Any Physical Evidence for "Feeling" Full Moons?

Sorry for the off-the-wall (and quite possibly off-topic) post, but
is there any scientific evidence that some people can "feel" when
the moon is full or nearly full? Every month the same thing happens
to me around this time. It's hard to describe, the best term I can
find for it is a kind of "manic energy".. I have more energy, but it's
a scattered/dynamic/disorganized energy. I often will drop things
or have other silly accidents, etc.

And in case anyone is wondering.. no, this is not a troll.

TIA for any pointers.

Mike

On Thu, 29 Jul 2004 02:04:19 -0700, "Mike" wrote:

Sorry for the off-the-wall (and quite possibly off-topic) post, but
is there any scientific evidence that some people can "feel" when
the moon is full or nearly full? Every month the same thing happens
to me around this time. It's hard to describe, the best term I can
find for it is a kind of "manic energy".. I have more energy, but it's
a scattered/dynamic/disorganized energy. I often will drop things
or have other silly accidents, etc.

And in case anyone is wondering.. no, this is not a troll.

TIA for any pointers.

Mike







There have actually been studies on this, where emergency rooms where
monitored for injury increases. The report didn't find any evidence of
full moon effects.

Now if you where to say ask clerks in 7-11 type food stores or those
in liqueur stores most will tell you that they see a difference on
full moon days and those leading up to them.


I know the full moon has an effect on me. Every full moon I find
myself outside looking at it thru my telescope.

"Mike" wrote in message
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Sorry for the off-the-wall (and quite possibly off-topic) post, but
is there any scientific evidence that some people can "feel" when
the moon is full or nearly full? Every month the same thing happens
to me around this time. It's hard to describe, the best term I can
find for it is a kind of "manic energy".. I have more energy, but it's
a scattered/dynamic/disorganized energy. I often will drop things
or have other silly accidents, etc.

And in case anyone is wondering.. no, this is not a troll.

TIA for any pointers.

Mike



Perhaps this is a manifestation of your "female" side.

"Modat22" wrote in message
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On Thu, 29 Jul 2004 02:04:19 -0700, "Mike" wrote:
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I know the full moon has an effect on me. Every full moon I find
myself outside looking at it thru my telescope.

Me too...and I seem to be hairier on those nites.

BV.

"Modat22" wrote in message ...
On Thu, 29 Jul 2004 02:04:19 -0700, "Mike" wrote:

Sorry for the off-the-wall (and quite possibly off-topic) post, but
is there any scientific evidence that some people can "feel" when
the moon is full or nearly full? Every month the same thing happens
to me around this time. It's hard to describe, the best term I can
find for it is a kind of "manic energy".. I have more energy, but it's
a scattered/dynamic/disorganized energy. I often will drop things
or have other silly accidents, etc.

And in case anyone is wondering.. no, this is not a troll.

TIA for any pointers.

Mike

There have actually been studies on this, where emergency rooms where
monitored for injury increases. The report didn't find any evidence of
full moon effects.

Now if you where to say ask clerks in 7-11 type food stores or those
in liqueur stores most will tell you that they see a difference on
full moon days and those leading up to them.

I'm not sure why the idea is considered to be so far fetched.
Aren't women's menstrual periods somehow linked to lunar
cycles? I remember reading something about that years ago.

Mike

The moon is a mirror to the soul.

Mike wrote:

"Modat22" wrote in message ...

On Thu, 29 Jul 2004 02:04:19 -0700, "Mike" wrote:


Sorry for the off-the-wall (and quite possibly off-topic) post, but
is there any scientific evidence that some people can "feel" when
the moon is full or nearly full? Every month the same thing happens
to me around this time. It's hard to describe, the best term I can
find for it is a kind of "manic energy".. I have more energy, but it's
a scattered/dynamic/disorganized energy. I often will drop things
or have other silly accidents, etc.

And in case anyone is wondering.. no, this is not a troll.

TIA for any pointers.

Mike

There have actually been studies on this, where emergency rooms where
monitored for injury increases. The report didn't find any evidence of
full moon effects.

Now if you where to say ask clerks in 7-11 type food stores or those
in liqueur stores most will tell you that they see a difference on
full moon days and those leading up to them.


I'm not sure why the idea is considered to be so far fetched.
Aren't women's menstrual periods somehow linked to lunar
cycles? I remember reading something about that years ago.

Mike

Modat22 wrote in
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On Thu, 29 Jul 2004 02:04:19 -0700, "Mike" wrote:

Sorry for the off-the-wall (and quite possibly off-topic) post, but
is there any scientific evidence that some people can "feel" when
the moon is full or nearly full? Every month the same thing happens
to me around this time. It's hard to describe, the best term I can
find for it is a kind of "manic energy".. I have more energy, but it's
a scattered/dynamic/disorganized energy. I often will drop things
or have other silly accidents, etc.

And in case anyone is wondering.. no, this is not a troll.

TIA for any pointers.

