Moon affects our moods

Tweet

It is well known that moon affects our moods, centuries ago, the word “lunatic” (Luna for Moon) was ascribed to those whose sanity and violence of mood was affected by the full Moon. The patients in mental hospitals and mental asylums become more violent on certain days. As per astrology, the Sun gives life, while the Moon’s pull, its gravitational field regulates it. It affects the tides in sea, the rains, the fertility, the plant life, and even the life cycles of animals and humans. It regulates the menstrual cycle of women and their changing moods too; most women have their period near the full moon or new moon. 6th May is full moon; most women will have periods around this date. Some astrologers believe, the Moon is a station on route for the coming and going of souls to earth, so we the Hindus perform the ‘sradha’, offering to our dead ancestors on different days based on lunar calendar in a particular lunar month. The farmers here, including my relatives that live in our native village in Chhattisgarh and here in Orissa do gardening, sowing of seeds, fishing etc on different days based on lunar calendar. Generally seed sowing and planting is done in day time, morning hours. It is believed that the Moon and its cycles affect plant growth and give a larger, tastier harvest. Here they sow the seeds on Akshya Trutia. Generally the aboveground crops are planted during the light of the Moon; but belowground crops are planted during the dark of the Moon. [b]Ladies, do you think your moods are affected by moon, particularly during menstrual cycles? Have you observed the effect on tides in sea? Do people at your place do fishing, gardening or planting of seeds on days based on lunar calendar? Please share and comment on different aspects of this story. Thanks in advance.[/b] Professor ‘Bhuwan’. . 04/5/2012