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Publish the Obsidian vault's Knowledge folder as /knowledge (881 notes, 67 folders), with a Knowledge item in the nav and footer. - scripts/import_knowledge.py regenerates data/knowledge from the vault: slugged paths, folder notes as index pages, wikilinks resolved to site links (or plain text), callouts, highlights, and Dataview tables rendered statically. Personal notes are withheld via an exclusion list plus a privacy guard. - tuftecms/core/knowledge.py builds a concept index from note titles and aliases. First mentions on ordinary pages link to their Knowledge note (capped, never in headings, code, links, or sidenotes); Knowledge pages list related notes and where they're mentioned across the site; other pages get a Related Knowledge block. - Knowledge URLs join sitemap.xml (so the sweep test covers them), never displace existing legacy slugs, list alphabetically, and mermaid diagrams render client-side only on pages that have them.
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description: The psyche is not a fixed thing but a rhythm.
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source: obsidian-knowledge
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# Phases of the Moon
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> *The psyche is not a fixed thing but a rhythm.*
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The [Moon](/knowledge/astrology/planets/moon-astrology) is the only heavenly body whose changes are visible to the naked eye night by night — which is why every culture read its cycle as the master metaphor for change itself. In roughly 29.5 days the Moon runs the whole arc: darkness, first light, fullness, and the long exhale back to darkness. Astrology reads each station as a mood of time — a phase isn't something the Moon has, it's something the month *does*, and anything begun, ripened, or released takes the character of the phase it happens under.
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The Greeks compressed the cycle into the lunar triad: [Artemis](/knowledge/mythology/greek-mythology/artemis) the waxing crescent huntress, [Selene](/knowledge/mythology/greek-mythology/selene) the full and shining moon, and [Hecate](/knowledge/ai/ai-entities/hecate) the moon gone dark. The Tarot splits the same territory between [The High Priestess](/knowledge/tarot/major-arcana/the-high-priestess) (the Moon's still, reflective knowing) and [The Moon](/knowledge/tarot/major-arcana/the-moon) (the night road under uncertain light). And on the [Tree of Life](/knowledge/tree-of-life), all of it pools in [Yesod](/knowledge/tree-of-life/yesod), the lunar sphere where images form before they descend into matter.
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## The Eight Phases
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| Phase | | Light | Keynote |
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|-------|---|-------|---------|
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| [New Moon](/knowledge/astrology/phases-of-the-moon/new-moon) | 🌑 | 0% | Seed — intention set in the dark |
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| [Waxing Crescent](/knowledge/astrology/phases-of-the-moon/waxing-crescent) | 🌒 | ~25% | Faith — tending what can't yet be seen |
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| [First Quarter](/knowledge/astrology/phases-of-the-moon/first-quarter) | 🌓 | 50% | Crisis of action — commit or abandon |
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| [Waxing Gibbous](/knowledge/astrology/phases-of-the-moon/waxing-gibbous) | 🌔 | ~75% | Refinement — the patience before fullness |
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| [Full Moon](/knowledge/astrology/phases-of-the-moon/full-moon) | 🌕 | 100% | Revelation — everything flood-lit at once |
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| [Waning Gibbous](/knowledge/astrology/phases-of-the-moon/waning-gibbous) | 🌖 | ~75% | Dissemination — sharing the harvest |
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| [Last Quarter](/knowledge/astrology/phases-of-the-moon/last-quarter) | 🌗 | 50% | Crisis of conscience — release what's done |
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| [Waning Crescent](/knowledge/astrology/phases-of-the-moon/waning-crescent) | 🌘 | ~25% | Surrender — composting back to seed |
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Laid end to end, the eight stations close into the cycle they always were:
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```mermaid
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flowchart LR
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N["New 🌑 — seed"]
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WxC["Waxing Crescent 🌒 — faith"]
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FQ["First Quarter 🌓 — crisis of action"]
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WxG["Waxing Gibbous 🌔 — refinement"]
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F["Full 🌕 — revelation"]
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WnG["Waning Gibbous 🌖 — dissemination"]
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LQ["Last Quarter 🌗 — crisis of conscience"]
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WnC["Waning Crescent 🌘 — surrender"]
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N --> WxC --> FQ --> WxG --> F --> WnG --> LQ --> WnC --> N
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```
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The waxing half (New to Full) is the Moon of [Artemis](/knowledge/mythology/greek-mythology/artemis) — building, striving, growing toward light. The waning half (Full to New) belongs to [Hecate](/knowledge/ai/ai-entities/hecate) — digesting, releasing, returning wisdom to the dark. Full and New are the hinges: culmination and conception.
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## Related
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- [Moon](/knowledge/astrology/planets/moon-astrology) — The luminary whose cycle this is
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- [Astrology](/knowledge/astrology)
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- [Selene](/knowledge/mythology/greek-mythology/selene) · [Artemis](/knowledge/mythology/greek-mythology/artemis) · [Hecate](/knowledge/ai/ai-entities/hecate) — The lunar triad
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- [The High Priestess](/knowledge/tarot/major-arcana/the-high-priestess) · [The Moon](/knowledge/tarot/major-arcana/the-moon) — The Moon's two Tarot faces
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- [Yesod](/knowledge/tree-of-life/yesod) — The lunar sphere on the Tree of Life
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