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Welcome to the oddity shop where

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the bizarre is always on sale

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.

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Welcome to the oddity shop . I'm your curator

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, kara , and this is your other curator , zach

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, who just burped in my face .

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Hey , listen , it's better out than in , and I got

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it out before we started recording .

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But anyways , welcome . What is this ?

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Yeah , Kara's sitting here with like face

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masks on eye things

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.

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You look great , I'm masks .

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Anyways , this is the podcast where we tell

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you creepy , odd , weird , strange , bizarre stories

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from around the world . How

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was your weekend ? We're recording at the end

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of a weekend instead of the end of a week , so a

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little bit different .

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I worked so

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very exciting Very exciting

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.

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Nick actually came out this weekend . It's the

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first time we've seen each other since Christmas . We just kind

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of took a chill January of no traveling

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back and forth , so we got to kind of celebrate our two

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year anniversary and a hiatus .

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I can't believe that's already been two years

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.

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I know , no , no , no , the fact that he's put up with

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me for two years .

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That's not what I meant , but yes , I

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thought what I meant was it doesn't

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seem like it's almost February and

1:32

we've you've already done a hiatus in

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January , like it doesn't feel like that .

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I know , but yes , it also doesn't feel like two years . That's

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true . It was a nice weekend , though . It was very chill

1:42

. We went out and ate a lot of food , went

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for a couple of coffee walks and then just chilled

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.

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That's perfect . That sounds like a good two

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year little anniversary

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day thing . I like that . That's cute . That's great

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Cute , yeah . Okay

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, I have something that I'm

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pretty sure I heard from Tenny

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, like Tenny say , and it's not

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even that deep but it's like really

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been wracking my brain .

2:06

Oh God .

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But it's not . It's not even deep , like it shouldn't even

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be this thing . Okay , so UFO

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. What does it stand for ?

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What I didn't , oh , unidentified

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flying object . I was swallowing it .

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I did ask you , so there's no consequence

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or consonants . God , it's

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okay . Okay . So if

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you see a UFO , then you've identified

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it . So now it's just an FO , okay

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. But if it lands and you identify

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it , then it's just an O .

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I mean , I did see that and I

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do get the joke .

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I like it , but it's still just because you see

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, it doesn't mean that I identified . Yeah

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, if you identify it as a UFO , if

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you see a UFO , you identify it as a UFO

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, then it's just an FO , if it's not flying

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object . Okay , if you then

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identify it and it's not flying

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, then it's just an object

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. That is true . Why there needs to

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be a different name . This is stupid and

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I don't know why , but it was like give me a little like

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.

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What would you call it then ? What's the other name ? I have no idea

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. You spent how much time on this this weekend and you didn't

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even come up with an alternative .

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I didn't think of a name , I just heard him

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say it . I thought about how it's like

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that is so true . This is why

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didn't we come up , why didn't somebody else not me

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come up with a different ?

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name . All

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right , I can dig it , I can dig it . All

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I've really got for you is and I started

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telling you before we recorded I should have waited

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, but my new TV bingeing

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has been Love on the Spectrum , because I dropped

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a new season . It is honestly

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like the cutest show . I've

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ever seen . It's so wholesome and

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like I think one of the coolest parts is seeing how

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like so it's helping

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them like get out and into the dating world . People

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who are on the autism spectrum but

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, like their parents , are also supportive and like helping

3:50

them get ready and stuff , and it's just like it is the

3:52

most feel good , cute

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show .

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That's so cute .

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You need to watch it . In the newest season there's this one

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kid named Tanner who's just always so

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freaking like excited

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all the time , and he's just like he's

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the best you were . You're going to fall in love with

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him .

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I know , but sometimes too much , feel good , Just

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. I could just cry the whole time and then it's just I

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know it's a good cry , okay . So

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then this is my other thing , which is

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perfectly goes into what we're just talking about

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as far as like crying . So on my

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way home from work I listened to , so obviously

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we're we're past this . But today

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, which is January what ? 28th , two

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girls , one ghost dropped a

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new episode . So I was listening to it on the way home

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and in them , you know so they they kind of

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talk before like we do , right , most

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people do so . Corinne

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has , she has

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this mug in her hand , right ? Because

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Sabrina goes does your mug say

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mom ? And then it just

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stops and like Sabrina says

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nothing Wait , did I say Sabrina

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, yes ? Sabrina says does your mug say mom ? And then

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Sabrina says nothing because she just like doesn't know what's going

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on . And then Corinne just like so

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nonchalant and just

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like even killed , goes I'm

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with child . And then it does

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yeah , but it does . Then they don't

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say anything for a really long

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time Because I don't think Sabrina

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knew what to do , and then she goes . This

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is how I'm telling you I'm pregnant and

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it was so cute , but

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then , honestly , there are the episodes

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I didn't even get through the episode , because that whole

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portion was probably 35 minutes , because Sabrina

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just couldn't get over it and it was so

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cute and I'm like it was wholesome . And then I started crying

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.

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So if I cried over that , you've been

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listening to much more wholesome podcasts than I have . I've

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been on a really big . I've had it

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binge this weekend , oh yeah .

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And .

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Jennifer and pumps just have me constantly

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like crying , laughing that is

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one of the best podcasts I have ever

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listened to it . You do .

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All right . Well , how will we get into our podcast so that people

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can listen to what they actually want to

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?

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do . Are you ready for a question ?

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Hit me with that Hit me with the bass

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shot . I was going to do that .

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I know , I know . That's why I had to beat you to it . So

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, beyond controlling the tides

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, do you think that the moon has any effect

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on our lives ?

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I'm going to say yes , but if you ask

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me why I'm not , I

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don't have an answer . But yes , I do .

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Do you want the psych response to that of

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well , if you knew , pretend

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that you knew the answer and throw out a why

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no ? I

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would just say no , all right

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fair . Well , people who aren't

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as defensive as you , the psych

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tricks sometimes works .

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Sometimes right .

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All right . Well , this week , as you

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and me , I feel like we've been getting more and more into

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all the oddity shit . We have

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also gotten more , probably a little

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bit more metaphysical and a little bit spiritual

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. So I wanted to

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tell you about the difference in the moon

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phases , with some fun moon facts

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in there , and then we'll

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finish it up with some oddity stuff

6:58

around the moon , are you

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?

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ready , I'm ready , but my candle is going crazy

7:02

.

7:03

What's it doing ?

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It just got really high like a really big

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flame and then like a ton of black smoke

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, but it's like going like this and I

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was like it caught my eye and I was like it's

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catching that moon energy . It is we're

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talking about it .

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See , we're already getting into a heightened set

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.

7:18

I don't know if people know about

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what each candle .

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Yes , if you know , if you're one of those witches

7:24

who knows about what , I feel

7:26

like there's got to be some names . Tell

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us . Yeah , mom , let us know

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. Also , mom

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had a message for us , by the way . I'll get it . Okay , the

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last side note she wanted us

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to give her a shout out and say hi , because it's been

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a minute . So hi , denise , how are you ?

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Well , I just did .

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I said this

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I know Well , while we're on the subject

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, Okay

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, Hi Denise . Okay , we're getting into it . Quick

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bit about the moon history for you . So

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the moon was actually formed

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anywhere between 50 billion and

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a couple billion , 50

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million and a couple billion years ago .

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Okay .

8:05

Jerry's kind of out . Nobody was there to see it

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. We're not exactly sure how

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it formed , but here's kind of the best

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guesses or the best theories probably

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net guesses At

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some point on our proto-earth

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, which is like Earth pre what it looks

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like today .

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They think like a proto-earth .