Mike







There have actually been studies on this, where emergency rooms where
monitored for injury increases. The report didn't find any evidence of
full moon effects.

Now if you where to say ask clerks in 7-11 type food stores or those
in liqueur stores most will tell you that they see a difference on
full moon days and those leading up to them.


I know the full moon has an effect on me. Every full moon I find
myself outside looking at it thru my telescope.

Welcome to the handful of observers in the world who regularly actually do
get their telescopes out to observe a full moon. I've been a full moon
observer for decades. Why observe the full moon? I particularly enjoy the
challenge of picking well-known and not-so-well known craters and features
by their faint albedo impressions. Also due to libration the rythmic
appearances of albedo features beyond the limb are fun to spot (and predict
with software).

It also occurs to me if and when we get back to the Moon and begin
construction activities, their development will be visible with amateur
telescopes on Earth! Imagine tracking the development of a mining or
observing facility or of perhaps a tourist resort within a crater or other
lunar the from your own backyard. Transient Lunar Phenomena (TLP)will then
take on a new and cogent meaning.

Martin

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"Mike" wrote in :

"Modat22" wrote in message
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On Thu, 29 Jul 2004 02:04:19 -0700, "Mike"
wrote:

Sorry for the off-the-wall (and quite possibly off-topic) post, but
is there any scientific evidence that some people can "feel" when
the moon is full or nearly full? Every month the same thing happens
to me around this time. It's hard to describe, the best term I can
find for it is a kind of "manic energy".. I have more energy, but
it's a scattered/dynamic/disorganized energy. I often will drop
things or have other silly accidents, etc.

And in case anyone is wondering.. no, this is not a troll.

TIA for any pointers.

Mike

There have actually been studies on this, where emergency rooms where
monitored for injury increases. The report didn't find any evidence
of full moon effects.

Now if you where to say ask clerks in 7-11 type food stores or those
in liqueur stores most will tell you that they see a difference on
full moon days and those leading up to them.

I'm not sure why the idea is considered to be so far fetched.
Aren't women's menstrual periods somehow linked to lunar
cycles? I remember reading something about that years ago.

Mike

As it stands the menstrual cycle varies for individual women from about 21
to 35 or so days. So the 28 day correspondence is only an average. Even for
a 28 day cycle it soon gets out of step with the moon's synodic (29.5 days)
or sidereal (27.3days) periods. If it is not merely a coincidence, I'd
think the 28 days cycle might be a "genetic memory" of the average lunar
cycle that was biological encode millions of years ago in our ancestors.

It's worth noting that a theory has been put forward by astronomer Percy
Seymour that just as the moon raises tides in the earth's oceans,
atmosphere and crust it also raises tides in the earth's magnetosphere.
This is what causes the well-observed daily lunar variation in the earth's
magnetic field. (You can set this experiment up at home). So if
certian people indeed do "feel" the full moon, it is most likely due to
their sensitivity to the lunar variation in the earth's magnetic field at
the time of the full moon (new moon?) when the tidal variations are
greatest.

Martin

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"Mike" wrote in message
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"Modat22" wrote in message
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On Thu, 29 Jul 2004 02:04:19 -0700, "Mike"
wrote:

Sorry for the off-the-wall (and quite possibly off-topic) post, but
is there any scientific evidence that some people can "feel" when
the moon is full or nearly full? Every month the same thing
happens
to me around this time. It's hard to describe, the best term I can
find for it is a kind of "manic energy".. I have more energy, but
it's
a scattered/dynamic/disorganized energy. I often will drop things
or have other silly accidents, etc.

And in case anyone is wondering.. no, this is not a troll.

TIA for any pointers.

Mike

There have actually been studies on this, where emergency rooms
where
monitored for injury increases. The report didn't find any evidence
of
full moon effects.

Now if you where to say ask clerks in 7-11 type food stores or those
in liqueur stores most will tell you that they see a difference on
full moon days and those leading up to them.

I'm not sure why the idea is considered to be so far fetched.
Aren't women's menstrual periods somehow linked to lunar
cycles? I remember reading something about that years ago.

So are you implying that all women have their menstrual periods at the
same time every month. I think I can prove to you pretty objectively
that is not so.

"Mike" wrote in message
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Sorry for the off-the-wall (and quite possibly off-topic) post, but
is there any scientific evidence that some people can "feel" when
the moon is full or nearly full? Every month the same thing happens
to me around this time. It's hard to describe, the best term I can
find for it is a kind of "manic energy".. I have more energy, but
it's
a scattered/dynamic/disorganized energy. I often will drop things
or have other silly accidents, etc.

I guess it depends on what you mean by "feel." Certainly the
gravitational pull of the moon on people is negligible, but I suppose
it's possible that some people are more affected by the amout of light
in the sky than others. Some organisms also seem to be affected, but I'm
not sure we know what the mechanism is (other than that it is not
gravity). For example, box jellyfish appear regularly in increased
numbers on the 9th or 10th day after a full moon.