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Make something · ruled by Jupiter

The best days to publish your work.

Publishing belongs to Jupiter, the planet of reach, and to the 9th and 10th houses. It is also about words, so Mercury must not be retrograde.

Here’s what the sky is checked for.

How the app answers it

Your own windows, from your chart.

This is Prism’s Plan screen for an example chart. Pick a category to see another plan.

When should I…

Prism’s Plan screen for “Start something creative”: the best windows in the weeks ahead and the days to avoid

The app’s answer · Start something creative

  1. Fri 30 Oct – Thu 5 Nov Best

    Peaks Monday

    Creative projects draw more of your energy, and the effort feels rewarding. Your best stretch for starting something creative in the next 30 days.

    Sun flows with your Mars

  2. Sat 7 Nov

    One day only

    Creative projects draw more of your energy, and the effort feels rewarding. Another good stretch for starting something creative.

    Sun flows with your Mars

  3. Thu 19 – Wed 25 Nov

    Peaks Sunday

    Passion in your romantic life may feel stronger and more direct. Another good stretch for starting something creative.

    Mercury flows with your Mars

An example: the chart of someone born on 14 June 1988 at 14:35 in London. In the app, Plan reads your own chart, so your windows are different.

How this plan is read

Four things decide a day to publish your work.

The planet

Jupiter

It rules growth, luck, belief, generosity. Each day, the planner checks its condition. Is it moving forward or retrograde? Is it strong or weak in its sign? Is Venus or Jupiter helping it? Are Mars or Saturn putting pressure on it? Is it too close to the Sun?

The houses

9th & 10th

Each house is an area of life. These houses cover travel, study and beliefs, and career and reputation. When the Moon passes through the matching signs (Sagittarius, Capricorn), the day scores higher.

The Moon

A growing Moon

New starts go with a growing (waxing) Moon, ideally a day or two after the new moon. The last days of the cycle count against them. So do the hours when the Moon is void of course, which means it makes no more major angles before it changes sign.

Hard rules

No Mercury retrograde

Tradition avoids signing, buying, borrowing and publishing while Mercury is retrograde. So those days are always marked Hard. New starts also lose points in the week around an eclipse.

What the sky is checked for

Jupiter, the Moon, and two hard rules.

  • Jupiter is the planet that rules this plan. Is it moving forward or retrograde? Is it strong in its sign? Is it too close to the Sun? Do Venus or Jupiter help it, or do Mars or Saturn put pressure on it?
  • The Moon should be growing, so that what you start grows too. It should not be void of course during your waking hours. It helps when it is in a sign that suits the plan (the sign of the 9th house or the sign of the 10th house in the natural zodiac).
  • Mercury retrograde rules the day out.
  • Eclipses are unpredictable, so the days around one count against anything new.

The five colours

  • Hard Things meet real resistance. Keep plans simple, expect some conflict and be kind to yourself.
  • Tense There is some pressure. A good day for hard work, but not for asking favours.
  • Steady An ordinary day. Nothing helps or blocks you much. A good day for routine.
  • Flow Things go your way more often than not. A good day to take the first step.
  • Harmony The planets favour you today. Ask for things, start things and celebrate.

Steady, leaning flow · leaning tense

Questions

When is the best time to publish your work?

It depends on your birth chart. Tradition looks at Jupiter, the planet that rules this plan, and at the Moon. Prism’s Plan follows them day by day against your own chart and gives you the best windows in the weeks ahead, the days to avoid and the reason for each.

Which planet rules publish your work?

Jupiter (growth, luck, belief, generosity). Publishing belongs to Jupiter, the planet of reach, and to the 9th and 10th houses. It is also about words, so Mercury must not be retrograde.

Is Mercury retrograde a bad time to publish your work?

Yes, this is the classic warning. Mercury is retrograde when it seems to move backwards in the sky. Tradition says you should not sign, buy or publish during this time, so Plan never picks those days for it.

What Moon phase is best to publish your work?

A growing (waxing) Moon, between the new moon and the full moon. A day or two after the new moon is ideal. Tradition starts things while the Moon grows, so that they grow too. It avoids the last few days before the new moon. It also avoids days when the Moon is void of course, which means it makes no more major angles before it changes sign.

Is the answer the same for everyone?

No. The same sky touches different points and houses in different charts. That is why Prism asks for your birth date, time and place, and why two people with the same sun sign get different windows.