FULL MOON. This Sunday evening, February 5, the second full moon of the year will occur. Nicknamed the Snow Moon and placed under the astrological sign of Leo, it will have beneficial effects for Fire signs, Pisces and certain Air signs.
[Mis à jour le 5 février 2023 à 12h02] It is this Sunday, February 5 at 7:28 p.m. that the full moon of the month of February. This second full moon of the year 2023, nicknamed the snow moon, will be placed under the aegis of the astrological sign of Leo. A full moon that “will make you want to be seen and admired” and that “will be accompanied by a need to show the world your talents”, according to the astrologers of Marie-France. Same story on the side of the astrologers of Shefor whom this Leo full moon would be “the perfect time to have heart-to-heart conversations, to be honest or to express your creativity”.
This February snow moon will have beneficial effects for Fire signs (Leo, Aries and Sagittarius), Air signs (Gemini and Libra) and Pisces. But from one sign to another, this astronomical phenomenon will not produce the same result. You can find the precise effects that this full moon will have on you this Sunday evening further down this page. In addition, our file on the more general effects of the full moon is also available, in order to know everything about the impacts of this phenomenon, but also to know the dates and times of the next full moons of the year.
The full moon on Saturday February 5, 2023, under the sign of courageous and ambitious Leo, will be exceptional. Leo being a sign of fertility and strength, it allows you to face certain obstacles, it is a full “moon in which you use your charm and seduction to please and achieve your ends. Be careful, because it can ravage the world. Inside and out, it announces a total makeover,” announces astrologer Joyce Duval of Femme Actuelle. Leo being a whole and proud sign, it will however be necessary to use caution in its words, not to give in to anger for not much. Some signs will be more affected than others by this “full snow moon”:
- Fire signs (Lion, Ram and Sagittarius), will be impacted in the right direction by this full moon, especially if they find themselves “in a period of doubt, or on the verge of making a decision”, warns astrologer Joyce Duval of Current wife. Those whose moon sign is Leo “will feel in their element, will dare to speak frankly” announce the magazine’s astrologers She.
- The air signs of Gemini and some Balance will feel the need to communicate and everything will go happily.
- The water sign of Pisces will be the only one of his element to feel the positive effects of this full moon, thanks to the planet Venus. It will replace the “Sunday evening blues with an artistic workshop and/or a good bath”, according to the magazine She.
The full moon on Sunday, February 5, 2023 will occur precisely at 7:28:34 p.m., when the Earth-Moon-Sun alignment is perfect. The schedule is established by the Institute of Celestial Mechanics and Ephemeris Calculation (IMCCE).
The full moon in February is called a “full snow moon” by Native American tribes because it refers to the time of year when heavy snowfall occurs.
If scientists do not validate the theory of the effects of the Moon on this or that astrological sign, it would indeed exert a magneto-gravitational influence on living things. What are these effects of the full moon on our body and our mood? In our file below, you will know all about the effects of the full moon. You can also find the dates and times of the next full moons of the year 2023.
The influence of the Moon on life on Earth is real and scientifically proven, especially its role in the tidal cycle. The lunar cycle would have a real impact on our body, our mood and nature: insomnia, aggressiveness, tides, gardening, hair growth, onset of childbirth… We help you to disentangle the true from the false!
The full moon can raise the PH of the human body. According to the work of biophysicist Jeanne Rousseau, the body’s pH increases (perspiration, bile, saliva, urine) during the full moon, and decreases during the new moon. This is why there is an upsurge in urinary tract infections during this lunar phase.
The menstrual cycles of the woman can be disturbed during the full moon, because there would indeed exist a correlation between the menstrual cycle “greater than 27 days” and the lunar cycle (of 29.5 days), according to a study of the magazine scientist ScienceAdvance. Performed on 300 women, the study proves an intermittent synchronization. But “with age and exposure to artificial light at night, menstrual cycles shorten and lose this synchronization. We assume that in ancient times human reproductive behavior was synchronous with the Moon, but our modern lifestyles have altered reproductive physiology and behavior.”
The full moon disrupts the internal biological clock, increasing time to fall asleep by 5 minutes, reducing sleep duration by about 20 minutes and decreasing deep sleep time by 30%, according to a 2013 study by the journal Current Biology.
Stress, anxiety… The mood can change during the phase of the full moon, since the latter causes sleep disturbances. But each individual reacts more or less to its effects, we then speak of “luno-sensitivity”. The one who reacts most strongly to this influence on his mood will be said to be “badly in the mood”. On the other hand, no scientific study has succeeded in proving a relationship between the Moon and aggressiveness. 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.
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.
In Native American tribes, the menstrual cycles of women were modeled on the cycle of the Moon, and texts dating from the Middle Ages relate this same experience 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 with certainty.
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.
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. 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 and yield. “Gardening while taking into account the cycles of this satellite could therefore prove to be very useful” concluded the review in its article.
Paradoxically, cutting your hair on full moon nights so that it grows back faster has not been scientifically proven, even if many hairdressers recommend cutting hair during the full moon in order to strengthen its structure.
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:
- February 5 at 7:28 p.m.
- March 7 at 1:42 p.m.
- April 6 at 6:36 a.m.
- May 5 at 7:35 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.