There Must be a Full Moon Out There

Every month the moon silently but magnificently orbits planet earth. The reflection of light from the sun gets brighter and fuller each day as the moon begins to once again light up the night sky. Alongside the beauty and magic of the full moon there are also all sorts of phenomena, stories, news reports and incidents that associate the full moon with strange and even crazy human behaviour.

Recently, in the middle of a chat with a sales assistant, the conversation quickly turned to the phase of the moon. He had recently experienced some intense encounters with customers, who had been what he described as moody, aggressive and rude. He looked at me and said, “It must be close to full moon!”.

It is commonplace to hear people talking about the effects of the full moon. From increases in violence, aggression and unusual behaviour, through to car accidents, fights, hospital admissions and arrests, the full moon throughout history has often been linked to strange behaviour. Even the word ‘lunatic’, which refers to a reckless, crazy person or to a mentally disturbed person, is derived from Luna, the Latin word for moon.

Hospital staff and Police Officers have long observed the effects of the period around the full moon. Police departments have been known to roster more officers on in an effort to cope with the expected increases in crime rates. Hospital staff have also faced increases in hospital admissions and emergencies when the moon is full. These are just some of the things they share (Selby, 2015):

“You could almost tell the phase of the moon by how crowded that area of the Emergency Department was. Anytime the moon was full, that area was overflowing.”

 “I think people are sicker and it seems like more unusual things happen when the moon is full, though I don’t think I could ever prove it.”

 “For as long as I’ve worked in the emergency department, whenever there’s a full moon, invariably someone will make a comment about how it’s going to be a rough night.”

The sales assistant mentioned above had his own stories to tell about what he had seen on full moons. Four years earlier he was witness to a brutally violent act on the night of a full moon. He was working as security at the front of a club when a fight broke out. Fists were flying, and the fight ended when a broken piece of glass was used as a weapon. What took place that evening was so disturbing for this young man that he walked away from that job never to return. He had no doubt that the full moon could trigger some very inhumane behaviour.

So what is it that the full moon’s reflection is offering us each month? The incidents described above are extreme, but on some level are we all noticing and feeling the effects of the full moon? Not necessarily always in such an extreme way, but as a more subtle or loud tension within?

The Ageless Wisdom teachings, as learnt through Universal Medicine, have inspired me to learn more about the moon, its cycles and how this both supports and affects me every month. It made total sense when I learnt that the moon has a purpose and that each month it offers us a reflection on how we have been living. The moon is naturally guiding us to return to a way of living that is true and harmonious. It’s quality and movements around the earth not only affect the tides, but also our physiology – yet another reminder of our inter-connectedness with everything.

The full moon, as I have been learning, can be a time of the month where I am asked to reflect upon how I am feeling and therefore how I have been living.

Every full moon feels very much like an opportunity to be more honest with myself and others, to look after myself on a deeper and more loving level, to take my time to connect more with the people in my life, whether I have known them for 2 minutes or 20 years – basically living more lovingly and harmoniously with everyone I meet. The full moon has come to symbolise the potential of how I can be living and relating.

At times the inner tension I can feel is stronger than others, and I have come to accept this as a gift of awareness and understanding – a way of giving me a loving nudge to keep being open to even more. It’s so easy to get stuck in a rut and comfortable with what we know. Yet there are endless opportunities to take a good look at ourselves, our behaviours, how we are in relationships etc., to see what can be let go of to make way for new experiences.

When I find ways to distract myself and avoid this awareness, the inner tension and agitation builds up. This is the opportunity to ask myself the question, “What’s going on within me?” as there is no one else responsible for how I am feeling and choosing to live.

Wherever we are in the world, we can all see the magnificence and magic of the light of the full moon. It’s like an SMS from God to the whole of humanity to remind us all of who we truly are – interconnected, loving human ‘beings’. A message that we all get, regardless of where we are, what we are doing or what we have done. No one ever misses out on our divine reflection.

So is all that strange behaviour that occurs on the lead up to the full moon a resistance or even a denial of the constant evolution that is on offer? We can deny the gift that is on offer or we may choose to accept the reflection and discover that we can let go of the old behaviours, ways of relating and communicating that have never truly supported us and discover a whole new way of living.

By Vicky Geary, Bachelor of Business (Accountancy), Dip. Yoga Teaching, NSW, Australia 

Reference:

 (1) Selby, L. (2015). Full moon madness in the ER: Myth or Reality. American Osteopathic Society, The Do.

Further Reading:
Nature: The Ultimate Reflection
Zoochosis – A very human condition
Our Cycles – Period and Full Moon Diary

480 thoughts on “There Must be a Full Moon Out There

  1. Its amazing how disconnected we really are to the cycles and what they offer us. That we too are an intrinsic part of this and how the Universe is offering us constantly an opportunity to evolve or not. It’s not something we can work out and own it is a matter of surrendering to and being impulsed by to movements that are in divine order.

  2. When we deny the gift offered to us, we will receive it again and again. There will be no judgement but we will just be given the gift that is to live our godliness again and again for us to effectually realise we are not only human.

  3. Like birds trying to fly without realising they have wings, we have seriously misunderstood who we are as human beings, and the way we are governed by these universal cycles.

  4. The cycle of the moon is a very powerful cycle indeed, but how many of us utilise this cycle to support us as shared here by Vicky? There is much for us to take home and work with, deepening our connection with ourselves and with the Universe.

  5. The moon’s cycle is such a beautiful symbol of how we are all moving in cycles which have an energetic influence on us all.

  6. There’s so many tales down the ages of the impact of the full moon and it shows our innate understanding that these times bring a heightened level of awareness and an opportunity to see and feel more of who we are and how we live – it’s a big mirror on how we live.