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They believe that a giant impact happened where

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another celestial body don't

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ask me the difference between a celestial body and a planet

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, I don't know but it crashed into

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our planet and apparently this

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thing that crashed into us was about the size of

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Mars .

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Well , I would think , maybe like a meteor or

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like something that's not a planet

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, like that .

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Right , but it's the size of Mars , so I don't

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know why it's not a planet , but it's not Okay

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. Anyways , it crashes into Earth . It sends a bunch

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of rocks and dust and debris flying

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into the atmosphere , then into

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space , which , over time , while

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it's flying around the proto-earth , collects

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together , gets all cemented together and forms

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the moon .

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The moon Cool .

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So fast forward either 50 billion or 50

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million or a couple billion years and humans

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start popping up and coming around and

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they're all drawn to the moon pretty immediately

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. So throughout human

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history the moon has been seen

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in few different ways . Some early

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folks saw it as a spirit , a

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deity or their actual entire

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God . Others thought

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it was another planet that was just really

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close to us . But kind

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of one of those repeating things that goes through . Time

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is that the moon was used

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as a tool to keep time . Being

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that the lunar cycle repeats itself

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every 29 and a half days , people

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would kind of notice that it

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, you know , the cycles of the moon

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kind of lined up with the cycles of what

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we now call months or seasons

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and that kind of stuff too . So they were able to have

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like rudimentary time tracking through

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watching the moon phases , which we'll get into more

10:05

of the whole moon phase in just a minute . You just

10:07

need patience , kara . Okay , but

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interestingly though , the word moon and

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month are etymologically related

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back to like the same Latin root , so

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time and the moon . I

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know I had to say it really

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quick because I practice this one . I'm

10:23

having a Kara moment Etymologically

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.

10:27

Okay , okay .

10:28

I like for some reason I can say etymology without pronouncing

10:31

the T , but etymology , Etymologically

10:34

, I have to . I got to put that heart T in there .

10:37

Etymologically Okay

10:39

, moving on Wow .

10:40

You did it on your first try . I'm really proud of you

10:43

All right . So

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as humanity developed though , people start to research

10:47

the strange rock and in more

10:49

of like our modern life , it's

10:51

obviously seen as less of like a god and

10:53

is studied a little bit more scientifically . Right

10:56

, and that's where you know we find that

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moon now affects tides . It can actually

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move rocks on Earth the

11:02

same way it moves tides and cause

11:05

hormonal changes in like animals

11:07

and insects . It's wild Like how

11:09

far reaching the effects of it are .

11:11

It don't make no sense . I mean , it makes sense , but it

11:13

doesn't make sense .

11:14

Like the moon , basically tells fish and insects

11:17

when to get it on .

11:18

That one is so cool .

11:21

So , like I said , though , as we've gotten a little bit more

11:23

scientific about the moon , have

11:25

a better understanding right , we don't obviously

11:28

see it as a god anymore , but

11:30

there's still a lot of like spiritual and

11:32

metaphysical beliefs , especially when you

11:34

know you talk about astrology , witchcraft

11:36

, paganism , philosophy and so much more

11:38

like . They're all still heavily invested in

11:40

some of the more like metaphysical

11:42

or energy realms of

11:44

the moon . I'm realm isn't the right word

11:46

, but I can't find it , so that's what you get All

11:48

right . So , like we were saying , though , there's some

11:50

like metaphysical properties to it . So , quickly

11:53

I want to run you through each

11:55

of the moon phases , some

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of like the metaphysical properties , what it looks

11:59

like , and then I got a bunch of full moon

12:02

crazy stories for you . And

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before we get into the phases , I have to say thank you

12:08

, because you inspired me to write this one with

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the ritual planner journal

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that you got me for Christmas .

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Oh yes , Shout out to ritual .

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It's so cool . So not only like it's a daily

12:19

, like tarot journal , but it also has

12:21

, like all the like , information on the

12:23

moon phases and like when to do your spreads

12:25

for it .

12:26

I would say , because yours is based off of the moon

12:28

or mine is just a

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little bit different , but it's really cool . Everyone should go

12:33

check it out .

12:33

Yeah , it's a ritual . Wi

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or W R I T UAL

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planner . They're actually awesome . Maybe

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they'll sponsor us , maybe one day . I

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mean , I've been journaling for like a solid month now , which

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is the most I've ever done it for , and I love

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it . I do too . All right

12:49

, so back to the cycle , though . So I said

12:51

earlier , a lunar cycle is about 29

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and a half days , right about a month , and

12:56

then each phase , so there's eight distinct phases

12:58

. Each one lasts about three and a half days

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. The funny thing is , though , is

13:02

like , while the phase lasts three and a half

13:05

days , there's actually like a specific minute

13:07

where each phase turns

13:09

, and that's like the only time it's fully

13:11

in that phase . So , like the

13:13

full moon , right is only actually fully

13:15

the full moon for about a minute , but

13:18

we still celebrate the full moon phase over

13:20

three days , but , as it's like shifting

13:23

into the next phase , Right .

13:25

So to us it still looks like a full moon

13:28

kind of .

13:29

Right , yeah , but there's

13:31

like . So like a day and a half in it's less full , but it's not

13:33

quite to the third quarter yet , so

13:35

yeah . But that's important to like remember

13:37

when energies are going to peak and fall , okay

13:39

Okay . So we're going to start with the

13:41

new moon . New moon is not

13:44

the Twilight novel we're talking about . We're

13:46

talking about the actual fucking new moon . Well

13:49

, I feel I keep talking to Julia about the moon phases

13:51

. She was with Stephanie Meyer , bookie reading man . Okay

13:54

, not doing that , but

13:57

the new moon is when there's no

13:59

moon in the sky at all . And then for

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each phase I'm going to give you a keyword so you can

14:03

kind of remember how to ground yourself in that phase

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. So this one it's two words is

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new beginnings , okay , and

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then from our ritual planner so the new moon

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is a time of new beginnings and good starts

14:15

. With each new moon you might want to

14:17

set professional plans and start realizing

14:20

your intentions , and there's also a

14:22

time to put the past behind us and

14:24

plan for the upcoming .

14:25

Okay , so we're did you already

14:27

give me my word ?

14:29

Yes , New beginnings .

14:30

Right . So we're like vision boarding on

14:32

the new moon day for what we want

14:34

to be for the next Right

14:37

.

14:38

And basically the way to like kind of the overarching

14:40

theme of all of it , right , is personal

14:43

growth . So you have Sun sign , moon

14:45

sign , right ? Sun sign is how others see you , the moon sign

14:47

is how you see yourself . So the whole moon phase

14:49

is supposed to be like a really introspective thing

14:52

that you're doing , all right . So

14:54

during the new moon , it's a good time to sit with yourself , do some

14:56

journaling on your goals , set

14:58

your intentions , like what do you want to accomplish

15:01

over the next month ? What things do you want to let go of

15:03

? Good time to do a quick little ritual

15:06

, light a candle , do some meditation

15:08

, you know , really , really sit with yourself

15:10

, okay . But this is

15:12

like , like I said , so another metaphor , right

15:14

? This is when you want to plant the seeds for the

15:17

new habits or new intentions or manifestation

15:20

that you want to bring about in your life . Cool

15:22

, all

15:24

right . So then we're going to get into phase number two

15:26

, which is the waxing crescent , and

15:29

this is when the moon kind of looks like a little fingernail in

15:31

the sky . But

15:33

the way to know , so you have waxing

15:35

and waning , so the waxing

15:38

is when it looks like a backwards C , so

15:41

the shadow is on the

15:43

left side of the moon . You're seeing the moon

15:45

on the right side of the sky If you're looking up .

