Some members of our family are absolutely convinced that a full moon alters people\u2019s behavior. They offer up changed behavior of other family members as proof. I don\u2019t know if the moon alters behavior or not \u2014 a lot of people have believed it for a lot of years, so there may be something to it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The influence of the moon and behavior has been called \u201cThe Lunar Effect\u201d or \u201cThe Transylvania Effect.\u201d The belief that the full moon causes mental disorders and strange behavior was widespread throughout Europe in the middle ages. The word \u201clunacy\u201d meaning \u201cinsanity\u201d comes from the Latin word for moon. If you\u2019d like to check, you\u2019ll find thousand of studies on the moon and behavior. If you look at them, you\u2019ll notice that the results are inconsistent. Some studies show that a particular behavior will occur more often during the full moon and other studies show no relationship between behavior and the full moon. In my mind this inconsistency alone casts doubts on the theory that the full moon influences behavior \u2014 but if you\u2019re someone that believes that it does, adjust accordingly around the full moon every month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Anyhow, March\u2019s full moon will occur in our area during the afternoon at 1:48 pm \u2014 about 13 hours before reaching perigee (the nearest it comes to the Earth during its orbit.) That will create a \u201csupermoon,\u201d a full moon that appears slightly larger than average. Supermoon isn\u2019t a term used by astronomers, so whether a full moon counts as \u201csuper\u201d depends of who\u2019s making the call and how much \u201cbigger\u201d the moon appears to that person. A full moon occurs when the moon is on the opposite side of the Earth from the sun and appears once every 29.53 days. Sometimes there are two full moons in one month. It\u2019s possible to have a month without a full moon, but that doesn\u2019t happen very often and can only happen in the month of February. The last time it happened was in February of 2018. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
We\u2019re still adjusting to the time change and experiencing the full moon tonight\u2026 that gives us three days to recover and prepare for Friday the 13th. Hang in there.
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Some members of our family are absolutely convinced that a full moon alters people\u2019s behavior. They offer up changed behavior of other family members as proof. I don\u2019t know if the moon alters behavior or not \u2014 a lot of … Continue reading