Dictionary term
Mixed Tide
Direct answer
Mixed Tide: A Mixed Tide is a tidal pattern with two highs and two lows of notably unequal height during a lunar day.
A Mixed Tide has unequal successive high and low waters.
- Source
- The Great Almanac Dictionary
- Category
- Seasons & Earth Almanac
- Also appears in
- Seasons & Earth Almanac
- Aliases
- None listed
- Last updated
- 2026-07-16
Quick reference
- Use when
- Use Mixed Tide for station-specific coastal planning where semidiurnal and diurnal constituents combine strongly.
- Do not use it for
- Do not average the two highs when a vessel or shoreline activity depends on the specific predicted event.
- Reference category
- Seasons & Earth Almanac
- Related terms
- Diurnal Tide, Amphidromic Point, Astronomical Season, Equinox
The story behind Mixed Tide
Constituent analysis revealed how daily and twice-daily responses superpose to create unequal pairs.
Mixed Tide in spiritual tradition
Spiritually, mixed tides encourage attention to variation within repetition.
The Great Almanac frames Mixed Tide with educational restraint. Mystical or symbolic language may be meaningful, but it should not be exaggerated into certainty, panic, or permission to ignore ordinary responsibility.
Mixed Tide in the Bible
This is a factual calendar, astronomy, Earth-science, cultural-history, or observational reference. It can support wonder and practical planning without becoming a claim of fate, spiritual causation, or private revelation.
Mixed Tide in numerology
Mixed Tide is not a numerology claim. Any numbers attached to it should retain their ordinary scientific, calendrical, navigational, or historical meaning unless a separate symbolic interpretation is clearly labeled.
Why Mixed Tide matters
The inequality changes available depth, shoreline exposure, and current timing from one cycle to the next.
Example in a reading: A Pacific coast station may show a higher high, lower high, lower low, and higher low in one lunar day.
Interpretive caution: Do not average the two highs when a vessel or shoreline activity depends on the specific predicted event.
How Mixed Tide is used in a reading
Use Mixed Tide for station-specific coastal planning where semidiurnal and diurnal constituents combine strongly.
Where interpretation stops
Mixed Tide is presented as sourced astronomy, calendrical, Earth-science, cultural, or instrument-history reference. Definitions should distinguish measured phenomena from civil convention and historical interpretation, preserve location and time dependencies, and avoid turning factual sky data into a deterministic personal claim.
Sources and editorial method
Research references used for this entry include:
- NOAA Tides and Currents Glossary - Operational definitions for tides, tidal currents, ranges, datums, bores, and amphidromic systems.
The page starts with a direct definition, then separates use, example, caution, spiritual meaning, and historical context. For astrology, occult, demonology, curse, and spiritual warfare terms, the editorial rule is to explain the term without making fear-based, fatalistic, medical, legal, financial, or ritual-instruction claims.
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