15:47

Okay , backwards , c Got it , it's waxing

15:49

. Yes so when you're waxing

15:51

you're growing .

15:53

All right , your keyword here is growth .

15:55

Wax on wax .

15:57

Exactly so . You're waxing on the growth

15:59

right now . Okay , so

16:01

, from our planner , this period boasts energy

16:04

and positivity and taking the first

16:06

steps in implementing your goals and plans

16:08

. Follow your dreams and

16:10

have fun along the way and

16:12

, this time , breathing new life into your intentions

16:15

. Cute so the

16:17

last you know moon phase

16:19

. You made your intentions during this one . You

16:21

know all your new goals and you've started your

16:23

planning . So now you're trying to focus on , like the action

16:26

plan , on how you're going to get those things done .

16:28

Okay .

16:29

So our little seeds are now starting to sprout from

16:31

our last metaphor . All right , Okay

16:34

. Then we get into the first quarter , which

16:36

I feel like this is the one that always kind of throws me for

16:39

a loop , because the first quarter is

16:41

when you see half of the moon in the sky .

16:43

Oh .

16:43

Because we went from that , the crescent .

16:45

I guess that makes sense , because you're crescent and now

16:47

you're half .

16:48

And if you think of it , we only see half the moon , so

16:50

you're really only seeing a quarter of it . But it you

16:53

know that whole 2D to 3D thing , am

16:55

I ?

16:55

right , right Okay .

16:56

I'd like to work . So

16:58

, like I said , half the moon in the sky you're seeing the shadow on

17:00

the left and then the visible moon on the right

17:02

, and then your keyword here is

17:05

action . Okay , the last second

17:07

one . You can have commitment . This

17:09

moon time from our planner is filled

17:12

with challenges , decisions and actions

17:14

. During this period , you may feel

17:16

more motivated to work harder . Always

17:19

remember your intentions , no matter how difficult

17:21

this time may be . This will help you

17:23

overcome any obstacles and inner resistance

17:26

. So this is like

17:28

the period where you're starting to get really energized

17:30

by the moon right . So your calmness

17:33

of your new start is off .

17:35

I want to look at my moons .

17:37

Ah , what do we call them ? The little sprouts

17:39

are growing fast now . I

17:42

don't know if you've ever planned anything in your life , but in

17:44

that period from when you

17:47

just saw lame care .

17:49

I don't know if you've actually ever planned anything for

17:51

your life .

17:51

So I mean it beats me . But

17:54

you know like , you make a plan right , you have all

17:56

your good intentions and you start doing it and it's really

17:59

easy to get frustrated because all of a sudden nothing

18:01

is working out well . Yes

18:03

, that can happen here . So you're like highly

18:05

energized , but you're also kind of hitting the obstacles

18:08

along the way .

18:09

Okay , I'm just looking at the moons

18:11

.

18:15

And yeah , there's a ton of websites too . If you guys want to like look

18:17

up what phase you're currently in or any

18:19

of that Kind of stuff really fun go online . Hundred

18:21

, hundred different things , a couple in our

18:24

show notes You'll be able to Check

18:26

it out here , though , it's like

18:28

what they say it's really important to focus on

18:30

is trusting yourself and

18:32

your intuitions . Right , don't go back

18:35

on the decisions now because things might get hard

18:37

, but really really focus on

18:39

your intuitive feelings to get over it

18:41

. So it's still really inward focused . Okay

18:43

, now we're still in waxing , but

18:46

we're into the waxing gibbous now , and

18:48

this is like when it starts

18:50

to look like the moon sort of dissolving right

18:52

, like it's almost full , but you're just missing that

18:54

little portion of it .

18:56

Okay , oh .

18:57

The moon is still on the right , the shadows still on the

18:59

left , but the shadows getting much smaller . And

19:02

this is the keyword for this period

19:04

is assessment . Okay , all

19:06

right . So from the planner , I

19:09

noticing a trend here .

19:10

Yeah , they really need a sponsor us .

19:13

This time is about assessment , changing

19:15

course , reviewing and taking control

19:18

. So at this time , the moon will help you

19:20

reassess your actions and make adjustments

19:22

if needed . The energy of the moon right

19:25

now is helping you . Once you from

19:27

the last phase , you've started to encounter some

19:29

of the obstacles Right , realize your

19:31

plan might not be working to manifest

19:33

what you want or Bringing

19:35

to fruition your intentions . So

19:38

now is the time where you can like go back

19:40

into planning right . So you still

19:42

have high energy , you're still moving towards your goals

19:44

, but you're just like fine-tuning and reassessing

19:46

as you go . Okay , when the moon

19:49

is in this energy , it's important during

19:51

your meditations to remind yourself that you are constantly

19:53

improving and evolving and , with

19:56

this introspection , this is a really good time to like

19:58

learn more about your authentic self

20:00

and also give yourself permission to

20:02

like fail through things . Okay

20:05

now we get into the fun one , the

20:07

crazy one , when all the ERs

20:09

fill up and the werewolves come

20:11

out and everything goes to shit

20:13

. Oh , sorry , I missed our metaphor

20:15

. Right now , our little plants that we planted

20:18

, our little seeds , those are like Large

20:21

green stems now just getting

20:23

ready to just go .

20:25

Okay .

20:26

All right , so the full moon

20:28

, then ? I don't think I really need to give you a

20:30

description for this one . The entire moon is fully

20:32

visible in the sky . The moon is full

20:35

, yeah if I , if I really

20:37

have to break that down for you , we might have bigger issues

20:39

to talk about . Keyword

20:42

here , though , is harvest slash

20:45

, celebration to keywords again

20:47

. So the description here

20:49

is this is the most charged spiritual

20:51

time of the entire cycle . This

20:53

period is about revelation , reward

20:55

and change . All of your past efforts

20:58

will come back to you in a bountiful , bountiful

21:01

harvest . Okay , so this

21:03

is like probably the most popular

21:05

phase , right like Super

21:08

, super high energy Well , it's the one everyone

21:10

knows exactly . It's

21:12

also one of it like the biological effects

21:14

of the moon are most high . So this is when you

21:17

can start to see like the behaviors in fish and

21:19

insects and stuff change . Animals

21:21

get a little bit crazier . Here , too , some

21:25

say more erratic acting . Just animals

21:28

. Just well , I mean , humans are animals

21:30

.

21:31

I guess that's true .

21:32

I guess that's true the only non

21:34

metaphysical theory I could find on why

21:36

people get so erratic and Kind

21:38

of crazy acting is because the moon is so bright

21:41

. You're just sleeping less , which I

21:43

don't know . That that doesn't seem to track for

21:45

me .

21:46

No , cuz I got blinds exactly

21:49

.

21:51

That's stretching and there's

21:53

. There's tons of science and stuff out there . Honestly

21:55

, I'm not gonna get into all of that , but you can see

21:57

that there's a lot of effects on animals , but we don't

21:59

truly know why no , why yeah ? yeah

22:02

, that makes sense Okay back to the metaphysical

22:04

side , though . The light from the full

22:06

moon is going to illuminate all

22:08

the things about yourself . You're gonna

22:10

see , the behaviors and habits that you've

22:13

been bringing about are now kind

22:15

of you know , settled in . You're about

22:17

15 days into the cycle . They're becoming habit

22:19

. You're learning how to do it . On the flip

22:21

side of that , though , the full moon

22:23

is when all those things you've been trying

22:26

to hide about yourself and not deal with or

22:28

also illuminate , it Right

22:30

, so it's .

