Naturally. While various phase lunar mages are strongest at their associated phase, they start getting stronger at the peak of the previous phase, and return to normal at the peak of the next phase. So a first quarter lunar mage would start getting stronger at peak waxing crescent and return to standard power levels at peak waxing gibbous. Or something like that. Maybe a corresponding dip in power levels at their opposite phase?
Stellar mages and planetary mages would largely have the same power sets, with the planetary mages maybe having a few quirks here and there that stellar mages don't, and losing out on a few bits and bobs in exchange. It's very difficult for the average layperson to tell the difference between a stellar mage and a planetary mage, and for most people it doesn't make a lot of difference in their everyday lives. The big exception would be planetary mages aligned with Terra, who probably have powers more aligned with atmospheric control and weather stuff than stellar or other planetary mages. (The nature of this magic is very much "From the POV of people on Earth." The very nature of the magic would probably be different for anyone on a different celestial body, though hardly anyone would ever experience that.)
It's been a good decade or so since I took an Astronomy course, but I do remember bits 😉
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Date: 2020-03-24 12:26 am (UTC)Stellar mages and planetary mages would largely have the same power sets, with the planetary mages maybe having a few quirks here and there that stellar mages don't, and losing out on a few bits and bobs in exchange. It's very difficult for the average layperson to tell the difference between a stellar mage and a planetary mage, and for most people it doesn't make a lot of difference in their everyday lives. The big exception would be planetary mages aligned with Terra, who probably have powers more aligned with atmospheric control and weather stuff than stellar or other planetary mages. (The nature of this magic is very much "From the POV of people on Earth." The very nature of the magic would probably be different for anyone on a different celestial body, though hardly anyone would ever experience that.)
It's been a good decade or so since I took an Astronomy course, but I do remember bits 😉