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2026-04-21 02:58:55
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Jitske van der Weij
Jitske van der Weij
In the Warrior Cats series by Erin Hunter, time is tracked in terms of ‘moons’. Here a moon can equal a month or even more in real life time. It’s a great way to include the seasons in a story and to track how old a character is. It’s also a really simple way to include time in a story without having to fall back on human terms for measuring time. The way Erin Hunter uses celestial cycles to measure time is really immersive. In contrast, in the book ‘The Timekeeper Dynasty Series- The Wolf Princess’ time is controlled by a royal dynasty in magic form. As the dynasty dies the magic which governs the lunar and solar cycles also dies, meaning that the characters are left to fight for control of the kingdom and its time.
2026-08-05
Gracie
Gracie
Moons in ‘Warrior Cats’ are consistent yet flexible. So, the history of the clans is anchored without having to mention specific years. When Graystripe says ‘We haven’t seen each other in moons’ you can really feel the stretch of time between them. It reminds us that these cats live by the natural world, not by human constraints. And honestly, it’s much more fun to say that a cat is ten moons old instead of almost a year old. I wish we could use the moon as a unit of time for our everyday small talk.
2026-04-22
Mason
Mason
This way the time is measured in the novel ‘Warrior Cats’ by moons. This is really cool because the story is set in a natural environment with wild animals and so it wouldn’t work with human-made calendars. Instead, the seasons and the cats’ ages are measured by the moon cycles, which is really natural for a group of wild animals. This means that a moon is approximately a month long and, in the clans, this is how the different events of the warrior cats are dated. For example, Kits become apprentices at six moons old and then warriors at twelve moons old.

I love how the seasons fit in with the Clan’s connection to nature. Full moons see the Clans gathering for a warrior ancestor for nights such as Gatherings under the light of Silverpelt. ThunderClan in leaf-bare, fighting against drought and illness for lack of prey, while in newleaf fresh life abounds in the form of worms and mice, returning with the change in the weather. It makes their unique culture seem mythical and special. Sometimes I find myself looking at the moon, wondering what on earth ThunderClan are up to!
2026-04-23
Francis
Francis
Noticed this while re-reading the series – the cycles of the moon heavily influence character development. Brambleclaw’s journey to the sun-drown place takes moons. Leafpool’s secret romance spans moons too. The pacing of a character’s development isn’t influenced by how fast they grow up in terms of years, it’s influenced by how fast they grow up in terms of nights. A half-moon might mean a short intense event, while many moons might mean generations have passed. The clans even name natural disasters after moons (the Great Storm of Moonrise for example). It’s very poetic and the difference between humans counting days and these cats counting nights at the time of story is lovely and has a lot to do with the worldbuilding.
2026-04-26
Emmett
Emmett
I never thought about this but Moon timekeeping in 'Warrior Cats' is low-key genius. As a kit you would here the elders talk about a battle that happened 3 moons ago and you would immediately start to imagine all the nights that had passed. In the series all the big events such as births, battles and leadership changes occur at specific moon phases. Fireheart becomes deputy after a moon of training with Graystripe. Apprentices are sent on extra chores for half a moon if they mess up. The moon is used as a fluid measure to tell stories instead of using strict human timelines which would make the forest seem so much more lifeless and controllable.
2026-04-27

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