22:31

That makes me feel like that's why people are

22:33

crazy .

22:34

I think so too . I think that plays into it

22:36

a little bit . Have you , have you heard of the term like shadow

22:38

work much at all ? Yes so your

22:41

shadow self is not always it's

22:43

. It can have negative connotations , but it's

22:45

not always like . The dark side is just all

22:47

those things that you're not dealing with . That kind of come

22:49

up in either frustration or anxiety is or

22:51

Acting out whatever . I think

22:53

a chat .

22:54

Just shadow does sound dark because you think

22:56

of like shadow people , shadow Whatever

22:59

. I think it does , like you said , it kind of feels more dark

23:01

. But yeah , when you're doing like more shadow

23:03

work and stuff like that , it's more shadow

23:05

work .

23:06

It's still very introspective . It's just about the

23:08

things that , like you , maybe don't want to face

23:10

or deal with , but during the full moon

23:12

they come out . So it's interesting . You kind of have a dichotomy

23:15

here on one your little plants . They're now

23:17

fully Bloomed , you're ready to harvest

23:19

of everything you've been working on right , but

23:22

at the same time , while the energy is still

23:24

really high and you're celebrating all that , some of these

23:26

things are coming to the surface that it might

23:28

be a good time to deal with .

23:30

Right that you were maybe pushing down .

23:32

Exactly so . We talked about

23:34

a little bit of a ritual during the new moon the full

23:37

moon is another one to do that and less

23:40

about meditating and visualizing your intentions

23:42

. This one's more of Of look

23:44

back right and figure out . Okay

23:46

, how far did I come ? Are these

23:48

things working ? Are they not working ? Pay

23:51

attention , though , to those things that are popping up right

23:53

, the the things you might not really like

23:55

that are going on in your life still . Okay

23:57

, this is a good time to work on trying to Release

24:01

some of that right . So if you're

24:03

maybe you didn't build quite the habits

24:05

you wanted , or you've brought some stuff

24:07

over from the last lunar cycle , you're starting

24:09

to realize that now , like it's a good time to work

24:11

on both continuing the goals you had and

24:13

releasing and letting go of a ton of stuff

24:15

. Okay , couple of different rituals

24:17

you can do here . One is a cleansing bath

24:19

, because the full moon energy is a great

24:21

time to cleanse away negativity , so

24:24

you can put some like herbs and oils

24:26

in your bath . Light some candles bring some

24:28

crystals with you .

24:29

Be like Zach .

24:30

Oh , I mean , I do these kind of baths all the time , let's

24:33

I know . Oh , the

24:35

other thing you can do , which I finally did for the first

24:37

time , is make some moon water .

24:39

Yes , you did .

24:41

Super simple . You can either put some

24:43

water on your windowsill where the full

24:45

moon will hit it , or put it outside , let

24:48

it soak for like 48 hours and really

24:50

soak up that high energy . So in case

24:52

you need energy or cleansing boost throughout

24:54

the rest of the cycle , you're good , you

24:56

got some on deck and then we finally

24:59

oh what , what's up ?

25:01

I was gonna say , okay , so then give people recommendations

25:03

of what you would you do with your moon

25:05

water .

25:06

Well , you're taking those words right out of my mouth . Oh , I'm

25:08

so sorry , because we already

25:10

know that the moon and water are tied energetically

25:13

, right , they control it , or the moon

25:15

controls water . So now that you

25:17

have your charged moon water , you

25:19

can use it to cleanse your crystals

25:21

. Okay , you can use it to water

25:23

your plants . It's supposed to have higher nutrients

25:26

for your plant .

25:26

That makes sense .

25:28

You can actually add it to a spray bottle

25:30

to cleanse a room , sort of like a sage spray

25:32

, wash your house with

25:34

it to get rid of all the negativity that settles

25:37

, or , if you're really feeling

25:39

it , you can drink it , although if you're gonna

25:41

be drinking your moon water , I would either

25:43

have it sealed when you put it outside or do

25:45

some filtering .

25:46

Yeah that I don't know why that just

25:48

like doesn't . I don't know , I know

25:51

I don't know why that feels so weird .

25:52

Try to your own risk disclaimer

25:55

don't come for us if I don't know you . You

25:57

grow like a third limb or something . But

26:00

okay , so that's the full moon . We got

26:02

all the celebrating , the cleansing , the reflecting

26:05

, the high energy , the , the weirdness

26:07

. That goes on . We're gonna

26:09

come back to the full moon once we get through the cycle

26:11

, because there's some the oddity stuff I want to touch

26:13

on there too . Okay but

26:16

now we get into the wax

26:18

off Portion of the , the

26:20

cycle or waning portion

26:23

. So this is gonna be exactly

26:25

the opposite of where we've gone . So we're gonna go the

26:27

waning gibbous three quarters of the moon available

26:29

, except now the moon is on the left

26:31

and the shadows on the right . Okay , and

26:34

your keyword here is gratitude .

26:36

Oh , okay .

26:37

So the theme surrounding the this moon

26:39

phase our gratitude , generosity and

26:41

enthusiasm . It's a perfect

26:43

time to reevaluate your goals

26:45

for the rest of the cycle and then feel

26:48

grateful and Feel like the full

26:50

joy of your efforts that you put in through

26:52

the first half . Q if the

26:54

full moon is the energetic high right

26:56

as we're coming through now , the waning phase is

26:58

that the energy for the month

27:00

is starting to Draw back

27:02

a little bit . You're going back into the blackness

27:04

of the new moon . So during

27:07

this phase you want to continue that that release

27:09

of the full moon but maybe be

27:11

a little bit less active , a little

27:14

bit less introspective . And

27:16

now you're trying to figure out what you're grateful

27:18

for . So over the last couple weeks , what

27:20

are you happy that's changed ? What have you added to your

27:22

life ? What are you grateful for getting rid of

27:24

, right ? Okay , so

27:26

with that gratitude so gratitude

27:29

is often seen , especially the metaphysical

27:31

is being the highest form of energy . So , as you're

27:33

starting to draw back down , you can

27:35

continue to make ways towards

27:37

your goals by focusing on that gratefulness

27:40

to keep your energy levels up . Got it

27:42

Good time also to look back on lessons you've learned

27:44

so far and realizing how it's gonna help you

27:47

continue to reach your goals .

27:48

Okay .

27:50

Oh right , so then we got the last quarter

27:52

. This is back to the half of the moon in

27:54

the sky shadow

27:56

on the right , moon

27:58

on the left . Like I want to do it backwards , cuz

28:00

like , yeah , I feel like having it

28:02

on the left at the end feels wrong , I

28:04

don't wait , what did you say ?

28:05

this one was called .

28:06

This is the last quarter , or third quarter

28:08

Okay . The word for this one is

28:10

release . The theme of this

28:12

cycle is release , letting go and

28:14

forgiving . So it's time to

28:17

clean up , finish your projects

28:19

, give up the rest of your bad habits

28:21

. It's a good time to leave anything behind

28:23

that you no longer need . So

28:25

we're getting really now like pretty low energy

28:28

again , so it's the time to look

28:30

back . Okay , I've accomplished a lot of things . Is

28:32

there anything I need to forgive myself for ? Is

28:34

there anything I need to forgive other people for ? Cuz we're

28:36

getting ready to start a new cycle . I don't want to bring

28:39

any negativity with me . Right

28:41

, and while you're doing that and working on

28:43

the release , right , look back at what you

28:45

harvested during the full moon and see if there's

28:47

anything you have excess

28:49

of and can also give away to people . So you're

28:51

not just releasing the negativity , but you're

28:53

releasing your excess of what you don't need . So how can

28:55

I help during this period ? How can I give back ? Okay

28:58

? I like it bring anything

29:00

unresolved with you into a new .