  7. It can’t be denied that the full moon brings a time of change and to choose to use that time for inner reflection is an empowering aspect of living.

  8. What a gift it is to have that full moon period as a time to reflection on how we have been living over the month. This is a blessing for us all.

  9. How often do we blame things outside ourselves for our situation, rather than take responsibility for our own choices and the consequences they bring.

  10. I love that emergency services prepare for the full moon. Something in that for all of us to consider…people are reacting to something, there is a general increase in the population in terms of this reaction when the full moon is around and it happens every month…there is evidence of something that is all about energy, feeling and sensing something, that there is far more than just and our little lives here, something in our universe is also involved, could it be something to do with energy and also the sun and stars? I would say an absolute YES.

  11. The more and more i see the rhythms and cycles of life, the more the awareness of our interconnections with the universe, the planets the stars and the moon and all this reflects to us and what we are all part of and can be appreciated.

  12. It seems that things that are not dealt with in our lives can appear to be magnified and then the tension we feel is also magnified – another opportunity to clear something that will evolve us.

  13. I am currently feeling the moon cycle stronger than ever before and I’ve been blown away by the impact this cycle has on my body.

  14. We can all feel the ebbs and flows of the rhythm of the moon, like we can see the waves come and go from the shore. The understanding these cycles all affect us energetically as they expand and change, gives us the opportunity to do the same.

  15. I agree, the Full Moon calls for deeper look at our patterns and way of being, I can feel that as it comes around each month. Nature and its cycles share so much for us to learn from and consider.

    1. I can also feel how the reflection of the moon becomes more and more real, I am more easily reading what the message is for me personally.

  16. When we listen to and observe our bodies and behaviour, our relationship with nature is undeniable. We can step up to this reflection and be inspired to respond and take responsibility or we can ignore it and carry on regardless. Anyone who has every worked in a maternity unit knows that night shifts on a full moon are exceptional and noteworthy… often very beautiful, often very intense. Our bodies are in tune with the cycles of the moon, even when we ignore them and or pretend otherwise.

  17. In the same way that a woman’s hormones change throughout her menstrual cycle, it’s incredible that the earth’s fluids – such as water and the tides – follow the cycle of the moon.

  18. ‘are we all noticing and feeling the effects of the full moon?’ – We cannot but feel the effects of the full moon, even though we may not consciously be aware of it and by that, swear that it has no effect whatsoever.

  19. Love this article Vicky. When we let ourselves feel the depths of pondering and consideration that the natural cycles of life are offering, life becomes true education.

  20. Nature is brilliant at reminding us of the grandness of who we are, the simplicity of life and the infinite nature of the universe that we are all a part of. It reminds us that there’s more to life than that which we tend to focus on, a bigger picture and purpose to align to.

  21. How incredible it is that we are so connected to the moon and the cycles of the Universe. If we just stopped for a moment to feel the depth of what is offered to us every single day, perhaps this would start to have a bearing on the responsibility we have to live in way that flowed with these natural rhythms and cycles, instead of fighting against them.

  22. We can all feel the changes of the cycles with the moon whether we choose to acknowledge it or not, we cannot deny its effect on us.

    1. Yes, I agree, Gill and that is what is so cool about our bodies… they continue with their relationship with cycles and all that is natural even when our minds are driving a different agenda.

  23. There is something so magnificent about knowing that no matter where you are in the world, on this spherical earth, we all get the same reflection.

  24. When I’ve spoken with people there seems to be an understanding the full moon has an effect on us. People have volunteered this information without me talking about it. There is an understanding we are a part of a cycle on a grand scale. How much we want to be aware of this is up to us but I know I’ve felt some reluctance to admitting it’s not just the Karin show, I’m part of a grandness that is way grander than anything in my life I’ve tried to create! Letting go of my pride I can embrace this rhythm, I don’t have to exhaust myself trying to make my mark, but I can enjoy being part of the magic.

  25. This is cool Vicky “Wherever we are in the world, we can all see the magnificence and magic of the light of the full moon. It’s like an SMS from God to the whole of humanity to remind us all of who we truly are – interconnected, loving human ‘beings’. A message that we all get, regardless of where we are, what we are doing or what we have done. No one ever misses out on our divine reflection.”
    The moon calls for us to deepen our relationship with god / self and others, it also brings to light the tension of all we have been and have been living, hence the reactions in many. Once again resistance is useless as it only exacerbates or heightens the reaction.

  26. It was the full moon recently and everyone I spoke to struggled to sleep – I am always interested in how the moon effects us all in different ways

    1. Yes, whether we like it or not, the full moon will reflect where we are currently at.

  27. The beauty of the cycles we live in in the universe are very strong and offer us so much reflection and evolution, and the moon cycle is all part of this. So it is not surprising the effects it has on us all, reported in many ways and all this offers, if we are willing to see, allow and receive the understanding from here .

  28. We do know that the moon carries symbolism and potency; there are so many designations as in ‘blue moon’, ‘blood moon’ and all the predictions that come with the full moon’s appearance in the night skies.

  29. I am noticing these days the more subtle effects that this giant globe has on me as it spins around the sun with us, like a huge clock in the sky. When we really take a huge step back to look at the bigger picture, we are part of such a beautiful cycle of planetary movements. Surely then our evolution lies in returning to this harmony that we are an intricate part of.

  30. We have a full blue moon today and I must admit that the past few days have been quite intense for me, with a build up of tension in my body that reflected to me some resistance to embracing all that is there for me to step into. When I realised it was simply a matter of letting go and surrendering to what is next in the cycle. It felt amazing.

