Thirteen Month Calendar

Nature has long provided us with the knowledge and cues to make positive choices in Nature has long provided us with the knowledge and cues to make positive choices in our lives, from the seasons that facilitate growing cycles to the rising and setting of the sun.

However, in our fast-paced world we largely ignore her, waking when the alarm sounds, sleeping when we can find the time and living from season to season without any change in our lifestyles. But there are still many cultures that live within the flow of time, without calendars or clocks, opting to keep time by being aware of the changing of the seasons or the movements of the stars in the sky. Advocates of the 13-month, 28-day perpetual calendar want to emulate this more natural way of living by altering our current calendar (which sometimes has 28 days in a month and sometimes 31) to correspond with the cycles of the moon.

In each lunar month, the moon completes a full cycle in 28 days, going from a full moon to a crescent to none at all. This duration is mirrored by women's natural menstrual cycles. The 13-month calendar can help you reconnect with the rhythms of nature and the planet by helping you recognize and understand your own natural rhythms. Becoming in tune with the moon's cycles is a gentle way to adjust to living by your body's prompts which restores your inner harmony. Living exclusively by the 13 month calendar is all but a luxury for most of us, but keeping a lunar calendar where you can refer to it is a good way to be aware of how your own cycles may be in sync with the lunar cycles. Many people believe that by following the 13-moon calendar, you can synchronize with nature and benefit from the support system of our entire planet.