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It has been found that:
1. Critters, us included, are affected by the moon's passage.
2. There exist four daily periods (two major and two minor) when critters tend to be more alert and active.
With this in mind it becomes possible to construct a simple calculator to allow us to anticipate these daily periods for ourselves, our children, pets, and critters at large (including fish).
Want to investaigate the moon's effect on us in a Farmer's Almanac kind of way? Now you can.
You can use the graphics below to create your personal calculator. Print out and cut out the two circles. Then put them together about like you made analog clocks in the first grade (one on top of the other, held with a pin in the center, see above). Align the number of days since the New Moon on the inner circle with the mark on the outer circle (right by the AM notation) and then read the four daily periods against the outer hour marks.
Notice that the calculator above is set for the period near the new moon. Your Anasazi Moon necklace keeps track of Full Moons in relation to the Earth's yearly cycle. The SunLun calculator keeps track of the Moon in relation to the Earth's daily cycle.
Once you get the hang of it, print out another copy, glue the circles to something stiffer (masonite, heavy paper, etc.) put in a more substantial shaft thereby creating a permanent tool. Scientists are just beginning to understand Circadian Rhythms. With this calculator you can begin to notice the moon's subtle yet persistent effect.
Your task is to create a SunLun calculator and notice shifts in your physiology which may correlate to the moon's position.
Casio makes several wrist watches with a SunLun calculator built in. (one example) Or search the web for CASIO + FISHING.
For those who want to ponder a little further along this path
Humanity first understood the heavens with a geocentric (Earth stationary) view, and later the view was heliocentric (Sun stationary). There exists a third point-of-view, one in which both Sun and Earth remain stationary. It is from this third point-of-view that some interesting discoveries have been made.
The gravitational effect between astronomical bodies depends on their masses and the distance separating them. Between Earth and any other planet two gravity numbers can be calculated, Weak G (when the planets are farthest apart) and Strong G (when the planets are closest together). Notice in the table below that Jupiter has by far the greatest Strong G value. Change in G is the ratio between Weak and Strong G's, and it's the Change in G which, many spectulate, has the most effect on earthbound events.
The concept is that a changing field has most effect on things rather than the field's absolute strength. What we're talking about here is the rate of change. Therefore, following this logic, it can be seen that Venus and Mars are distinctly more influential than all the other planets.
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Planet
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Distance to Sun
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Strong G
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Change in G | Yrs/Cycle |
| Mercury |
36.0
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1.7
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5.13
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0.32
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Venus
|
67.1
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121.3
|
38.46
|
1.598
|
|
Mars
|
141.7
|
4.7
|
23.11
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2.136
|
|
Jupiter
|
483.4
|
206.2
|
2.18
|
1.09
|
|
Saturn
|
886.1
|
14.8
|
1.52
|
1.07
|
|
Uranus
|
1782.7
|
0.5
|
1.23
|
1.01
|
|
Neptune
|
2793.1
|
0.02
|
1.14
|
1.005
|
Mars and Venus are the Earth's nearest planetary neighbors, Mars just beyond and Venus just inside the Earth's solar orbit. From the geocentric and heliocentric views Mars and Venus travel in the same direction, however from this new point-of-view, they move in opposite directions. Why? That's just the way it is, think on it.
Another finding is that three times the period of Mars' orbit equals four times the period of Venus' orbit to within a tenth of a percent. (3*M=4*V) This means that every 6.4 years (2338 days) Mars and Venus return to the same positions relative to the Earth. So every 6.4 years these most influential planets repeat their motions. This gives rise to the notion of Life Cycles. The standard 7 year cycle of folklore is now precisely defined. You can use the knowledge of Life Cycles to begin your upward spiral, no need to endlessly repeat the same behaviors.
The diagram above shows the orbits of Mars and Venus and their respective orbital directions, the stationary Sun in its central position and the Earth, stationary between the Mars and Venus orbits. Lines drawn through Earth divide space into eight sectors of 45 degrees each. Note that Venus is always within two of the sectors while Mars moves through all eight. The lines make it easy to view oppositions, transits, etc. The date indicates the positions of Mars and Venus near the first of the year.
Venus alternates between being the evening and then the morning star. It appears most prominently when near the indicated lines. While near the vertical Sun line it will be absent from the night sky.
Every 6.4 years the dance begins anew. It's something like a long intricate drumming sequence repeating itself over and over, waiting for recognition to emerge. The point of this explanation is to help you to speed up your own learning process. You won't have to live through another Life Cycle trying to discern the vagaries of it all. You can begin to anticipate. And after all, that's what learning really is, gaining the knowledge and ability which allow you to make accurate judgements about future events, situations and circumstances. Think of it this way. If no context ever repeated we couldn't learn anything. Learning is most basically a matter of Meta pattern recognition.
It should be noted that Life Cycles don't have any standard beginnings or ends; time can be cut anywhere. It's something like trying to find the beginning of a circle--there isn't one until you make that distinction.
The heavens aren't random and neither should you be. Once you understand the Mars-Venus cycle you won't have to respond to it. You can anticipate it.