    1. I know that feeling Janet, each time the full moon comes around I get so much more of a sense of any aches, pains in my body and really also get to feel where I’ve been looking after myself.

    2. This is a very sweet and simple invitation. Holding tight in any tension is very exhausting and giving ourselves permission to let go is very loving.

  31. All the cycles we live in confirm to us that the world goes around the sun, the moon waxes and wanes, the seasons change, day becomes night, and our lives are inclusive in these cycles. We are actually going nowhere but around and around to be given more opportunities to learn.

  32. It makes sense that we are affected by the moon and indeed what is going on in the universe, because our particles are made up of the same particles that make up the universe.

    1. That is a great question what is going on in the universe. We are affected by the moon more so during the full moon cycle.

  33. Beautifully proposed Jane – we are complicating that which is not only simple, but in fact also very natural to us.

  34. “The full moon, as I have been learning, can be a time of the month where I am asked to reflect upon how I am feeling and therefore how I have been living.” Vicky like you I find this time of the month a great opportunity to reflect on how I have been living and what has been supporting me or not.

  35. The cycle of the moon is such a big part of our lives whether we like it or not so we might as well go with the flow of it instead of resisting it like we do with so much other stuff, like reincarnation for instance.

    1. Very well put Kev. The full moon and moon cycle supports us to feel where we are at and at times it can feel intense when we are the ones who are off track from our natural harmonious way. The moon cycle, similarly to a woman’s period cycle highlights how we have been living for the month. We are part of a great many cycles many of which most of humanity choose to not be aware of yet are actually experiencing in the tensions they feel in their lives and as this blog shares – many have connected the dots between full moon and behaviour.

  36. We can blame all manner of things outside us for our behaviours but in truth our behaviour is the play-out of the energy we each choose – every moment of every day.

  37. For me the moon with its endless repetitive cycles is a constant reminder for me that nothing ever stays still or static in the universe and that things are constantly expanding and moving on and I know whenever I want to keep things the same, static or comfortable I feel more tension building around the full moon. When I am open to change, evolution, growth and a deepening of my relationships with others and with life itself, that tension is much reduced.

    1. It does all come down to our own willingness and self responsibility for how we live each day.

    2. It is so true, the tension comes from the resistance to evolution and deepening the relationship with the natural cycles of life.. less resistance means less tension and more responsivity.

  38. ‘we may choose to accept the reflection and discover that we can let go of the old behaviours, ways of relating and communicating that have never truly supported us and discover a whole new way of living’ Yes we can either be in denial of what’s on offer or just let go and be supported to new ways of being. It reminds me of how many insects travel in the air. They go with the current and because they are with the current they feel the stillness. Whereas something like a flag eventually gets torn and ripped because it is held in one point and feels every blast of the wind.

  39. Making life about the doing, worshipping busyness and so called progress hasn’t worked. What if we put the cycles of the universe first, and built our life around it? Rather than a primitive way of life, we would find an ancient key to life instead.

    1. This is a great what if as is admitting ‘worshipping busyness and so called progress’ isn’t working and will never work, no matter how much energy we put into getting things right. I have put a lot of energy into making life work and only end up exhausted. Listening and honouring the rhythms of the universe, well if we take a moment to consider whole universes are working mighty finely, then surely this is a sure thing!

      So why don’t I want to give up on my little sand castles of an effort?! Do I really want to admit that I think I could improve upon the grandness of the universe?! It reminds me of walking in the most magical woods the other day with a floor of bluebells, and coming across these huge ancient trees where someone had etched in ‘so and so is a rat’ on one. We are given the universe and still want to put our mark on it. I felt the timelessness of the tree, how constant it was and how the markings looked so old that these people had probably long forgotten their grievances, but still there was this reminder of how we fight the grandness of what we can connect to as people.

    2. Great point Joseph… Living our lives by cycles is most certainly not primitive but an ancient wisdom known deep within every one of us.

    3. There are many rhythms and cycles and I’m discovering that even for each one of us we have our own rhythms that support us if we choose to listen. For example a sleep rhythm or food and eating rhythm or a walking or movement rhythm.

  40. I will be more aware now how people behave and how I feel towards the full moon .

  41. Superstition is a way of avoiding feeling, reading and accepting that everything is energy and everything is One and connected with everyone/everything. Expressing a platitude about how it always is, when it is full moon, does reduce the truth and keeps a deeper knowing in the closet.

  42. We are apart of a huge cosmos, a Universe that has a divine order so I find it fascinating that we are not brought up or educated in the fact that everything matters. If we don’t live in this awareness then the cycles of the planets, cosmos and Universe will eventually expose and remind us of this fact.

    1. Yes, it is the biggest, in your face, reminder of how much we ignore that natural cycles we all live within – Not very intelligent really!!

  43. The moon and its cycle has always felt like a time of change – some people feel extreme behaviours, or some people can see it as a time of reflection. This reflection is on how we have been living and what is there to look at for the next cycle. And that is the fun of it – the moon is an ongoing rhythm that allows us to constantly refine.

    1. However we choose to see it or use this cycle, it is and will always continue just doing its things whether we allow our selves to be aware of it or not.

  44. We are shown very clearly by the tidal motion of the oceans of our world the power of the phases of the moon. As we are made up of approximately 60% of water ourselves how can we possibly think the moon would not have a profound effect equally on us. Are we living then, in harmony with the cycle or against it?

    1. So true Jeanette… the moon has an affect on all things water so naturally we are part of its cycle. We can fight it, avoid it or ignore it, however the moon continues to constantly affect us.

