The moon and your cycle
Two rhythms, and the honest version of what is between them
People have read meaning into the moon and the menstrual cycle for a very long time, and the traditions are worth knowing. So is the research, which is more interesting and less settled than either the believers or the debunkers tend to admit. Both are here, clearly labelled, never mixed up with each other.
5 articles · 1 almanac
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01 The evidence Does the Moon Affect Your Period? What the Research Actually Shows The believers and the debunkers are both more certain than the evidence allows. 7 min read
02 Moon cycles The Red Moon Cycle: Bleeding at the Full Moon, and What It Is Said to Mean The archetype built for everyone whose body refused to follow the approved pattern. 5 min read
03 Moon cycles The White Moon Cycle: Bleeding at the New Moon, and the Claim That It Is Normal The pattern that got promoted to default, and what that costs everyone else. 5 min read
04 Working with it Cycle Syncing With the Moon: What It Means and Whether It Works One of these you can do tonight. The other rests on twenty-three women and a lightbulb. 5 min read
05 Moon cycles The Pink Moon Cycle: What It Means, and Why Sources Disagree About It A newer term, less agreed on than it looks, and describing a position nobody stays in. 4 min read
06 Almanac Moon Phases This Month, and the Next Year An almanac that computes itself, accurate to the minute, and honest about what it does not tell you. Reference 
02 Moon cycles The Red Moon Cycle: Bleeding at the Full Moon, and What It Is Said to Mean The archetype built for everyone whose body refused to follow the approved pattern. 5 min read
03 Moon cycles The White Moon Cycle: Bleeding at the New Moon, and the Claim That It Is Normal The pattern that got promoted to default, and what that costs everyone else. 5 min read
04 Working with it Cycle Syncing With the Moon: What It Means and Whether It Works One of these you can do tonight. The other rests on twenty-three women and a lightbulb. 5 min read
05 Moon cycles The Pink Moon Cycle: What It Means, and Why Sources Disagree About It A newer term, less agreed on than it looks, and describing a position nobody stays in. 4 min read
06 Almanac Moon Phases This Month, and the Next Year An almanac that computes itself, accurate to the minute, and honest about what it does not tell you. Reference