BY HOLIDAY MATHIS

Timing and rhythm are the backdrops of the cycles of our lives, yet unless we know how to look, we miss those quiet day-to-day graceful transitions, compliments of the moon.

Let’s say the planets are all band members playing at a cosmic concert. The sun would be the star performer, Venus the harmony, Mercury the lyricist, and the moon, well, she would be the rhythm section, keeping the beat and tempo for our planetary performers.

She’s no attention hog. A passive and undemanding presence, you’d barely notice her. But without her rhythmic organization, the beautifully timed song would be an erratic, awkwardly timed cacophony of sound.

The moon moves quickly, the fastest planetary body in the sky, but the eightfold phases in her journey from the sun and back mark turning points in our consciousness and often trigger real-world events.

The events are most noticeable at the full moon, when emotions are spread thin and new awareness surface with a crescendo. Follow the moon phases to see how the moon affects you!

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