    2. Most of us don’t identify with being made up of mostly water because we have it ‘in our heads’ that we are engineers, Mums, hairdressers, bankers, legal secretaries etc. Our idea of who we are is pretty rigid and very image based, if we were to see ourselves as the particles of the Universe that we in fact are, then it would help us to shift the way that we are living from being one that is out of step with life, to one that is in harmony with the flow of life and from there every thing would fall into place, as we found our true place in and with life.

  45. Imagine operating in a room with the heating turned right up but not realising the whole time the controls are right there on the wall. In life we all have our ways of pushing on under duress but the surest way to avoid stress is to understand what’s really going on. The cycles of the stars and moon are not mere decoration – honouring them will help us be in more harmony with life.

  46. The fact that we have statements in our language like “it must be full moon” shows that we know we are all under larger cycles and part of something bigger than what we can simply see. Now we just need to take it a step further and start to see that these cycles are actually impacting our lives every single moment of the day.

  47. When working in residential home for the elderly, I too noticed how more erratic behaviour around full moon was, it was the same very month. It would be intresting to see hospital statistics on this, I imagine the percentage of accidents and trips to A and E also increase during the full moon period.

    1. Wow that’s fascinating, it would be such an interesting subject for science to study in a hospital or care home environment – “what really happens during full moon”.

    2. And of course if you notice it on a small scale, say in a residential home – what could be happening on a bigger scale – say worldwide.

  48. As a security guard for over twenty years and seeing many full moons, which means I also was “working as security at the front of” many clubs and pubs, and the energy I would hold these groups in meant very few fights and when there was a fight they were very easily equaled as I never got involved in throwing punches. Now with a deeper understanding of how life works I would bring a lot more Love to each situation so everyone would be able to feel the reflection of a Loving being, which just like the moon has to be resisted but can never be restrained once the true light and power of reflection is understood.

  49. Now as a postmenopausal woman I really feel the power of the full moon like never before. I possibly did feel it before but did not register what I was feeling. Each full moon is different depending on how I am with myself and how I have lived within the passing moon cycle. It is always interesting to observe.

    1. Imagine even still menstruating women would live and connect to the moon cycles besides their own cycle- using this double cleansing by not refusing or sabotaging it?!

  50. Yes it is on 30th April. We are 3 days into our clearing cycle and it is strong.

  51. As we become more aware of the moon cycle, we get more connected to how we are living in cycles too. As day turns to night and to day again, the cycle returns and we have all been around in life with it. We receive such incredible reflections everywhere when we choose to look at them.

  52. The more I consciously take note of the moon cycles, the more I can feel the rhythm that it offers us, going through stages of motion and repose. Just like when we breathe there is an in-breath and an out-breath, so with life, it is not all about go go go because what quality is the ‘go’ in when we first do not establish it?

  53. I feel it is very very wise to be open at least to the fact that our body does respond naturally to the moons cycles and that, especially in men and older women, there are periods of the month our body can feel heavier and slower than others. I have tended to push through and ignore these moments but realise now it is far far wiser and healthier to honour them.

  54. Just as the moon reflects the light of the sun so too can we reflect the light of God.

  55. We have in our colloquial language, so many references to the fact that there is more going on than what meets the eye… indicating that at some level we know about energy preceding matter and movement.

  56. Thanks, Vicky. You have prompted me to become even more aware of the behaviours of myself and others at different stages of the lunar cycle during the month. What a fascinating study that reminds us that we are all living within the same grandness.

  57. “We can deny the gift that is on offer or we may choose to accept the reflection and discover that we can let go of the old behaviours, ways of relating and communicating that have never truly supported us and discover a whole new way of living.” And when we choose to deny what is on offer to us, we can miss out on so many opportunities that would otherwise support us to grow and become even more of who we truly are.

  58. The moon does provide an ebb and flow to our planetary rhythms, so it supports us immensely to become attuned to this satellite and its purpose, a small piece of the Universe in action that enables us to deal with all our internal clutter and refine the quality of our livingness if we so choose.

  59. As a very real, visible and accepted cycle, the moon phases are symbolic of the innumerable cycles we live in and the opportunity we always have to refresh, clear and make changes.

  60. ‘The full moon, as I have been learning, can be a time of the month where I am asked to reflect upon how I am feeling and therefore how I have been living.’ Great to reflect Vicky.

  61. I’ve been noting how it’s not only the full moon so many of us are affected by each cycle, but also the new moons and everything else in between too. This is because each and every day there is a difference to the energy of it and as beings of energy we are thus affected by all energetic change that occurs on our planet which is then confirmed by each cycle of a full moon. The full moon is thus our marker of energetic activity and our own energetic state of being.

  62. Not recognising that the moon effects us all in many different ways, is like not believing there is a God, just because you don’t believe doesn’t change the fact that there is.

  63. Like a kid at Christmas we rip open the box of our latest toy, smash it about and fiddle with it all year – only to discover the owner manual later. The cycles of life are the key instructions we have been missing in our lives – and living ignorant of these has certainly had a big effect on our bodies.

  64. Wise words Vicky: “So is all that strange behaviour that occurs on the lead up to the full moon a resistance or even a denial of the constant evolution that is on offer? We can deny the gift that is on offer or we may choose to accept the reflection…” – and so once again, it is an opportunity for growth and evolution for us all. And if we find ourselves being more irritated, doing things that are not supportive, it can help to be super honest and realise that this might just have something to do with how we have been earlier on in the month. Such realisations can be super empowering.

  65. The full moon offers us an opportunity – an opportunity to reflect and feel so that we can indeed go deeper with understanding what is needed in our lives to make true improvements rather than just small superficial ones.

