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New moon of May 2025: date, time and sign
The new moon forms on Tuesday 27 May at 05:02 (Paris time), Moon in Gemini at 6°06', in the Rohini nakshatra.
Phase
New moon
Date & time
27 May23:02 New York (26/05) · 20:02 Los Angeles (26/05) · 04:02 London
Sign
Gemini6°06' · Rohini
Next new moon
25 Junein Cancer
What this lunation illuminates
A new moon in Gemini opens a cycle of curiosity, exchange and fresh ideas. Something wants to be learned, said, connected.
A time to start a conversation, a writing project, an exploration, lightly.
The Vedic layer: Rohini
Your Moon moves through Rohini, the nakshatra of beauty and growth. You have a gentle magnetism and a true love of the living: your path seeks to grow what you love, without clinging to it to the point of forgetting yourself.
Where does this new moon fall in your chart?
In your 4th house it speaks of family; in your 10th, of career. Calculate your chart to find out, it's free and instant.
The lunation data
| Body | Position | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Moon | 6°06' Gemini | conjunct the Sun, start of the cycle |
| Sun | 6°06' Gemini | conjunct the Moon |
Frequently asked questions
It forms on Tuesday 27 May at 05:02, Paris time, Moon in Gemini at 6°06'.
It forms in Gemini, in the Rohini nakshatra.
The nakshatra is the Vedic division of the sky into 27 sectors, read from the Moon's sidereal position (Lahiri ayanamsa). Here the Moon is in Rohini. The sign itself stays calculated in tropical: this is Elvira's tropical-vedic approach.
These positions are the same for everyone; their personal meaning depends on your chart. You can calculate your free birth chart, or see more clearly in a reading with Elvira.
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