29:02

No , you never want to go to bed , angry

29:04

never , ever .

29:06

All right . So we're back to the little

29:08

fingernail shape moon . We're now into the waning

29:10

crescent moon , still on the left side , is on

29:12

the right . You're seeing just a little sliver of it left

29:14

and this is when you surrender . All right . So

29:17

description from the planner this

29:20

is the final phase of the lunar cycle

29:22

, so it's time to be still and

29:24

be at peace , not pushing yourself

29:26

. Rest , focus and reflect . There

29:28

is not much you can do now as

29:31

to accept and surrender until

29:33

the new moon comes again . All

29:35

right , so the last three and a half days , you're done

29:37

. You've done everything you could do , you've expended

29:40

all the energy . So they say it's

29:42

like it's a really bad time to try to keep pushing

29:44

through projects because you're just going to Create

29:47

frustration and yeah , you're like worn out almost

29:49

maybe like right , you

29:51

, this is where you do , like , your self-care . You're

29:53

, you're recharging , so

29:56

you don't enforce yourself into actions . The moon's

29:58

literally looking at you . Be like , bro , chill , take

30:00

it easy , take a bath , relax

30:05

, like , do maybe do some yoga if you're

30:07

really feeling it . I get that face mask

30:09

on and while you're doing that , you

30:11

might want to start writing down your new intentions

30:13

that you want to continue

30:15

to work on , because just a couple days away

30:17

from starting all over at the new moon , Okay

30:20

, let me ask you a question , if you're done explaining

30:22

these yeah , okay , then

30:24

what ?

30:25

what would you say is your favorite phase

30:27

of the moon ?

30:28

Oh , okay , I will

30:30

tell you , but I'm gonna tell you at the end because , okay

30:32

, just so you know what's coming . So I

30:35

I wanted to go into all that , right , because I think it's

30:37

really interesting to see , like , the metaphysical

30:39

properties of the moon . It's just really just like

30:41

a . It's less of who the

30:43

moon's causing you to do this , it's more of just right

30:46

, how can I ground myself and in track

30:48

what I want to change about myself throughout . Yeah

30:50

, the yeah so my favorite moon

30:52

phase is gonna be related to something called the lunar return

30:55

. But that's a light , nice little positive

30:57

note and what I have for you . Next , there's

30:59

some dark , creepy stories . Okay

31:01

, so I'll save my favorite to lighten things up sounds

31:04

good , let's go cool . All

31:06

right , going back to the full moon

31:08

, right of a lot of what we focus

31:10

on for the moon phases really focus on like

31:12

just the energy roller coaster and how to

31:15

handle yourself through it . But we

31:17

all know that since ancient times , the full

31:19

moon to been associated with like insane

31:21

behavior from people , mm-hmm

31:23

. So you see a lot of sleepwalking , suicide

31:26

, illegal activity , violence , just

31:28

people acting like crazy Karens , werewolves

31:31

, you know all of it . Fun

31:33

fact for you here , the words of lunacy

31:36

and lunatic , yeah

31:39

stop it right come from the Roman

31:41

goddess of the moon , luna , who

31:43

was said to ride her Everybody

31:45

across the dark sky each night . She was

31:48

the moon .

31:49

Everybody right now is thinking Duh

31:51

, not like they knew it , but like duh

31:54

.

31:54

That means I had a moment while researching this

31:56

, like , yeah , so Luna ticks lunar

31:58

, it's like you're

32:00

, it's related to the moon . So , like

32:03

we said , you know , some of that could be from that , that

32:05

shadow self really coming out of those things bubbling

32:07

up . It could be from the high energy of the moon

32:09

, whatever , you're just not sleeping because

32:11

it's too bright . I don't know what the answer is

32:14

, but I found some crazy fucked up stories

32:16

that I want to share with you . Now . A

32:18

little thing I want to add in here too is

32:20

, I think , part of what happens in this

32:22

time too . While that energy is

32:24

so high , the moon is definitely related to

32:26

our ancestors , and I think the veil gets thinner

32:28

when the full moon is out . So

32:31

I agree , are you ready ?

32:33

I've been ready , let's go .

32:34

Okay , our first one is from a cutie

32:36

girl one , two , three , four on reddit

32:39

and cute girl cutie

32:41

girl is . Tell

32:43

us the story .

32:44

I'm gonna call you that .

32:45

That's okay , cute girl cutie girl

32:47

, it's called don't go

32:49

to sleep when there's a full moon . Oh

32:51

Well , I'm gonna . So

32:53

it starts off with I loved my house growing

32:55

up . I had a huge backyard . It

32:57

is about the size of a football field , which

32:59

is crazy because it was in

33:02

the suburb neighborhood . In my

33:04

backyard there's a huge wooden playground with

33:06

a tree house , swings and a slide rich

33:08

. There is a garden , a grove

33:10

of citrus trees , a trampoline , a shred

33:12

and so much more . But at

33:14

the very back of the property you can see a horse

33:17

trail . Everyday horses and

33:19

their riders would come by on the trail . My

33:21

younger brother , ryan , and I used to love

33:23

to watch the horses . When I turned

33:25

five I began kindergarten , and

33:27

in kindergarten I met my still to

33:29

this day best friend , brenna . She

33:32

and I did everything together and we spent a lot

33:34

of time in my backyard on the trampoline

33:36

. One night we decided to have

33:38

a sleepover . It was summer and

33:40

the air was still very hot . We lived in a safe

33:43

neighborhood in California , so Brenna

33:45

and I decided to sleep on the trampoline . We

33:48

wanted to stay away from my stepmother

33:50

as much as possible , so

33:54

we had the lights , the full moon , to help us

33:56

see , and we decided to stay up late . At about

33:58

1159 , brenna

34:00

and I heard the sound of hooves beating down

34:02

the trail . Oh , I had never heard

34:05

or seen horses and their riders out this late

34:07

, so we climbed up high into the treehouse

34:09

to watch the horse and its riders . As we went

34:11

by , we sat in the tree and waited for

34:13

them to appear and when we finally did

34:15

, it was the creepiest thing I've ever seen

34:17

in my life . There was no rider

34:20

. The and then in

34:22

quotes horse , as we call it had

34:24

a human body With

34:26

horse legs and a huge horse head . The

34:29

head was big and brown , with dark black eyes

34:31

and long black hair .

34:32

Wait , wait , wait , wait , hold on . You said a

34:34

human body human , like

34:37

torso and arms .

34:38

Horse legs like it , legs

34:41

that are but still , we're head . Yes

34:43

.

34:44

Oh , okay .

34:45

So this horse in quotes again was

34:47

about 12 feet tall . Where hands

34:49

and feet should have been , there were hooves . I

34:52

freaked out . I grabbed Brenna and

34:54

ducked down so that the thing could

34:56

not see us . I knew I was not imagining

34:59

anything , though , because Brenna saw it as well

35:01

. When the horse became level with

35:03

the treehouse , it stopped . It

35:05

turned its head slowly and its eyes flashed

35:07

green , and then it was gone . It

35:11

gets weirder , okay . So at first I thought my brother

35:13

was playing tricks on me , since he talked

35:15

about full moon so much , I figured he was trying to

35:17

scare me , my friend . But that was not the case

35:20

, because this thing disappeared into

35:22

thin air . Poof , it was gone . Trying

35:26

to be brave , we ran out and went to

35:28

look down the horse trails to see if we could see anything

35:31

. We saw nothing except

35:33

for the hoof prints . Then

35:35

, as we continued to look , we noticed

35:38

a little gold ring with a glowing

35:40

green gem in the middle , laying

35:42

right in the trail near where the horse disappeared

35:44

.

