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YB WEB DESK. Dated: 6/19/2021 12:09:54 PM

LIVING IN SYNC WITH LUNAR AND SOLAR CYCLES

Whenever I speak about the human system and its connection with the sun or moon, I am badgered by two kinds of people – the very academic and the very religious. Their immediate question is: “Where is that printed?” I tell them it is imprinted on existence itself! You just have to look within. Scientists from Basel University, Switzerland, have recently established a connection between sleeping patterns and lunar phases. They found that people sleep less on full moon nights. The National Institute of Mental Health, US, has also established that bipolar disorders and mood swings are linked to the human internal clock – the circadian pacemaker – and lunar rhythmicity. Indic sages have long been aware that the moon guides female fertility cycles, birth, life and death. Mariners everywhere have known the impact of the moon on the tides. For centuries, farmers have planned their ploughing patterns based on lunar cycles. In Tamil Nadu, traditionally, the farming community never planted on new moon days and the two days following it, and on full moon days and the day before and after.