Lunar Datebook

December 7, 2014- Episode 23 Cops and emergency room workers swear it's true- the full moon makes us crazy.  Host Jennifer Ellsworth explores this claim and reads a poem about sharing bed with babies.  "At a not-yet reasonable hour a head bobs up from slumber..." Moon Astrology: Just past full in Cancer.  Nurture yourself and others.   Confirmation bias, communal reinforcement and Aristotle's sleep deprivation theory.   

November 30, 2014- Episode 22 It's round one of the Fate vs. Free Will fight.  Host Jennifer Ellsworth explores astrology's core principles and founding father to learn the language of the stars.  She also reads a poem about her hometown of Jackson.   "While so much of the world works and worries and wastes..." Moon Astrology: Waxing gibbious in Aries.  Start a project.   Hermes Trismegistus, Musica Universalis and a roadmap you can't leave home without.    

November 23, 2014- Episode 21 It's 4 p.m.  It's dark.  Should you be sleeping?  The 12th new moon of the year is the Moon of Long Nights.  Host Jennifer Ellsworth explains how our 17th century ancestors slept through these dark days.  She also reads a poem about her grandfather receiving hospice.   "The home health nurse had come to wash Grandpa...." Moon Astrology: New moon in Sagittarius.  Step out and speak up.   Bi-modal sleep patterns, night nookie, and how street lights changed sleep.

November 16, 2014- Episode 20 Moontime: without it there would be no human life.  Host Jennifer Ellsworth introduces the connection between women's cycles and moon cycles.  She also reads a poem about dancing like no one is watching. "This morning to protest the rain we have a dance party..." Moon Astrology: waning balsamic in Virgo.  Plan your week.   The first feminine products, Mi'kmaq moon lodges, and euphemisms for a woman's full stop.  

November 9, 2014- Episode 19 Need a new pick-up line?  Host Jennifer Ellsworth explains gravity's bumps and curves on the moon.  She also reads a poem about a 6th grade school break-in.   Moon Astrology: disseminating in Gemini.  A "cool breeze" for a rut.    Mascons, NASA's GRAIL Mission, and Newton and Einstein duke it out for the gravity legacy.    

November 2, 2014- Episode 18 In honor of the Full Beaver Moon Thursday night, host Jennifer Ellsworth gives an historical view of how beaver pelts literally made America.  She also reads a poem about a transforming Halloween costume.  Moon Astrology:  waxing gibbous in Pisces.  Full Moon Thusday in Taurus.  Get grounded.  

October 19, 2014- Episode 16 Every culture attempts to explain the moon's appearance.  Today host Jennifer Ellsworth shares First Nation tribe the Mi'kmaq's take on it.  She also reads a poem about a pair of theives.   Moon Astrology: waning balsamic in Virgo.  Go with the flow.  

October 12, 2014- Episode 15 The exploration of the Precession of the Equinoxes continues as host Jennifer Ellsworth compares two Astrological systems.  She also reads a poem about the moment a spirit leaves the body.   Moon Astrology: Waning toward last quarter in Gemini.  Forgive your unfocused self.   

October 5, 2014- Episode 14 The constellation Aries is slipping westward through the sky.  Host Jennifer Ellsworth explains why.  She also shares a journal entry about a feather hunt.   Moon Astrological Outlook:  full moon in Aries Wednesday will put fire to your feet.  

September 28, 2014- Episode 13 The 10th new moon of the year is the Hunter's Moon.  Host Jennifer Ellsworth discusses the history of hunting privleges and reads a little diddy about a cricket.   Moon Astrological Outlook:  waxing crescent in Sagittarius.  Get ready to roam.

September 21, 2014- Episode 12 In honor of the Autumnal Equinox- also known as Mabon- host Jennifer Ellsworth takes a look at ginger, a food that celebrates this time of balance.  She also reads a poem about frost.   Astrological outlook:  the moon is in Virgo until Tuesday.  A good time to task-master.

September 14, 2014- Episode 11 Craters, moondust, maria, Oh my!  Host Jennifer Ellsworth discusses selenographic highlights of the moon and reads a poem about a perfect September afternoon in Maine.  

September 7, 2014- Episode 10 The Full Harvest Moon is tomorrow night!  Jennifer Ellsworth explains two ways you can celebrate the season and reads a poem about one of Maine's most common trades- carpentry.  

August 31, 2014- Episode 9 Astrologers combine the scientific and the subjective when they offer horoscopes.  Host Jennifer Ellsworth  explains this balance as it applies to the zodiac, and reads a character sketch about a woman whose wealth is secrets.  

August 24, 2014- Episode 8 Songs have been written about it!  Host Jennifer Ellsworth philosophizes about the 9th moon of the year, the Harvest Moon, and reads a poem for a lost friendship.  

August 17, 2014- Episode 7 The Man in the Moon is smiling... but why do we only ever see one face?  Jennifer Ellsworth explains and reads a poem about those precious first tomatoes from the garden.  

July 27, 2014- Episode 6 Sturgeon equals big ugly fish, right?  Actually this creature is much more than that.  Jennifer Ellsworth explains why on this first day of the Sturgeon Moon.  She also reads a piece about a lady who's distinction comes from not thinking she's so special.  

July 20, 2014- Episode 5 The difference is more than 2.2.  Jennifer Ellsworth explains sidereal and synodic months, lunations, and reads a poem about a photo taken at Molasses Pond.