Fun Facts about the Gregorian vs. Lunar Calendar

All my life I thought everybody went by the same calendar! Well, except the Mayans, and we know how that went!

I discovered the Lunar calendar when I started practicing Kabbalah. And was fascinated by how it affected astrology because…

1. The zodiac cycles are different, and,
2. A person can be two different zodiac signs

Let’s look at the Gregorian Calendar…

The Gregorian calendar is 365 days long, and is sectioned into 12 months of 30-31 days, except for February and leap year is designated every 4 years.

Zodiac signs run from around the 21st of each month to around the 21st of the following month. So, Aries is from March 21 to April 19, Taurus is from April 20 to May 20, etc.

Now, the Lunar Calendar…

The Lunar calendar is tied to the moon phases and cycle which yields a year 354 days long. Each lunar month is 29 1/2 days and leap years occur 7 times every 19 years depending on when an extra month (rather than one day) collects. And then, the lunar leap year logs two months of Pisces.

Zodiac signs run with the moon cycles, which may or may not coincide with the Gregorian calendar cycle. For example, the 2021 Lunar Aries ran from March 14 to April 12. The Lunar cycle was one week off from the Gregorian cycle. The Virgo New Moon started Virgo in the Lunar calendar on August 9. Two full weeks ahead of the Gregorian cycle.

The Bottom Line

To know whether you have a different sun sign in the Gregorian and Lunar calendars, you can use this website, www.hebcal.com. You will just need your date of birth. Your birth time only matters if you end up near the end or start of a new lunar month. And then you only need know if you were born before sunset or after sunset on your birth date.

If you need some help, please email me at michaldonna@wayshowerastrology.com or send me a message via WayShōwerAstrology on Facebook or WayShōwerAstrology on Insta.

Thanks for stopping in!

Michal Donna