The night sky hides the keys to beautiful, strong and long hair or long-lasting hair removal. You don’t need to do complicated calculations, At Bodymente we tell you what the key dates are according to the 2024 lunar calendar based on the criteria of biodynamic agriculture.
Farmers have been using the lunar calendar for centuries to determine the most favorable times for field work. Biodynamic agriculture reflects this tradition, betting on an integrated way of farming that takes into account what happens in living organisms under the influence of the Moon, its phases and its ascending or descending orbit.
May 2024: phases of the moon and meteor showers
to know What phase of the Moon are we in? throughout the month of May or when you can enjoy a splendid full moonjust look at the sky and see how much the moon is illuminated and from which side. But whether or not you know how to recognize the phases of the Moon, it is always good to have the calendar in mind.
The month of May begins with the Moon in the waning phase and enters the waning quarter on Wednesday the 1st, which will allow this month to have two waning quarters, the other at the end of the month.
After the long-awaited New Moon last April, which saw a spectacular solar eclipse, the New Moon in May 2024 will surely arrive with much less fanfare on the following Wednesday, the 8th.
From there it will begin to grow gradually, it will enter the first quarter on Wednesday, May 15 and will develop the hump in a gibbous crescent phase until culminating with the full Moon, which will have a lunar on Thursday, May 23. To this Full moon May is known as flower moon.
The last week of the month will still give it time, as it wanes, to re-enter the waning quarter phase.
If you want to know exactly what time the lunar phase changes occur from an astronomical point of view, you can consult them below:
- Last quarter: Wednesday, May 1 at 1:27 p.m.
- New moon: Wednesday, May 8, 5:24 a.m.
- Crescent: Wednesday, May 15 at 1:49 p.m.
- Full moon: Thursday, May 23 at 3:55 p.m.
- Last quarter: Thursday, May 30 at 7:13 p.m.
Eta-aquarid star shower
During the month of May we will be able to see the Eta-aquarid meteor showerwhich lasts more than a month but will reach its peak on Sunday the 5th at 11 p.m. according to the National Astronomical Observatory. This shower is formed by dust particles left in its wake by Halley’s Comet.
In this video you have different examples of the Moon’s influence on living beings studied by science:
May lunar calendar for haircuts and waxing
The calculations of biodynamic agriculture can be applied to other phenomena that are observed in us, such as how fast hair or body hair growshe root strengthening or even our ability to purify or assimilate the nutrients we put into our skin.
In this May lunar calendar we focus on the effects on hair and body hair, which allows us to facilitate the ideal dates to get a haircut depending on the result you are looking for, as well as the suitable time for hair removal.
Below we detail the days and times of May 2024 that, according to the lunar calendar, can be considered most favorable for scheduling your haircut or waxing. When choosing when to cut your hair, you must take into account what your objective is: if you want it to grow faster or if, on the contrary, you are interested in strengthening the root.