Quick Specs
- Format: Wall calendar, 12 months
- Year Covered: January to December 2027
- Author: Melanie Spears
- Illustrator: Melissa Williams (Misprint Art)
- Publisher: Rockpool Publishing
- Dimensions: 12 x 12 in closed, 12 x 24 in open
- Pages: 28
- ISBN-13: 9781925946239
A Moon Calendar Made to Be Looked At
Melanie Spears built this calendar around a simple idea: follow the Moon through her phases while you take stock of what you appreciate. A short author’s note opens the calendar and sets that tone, with reflection, simplicity and gratitude taken one lunar cycle at a time, and it shares a page with short biographies of the author and the illustrator. Melissa Williams, the Adelaide artist who works as Misprint Art, illustrated the months as digitally composed collages. The cover shows a woman in profile with closed eyes inside a pale Moon marked with clock numerals, set against soft gold and lavender patterns, and the month pages carry that dreamy palette forward. Each month pairs a full-page artwork and a quotation, drawn from sages across history, with its month grid, and the pieces range widely: one artwork page sets a flaming tower, a winged figure and two birds of prey beside a quote about letting go. A yearly intentions page gives you ruled space to write what you’re working toward, and a 2027 at-a-glance page with room for year-long notes keeps the whole calendar year in view.
The grid carries the lunar detail. It marks the four main phases, New Moon, first quarter, Full Moon and last quarter, so you see the Moon’s turning points. Each phase entry shows the Moon’s symbol, the zodiac sign the Moon is in and the exact time, and a short astrological note accompanies it, so a New Moon in Capricorn comes with a prompt about persistence, patience and planning, and the January Supermoon in Leo points toward realigning with passion and visibility. The grid labels Supermoons and named full Moons, such as April’s Pink Moon, on their dates. It also marks holidays and observances from several traditions, among them New Year’s Day, Kwanzaa, Passover, Earth Day and Orthodox Holy Friday, so you can plan around them from one calendar. Apart from those entries the day boxes are open, which leaves space for appointments and reminders. The grid runs Sunday to Saturday. The paper is thick and FSC-certified, sourced partly from recycled materials, and the publisher ships the calendar without single-use shrink wrap.
Practical Ritual Applications
Hang the calendar where you pass it every day, in a kitchen, a hallway or the room where you keep your altar, so the Moon’s cycle stays in view. Pencil your own appointments into the open day boxes, and use the printed phase times to plan quiet time or a gathering with your household, circle or coven around the exact phase. Write your yearly intentions on the intentions page, then return to them as the months pass and see which ones have moved. Because the artwork changes every month, turning the page also works as a small seasonal marker, a prompt to reset your space and your plans. Browse my moon products collection for altar pieces and other lunar tools to pair with the calendar.
How to Work With a Moon Calendar All Year
Three habits turn the printed phases into a steady monthly rhythm.
- Write your intentions first
Fill in the yearly intentions page in the first week you hang the calendar. Keep each line short and specific enough that you can tell later whether it moved. Then read the quotation on the current month's artwork page, so the year's framing and the month's framing are both in front of you.
- Convert the phase times once
Choose the entry that matches your hemisphere, then work out your own offset from the printed time. Pencil your local time beside the next two or three phases, and note the date your clocks change for daylight saving time, since the offset shifts then. Doing this once saves you from guessing the day before a working.
- Use each New Moon and Full Moon as a check-in
On each New Moon, read the sign note and write one plan or intention in the day box. On each Full Moon, write what moved and what you appreciate. Short entries add up across twelve months, and by December the finished calendar is a year-long record you can read back.
The Tarot Fellow Standard
I carry this calendar because it works as artwork and as a working reference at once, and because the same author and illustrator make the Gratitude Diary together, which gives the calendar a consistent point of view. It suits you if you want a gentle monthly rhythm, and it hangs well in a living room or an altar room where the Moon stays in view. If you’d like the rest of the 2027 lineup, you’ll find it in my almanacs and calendars collection.
Frequently Asked Questions
Each phase appears twice, once in Universal Time (UT) for the Northern Hemisphere and once in Australian Eastern Time (AET) for the Southern Hemisphere. American readers will need to convert either time. Eastern Time runs 5 hours behind UT in winter and 4 hours behind during daylight saving time. A New Moon printed as 8:24 pm UT on January 7 lands at 3:24 pm Eastern that day, and a phase printed in the early hours of UT falls on the previous evening in the Americas.
The 2027 grid runs Sunday to Saturday, as the January and April pages show. Day boxes are blank apart from phase and holiday entries, and the publisher describes the grid space as generous for notes, appointments and reminders. Phase entries sit low in their boxes, so those days leave the least room. Buyers of the 2026 edition raised both points in their reviews, with some wanting more writing space per day.
Llewellyn's calendar pairs each month's Moon artwork with a spell or a piece of lunar lore, and it lists Pagan holidays along with Moon phases and eclipses. This calendar pairs each month's artwork with a quotation and builds around gratitude and reflection, with the Moon's sign, exact time and a short astrological note on each phase. If you want spells and lore on the wall, Llewellyn's calendar suits you. If you want reflection prompts and printed times for both hemispheres, this one does.
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