Posted on 03/10/2011 4:34:28 PM PST by americanophile
On March 19, the moon will swing around Earth more closely than it has in the past 18 years, lighting up the night sky from just 221,567 miles (356,577 kilometers) away. On top of that, it will be full. And one astrologer believes it could inflict massive damage on the planet.
Richard Nolle, a noted astrologer who runs the website astropro.com, has famously termed the upcoming full moon at lunar perigee (the closest approach during its orbit) an "extreme supermoon."
When the moon goes super-extreme, Nolle says, chaos will ensue: Huge storms, earthquakes, volcanoes and other natural disasters can be expected to wreak havoc on Earth. (It should be noted that astrology is not a real science, but merely makes connections between astronomical and mystical events.)
But do we really need to start stocking survival shelters in preparation for the supermoon? [Photos: Our Changing Moon]
The question is not actually so crazy. In fact scientists have studied related scenarios for decades. Even under normal conditions, the moon is close enough to Earth to make its weighty presence felt: It causes the ebb and flow of the ocean tides.
The moon's gravity can even cause small but measureable ebbs and flows in the continents, called "land tides" or "solid Earth tides," too. The tides are greatest during full and new moons, when the sun and moon are aligned either on the same or opposite sides of the Earth.
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Neap tide will destroy beach cottages
Even stronger is the new moon when the sun and the moon are both pulling from the same direction. The recent Christchurch earthquake happened right after one of those extremes.
The moon does have effects with tides and other things on the planet.
We know our magnetic shield around the planet is week.
We also know there could be some huge X sized solar flares from the sun that could wipe out parts of the planet with radiation.
Did I miss the astroids or anything else?
Just had a big one off east coast of Japan, tsunami washing cars, trucks, and boats on land. Check other new FR posts. Said from 8.4 to 8.9 strength, more aftershocks. Right after a new moon, just as I was saying. Tsunami warnings across the Pacific. Felt in Beijing.
Could be the reason, you never know.
Subjectively, I tend to agree w/ your assertion “Not necessarily related to criminal activity, just activity that was not “normal”, so to speak.”
As a psychologist, I haven’t come across much bona fide research to back up my personal beliefs. I therefore consider it a “pseudo-scientific theory”.
Here is one related publication:
“Lunar cycles and human behavior”
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4345/is_10_37/ai_n42069525/
“The Conclusion
Shakespeare was a great man, but the evidence does not back him up in the case of the moon and madness. Evidence overwhelmingly shows that there is no correlation between human behavior and lunar cycles. So why is this belief so strong? One author offers a hypothesis: Until the availability of domestic and street lighting, moonlight, especially around the days of a full moon, would have permitted many activities, including social gatherings. Perhaps, this belief arose because sleep disruption, which affects illnesses such as bipolar disorder, would have occurred in societies regulated by lunar illuminance (Curr. Biol. 2008;18:R784-94).”
I’d be very interested if anyone could provide some good quality related research which shows the contrary.
Geez O Pete man, couldn’t you Find a larger picture?
Something else re lunar effect on human behavior & Dean Martin sang it:
... When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, That’s amore
When the world seems to shine like you’ve too much wine, That’s amore
Picnic and sex? FrogDad would TOTALLY support that plan!
Supermoon time.
Missed it by 8 days
correlation or causation?
Given the number of predictons being made daily, some are bound to be correct by coincidence, this is all nonsense.
Here it is, a day later, and the author is looking less like a moonbat.
Just ask the people in Japan.
O-o-o, Astro porn!
I’m old enough it don’t afect me:-(
HURRY! Someone tell Shela Jackson Lee. Maybe it'll be close enough for her to see the tracks of the MARS rover, from when NASA drove it over to where Neil Armstrong planted the flag.
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