  66. It is wonderful to consider that nature has a certain cycle that it repeats each month, as the moon makes its journey around the earth. And I love how this cycle has a direct impact on us, as the people who are living on the earth, how we have a direct relationship with this massive ball of rock, and how we can learn from its orbits just as much as any day can give the splendour of its teachings.

  67. Perhaps we would be much better off not shutting down our awareness to the big and small cycles in life, as our body too is made up of its own cycles and associated movements.

  68. Cycles are inescapable – even when we ‘think’ that we are not in sync or attuned to them we can’t help but be, because we are made up of particles which respond before our head can think otherwise.

  69. The reflection of the full moon is an amazing part of the cycles of life that we are all under, and part of in the Universe we live in, reminding us of the magnificence and grandness we are all from and allowing us the opportunity to reflect on how we are living within the all of God.

  70. Interesting how we blame others and or outside factors for our behaviour when it is us who have chosen that behaviour.

    1. Spot on Paula, we can be quick to blame another or others when in fact we are just resisting taking responsibility for how and what we have contributed!

  71. Practical and simple break down of what is a very normal event each month, but somehow has been portrayed as something spooky. Paying attention to nature, and even the universe and what it offers broadens our understanding of who we are and how we are living.

  72. If I am feeling clear around the time of the full moon I feel absolutely amazing. It is a time when we are pulled to be more, and if there is nothing in the way in the form of un-dealt with issues we are free to respond and expand.

  73. ‘When I find ways to distract myself and avoid this awareness, the inner tension and agitation builds up.’ – We can run but we cannot really hide from the reflection that the moon is offering, no matter how much we attempt to ignore it.

  74. This goes to show that our bodies are attuned to cycles – we can either pay attention to these cycles or not. But either way, we’re in a cycle.

  75. You ether Love or hate the moon cycle, depending on the relationship that you have with your essence. When we are connected to our essence the full-moon is definitely something that is looked forward to.

  76. The full Moon is another great reminder that life is full of cycles and we keep going around and around within all these cycles until one day we have fully learnt what these cycles are there to teach us.

  77. ‘Wherever we are in the world, we can all see the magnificence and magic of the light of the full moon. It’s like an SMS from God to the whole of humanity to remind us all of who we truly are – interconnected, loving human ‘beings’.’ Love this Vicky.

  78. The full moon and its trajectory around the earth remind us that we are part of something much bigger than human life on this one little planet.

  79. I love how open we can be with the rhythms we are in. Being open to this is needed if we are going to maximize what’s on offer rather than resist.

  80. I love the awareness you bring here and how if you feel tension in your body around the time of the full moon or I guess any time ask yourself the question “What’s going on within me?” as there is no one else responsible for how I am feeling and choosing to live.’ I feel this is something I need to do more and more .. checking in with how I am feeling and why.

  81. I think we avoid cycles because they reflect to us the consistence of life and the constant opportunity to evolve rather than a linear line leaving behind that which we don’t want to deal with.

    1. The cycles of the moon show use we are trapped on a tread mill that is imposable to get off or a constant opportunity to evolve. A set of choices we get to chose everyday!

      1. True – and that brings in the responsibility factor… which we are quick to ignore.

    2. Ah so true! Ive often found myself thinking – oh wow! I thought I’d got rid of that or ticked that off as past history only to find another layer still present. The pull to constantly evolve does ask us to leave behind what no longer serves us. It’s me who attracts it back. Being honest I do this and it’s still present is great. As is using rhythms to support me in this.

      1. I agree – when our focus is on the lineal, when issues reappear we can convince ourselves they are different so be surprised the same patterns are playing out, but really its just the same thing being repeated with a different setting. How often do we re-cross the same spot and simply slip into the same patterns we always do? Cycles support us to let go of these patterns of behaviour, to recognise them and work on different responses rather than reactions

    3. Touché Rebecca… that is a great point – choosing to see life as lineal means we can supposedly avoid looking at our past choices and taking responsibility. However, as life is in truth all about cycles, we inevitably come back to them anyway… they may have a different flavour but the same energy remains from the past.

      1. I agree Paula, we will re cross the mark again and again, constantly offered a chance to change how we react or respond, and then to deepen than response.

  82. Full moon, new moon, half moon… all of the stages of the moon have an impact on us.

  83. If the moon afects the tides around the world how arrogant are we if we were to say that the moon has no effect on us as human beings.

    1. It is a short lesson we all get to appreciate and feel every 29.5 days. Why do we ignore something that affects everything on this planet?

  84. Now I am post menopausal I am even more aware of the Full Moon’s influence on my moods and body symptoms. It is very clear to me that how I have lived the last month makes a difference to how intense these are. Knowing this is what it is enables me to react less and allow the body to clear these energies.

    1. Great point Joan. The full moon shows us how we have lived for the past month just as our menstrual cycle does. Both bring to light what is going on in our body due to the choices we have made.

  85. The repeated cycles from new moon to full moon are a visual and sensory reminder that we live in a grander sequence and movement that is more than an academic understanding… a sequence of movement that our body intrinsically knows.

  86. Cycles are everywhere… and life has such a graceful rhythm and harmony when we flow with these cycles.

    1. It sure does Paula, for me it shows me and opens me up to quite how much support there is for me to be all of the love that I am. So rather than thinking life has to be a struggle and everything is against me, it is in fact the opposite – I just have to choose to connect and everything then is taken care of.

  87. It is magnificent to feel how God does not hold back a smidgen in reflecting all that we truly are and have currently chosen to be. It is not that God has ever left us, it is that we have not chosen to see the truth.

  88. Yes I can totally relate to this tension you mention in your blog here, especially before the full moon but it can be there anytime and I have noticed it is usually there when I am ignoring or refusing to look at something in my life that needs addressing or adjusting.

