The new moon is my favorite part of the lunar calendar...it's a time to make plans and begin the next 28 days of craziness.

Last night May 1st, we saw the importance of moon phases in a tactical special ops assault in Pakistan on the compound that housed Usama Bin Laden ... the Navy Seals went in on a new moon because the sky is dark, and they could move undetected and use their night/thermal vision gear.

Folks who love to stargaze make their stargazing plans for new moons because they can see the stars better in their telescopes.

Farmers plant by the moon phases..see the Farmer's Almanac for details...it depends if your crop yeilds it's fruit above or below ground as to what pahse you plant by.

I generally plant by the new moon...pull weeds in the last quarter.

I also cut my hair during the waxing phase of the moon.

If you are going to have elective surgery..do it within 5 days before or after a new moon...if you can help it don't' have surgery anywhere near a Full Moon...too much swelling and hemorrhaging can happen.

Hey now, are you tilting your head and making a face?

Well it's true that the moon controls the tides and we are made of over 60% water, so we feel it...ask any woman who was stuck coinciding her cycle with the lunar cycle...

hell hath no fury.

Full moons are great for howling and capture the flag in the neighbor's yard...on a booga booga note, it's a great time for purging...getting rid of stuff, internal , external just stuff in general.

Of course I had a baby on a full moon, that is serious purging....and the maternity ward was full, they were asking people to leave a day early, they needed the beds...it sounded like a horror chamber all night, all the screaming...all the scared husbands.

So it's a new moon right now, it's a time to start something new ...begin a project...plant the seeds...kill a terrorist...take your pick.

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