35:47

That's it .

35:48

Nope , are you . So let me ask you this here

35:50

, though Would you wear the ring ?

35:52

Well , here is . I have a couple thoughts so far , so

35:55

let me get them out first . I was thinking a centaur

35:57

, but centaurs don't have Horse

35:59

heads , they have human heads . That's

36:02

why I had to ask you . Yeah , it's like the opposite of

36:04

a centaur , kind of yeah okay , then

36:06

why do people say that they're

36:09

trying to be brave , like what

36:11

is brave about that ? To me , that's just stupid

36:13

, you don't . I mean

36:15

like people like I was trying to be brave , something for

36:17

what ?

36:19

I was curious me . Just gets the best of you .

36:21

Yeah , that's not bravery , that's just curiosity . Okay

36:23

, anyway , no , I wouldn't fucking

36:26

wear that ring .

36:27

Okay , well , these idiots did right

36:29

. Um , this does end before the

36:31

ring . I would write more things about this ring , but

36:33

every time I've begun to write here , my computer

36:36

suddenly logs me out . This has happened

36:38

three times already . I get it halfway

36:40

written and then my computer logs out and I have

36:42

to start again . Darn , because you're not supposed to

36:44

be talking about the ring , not supposed to be talking

36:46

about it , anyways , basically

36:48

, it goes on for about 10 more paragraphs

36:50

of her and . Brenna

36:52

and Either trying

36:55

to give their ring to friends who wanted it or

36:57

whatnot , and kept showing back up back at

36:59

their houses . They would throw it out and

37:01

would show up at the other ones house . Okay

37:03

, finally they flushed it and it had not

37:05

shown back up .

37:06

Okay , what I was gonna say when you said would you wear it ? No

37:08

, but what I maybe like put it on

37:10

a chain and where ? Like ? On the

37:12

chain , maybe , especially if it keeps coming

37:14

back , like to me , it's like why

37:16

it ?

37:17

yeah , it was almost meant for them . Yeah , like

37:19

there's nothing about this whole thing , gave

37:21

Totally negative . No

37:23

, I mean it's creepy . I'll give it to them , it's great

37:26

.

37:26

Well , okay , it's . It's scary because

37:28

what the fuck did you just witness

37:30

, right like that's crazy . But it's not like it

37:33

didn't like really seem like malicious

37:35

or threatening , it just kind of bopped in left

37:37

a present .

37:40

It's way .

37:41

So it's like and that present ain't going away

37:43

. I see now , if I were them , you

37:45

and I would be researching the ring like

37:48

oh yeah , jumps in what ?

37:50

and we put in this box until we knew . Right

37:53

and dunk it in water . That's

37:55

interesting . All right , are you ready for the

37:57

second story ? Yeah , I mean

37:59

, this one was , so I tried to find like

38:01

a couple different themes . So the first one

38:04

was more like paranormal cryptid II . Our

38:06

second one I'm gonna go Like

38:09

dimensional slip , but you let me know

38:11

your thoughts . Okay , so this

38:14

is a bleeding moon witnessed by

38:16

two people . Before I share my story

38:18

with you , I want to say this is a story

38:20

I usually only share with people who know

38:22

me . It sounds crazy and if I wasn't

38:24

with somebody who witnessed it , I would think I

38:26

was hallucinating it . Anyways , here's

38:28

the true story that happened 15 years

38:31

ago . A friend and I decided to go

38:33

to a diner for a late-night meal . We

38:35

were both home and one of us texted the other to see

38:37

if they wanted to get something to eat . I ended

38:39

up driving , I picked up my friend and we went to a

38:41

diner in Fort Lee , new Jersey

38:43

. We went to this particular diner because

38:45

my friend was friends with somebody who used to work

38:48

there . Anyways , we were both super

38:50

disappointed in our food . It was

38:52

poorly made , but even by New Jersey

38:54

diner standards , which I love , dig

38:56

. Neither of us finished our meal and

38:59

we decided to head home . While

39:01

driving , I got distracted by our conversation

39:03

on how bad the food was and made my right

39:06

turn too early . Oh , I

39:08

turned on to route four , but

39:10

I wanted to go on to route 46

39:13

instead . Since we were in

39:15

no rush and neither of us thought it was a big deal

39:17

, I Decided to keep going . I

39:19

saw an exit to Grand Ave , which is

39:21

where I wanted to go from route 46 . So

39:23

I took it . However , it didn't take us

39:25

where we were expecting . I Thought

39:28

maybe if we kept driving we would eventually pass

39:31

through a part of Grand Avenue we recognized

39:33

. We quickly realized we were in

39:35

an odd place . I say this because we were

39:37

driving in the woods . This part of New

39:39

Jersey is right out of sight of New York City

39:41

and is very developed . As

39:44

we're driving , we started to see abandoned

39:46

cars to the left of us . They didn't

39:48

look older , beat up . I have a goose bumps

39:50

oh yeah , that's one . It gets goose bumpier

39:52

as we go . We were questioning why

39:54

somebody would leave their car there and then suddenly

39:56

we see a police car up ahead . I

39:59

figured we would go to the officer and ask for

40:01

directions or at least find out where we

40:03

were . As we approached the police car

40:05

. We noticed all its lights are on and

40:07

the driver door was open , but nobody was

40:09

inside .

40:10

Oh no .

40:11

Now we started to seriously wonder what the fuck is

40:14

going on . So the road

40:16

up ahead curves and the trees black our

40:18

view of what's ahead . I see a red

40:20

light coming through the trees and figure we're close to

40:22

civilization again . I , as

40:24

we finish the curve , I realize that the red light

40:26

is coming from the moon . This was no

40:28

ordinary moon . It covered the entire

40:30

sky . It seemed so

40:32

close , you could see all of its craters easily

40:35

, and what looked to be like

40:37

rivers of blood were flowing over

40:39

the surface . The

40:42

best I can describe this is to imagine a volcano

40:44

spewing blood . I am watching all

40:46

this while driving in silence . I

40:48

say to myself that my food must have been drugged

40:51

or I'm having a mental breakdown or a severe

40:53

case of food poisoning .

40:55

Right , because you said they only missed . Like well

40:57

, they didn't miss this , they missed one turn . They

40:59

thought they'd be able to find their way , and it's just like never gets familiar , right

41:01

, but it's only one street , like

41:03

a header behind whatever , so it's not like

41:06

Think of it though , of like if you get off the highway

41:08

like an exit down and you're trying to get back

41:10

to where you were . Right , that's what I'm saying

41:12

. It's not that difficult , right , it's

41:15

not far . Does none of this make

41:17

sense ?

41:18

No . So I tell myself , I'm not going to

41:20

mention what I'm seeing . I drop my friend off at

41:22

home and then drive . I've

41:24

been dropping him at home and then drive myself to a hospital

41:27

. As I'm observing the bloody moon that appears

41:29

so close that it will crash into the earth

41:31

and I'm pondering what's wrong with me , my

41:34

friend , after several moments of silence

41:36

, says we're going to die . I

41:39

ask him why he would say that and he looks at me and says

41:41

do you not see the moon ? It looks

41:43

like it's covered in blood and going to crash

41:45

into it and kill us all . Now

41:48

I have a huge sense of relief

41:50

, as I've realized I'm not

41:52

hallucinating .

41:53

But now you think you're going to die .