  89. When we do this our body will be able to feel the tension we create from avoiding our evolution. Crazy behaviours are an explosion of the tension we don’t know how to deal with or clear.

  90. The tension we may feel from the reflection from a full moon is an opportunity for us to deepen our connection and to be open to understand what is really going on.

  91. The moon cycle and the energetic changes/advances it brings have become a living reality and great support for me that in the past I could not even consider to be possible and tangible. We may easily accept that indigenous cultures have or had such close relationship with nature but not necessarily consider that for ourselves in our digital age. Through Universal Medicine this eternal cosmic interrelationship is reintroduced in a modern way.

  92. The joy of the full moon and what it is really offers us by reflection is amazing to appreciate and choose the healing it offers. But equally explains the erratic and extreme behaviours that occur in the resistance of this and the tension that is felt. We really do have a choice how we live and how to be with the universe and all the constellations it offers us every day beautifully so.

  93. The full moon is such an exquisite reminder of where we are at, whether or not we like to see it.

  94. ‘It is commonplace to hear people talking about the effects of the full moon.’ – Yes it is, but I often find it is somehow ridiculed, as if they can feel the effects but still don’t quite believe it and hence have to make fun of it not to feel stupid about themselves.

  95. Over time my sensitivity to the phases of the moon has increased – often now I might find a tension building in and around how I feel or situations at home or at work. Then I will be out walking in the evening and I can see the moon full to bursting and there is now an understanding – a monthly offering to really feel what is going on, come back to how I am feeling, and to clear that out and make the changes so we are fresh for the month ahead.

  96. The evidence is there before us that we are engaged in a rhythm that is much bigger than us, like living in a giant clock, we are part of a grander movement taking place around the sun. This gives us a choice on a monthly basis to check in with our way of life and its effects and to address all those behaviours that fuel our madness or confirm our divinity.

  97. The full moon is a definite reflection for me now days of how I have been living, I can feel quite exhausted, achy, or irritable on the lead up to it or I can feel really good.

  98. At the moment it sometimes seems as if we have only full moons – people are making more and more extreme choices in their life, eating more and more if obesity statistics are any indication, making more and more extreme political choices and taking very hard drugs like ice and, in the US, taking more and more opiates as pain killers leading to an increased death rate through overdoses.

  99. There is no escape from tension but reading how it could be felt as a loving nudge to be open to more love, more understanding and appreciation is something I can choose to embrace. Doing so will be a life changer.

  100. Our body, and the divine wisdom that lays within, is truly a gift from God. When I read this line – “When I find ways to distract myself and avoid this awareness, the inner tension and agitation builds up”, I had such appreciation for how much our body loves us and wants to live in truth and harmony, otherwise if we did not have such an inner guide (with notes such as tension/agitation), who knows how far off the compass we would be?

    I know some would say we are far off track now, in some ways they are correct, but I know I thank God for this inner compass that sends me tension when I start to veer too much off track. It keeps me on the ‘straight and narrow’ which means I come back to me, my life, and my responsibilities.

  101. We have become ‘clever’ at sidestepping our innate awareness as well as our ability to sense and read what is going on around us by denying anything that we can’t see and measure. Besides the fact that we will only ever find ways of measuring something if there is the will and the funds allocated to do it, we will conveniently ignore the evidence even when it is looking at us straight in the eye. When both the police and A&E departments have stated that they have noticed and plan for an increase in the cases they have to deal with around the time there is a full moon, what other proof do we need that there is something going on?

    1. Is that sidestepping getting harder, i.e. does something that worked well a few years ago still work equally well?

  102. The fact that comment or joke about the full moon having some kind of effect on human behaviour, indicates that we actually are aware of energy more than we are prepared to admit.

  103. With all the anecdotal stories over the centuries of the behavioural changes and the known influence of the pull on the tides and other physical manifestations, I find it surprising that there has not been more scientific research undertaken of the influence of the moon on our lives. Perhaps there is not yet the technology to identify such phenomena?

  104. It is actually utterly ridiculous, that we as human beings think that we are separate to each other and from another. Being able to sense the power of the moon should actually open our eyes towards the fact, that we are part of a universe that constantly communicates with us. Everything is divinely constellated and flows together. The universe talks to us when it is full moon, but also any other time.

    1. It is very ridiculous that anyone could think that we are separate from anything. If we don’t belong to this universe then where do we belong? When you think about it like this it exposes all the arrogance we can carry about being individual or special. We are all the same, we are all made of the same stuff, and we are connected to everything. It cannot be any other way.

  105. How powerful would it be to educate children about the grander cycles they are a part of, so that from young they stay aware of the multi-dimensionality of life?

    1. Yes, to be educated in the cycles and rhythms of one’s body, in nature, in the Universe and their inter-connectedness would go a long way towards bringing understanding of our multi-dimensionality.

  106. I read an article once that stated that the whole full moon thing was just a myth and it had all these so called facts to back it up. It sounded pretty plausible by how it was written and I bet it led many people to believe that it was true, but that is what happens if we let the mind lead the way because the mind can be convinced or tricked into anything. We only have to feel what is going on in and around us when the full moon comes around to know that it does effect more than just the tides.

    1. Interesting Steve, because we seem to deny a lot of things in life and my feeling is so we don’t have to embrace how powerful we are ourselves.

  107. ‘or we may choose to accept the reflection and discover that we can let go of the old behaviours, ways of relating and communicating that have never truly supported us and discover a whole new way of living.’ I love this line as it opens the door to welcoming reflections and deepening our connections with ourselves, others and the universe. I would add God too and the opportunity to be religious in life.

