mango ☿ mage

neuroplasticity is at its highest during the follicular phase, a couple of days after your period ends. it puts the brain in a highly susceptible learning state, making it the perfect time to create art, learn new and complicated topics, step into a new identity, and experiment in every way. ovulation makes you expressive, wittier, and more sociable, which nurtures your need for connections at the exact moment you are most receptive to them. your luteal phase is when threat detection and vigilance become more prominent in the brain. that means your pattern recognition is at its absolute peak, which makes it extra hard to ignore your own mistakes and contradictions. it’s an energetically dense phase that forces you into introspection because your auric field needs to be sealed for internal processing. it’s when you face what needs facing before shedding can take place. can’t lie to yourself here, so you might as well use that honesty in your favor. finally, menstruation induces the brain into a quieter, lower-stimulation neural environment. it’s both a neurochemical reset window for your brain and a spiritual cleanse of energy accumulated during your last cycle. it pushes you toward self reflection and strategic planning, and makes the brain more internally oriented. this is the time to do deep journaling sessions and big picture adjustments. you have an entire inner ecosystem that efficiently distributes your immense energetic power in a monthly cyclical manner. it’s about time you learn how to finesse it instead of looking at it as a cruel sentence!