I’ve got my goat‑mood chart on the wall next to the moon‑phase calendar, and the herbs always seem to sing when the moon’s at a certain point, not so much the stars. The goats get restless at a new moon and the old ones feel content at a full. I notice that when the moon is a silver coin in the sky and the goats are a little jittery, that’s when the chamomile and the whisper‑sage start talking back if I pick them wrong. I don’t bother with constellations—those are for the astronomers—my timing is all about the moon and the goats, and the herbs that agree or hiss in response. So yes, my rituals line up more with lunar light and goat moods than with the stars.

I’m not sure I can do a lab with all the fancy equipment, but I can set up a little experiment in the garden. I’ll mark the herbs with a tiny stick, watch the goats when the moon is new or full, and jot down any “hissing” I hear. Then I’ll let the moon do its thing and see if the goats and the plants agree again. It’ll be more of a ritual than a science paper, but who knows, maybe the herbs will sing louder when the goats are most restless.