  108. This is so true I was talking to my boss the other day and she also referred to the fact that it was a full moon and how it had affected her. I wonder as the moon is in a monthly cycle what would our choices in the month contribute to how we feel during a full moon?

  109. I’m noticing more and more, how i feel on the days leading up to the full moon, whether it is good or bad is a reflection on how I have been living. Sometimes when I wake up feeling overly rough and look at a full moon calendar it is usually a week before it or there-a-bouts.

  110. This behavioural oscillation proves that humanity is naturally attuned with the unseen planetary forces that surround us, to sweep these into the “it must be a full moon” envelope feels like a compression of the potential offering that the moon cycle offers us all.

    1. Actually it is funny, even the ones that don’t believe in energy and that everything is because of energy do say “I could not sleep, it was full moon”. It is indeed so common to say that, but it gets sold in society as a fact and rightly said Lucinda, it keeps us in the superficiality about it and does not truly let us ask why I personally could not sleep?!

  111. One day we shall all acknowledge the significant importance of the moon, just like we do today acknowledge that the earth is round.

  112. If we consider how much of an effect the moon cycle has on sea tides, it seems natural to me that the moon cycle will also have an effect on us too (considering how much of our body is composed of water). The more we are aware of this, the more we can bring understanding to how we react or respond to that cycle…

    1. When we break the logic of this down, Fiona it makes much sense. Rather than it being a bit voodoo it is easy to see and accept that the moon cycle does have, in fact, an impact on our bodies and on us.

  113. It makes perfect sense that the full moon would affect the human body. The average adult is around 60% or more water depending on our wellbeing, and since the tides at full moon do change because of the effect of the moon, it would therefore follow that we too and the water molecules in our bodies are being pulled to be more when the moon is full. So I wonder if the craziness is our way of avoiding the pull to be more?

  114. Life is so much richer and grander when we connect to the numerous cycles that make up the Universe.

  115. As I consider some of the cycles that I live within, I am struck by how in the past I was closed off to feeling myself to be part of something greater, and it is only recently that I am filled with wonder and joy at being held by something so very divine and grand that I will never feel alone ever again.

    1. Yes, when I let myself feel the grandness of what we all belong to, I wonder how I made myself so isolated and small. I was very skilled at not connecting to divinity, and though I still may fall into a poor me who’s all alone and unworthy of love (which is so not true!), and it maybe an old pattern, but it is one that no longer holds water. This is a miracle because I prided myself on doing life alone whilst complaining about it!

  116. Feeling tension is a great opportunity to appreciate as we have reached a point of feeling more and there is a greater resistance to this awareness.

  117. Most of my life, similar to the majority of women around me menstruation was looked upon as an inconvenience you had to suffer! It has been fascinating and immensely empowering for me to start paying more attention and reconnect to my relationship with women’s menstrual cycle and realise what gift this offers to us – thanks to the support offered by Universal Medicine and Women’s Health on this. Our life would be so much more enriched if we start to similarly deepen our awareness and understanding of our relationship with the various cycles in our life. The moon is a great example.

  118. Cycles hold life and give it ebb and flow – no longer a never ending, wondering line it is a cycle with meaning and substance and growth.

  119. We can kill the proverbial messenger by resisting and fighting the reflection and pull up the moon offers us each month, but it is far wiser to be open to be lifted up to being more and observing what it brings up for us and what we feel triggered by.

  120. The constancy and absoluteness of the cycles of the moon are deeply supporting us to feel the cycles we live in, and with, always. How much do we let ourselves feel and be obedient to these cycles?

  121. What a beautiful time to reflect and evaluate what is going well in our life, or not so, when the moon is full and we have a marker to come back to each month.

  122. That letting go and really allowing ourselves to truly feel what is going on and what is on offer can seem so foreign but the more we give it a go the easier it becomes as it really is a matter or surrendering and doing nothing.

  123. We can all feel the full moon coming and the intensity that can often bring and as you say Vicky this is reflected in the way people talk about it. It is interesting when you really tune in as it is indeed a very important part of our monthly cycle as it shows us just how we have been living our month and every full moon can be a totally different experience.

  124. Another example of how things outside of our scientific understanding are pushed aside and their effects go unaddressed

  125. I never gave much thought about what people were saying about the moon and how it may affect them; it seemed to me being superstition or lame excuses, no different than blaming the weather for one’s mood. Since I have opened up to the possibility that we can actually feel and discern what the moon´s reflection communicates, I am very curious to explore it with every new moon and full moon and I am fascinated by what we actually are offered and can consciously recognize with our bodies. It is a very direct experience of being part of and belonging to the cosmic rhythms, the universe.

    1. Same, Alex – I used to think that all this moon talk was hokey pokey and people were talking gibberish. However, the more I pay attention to it consciously the more I realise the impact it has on us.

    2. Like many people, I also dismissed the effects of the moon and its cycle – there was too much temporal stuff going on, thanks! In my linear driven need to make all things secure and to simply get by – paying the rent, getting my job done, being liked I didn’t really give myself space to connect with what was right there before me and around me but most of all I simply wasn’t connecting to me. If I had I would have been much more in tune with my own cycles and the cycles of the planet! I am conscious that there is still more to do here and so beginning with tracking the moon cycle and how I feel during each one is a great place to start.

  126. Thank you Vicky this is beautiful what you share “We can deny the gift that is on offer or we may choose to accept the reflection and discover that we can let go of the old behaviours, ways of relating and communicating that have never truly supported us and discover a whole new way of living.”

