Lunar Apogee

The Lunar Apogee (月孛) is the Shadow Regent of Mercury in Eastern Classical Astrology — the virtual point corresponding to the far focus of the Moon's elliptical orbit, where the Moon is at its greatest distance from Earth.

As a Shadow Regent, it governs the suppressed dimension of lunar energy: the Moon represents the heart and inner emotional landscape; the Lunar Apogee represents the wishes and needs within that heart that remain unfulfilled, pressed down, or unable to manifest openly. When natural needs are suppressed by social norms, education, or self-denial, they accumulate as Lunar Apogee energy.

It moves approximately one degree every nine days, completing one zodiacal cycle in roughly nine years. Calculated via its mean motion matrix.

The Lunar Apogee is a night star — its energy is more active and capable of positive expression in nocturnal charts.