• ChexMax@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Other than tides, why do you need to know when the next full moon is? And can’t you just look at the moon and see how close it is waning to the full moon?

    Not saying the calendar is definitely a woman’s, but wanting to know when you’re going to start leaking blood onto everything near you seems like a good reason to track a period.

    • prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works
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      10 months ago

      I mean you can look at the moon to get a general sense, but if you want to be more precise then I’d use the new moon as the start and count the days until the next new moon.

      As far as why, I mean the seasons generally follow the lunar cycle so it would be a way to count the seasons and time and plan and do literally anything you’d need to do that you’d track time for.

      I bet you’d even want to track your menstrual cycle, I just wouldn’t limit it to that.

      I think the real “issue” with the OP statement and what my response is meant to say is that it doesn’t have to be either or.