Folklore #007
The eight phases
The last quarter is for cutting losses. Half lit again, going the other way, the traditional phase for release and forgiveness.
Where the first quarter was pushing, this one is letting go: finishing, apologising, cancelling, clearing. Practitioners call it cord-cutting. The tidier reading is that any repeating two-week rhythm needs a scheduled point where you decide what isn't working, and this is a perfectly good one.
Tradition: Modern Western practice · checked Aug 2026
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