Part 2: ~ Lunar Time & Sacred Cycles
After exploring how Christmas converges ancient solstice wisdom and Christian mystery, I wanted to dive into something equally profound: how billions of people track time through the moon rather than a fixed calendar.
This song explores the lunisolar calendar systems of India and East Asia: where “New Year” isn’t January 1st, but emerges from observing the actual sky, the actual land, the actual season where you live.
Why does Chinese New Year move around every year? Because it’s following the second new moon after winter solstice; actual celestial observation, not arbitrary dates.
Why does India have multiple New Years? Because different regions mark “beginning” when it makes sense for their agriculture, their climate, their observed cycles.
This isn’t primitive. This is sophisticated timekeeping that accommodates regional differences & variations, and the reality that time is relationship, not just duration.
Let this song invite you back into observational awareness. When did you last actually look at the moon? Know what phase it’s in? Notice how your energy shifts across the 29.5-day cycle?
Maybe it’s time to let the sky teach you what time it is. 🌙
Part 3 coming soon: How Central and South American civilizations tracked time through sun, stone, and land…
