Regular readers will probably know I often think about how we can use the moon cycle as a sprint map for personal and professional creative projects. It’s part of a wider aim to integrate living systems into our culture.
More specifically, this idea revolves around cycling between moments of quiet imagination and dreaming and moments of very active delivery in preparation and follow-up. One of the things that I like about the moon cycles is that they are out of sync with the months and even the year. These dissonances create clashes and overlaps that make every year different, which I find interesting.
However, the more tricky thing is spending time figuring out when the new moon and the full moon will be and matching task tasks up with this.
For example, I wanted to set up a reminder in my professional workflow to carry out a certain creative task around the new moon to do with imagining and dreaming. In Trello, you can set up reminders to be monthly, weekly, or daily but not with the cycles of the moon.
So I had a bit of fun this afternoon creating a workaround. First, I found a lunar calendar ICS file, from GitHub, which I could subscribe to on a Google Calendar. That puts the new moon in my calendar. Next, I set up a workflow in Zapier that triggers every time there is a new moon in my calendar to set up a Trello card that instructs me to do a new creative brainstorm. I tested it, and hey presto, it appears exactly where I want it.
Of course. The back up if the tech doesn’t work is to just look out the window at night and get reminded that way!