Dictionary term
Perigean Spring Tide
Direct answer
Perigean Spring Tide: A Perigean Spring Tide occurs when new- or full-moon spring-tide alignment falls near lunar perigee, increasing the astronomical tide-generating effect.
A Perigean Spring Tide combines syzygy with a relatively close Moon.
- 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 Perigean Spring Tide in coastal almanacs with local tide predictions, sea-level background, and weather forecasts.
- Do not use it for
- Do not equate it automatically with flooding; wind, pressure, waves, coastline, and sea-level anomalies determine impacts.
- Reference category
- Seasons & Earth Almanac
- Related terms
- Amphidromic Point, Equinoctial Tide, Astronomical Season, Equinox
The story behind Perigean Spring Tide
Improved lunar ephemerides and tide gauges made the combined phase-distance modulation measurable and predictable.
Perigean Spring Tide in spiritual tradition
Spiritually, perigean spring tides can evoke awe while coastal safety remains a matter of measurements and forecasts.
The Great Almanac frames Perigean Spring 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.
Perigean Spring 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.
Perigean Spring Tide in numerology
Perigean Spring 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 Perigean Spring Tide matters
It can raise predicted high tides and lower predicted lows beyond ordinary spring-tide values at susceptible coasts.
Example in a reading: A full Moon near perigee may coincide with an unusually large predicted tidal range at a local station.
Interpretive caution: Do not equate it automatically with flooding; wind, pressure, waves, coastline, and sea-level anomalies determine impacts.
How Perigean Spring Tide is used in a reading
Use Perigean Spring Tide in coastal almanacs with local tide predictions, sea-level background, and weather forecasts.
Where interpretation stops
Perigean Spring 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.
- NOAA Ocean Service: What Are Spring and Neap Tides? - Official explanation of lunar-solar alignment and spring and neap tidal ranges.
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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