\t<\/p>\n
The moon is centric to many myths and
\nhas an important place in a wide variety of cultures. The Greeks for
\nexample, worshipped Selene, the titaness of the moon. She was believed
\nto have control over such things as, the night, tides, sight, magic,
\nchild birth and lunacy. Many of these things still are believed to be
\naffected by the moon. But there is only one of these things that the
\nmoon has a proven affect on and that is the tides. A tide is
\ndefined as the rise and fall in sea level in relation to the land. So
\nnext time you are at the beach and tide comes in soaking you and your
\nbeach towel you can blame the gravitational attraction of the sun and
\nmoon to the Earth. The moon tries to bring everything on the Earth
\ncloser to it. The Earth is able to resist but the water is always
\nmoving so Earth has more difficulty holding onto it. As the moon
\nrevolves around the Earth and the two of them revolve around the sun,
\ntheir combined gravitational forces pull the water on Earth in the
\ndirection of the moon creating a high tide. On the other side of the
\nEarth the center of the Earth is being pulled towards the moon which
\nalso results in a high tide.\n<\/p>\n
\n<\/p>\n
So what’s the point? You have undoubtedly
\nheard someone say the phrase, must be a full moon<\/i>… or you at least read it in the title \ud83d\ude42 The question is on the validity of this statement… does the moon have an affect on us?<\/i> <\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Some
\nhave theorized that since our bodies are made up of 75 percent water
\nthan maybe there are tides<\/i> occurring in our body on different
\nlevels at each phase of the moon. There is no evidence of this but
\nthe possibility is not completely ruled out. It’s possible there is
\nsome small affect on us but it’s not enough to cause all the things
\nthat we blame on the moon.<\/p>\n
\n<\/p>\n
There are a variety of studies that
\nshow there is no evidence of the full moon directly affecting humans.
\nOne such study was on epilepsy. While some patients swore they were
\naffected by the full moon, there was no found connection between the
\ntwo. Emergency medical and psychiatric visits do not have a higher
\nfrequency when the moon is full nor do you have better or worse
\nsurgery outcomes. There is evidence that shows that pet emergency
\nservices increase on the full moon but the correlation is probably
\nconsequential. It is more likely that people take their pets out on
\nfull moons more often due to the increased visibility or some other
\nforce is at work. There’s conflicting evidence that animal attacks
\nincrease on the full moon but it’s generally expected that there is no direct relationship. Studies on menstruation did show that
\nforty percent of women started menstruation two weeks of the full
\nmoon but… that doesn’t really prove anything.<\/p>\n
\n<\/p>\n
There is something to be said for sleep
\ndeprivation. Since the full moon is when the moon is at it’s
\nbrightest, the increased illumination may cause a disruption in one’s
\nsleep cycle. But that would only be a problem if you slept outside or
\nwith your window wide open. It’s definitely a thing of the past if it
\nwas ever a problem at all.<\/p>\n
\n<\/p>\n
The truth is during the new moon has
\nthe same effect on the tides as the full moon yet no one makes a fuss
\nabout it. So why the full moon? Well it’s probably something that’s
\nself-fulfilling. We expect things to be more hectic during a full
\nmoon so we attribute undesirable events to it even if those events
\noccurred multiple times before when the moon was not full. Another
\nreason just be the visibility of the moon. In despair, you may look
\nup to the sky, notice the moon and think… figures<\/i>. That
\nvisibility also makes it a target; humans want a reason for
\neverything that happens. A full moon is as good as any.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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