41:56

We both can see the hallucination at the same time

41:58

. I tell him the truth about why

42:00

I stayed silent when I saw it . I

42:02

describe what I see and he points out various parts

42:05

of the moon , and we both quickly come to the conclusion

42:07

that we're looking at the same thing . Oddly

42:09

enough , we were extremely calm . I

42:12

explain that I don't believe that we are looking

42:14

at the moon , because if it was truly as close as

42:16

it appeared , we would be experiencing gravitational

42:19

effects . We both agree that death

42:21

is at hand . I love

42:23

that phrase . Yeah , we're going to die , but

42:25

they're like calm about it . So

42:27

some time passes and the road has another

42:30

steep curve . The trees black out

42:32

the sky and the red light from the moon continues

42:34

to shine from them . After driving through

42:36

the curve , though , the woods abruptly end

42:38

. I stop the car and we both

42:40

look behind us . The bloody moon is gone

42:43

. I tell my friends this doesn't make sense

42:45

and we need to go back into the woods . He

42:47

and this is my little

42:49

comment here , being the smart one , refuses

42:53

and demands to be dropped off at home . I

42:55

do so , but then I duplicate the drive

42:57

I made earlier to try to get back to this eerie

43:00

place . I couldn't even find the woods

43:02

again . The exit to Grand

43:04

Ave didn't lead me to the same place as before

43:06

. For the next several days . I drive

43:09

around and I go through Yahoo maps

43:11

to try to find the woods

43:13

the best I can , but I can't find anything

43:15

even remotely close to it .

43:17

That time slot feels like it was very

43:19

apocalyptic wherever you

43:22

end it up . But I don't know if this is

43:24

a real thing or if this is just from practical

43:26

magic . Like blood on the moon , Like there's

43:28

blood on the moon just means there's trouble around

43:31

the corner or there's trouble coming . I

43:33

don't know if that's a real thing . That's just from the movie

43:35

Practical Magic . I've heard that

43:37

before , but that's what makes me think

43:39

of what they were seeing .

43:41

A lot of old soldiers and stuff used to

43:43

think that too , like the red skies and the red moons

43:45

were a sign like conflict is coming

43:47

.

43:47

Yeah , but this is creepy .

43:50

They found some creepy woods . It almost

43:52

seems like alternate dimension . Somehow they slipped

43:54

into it got back out

43:57

through another curve and then can't find

43:59

it again .

43:59

Yeah , the abandoned

44:01

cars , the cop car with the door open . It just feels like apocalyptic

44:04

or something like what happened , what took over

44:06

this or ran everybody out

44:08

of wherever this dimension is

44:11

.

44:12

So weird . Okay , last

44:14

one I have for you , and because

44:16

it's a full moon story , we have

44:18

to go into an ER story , thank

44:20

God . Oh , I wouldn't say that Full

44:23

moons and Friday nights always spell trouble

44:25

. Oh no , this all happened

44:28

back when I worked as an emergency department

44:30

nurse at the hospital in my hometown

44:32

. Oh , I'm so sorry . The last one was from a user

44:34

named Tumblr01 .

44:36

I was actually going to ask you if you gave us the name

44:38

.

44:39

And then this one is J group

44:41

J-G-R-U-P-E

44:43

Okay . Okay . So J

44:45

group says this all happened

44:48

when I worked as an emergency department nurse

44:50

at the hospital in my hometown . We

44:52

saw lots of sad cases , a lot of horrible things

44:54

, but this incident stuck with me for

44:56

the rest of my life . I saw what's on

44:58

the other side that night and it scared the living

45:01

shit out of me . It

45:03

was a Friday night and a full moon on top of that

45:05

. Just ask any nurse what this means and they'll

45:08

tell you . It's not a myth , but a real fact

45:10

of the job . People get weird , and

45:12

on Friday nights too , you

45:15

double it . Sure

45:17

enough , just as we're getting ready to go for a break

45:19

, a head on collision rolls in Two

45:22

passengers , one driver , another

45:24

EMS was on the way with the driver from the other

45:26

car . There was only one sole occupant

45:28

of that vehicle who reeked of alcohol Straight

45:32

from the back of the ambulance . They came to us . He was a

45:34

mother and a father , as well

45:36

as their young daughter only about 10 years

45:38

old . I won't get into specifics

45:41

, but they were all in pretty bad shape . We had

45:43

a small window of time where we could take our short

45:45

and breaks , since we were short staffed and crowded

45:47

. All the nurses were starvanging and

45:49

exhausted , so we buddied up and went off to

45:51

rest for a little while . I was getting

45:53

the impression that the family would survive , but

45:56

they still needed to be monitored very closely

45:58

, so I went down to nap while my partner

46:00

kept an eye on them . I told

46:02

my co-worker , sarah , to wake me up if anything

46:04

happened or if they needed my help . I

46:06

was working an extended shift the day before . I was

46:08

exhausted and just needed to take a short nap

46:10

. After wheeling a stretcher

46:13

into a storage room , I turned off the lights and

46:15

quickly fell asleep , and a blanket

46:17

from the warming cabinet wrapped snugly

46:19

around me . However , my

46:21

dreams were terrible and I kept feeling

46:23

like someone was standing over me , watching

46:26

me while I slept , talking

46:28

quietly in a young girl's voice

46:30

.

46:30

Oh no .

46:32

I realized she was calling out Mommy , Mommy

46:34

, where ?

46:35

are you ? Oh no .

46:36

And repeating that and getting louder . Finally

46:39

, a piercing scream woke me from my slumber

46:41

and I sat bolt upright on the stretcher

46:44

and in the darkened room . But

46:46

there was somebody there with me . She was standing

46:48

between me and the light switch . Part

46:51

of me knew right away , but I still had to see for myself

46:54

my heart thumping in my jugular

46:56

and in my chest , beating

46:58

heavy against my ribs . I reached

47:00

for my phone , set my hand

47:02

down on a shelf and couldn't find it Padding

47:04

the area . My fingers brushed against it . I

47:06

grabbed ahold of it and was able to turn on the

47:08

flashlight . The person was

47:11

quiet now and I almost convinced myself

47:13

it was just a nightmare , if not for the sounds

47:15

of shuffling feet and frustrated

47:17

breathing . So I unlocked my phone , turned

47:19

on the flashlight app and that little

47:22

girl was standing right there in front of me . She

47:24

had her hands at her sides and I noticed her

47:26

bottom lip was quivering with despair

47:28

. Her pale face was looking at me

47:30

as a pleading for help . It was when my

47:32

mind registered for a split second . Then

47:34

it was gone , or this was what my

47:36

mind registered . For a split second , then it

47:38

was gone , vanished like the smoke

47:41

from a blown out candle . So

47:43

I ran out of that room straight back to

47:45

the nurse's station , knowing that

47:47

that little girl was having a tough time

47:49

and that maybe I could

47:51

still save her if it wasn't too late . All

47:54

I needed to do was look at the faces of my coworkers

47:57

to know exactly what happened . The

47:59

little girl had passed away . Their

48:01

eyes were full of tears , and Sarah came over

48:03

and gave me a hug .

48:05

That is wild .

48:06

All I could say was I just saw her . I

48:08

told them she was in the storage room . She

48:10

asked me where her mom was .

48:12

That's heartbreaking .

48:13

Totally heartbreaking . It goes on

48:15

a little bit longer . So Sarah

48:18

and my other coworkers dropped their jaws . They

48:20

could see by the look on my face that I was serious

48:22

and that I had already known she was dead before

48:24

. They told me An hour or so

48:26

later . After that all happened , Sarah went

48:28

to take a rest . I

48:31

was tasked with looking after her patient

48:33

while she went to go eat something . One

48:35

of her patients was the drunk driver who had killed

48:37

the little girl and severely injured her parents

48:40

. He was sleeping soundly .

