for May 2012

2nd - Libra @ 8:04 P.M.
4th - Scorpio @ 8:20 P.M.
5th - FULL MOON.
6th - Sagittarius @ 7:39 P.M.
8th - Capricorn @ 8:00 P.M.
10th - Aquarius @ 11:03 P.M.
13th - Pisces @ 5:42 A.M.
15th - Aries @ 3:45 P.M.
18th - Taurus @ 4:03 A.M.
20th - Gemini @ 5:05 P.M.
23rd - Cancer @ 5:31 A.M.
25th - Leo @ 4:11 P.M.
28th - Virgo @ 12:06 P.M.
30th - Libra @ 4:46 A.M.

Moon Void of Course Times for May 2012
2nd - 4:58 A.M. to 8:04 P.M.
4th - 12:02 P.M. to 8:20 P.M.
6th - 6:14 A.M. to 7:39 P.M.
8th - 7:34 P.M. to 8:00 P.M.
10th - 1:11 P.M. to 11:03 P.M.
12th - 6:52 P.M. to 5:42 A.M. on the 13th
15th - 5:59 A.M. to 3:45 P.M.
17th - 3:44 P.M. to 4:03 A.M. on the 18th!
20th - 6:35 A.M. to 5:05 P.M.
22nd - 4:51 P.M. to 5:31 A.M. on the 23rd
25th - 8:34 A.M to 4:11 P.M.
27th - 5:54 P.M to 12:06 A.M. on the 28th
29th - 11:50 P.M. to 4:46 A.M. on the 30th
31st - 7:31 P.M. to 6:31 A.M. on the 1st