[Stringer]

Hummmmm... I think... I am growing another arm...

[amicon]

That's handy!:-)

[energyze]

Hi!
Yep, full moons always affect me too, usually make me more emotional and weepy sometimes. Am very aware of it now and can recognise when the moon is waning.
Lunacy does come from Lunar and as a nurse, when I worked in a old peoples nursing home, the residents with dementia were always markedly more confused around the time of a full moon.
If you think about it, the moon rules the tides, we are mostly made up of water so it seems obvious that it will therefore affect us in some way.
Very interesting subject matter!

[Stringer]

Hi!
Yep, full moons always affect me too, usually make me more emotional and weepy sometimes. Am very aware of it now and can recognise when the moon is waning.
Lunacy does come from Lunar and as a nurse, when I worked in a old peoples nursing home, the residents with dementia were always markedly more confused around the time of a full moon.
If you think about it, the moon rules the tides, we are mostly made up of water so it seems obvious that it will therefore affect us in some way.
Very interesting subject matter!

Yup...

[Clough]

Hi!
Yep, full moons always affect me too, usually make me more emotional and weepy sometimes. Am very aware of it now and can recognise when the moon is waning.
Lunacy does come from Lunar and as a nurse, when I worked in a old peoples nursing home, the residents with dementia were always markedly more confused around the time of a full moon.
If you think about it, the moon rules the tides, we are mostly made up of water so it seems obvious that it will therefore affect us in some way.
Very interesting subject matter!

Hi, energyze!

Very logical thinking there!

Thanks!

[firmbeliever]

Interesting question,
I have never noticed any changes as per the moon phases,not that I have consciously observed myself or others at these times.

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Philosophy of Science Portal: Lunatics
(Does a full moon really trigger strange behavior?by Scott O. Lilienfeld and Hal Arkowitz February 9th, 2009 Scientific American)

But there are at least three reasons why this explanation doesn't "hold water," pardon the pun. First, the gravitational effects of the moon are far too minuscule to generate any meaningful effects on brain activity, let alone behavior. As the late astronomer George Abell of the University of California, Los Angeles, noted, a mosquito sitting on our arm exerts a more powerful gravitational pull on us than the moon does. Yet to the best of our knowledge, there have been no reports of a “mosquito lunacy effect.” Second, the moon's gravitational force affects only open bodies of water, such as oceans and lakes, but not contained sources of water, such as the human brain. Third, the gravitational effect of the moon is just as potent during new moons—when the moon is invisible to us—as it is during full moons.
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From the same link
llusory correlations result in part from our mind's propensity to attend to—and recall—most events better than nonevents. When there is a full moon and something decidedly odd happens, we usually notice it, tell others about it and remember it. We do so because such co-occurrences fit with our preconceptions. Indeed, one study showed that psychiatric nurses who believed in the lunar effect wrote more notes about patients' peculiar behavior than did nurses who did not believe in this effect. In contrast, when there is a full moon and nothing odd happens, this nonevent quickly fades from our memory. As a result of our selective recall, we erroneously perceive an association between full moons and myriad bizarre events.
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Hunting and Fishing Solunar (sun and moon phase) Calendar
edited to add this excerpt from the link
Research has shown that a natural day for fish and many other
animal species differ from our own. Their biological clock
appears to coincide with lunar time, which is the time that it
takes for the moon to reappear at a given point during one
complete rotation of the earth (an average of 24 hours and 53
minutes. This is called a Tidal Day and explains why the
ocean tides are about an hour later each day - and why most
fish, fresh water species included, will feed up to an hour later
(in relation to our solar clock) each day.
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[Clough]

Hmmm...

New Years Eve should be really interesting this year with there being a full moon..

Thanks!

[Jake2008]

That scares me Clough, but thanks for the heads up!

I can attest to the fact that overt or prominent characteristics in people manifest during a full moon. But, more it is the night before the full moon in my opinion.

Abusers are angrier, PMS is worse, animals, both domestic and wild, are more 'tuned in', people are generally grumpier. Walk through a walmart at six p.m. on the eve of a full moon, and you'll see what I mean.

I personally think that we are affected by the tides, and gravity more.

What I don't understand is why it is never a good time psychologically for people. Always bad. For some at least.

I always dreaded going into work on a full moon day. When I"m not aware it's a full moon, and somebody points it out, I say, "AH HAH!" that explains the day.

[Clough]

I always know when it's a full moon, or near to it. My body and mind indicate that to me.

I can be wondering why I'm feeling kind of "out of sinq", and sure enough, most likely it's near to, or is the day of a full moon.

Thanks!

[Clough]

Wow! I was just seeing that this thread has had only less than 100 posts, but that the views have been over 1,400!

So, that would seem to me, that this subject is of some interest to people.

Thanks!

[redhed35]

It must be a full moon,I was playing bowling this morning and got a full strike!

First time ever.

Bowling is not my forte.

[Just Dahlia]

it must be a full moon,i was playing bowling this morning and got a full strike!

first time ever.

bowling is not my forte.

Nope, New moon is on Wednesday, but the next full moon is Dec 31st.

Maybe you got better at bowling:)
I've never bowled in the morning before:cool:

[Synnen]

Which is also a blue moon--December 31st, I mean.

And as far as full moons always being a bad time psychologically for people--I don't understand that. In pagan religions, a full moon was the time of fulfillment, of the culmination of things previously begun--the fullness of the month, if you will.

It's also historically when things like moonlight hunts, and evening gatherings were planned before electricity made it easy to do things after the sun set.

I think that people are just reacting to having more LIGHT in their lives, honestly. People are more active in summer evenings than winter evenings, too, because the sun is out longer. I feel MORE invigorated with the full moon--and I think it's because it's "light" out longer.

[redhed35]

Nope, New moon is on Wednesday, but the next full moon is Dec 31st.

Maybe you got better at bowling:)
I've never bowled in the morning before:cool:

I was playing with a group of special needs people... is it bad I did a little victory dance when I got the strike?

[Jake2008]

Absolutely NOT red!! That was a 'moment'!!

[jaime90]

I have bad dreams around the full moon, and feel all-over strange. I think it's true that people and animals are affected by the phases of the moon.

[QLP]

I am always affected by the full-moon. But weirdly sometimes it is a positive affect and sometimes negative. I can get restless and grumpy but I can find it the best time to deal with things that I have to be particularly assertive about.

Also I know that psychiatric hospitals in this area always put on extra staff for the full-moon. (from friends who are staff if you're wondering lol).

Isn't there some evidence that women's menstual cycles are normally governed by the lunar cycle as well? (assuming no hormonal treatments etc are interfering).

I think there is indeed a lot of evidence that the moon affects human biology. Also some farmers plant and harvest their crops according to whether the moon is waxing and waning.
Don't know how it works its spell but it seems powerful magic...

[Just Dahlia]

Still so far, I have marked the moons and noticed no difference, maybe I am just different:( But I will keep on looking, because this is the Holiday season for me and things might change:)

[Jake2008]

I have honestly never heard of anyone being affected in a positive way by a full moon. Maybe it is because my perspective is always clouded by the zombies I see.

[Synnen]

I have honestly never heard of anyone being affected in a positive way by a full moon. Maybe it is because my perspective is always clouded by the zombies I see.

You should hang out with more Pagans :)