Water · Not ideal
Leaf days: keep it casual
A leaf day comes when the Moon is in a water constellation: Cancer, Scorpio or Pisces. Gardeners use them for leafy crops and watering. For wine they are middling at best.
Next leaf days
- Sun, Oct 4 8:33 PM → Tue 6:53 AMlasts 1d 10h
- Wed, Oct 14 3:56 AM → Fri 6:08 AMlasts 2d 2h
- Fri, Oct 23 5:25 AM → Sun 10:00 PMlasts 2d 16h
- Sun, Nov 1 1:58 AM → Mon 12:18 PMlasts 1d 10h
- Tue, Nov 10 11:32 AM → Thu 1:39 PMlasts 2d 2h
Times are in your time zone.
How wine tastes on a leaf day
On leaf days wines can feel muted and a little green, with fruit taking a step back. It is fine for everyday drinking, but not the moment to judge a wine or open a showpiece.
What to open
- Everyday, easy-drinking bottles
- Wine for cooking, or a glass with dinner
- Herbal, savory styles that don't lean on fruit
Leaf days in the vineyard
Leaf days are associated with foliage, so growers tend to leave canopy and leaf work to them. The idea comes from biodynamic farming, which links each of the four classical elements to one part of the plant: fire to fruit, air to flower, water to leaf and earth to root.
| Element | Constellations | Day type | For wine |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fire | Aries, Leo, Sagittarius | Fruit | Best for wine |
| Air | Gemini, Libra, Aquarius | Flower | Good for wine |
| Water | Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces | Leaf | Not ideal |
| Earth | Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn | Root | Poor for wine |
Because the constellations are different sizes, leaf days don't come in neat blocks. The Moon returns to the same element roughly every nine days. How the calendar is calculated.
Questions
Is today a leaf day?
See the live answer on the today page, or the upcoming dates above. Moonvine can alert you whenever a leaf day begins.
Should I avoid wine on a leaf day?
No need, but biodynamic tasters save their best bottles for fruit or flower days and keep leaf days for everyday pours.
Which constellations make a leaf day?
The three water constellations: Cancer, Scorpio (including the stretch of Ophiuchus, as in Maria Thun's calendar) and Pisces.
