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Planting By Signs

 

Aries

Good for cultivating the ground, planting beets and onions, and hunting. Bad for planting and transplanting other crops.

Tarus

Good for all root crops and above ground crops, hunting and fishing.

Gemini

Good for planting all crops, also for preserving jellies and pickles.

Cancer

Best for planting above ground and root crops. Good for cooking and fishing.

Leo

Good for sports, romancing, job hunting, and hunting. Bad for planting or transplanting.

Virgo

Good for trading. Bad for planting.

Libra

Good for planting above ground crops and flowering plants.

Scorpio

Best for flowers and above ground crops. Good for all other crops, fishing and hunting.

Sagittarius

Good for hunting jobs, trading, baking and preserving. Bad for transplanting.

Capricorn

Best for root crops. Good for flowers and above ground crops.

Aquarius

Good for above ground crops, social events.

Pisces

Good for planting and transplanting above ground crops, trees and shrubbery. Good for fishing and weaning babies and animals.

In addition to the astrological signs, highland folklore has it that there are proper lunar phases to plant and harvest the crops. A few of these are listed below. The moon is waxing (increasing) if its "horns" are pointing to the left (east), and waning (decreasing) if pointed to the right (west). If you're north of the equator and it's too cloudy to see the moon tonight,

Plant fruits, seed flowers, and vegetables that bear above the ground when the moon is waxing. That is, from the day after the moon is new to the day before the moon is full.

Plant flowering bulbs and vegetables that bear below the ground when the moon is waning. That is, from the day after the moon is full to the day before it is new again.

1st and 2nd Quarter (moon is waxing). Plant above ground yields. Do not plant on the day the moon is new, full or changing quarters. Graft trees just before the sap flows.

3rd and 4th Quarter (moon is waning). Plant crops that grow underground in the third quarter. A waning moon is good for harvesting most crops, canning and preserving vegetables and jams. Kill weeds and trees, turn the soil. Slaughter livestock in the 4th quarter before the new moon.


Name

                           Optimal Planting Sign

Qtr to Plant

 Asparagus

Can, Scp, Psc

2nd

Beans

Can, Scp, Psc, Lib

2nd

Beets

Can, Scp, Psc, Lib, Cap

3rd

Black-Eyed Peas

Cap

2nd

Broccoli

Can, Scp, Psc, Lib

2nd

Brussel Sprouts

Can, Scp, Psc, Lib, Tau

1st

Cabbage

Can, Scp, Psc, Lib, Tau

1st

Cantaloupe

Can, Scp, Psc, Lib, Tau

1st or 2nd

Carrots

Can, Scp, Psc, Lib

3rd

Cauliflower

Can, Scp, Psc, Lib

1st

Chard

Can, Scp, Psc 

1st or 2nd

Chinese Cabbage

Can, Scp, Psc, Lib, Tau

2nd

Collards

Can, Scp, Psc, Lib, Tau

1st

Corn

Can, Scp, Psc

1st

Cucumbers

Can, Scp, Psc

1st

Eggplant

Can, Scp, Psc, Lib

2nd

Endive

Can, Scp, Psc, Lib, Virgo, Gem

1st

Garlic

Scp, Sag

3rd or 4th

Garlic Chives

Scp, Sag

1st or 2nd

Gourds

Can, Scp, Psc, Lib

1st or 2nd

Herbs

Can, Scp, Psc

1st or 2nd

Horseradish

Can, Scp, Psc

1st or 2nd

Jerusalem Artichoke

Can, Scp, Psc, Lib

3rd

Kale

Can, Scp, Psc

1st or 2nd

Kohlrabi

Can, Scp, Psc, Lib

1st

Lettuce

Can, Scp, Psc, Lib, Tau

1st

Luffas

Can, Scp, Psc, Lib

1st or 2nd

Mustard

Scorpio

2nd

Okra

Can, Scp, Psc, Lib

2nd or 3rd

Onions (seed)

Scp, Sag

2nd

Onions (sets)

Lib

3rd or 4th

Parsnips

Can, Scp, Psc, Lib

3rd

Peas

Can, Scp, Psc, Lib

2nd

Peppers

Scp, Sag

2nd

Potatoes

Can, Scp, Tau, Lib, Cap

3rd

Pumpkins

Can, Scp, Psc, Lib

2nd

Rhubarb

Ari

3rd

Rutabagas

Can, Scp, Psc, Tau

3rd

Salsify

Can, Scp, Psc, Tau

3rd

Spinach

Can, Scp, Psc

1st

Squash

Can, Scp, Psc, Tau

2nd

Sunflower

Lib

2nd,3rd,4th

Sweet Potatoes

Can, Scp, Psc, Lib

3rd or 4th

Tomatoes

Can, Scp, Psc

2nd

Turnips

Can, Scp, Psc, Tau, Cap

3rd

Watermelon

Can, Scp, Psc

2nd

Other Crops

Name
 Optimal Planting Sign
 Qtr to Plant

Apples

Sag

2nd or 3rd

Apricots

Tau, Lib

2nd or 3rd

Barley

Can, Scp, Psc, Lib, Cap

1st or 2nd

Buckwheat

Cap

1st or 2nd

Cherries

Tau, Lib

2nd or 3rd

Corn

Can, Scp, Psc

1st

Cotton

Can

1st or 2nd

Grapes

Can, Scp, Psc

3rd or 4th

Hay

Can, Scp, Psc, Lib, Tau, Sag

1st or 2nd

Millet

Can, Scp, Psc

1st or 2nd

Oats

Can, Scp, Psc, Lib

1st or 2nd

Peaches

Tau, Lib

2nd or 3rd

Pears

Tau, Lib

2nd or 3rd

Plums

Tau, Lib

2nd or 3rd

Rice

Scp

1st or 2nd

Rye

Cap

1st or 2nd

Soybeans

Can, Scp, Psc, Lib

2nd

Sugar Cane

Scp, Cap, Tau

1st or 2nd

Tobacco

Aries

1st or 2nd

Wheat

Can, Scp, Psc, Lib

1st or 2nd

Other Agricultural Operations

Dehorn and castrate during the waning moon when it's in Cancer, Pisces, Scorpio, Virgo, Capricorn, Leo or Sagittarius (in descending order of effectiveness).

Harvest seed grain during New Moon.

Prune fruit trees in the Third Quarter when the Moon is in Scorpio.

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