We humans can be quite arrogant at times. We tend to see ourselves at the top of the evolutionary ladder and fancy ourselves as the most intelligent creature on the planet.
We have developed language and discovered mathematics. The use of fire to heat our living spaces and cook food and many more. But as far as working with the environment and nature modern man falls short. Our egos have led us to believe that we, as the intelligent ones, have the right to dominate nature and mold it into something that serves us. Daming up rivers to control the flow of water, clear-cutting forests to get mass quantities of wood. Killing whales to get the oil and blubber for food, fishing the oceans, depleting the fish food chain, drilling for oil, and fracking for gas. All these things throw nature out of balance. Man-made situations often are conceived on the principles of imbalance. Capitalism is a huge example of a system based on imbalance and we live with it daily. The Julian calendar was created in 46 BC by Julius Caesar. It was the first 365-day calendar and needed to have one day added every 4 years to make it work. Another example is the Christian-inspired Gregorian calendar created as recently as 1852 by Pope Gregory. Created to use 12 unequal months to represent one year. The Jewish and Islamic calendars use the Lunar and Solar calendars to mark the different days of the year that are celebrated for their particular religions. All of these calendars representing these religious concerns. Likewise, the different full moon cycles in the US are named for a particular time of the year. The Harvest moon on the autumnal equinox some years fall at the end of September and other years the first part of October. The cycles of the moon don’t line up with man-made formulas for days of the year. The Jewish calendar on certain years is adapted so there won’t be two consecutive days of fasting during one of their rituals. If we were to follow the natural cycles of our planet rather than the man-made cycles perhaps we would be more in tune with our planet, and follow a more balanced approach to how we interact. The number 13 has been demonized by cultures thru out history. But if our calendar was based on 13 months instead of 12 we could have equally numbered days for each month. Thirteen months with 28 days per month would equal 364. By making February the longest month by one day instead of the shortest it would add up to 365. Each month would start with the new moon. That way you can just look up at the night sky and know what time of the month it is. Our system of telling time will coincide with the most natural and consistent cycle our planet has. So the biggest problem, I see with this idea, is we will need to come up with the name of a new month.
Maybe Miketober