LunarChart™
happily mapping fertility

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If you wish to conceive a child, you need only to gaze at the moon to know when - it's true! As incredible as it seems, whenever the moon is the same phase it was at the time of your birth, and your reproductive system is in working order (and you're a woman - sorry, guys), you will predictably ovulate. That's it in an eggshell. The emergence from ancient obscurity of this stunning fact of nature occurred in 1956 when Dr. Eugen Jonas, a psychologist and scientist from Czechoslovakia, came upon a fragment of an ancient Babylonian manuscript that read "A woman is fertile according to the moon". This inspired him to research its possible meaning and in very short time he had the simple, if profound answer. He then opened a fertility clinic that quickly became internationally known through his outstanding success calculating conception dates. Dr. Jonas continued to help women conceive using the lunar method, and gradually more practitioners began to use it, though far fewer than this method deserves, so it still remains obscure.

You would think something so profoundly useful would be known by everyone, and in a perfect world no doubt it would be. But our culture is unfortunately more invested in exploiting nature than being guided by it, so you'll probably never see the lunar fertility method promoted on the cover of Time Magazine. And many who are having difficulty conceiving or over 40 and want a baby are led to believe that the only route is through a fertility clinic, which is expensive, often painful and not often successful. With so much at stake, we need to know all the facts about all our options. And the fact is, the lunar method is safe, highly effective and costs next to nothing. When you think about all the ways the moon is connected to the rythyms of our bodies, it makes perfect sense and surely explains why the moon has been a symbol of fertility and motherhood since ancient times. So maybe we can regain our full awareness of nature's rhythms, one baby at a time.

And what's also astounding about the moon's connection to conception is that you can even plan your baby's gender. For while the father's x & y chromosomes determine a baby's gender, the mother's biochemistry, responsive to the moon, determines what gets through and when.

I know it all sounds too good to be true and you're probably skeptical, to say the least, but this isn't some woo-woo new age concept allegedly discovered by some mythical character. This is science - calculation and observation by interested doctors & scientists all over the world. Their research may be obscure, but it's vitally important - not to the profits of the drug and medical industries, but to the lives of women and families. It works, it brings joy, and that's the real bottom line.

If you're interested in reading more on the subject, there are a two books I recommend - not nearly enough is written about it (out of ignorance, not irrelevance), but these books cover it well:

Astrological Birth Control

Healthy Parents, Better Babies:
A Couple's Guide to Natural Preconception Health Care

Here are a couple of interesting excerpts from the above book:

"[S]ome possible answers as to why this may be the case have to do with the moon's relationship with, and effect on, gravity, ionization, electromagnetic fields and light, and the effects these have on a woman's reproductive system."

"It is not surprising that the hormonal cycle has a lunar beat--the words for menstruation are derived from classical roots meaning month and moon--and many cultures worldwide have always acknowledged the connection between the moon, women and fertility in their religious, mythical and social traditions."

The lunar fertility method is a reliable way to plan conception, but it's not a fully reliable method of birth control. There's an additional ovulation cycle that occurs roughly 2 weeks after the first day of menses that is not reliably predictable. Something to keep in mind.

So if you want to let nature show you the way,
just follow the light of the moon...

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UPDATE: FREE CALCULATIONS!
I recently discovered a website that offers
free 12 month lunar fertility calculations!

ZodMags™
zodiac magnets

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Need a reminder of all your fine qualities? A ZodMag™ will never fail you. It'll catch your eye and make you smile whenever you reach for a snack or file. And it's the perfect little something to stuff in a stocking or slip in a card, so you can spread the smiles around! :)

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