The Full Moon

[LadyEmeraude]

Coming soon ...

The third and final full moon of the winter will be at its biggest and brightest on Tuesday, March 7 at 7:42 A.M. ET, but it will be plenty big and bright the nights before and after too.

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/see-last-full-moon-winter-170000289.html

Full moon tonight!

 

[oldaunt]

Got a good book ready, as last night, and will tomorrow night...

 

[Gary O']

Loved the full moons at the cabin

Just sit out in the meadow and watch it crest the horizon

 

[OneEyedDiva]

I've heard for years that it does Lady E. My BFF and I were talking about that recently and I don't doubt it's true.

 

[horseless carriage]

I totally believe there is a correlation to the full moon and human behavior...

What do you think about it?

You have obviously seen my wife!

 

[OneEyedDiva]

You have obviously seen my wife!

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I think you just might be right HC.

 

[horseless carriage]

I think you just might be right HC.

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On a serious note. Lunar comes from the Latin word luna, meaning moon. The Roman goddess of the moon is called Luna There are lunar eclipses, a lunar calendar, lunar tides, and lunar orbits.

The term "lunatic" derives from the Latin word lunaticus, which originally referred mainly to epilepsy and madness, as diseases thought to be caused by the moon.

 

[OneEyedDiva]

On a serious note. Lunar comes from the Latin word luna, meaning moon. The Roman goddess of the moon is called Luna There are lunar eclipses, a lunar calendar, lunar tides, and lunar orbits.

The term "lunatic" derives from the Latin word lunaticus, which originally referred mainly to epilepsy and madness, as diseases thought to be caused by the moon.

Yes I knew about those things. I've noticed Luna is being used as girl's names these days. I think it's pretty.

 

[fuzzybuddy]

There's a lot of superstition and lore about the full moon's effect on humans. There is little, if any, actual verifiable evidence that a full moon has an effect on humans.

 

[-Oy-]

No - I believe the science - which says so.

“Does the full moon affect people’s behavior, you ask? Yup. It makes people think the full moon affects people’s behavior.”
— Neil DeGrasse Tyson.

 

[Balzac]

Just a quick thought...

The Moon is strongly associated with a female deity and perhaps some kind of worship of that goddess...

So, if later (patriarchal) societies used negative words like 'lunatic' could that have been connected to a spiritual or religious rivalry, a putting down of pagan beliefs — blatant misogyny, even? This may be more in @Gaer 's area of expertise perhaps..