Heavenly Movements and Earthly Matters
Life on Earth is governed by three celestial movements. 1) Earth’s rotation on its axis 2) The moon’s orbit of Earth, and 3) Earth’s orbit around the sun. These movements govern all life on Earth. Take humans for example. We sleep at night and wake up during the day. Most people will sleep a third of their entire lives and when we sleep is governed by a celestial movement. Many animals and plants have a circadian clock that follows a 24-hour cycle tuned into the day’s cycle. Rhythmicity is present in the sleeping and feeding patterns of animals, including humans. There are also clear patterns of core body temperature, brainwave activity, hormone production, cell regeneration, and other biological activities dictated by our circadian rhythm.
The moon’s orbit gives us the month, which is approximately the length of the orbital period of 29.5 days. The words “moon” and “month” are cognates. The gravitational pull of the moon during its orbit creates high and low tides of the ocean. The moon pulls the water toward it as it orbits the Earth, causing the tides to occur. This affects fish activity and much more. Tides can change a lot of things, such as the currents in surrounding waters, as well as the feeding times of fish. Any good fisherman will tell you high tide and low tide are the worst times to go fishing.
The Earth’s orbit of the sun gives us the year and, more importantly, the seasons. The seasons affect us greatly. Throughout the year, we have variations in day length, temperature, and light. Animals especially (although plants also go through the process) change their patterns and behaviors based on the cycle of seasons. Scientists believe that organisms naturally sense the changes in the light cycles of the sun and automatically change their behavior accordingly. Many animals breed so that they give birth in the spring and raise their young in the summer, when food is plentiful and there is safety in numbers. In very cold areas, animals wait until summer, when the ice begins to melt, to migrate, mate, and forage for food. Take the woodchuck for example. Like many animals, they will eat and collect a considerable amount of food in the summer and fall to store up their reserves for the long, cold winter months ahead. Then, in November, their metabolism decreases drastically, and they go into a type of deep sleep known as torpo.
So we know these three movements govern all life on earth. What if there are other celestial movements with more subtle effects, namely on our consciousness, that we have yet to notice. Up to 85% of stars are in binary systems with some in triple or even higher-multiple systems. Our sun could be in a binary system with some larger star we have yet to identify. All I know is there’s always a better vantage point from which to marvel at the intricacies of our universe. Life is full of mysteries. Oh, what we don’t know!