48:42

Oh great .

48:43

Good for him . So I began to do some documentation

48:45

. It was a little after 3 am by that point

48:48

and things had seemed to calm

48:50

down . But surely enough

48:52

, I began to hear the sound coming from inside

48:54

that patient's room . Sounded like a voice

48:56

talking A little girl , I realized

48:58

. As I got closer my feet were stepping

49:01

forward of their own accord . At that point I

49:03

seemed to have no control as I was carried

49:05

into the room . I looked to the man in the bed

49:07

and then I looked to the little girl who

49:09

stood near the window pointing at him . She

49:12

cast no reflection in the glass . Behind her

49:14

and on the other side of the bed , closest

49:16

to me , there was a large shadow the

49:18

edge is still ill-defined

49:20

but vaguely humanoid Seeming

49:23

to move and gust in the air currents

49:25

and then hovering over the man's face . That's

49:28

him , said the little girl pointing at the man in the

49:30

bed . He's the one who took

49:32

my mommy and daddy from me . Whatever

49:34

, that cloud was suddenly descended , covering

49:37

the man's face like a pitch black swarm

49:39

of bees . Where his eyes had been a

49:41

second before , I could only see a shadow . His

49:44

legs began to jerk , his feet

49:46

began to kick , his arms flew up and

49:48

down as I called for help , just

49:50

as that fog had appeared around his face

49:52

, it disappeared with the little girl . They

49:54

both turned into nothing , ascended

49:57

through the ceiling tiles and vanished

49:59

from my sight .

50:01

Oh my god , that is goosebumps .

50:05

That one . I almost lost sleep over that .

50:07

It freaked me out , wait , so was she

50:09

suffocating him ?

50:10

It looked like there was another

50:12

entity .

50:13

That came into like Another entity , like suffocating

50:15

almost .

50:15

Make him struggle . Of course he ends up

50:17

surviving . Both the parents do , but

50:20

that little girl unfortunately doesn't make it .

50:22

That is so sad .

50:24

Yeah , okay , so three pretty heavy stories

50:27

. I feel like we hit all sorts of odds .

50:28

So what's your favorite moon Right

50:31

?

50:31

so I don't want to leave it that dark . So before I go into

50:33

my favorite moon , we're going to talk real quickly

50:35

about the lunar return . So

50:38

anytime that you're talking about

50:40

a astrological return or

50:43

return in your chart means that the heavens are in

50:45

the same placement that they were when you were born . So

50:48

a lunar return is simply the

50:50

moon phase that you were in

50:52

at the time you were born . So while

50:54

everyone has , like the same overarching themes of the moon

50:56

phase , your specific phase will

50:59

speak more strongly to you compared to other

51:01

people . So it's like your moon birthday

51:03

. So during that time you have a stronger intuition

51:05

, you're more in tune with your own senses

51:08

, instincts and emotions . But

51:10

it also kind of has a full moon effect where during

51:12

that phase your shadow self might come out or you might

51:14

act a little bit erratic . So

51:17

you should definitely use that as a point of

51:19

introspection , use it as your monthly

51:21

reset if you know your lunar return , but

51:24

pay attention to , like the signs and

51:27

synchronicities and strangeness

51:29

that plays out during that time . So for

51:31

me , mine is the waning , crescent phase

51:33

.

51:34

Oh , okay .

51:35

Which I think is really funny , because I'm

51:38

going to say that's my favorite moon phase , because I need to get better

51:40

with it , because I don't do well with sitting still

51:42

and doing nothing .

51:43

No , you don't .

51:44

It makes my emotions go crazy and

51:46

I think there's like some truth to that , being

51:49

that it's my lunar return . But

51:51

I'm going to say it's my favorite because , it's my

51:53

phase , so yours

51:56

. I looked it up from your birthday . Yours is

51:58

in the waxing crescent .

52:00

Okay .

52:01

And to go over that one . So what

52:03

the planner says about that one again is this

52:06

period boasts energy and positivity

52:08

in taking the first steps , in implementing

52:11

goals and plans . Follow your

52:13

dreams and goals . Have fun along the way . Spend

52:15

this time breathing new life into your intention . So yours

52:17

is the one right after the new moon when you're supposed to get

52:20

into action . Got it ? How

52:22

do you feel about that ? Do you think that speaks to you

52:24

? Do you feel like you feel any sort

52:26

of way ?

52:27

I don't know , maybe I don't know .

52:29

You notice without paying attention . So now

52:32

that you do know it . You're going to have to like pay attention

52:34

.

52:34

Pay attention .

52:35

Yeah , get back to me .

52:37

I would say , like if I had to pick what my favorite

52:40

one is , I think I like

52:42

was it the wax ? Wait , waning

52:44

gibbous was for gratitude . I

52:47

think that's what you said . Like that's when you're like

52:49

. I think that whatever , whatever the gratitude .

52:51

Yeah , waning . Waning gibbous

52:53

is gratitude , so waning grabbous .

52:55

Waning grabbous . I like that one , just because

52:57

I feel like everyone can have a little bit more gratitude

53:00

in their life . But also I got to be I'm

53:02

a full moon girlie because I like the werewolves

53:04

. They're like the weird , but

53:06

I figured you'd go full moon . Yeah , but

53:08

I also kind of like like the shadow , shadow , I

53:11

feel like that's something I haven't done much

53:13

research on and I want to get more

53:15

into the shadow . I want to because it keeps popping

53:18

up .

53:18

I could keep it and I want to , probably

53:20

because we both have a shit ton of shadow work to do

53:23

.

53:24

We got some .

53:25

We got some demons to work through , all

53:28

right . So we're going to go work on that . We're going to go figure out

53:30

what the hell is wrong with us . But

53:33

everyone , pay attention to your moon cycles , look

53:35

up your lunar returns . If you want , there's some

53:37

links in the notes below . But

53:39

yeah , let us know . What are you like

53:42

? What are your thoughts on the moon cycle ? Do you believe

53:44

in it ? Do you think it's all a bunch of bullshit ? Do

53:46

you have any crazy full moon stories ? Let us

53:48

know . It's just a bunch of hocus

53:50

pocus . Oh my goodness . All

53:53

right , kara . What else do you want them to do ?

53:55

Um , why is I supposed to call you cutie

53:57

? What ?

53:57

Cutie girl . One , two , three , four .

53:59

Cutie girl , cutie girl , just

54:01

just give us stuff . Nobody's

54:04

been really giving us stuff lately .

54:05

Oh , we got one on Instagram today . We'll have to

54:08

pull through that and see . I just saw it right before we started

54:10

recording .

54:10

They didn't message us yet .

54:13

Oh OK .

54:14

Unless you open it but I've been waiting .

54:16

But yeah , we could do another paranormal

54:19

postcard episode .

54:21

If you guys write us more stories .

54:23

Leave a review , if you want .

54:25

Yeah , please do that . Share with friends , share

54:27

with your mom . Our moms listen , so your moms

54:29

will listen , so just

54:31

how it works .

54:33

Yeah , there you go , just how it works OK

54:35

.

54:35

I'm delusional and tired , so I gotta go . Do

54:37

I need to say it Like ? Subscribe , like

54:40

subscribe .

54:40

Tell Kara she's pretty .

54:41

Sure , do all the things that we ask of you , but , most

54:43

importantly , creep it really eyeballs . Goodbye

54:47

, goodbye , all

54:51

in each other

54:53

.