# Astro Cycles Marks every new and full moon at its exact astronomical time, tags eclipse-window events, projects upcoming lunar dates past the last bar, and shades the new-moon and full-moon halves of each lunation. A dashboard shows the current phase, the next dates, and a descriptive split of the chart's bar returns by lunar half: context, never a signal. - Indicator in the LuxAlgo Library, by LuxAlgo, published Jun 14, 2026. - Access: free. - Concepts: [Astro Cycles](https://www.luxalgo.com/library/concept/astro-cycles/) (primary) - Open on Vela: https://vela.luxalgo.com/chart?pineScriptCodeId=fcs9mb73no65aux1zesqim78 - Page: https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/astro-cycles/ **Astro Cycles** is a precision lunar calendar for charts, built to test rather than assume the claims of [astro cycles](https://www.luxalgo.com/library/concept/astro-cycles/): every new and full moon is placed at its exact astronomical time from the standard lunation series, eclipse-window events are tagged, and the next several events are projected past the last bar, dates computable years in advance. The build keeps the calendar and the claim separate. Shading splits each lunation into new-moon and full-moon halves, and the dashboard reports a descriptive split of the chart's own bar returns between those halves: a built-in null-hypothesis check of the claimed lunar rhythm, not an endorsement of it. ## How to Trade the Astro Cycles? - **N and F lines**: exact new and full moon times; treat them as watchlist dates for price-action evidence, never as signals. - **·E tag**: the event falls near a lunar node, where a solar (new moon) or lunar (full moon) eclipse is possible. - **Lunar-half shading**: marks the claimed-favorable new-moon half and claimed-cautious full-moon half. Check the dashboard's split before giving it weight. - **Projected dotted lines**: the upcoming events, placed on the chart ahead of time. ## Astro Cycles Settings - **New moons** and **Full moons** (default on): vertical lines at each event's exact time. - **Event labels** (default on): tiny N/F tags whose tooltips carry the exact UTC time. - **Tag eclipse windows** (default on): applies the standard quick node test (|sin F| below 0.36). - **Upcoming events** (default 4): future events projected past the last bar as dotted lines. - **Shade lunar halves** (default on): the half-cycle background tint, active on timeframes up to weekly. - **Show dashboard** (default on) plus position, size, event colors and **Shading transparency** (default 94). ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What does the dashboard's return split actually show? The average bar return and win rate of this chart's history, sorted into new-moon and full-moon halves: purely descriptive statistics. Random date sets produce spreads of similar size easily, which is why the panel calls its output a watchlist aid rather than evidence. ### How does this differ from Gann-style time cycles? Both belong to the fixed-date turn-forecasting tradition, but the calendars differ: this tool anchors to computable astronomy, while [Gann Time Cycles & Anniversaries](https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/gann-time-cycles-anniversaries/) counts forward from past price events. Neither implies direction. ### Why do the halves and statistics switch off above weekly? Once a single bar spans a large share of the 29.5-day lunation, half-assignment is meaningless, so shading and the return split disable while the event lines stay exact on any timeframe. ## Related indicators - [Momentum Cycle Sentry](https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/momentum-cycle-sentry/) (Dominant-cycle Detection): markdown at https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/momentum-cycle-sentry.md - [Fixed Time Cycles](https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/fixed-time-cycles/) (Time, Sessions & Seasonality): markdown at https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/fixed-time-cycles.md - [Long-horizon Calendar Cycles](https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/long-horizon-calendar-cycles/) (Time, Sessions & Seasonality): markdown at https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/long-horizon-calendar-cycles.md - [Asia Sweep Reversals](https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/asia-sweep-reversals/) (Time, Sessions & Seasonality): markdown at https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/asia-sweep-reversals.md - [8AM 1H Range & Breaks](https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/8am-1h-range-breaks/) (Time, Sessions & Seasonality): markdown at https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/8am-1h-range-breaks.md - [8am Road Map Zone](https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/8am-road-map-zone/) (Time, Sessions & Seasonality): markdown at https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/8am-road-map-zone.md - [Ultimate Opening Range Breakout](https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/ultimate-opening-range-breakout/) (Time, Sessions & Seasonality): markdown at https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/ultimate-opening-range-breakout.md - [Sessions](https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/sessions/) (Time, Sessions & Seasonality): markdown at https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/sessions.md --- Source: https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/astro-cycles/ (LuxAlgo Library). Free to use with attribution: https://www.luxalgo.com/library/license/