FULL MOON. The next full moon is approaching. She will perform on Friday, May 5, 2023. Here is everything you need to know about this event.
The 5th full moon of the year 2023 is scheduled for Friday, May 5. It is nicknamed the Full Flower Moon. This night will be special because a partial lunar eclipse will take place, unfortunately it will be visible from France.
If you believe in astrology, know that this astral event would, according to her, have the effect of promoting physical and emotional well-being, but the results would differ according to the astrological signs. Remember, however, that science now allows us to establish that what falls under astrology deviates from the rational field, and is only a matter of beliefs and speculations, totally invalidated by the advance of human knowledge.
But what do astrologers prognosticate? According to the lifestyle site Noovomoi“two elements will be particularly affected during this period: the Water signs and the Fire signs. These signs are Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces for Water signs and Aries, Leo and Sagittarius for Fire. These astrological signs would be according to these beliefs, therefore, more likely to feel the effects of this full Moon. The eclipse being partial, the effects would logically be less strong than during a total eclipse. However, astrologers dare to claim that “the Moons of Scorpio are always emotionally intense, creating a dynamic between radical vulnerability and an inner need to protect oneself from misfortune,” according to the outlet. Oh! MyMag. A nice way to present things, not to be taken seriously of course.
What are these effects of the full moon on our body and our mood? Are they true or are they myths? In our file below, you will know all about the effects of the full moon, the dates and times of the next ones of the year.
Friday, May 5, 2023 at 7:34 minutes and 3 seconds precisely, the full moon will occur. The schedule is established by the Institute of Celestial Mechanics and Ephemeris Calculation (IMCCE).
Called “Full Flower Moon” by Native American tribes, the full moon in May refers to the time of year when the wildflowers are in full bloom, in the height of the spring season!
The influence of the Moon on the Earth is real and scientifically proven: its role is well known and major in the tidal cycle, which itself has multiple implications for the life of our planet. The lunar cycle could also have a slight impact on our body and plants, but many popular legends give it much more importance than it really has: insomnia, aggression, gardening, hair growth, triggering of deliveries…. We help you sort out the (very few) true from the false.
The hypothesis that the menstrual cycles of women can be disturbed during the full moon has been raised, without ever being able to receive rigorous scientific validation. There may be some correlation between the menstrual cycle “greater than 27 days” and the lunar cycle (of 29.5 days), according to a study by the scientific magazine ScienceAdvance, but without indicating that there is an effect of the full moon or the moon on menstrual cycles. Performed on 300 women, the study simply detected intermittent synchronization. Moreover, “with age and exposure to artificial light at night, menstrual cycles shorten and lose this synchronization”, say the researchers, who put forward this hypothesis: “We assume that in ancient times human reproductive behavior was synchronous with the Moon, but our modern lifestyles have altered reproductive physiology and behavior.”
Does the full moon disrupt the internal biological clock? A 2013 study is very regularly highlighted: the one published in 2013 by the journal Current Biology. She is told that she would increase the time to fall asleep by 5 minutes, reduce the duration of sleep by about 20 minutes and decrease the time in deep sleep by 30%. But this is a very convenient shortcut: in reality, the methodology used – which induces some bias in the interpretations – and the small number of people who participated in this study only indicates that the hypothesis is not invalidated. , but cannot be proven.
No scientific study has succeeded in proving a relationship between the Moon and mood swings, let alone aggression. No, the full moon does not affect your mental health: “We do not have more psychiatric patients in the emergency room on full moon nights,” said Matthieu Hein, a psychiatrist specializing in sleep disorders and mental illnesses at the hospital. Erasmus, at the RTBF in July 2019.
No, again, these are popular beliefs. If the lunar divinities have, since the dawn of time, been associated with fertility, like Chandra for the Hindus, Artemis for the Greeks or Mama Quilla for the Incas, it is because the cycle lunar has a temporality very close to the menstrual cycle. Indeed, a lunar cycle lasts 29 days and 12 hours, and a menstrual cycle about 28 days. The legends then said that the new moon corresponded to the arrival of the rules, therefore of a new menstrual cycle, while the full moon was the day of ovulation, the most fertile of the menstrual cycle.
Texts dating from the Middle Ages relate experiences of “menstrual synchronization”, when women lived together. But it should be noted that at the time, the physiological cycle of the body depended on the natural light of the Moon and not artificial, as is currently the case since the invention of electricity. Is the female cycle naturally dependent on the lunar cycle nowadays? To date, there is no scientific evidence establishing this link.
While popular belief speaks of an onset of childbirth on full moon evenings, no scientific study has provided conclusive results to prove a link between the full moon and the number of births. These are legends.
The full moon plays an indisputable role on the tides. On the surface of the earth, the water is subject to the attraction of the Moon, and the position of the latter determines the tides. At the full moon, the Sun, the Moon and the Earth being aligned, the forces of attraction add up, causing larger tides.
The full moon has its role to play in the development of plants, but it is very weak. According Science and Future, “the influence of the circalunar (biological rhythm based on the cycle of the Moon)” exists on plants as well as on humans. “Moonlight has an effect on plant physiology” (germination), water uptake and sugar production rate of plants, promoting plant growth. But beware, studies tend to show that the effects are marginal and that other parameters, such as the composition of the earth, have to be taken into account. In 2012, the Company Nationale d’Horticulture de France has also considered in a report that “if the Moon has an influence on the agronomic performance of plants, it is infinitesimal. This influence is incomparable in intensity with that on the tides of the oceans”.
Moreover, cutting your hair on full moon nights so that they grow back faster has not been scientifically proven, this is again an unfounded belief.
The full moon is one of the 4 phases of the moon depending on its position in relation to the sun: first quarter, full moon, last quarter, new moon. During the full moon, the Sun, Earth and Moon are approximately aligned. Thus, the visible face of the Moon from the Earth appears totally illuminated by the Sun. The new moon is, conversely, the phase during which the Moon is not visible from Earth. The return to the same phase occurs approximately every 29 days and 12 hours.
The year 2023 is a year with 13 full moons (two occurring in August). Here are the dates and times of the next full moons in 2023:
- May 5 at 7:34 p.m.
- June 4 at 5:43 a.m.
- July 3 at 1:40 p.m.
- August 1 at 8:33 p.m.
- August 31 at 3:37
- September 29 at 11:59 a.m.
- October 28 at 10:25 p.m.
- November 27 at 10:17 a.m.
- December 27 at 1:34 a.m.