  127. Beautiful Vicky, the gift of the full moon and what is really happening with it’s refection to us of how we are living is super supportive, and the knowing of this makes absolute sense of everything, the behaviours and pull that we all feel. To be more love is something we will always feel and it is up to us to live this, or else the energy required to resist it is also ever more harmful to us

  128. Thanks Vicky, I appreciated your words on the tension that may be felt prior to the full moon, and that this is a call to examine how we may live a more loving and caring life for ourselves in the next moon cycle.

    1. The full moon is such an exquisite reminder of where we are at, whether or not we like to see it.

  129. I suppose I could call myself a “Lunatic” in terms of being one who lives by the cycles of the moon! I certainly know that I am and have always been aware of the cycles of the moon and how this can affect how I feel OR how it can bring me awareness of what has been going on for me that is lying un-addressed. The moon can be deeply unsettling for me OR it can be deeply settling and give me an amazing ‘boost’ in terms of opening up and allowing myself to embrace myself, others and life more. The experience is not due to the moon itself – but it is due to my accumulated choices throughout the month of working in line with my Soul or perhaps not. So when the moon comes knocking on my door, it is a time of reflection in giving myself permission to feel how much I have taken on board of the opportunities to be more connected to my Soul in the month gone by. Now that is a powerful way to allow oneself the opportunity to grow.

  130. Where would we be without the full moon and its reflection? We can choose to see it as the ‘curse’ and how ‘it’ is the trigger for all of the societal crazy behaviour that we see. Or we can choose to see it as the blessing that is here to reflect the unrest in us that is yet to be addressed. The real question is where do we want to take it, and how much are we willing to deal with what we know needs to be dealt with?

    1. Being open to the fact that there is a monthly cycle here, that we have no control over and that we are indeed governed by, when connected to from the body rather than the head, alters our perception of it. Rather than it being something weird and unexplained and perhaps a little bit scary, we are offered a realisation that can deepen our connection to our bodies and our choices. In that deeper connection, there is understanding and awareness, more clarity – things start to make more sense.

    2. When I read your words I am reminded of the menstrual cycle. This is often called the ‘curse’ and is blamed for crazy behaviour too. We can choose to view it like this or we can open to the greater healing on offer and address the issues that make us feel crazy.

  131. It is great that it is recognised there will be more incidents on a full moon night in A&E. People are so aware and knowing, the tensions can be felt. We can learn so much by living with the flow in the cycles of the moon, and the corrections become unnecessary.

  132. When everyone is going a bit crazy and there are emotions flying about, tantrums happening, frisky behaviour, and general unease, it is usually the full moon! It’s great that there is a reason for this irrational behaviour, but we need to start looking deeper into the reason for the tensions instead of leaving them unresolved, continue to live with them, then experiencing the magnification of them every time a full moon comes round. We can take control instead of being in delay.

    1. This is very true Rebecca. Its very easy for us to blame our irrational behaviour on something outside of ourselves rather than responsibly looking more deeply within ourselves and at the reasons why we may be behaving this way.

  133. Honouring cycles is like letting go of my iron grip and control on life and learning to go with the flow of a plan that is so much grander than me, but in which I, as do we all, play an integral part.

  134. If the moon can pull and influence the tides in our massive oceans, then it would be crazy to not consider that it can influence the 80% water that we humans are made of. Just because the water is contained in a body does not mean that it is suddenly impervious to the universal laws. Understanding the influence of the moon, as with all the cycles that influence the movements we make is age old and something to rekindle to have a ceremonious, harmonious and meaningful life.

    1. ‘If the moon can pull and influence the tides in our massive oceans, then it would be crazy to not consider that it can influence the 80% water that we humans are made of.’ – Put like that, it is utterly ridiculous that we choose to fight and dismiss the massive and universal wisdom of the moon. If we truly look at what is presented in this one sentence, it makes absolute sense. Why then, do we fight and argue it?

  135. We have become so accustomed to the arrogant idea that we are untouchable, supreme in power over land, sea, sky and nature. But in that arrogance, we dismiss the possibility that in fact, we might be more impacted by the cycles around us than we like to think. The moon is a beautiful example of how even when we deny and resist, we are still part of the cycle. How would it look if we were to swim with the current rather than against it?

  136. I almost laughed out loud the other day – after reading this blog, I have been thinking about the impact of the full moon when a woman in a conversation about giving birth, mentioned how they had gone into labour on the full moon, and how the wards are always so much more full because the moon can help bring on labour. It made me smile, yet another example of just how in tune our bodies can be with the cycles of life, even if we dismiss them as being unable to affect us.

  137. ‘When I find ways to distract myself and avoid this awareness, the inner tension and agitation builds up.’ – Yes, and the moon never fails to lovingly tell us we are off track.

  138. The cycles of life are amazing , and there to assist us on our way out of here.

  139. Could it be that we are all little star-lights that reflect Gods love depending on what phase we are choosing?
    “No one ever misses out on our divine reflection.” We are all doing much more as you suggest Vicky, so maybe it is time to take our dark glasses off and accept the loving light we are all reflecting?

  140. Each month and each day we are offered another cycle to reflect on the quality of how we live and bring more love, truth and harmony to the universal movements we are all a part of.

  141. I have in the past been drawn to the ‘mystery’ around the full moon – today I know there’s no mystery, on the contrary a very real reflection to remind us we are so much more than just flesh and blood.

  142. ‘It’s like an SMS from God to the whole of humanity to remind us all of who we truly are – interconnected, loving human ‘beings’.’ – Stunning Vicky – absolutely love it!

  143. It be seen as hilarious that humanity is bang in the middle is so many cycles: the 24hr cycle, the moon cycle, the seasons, our relationship with the Stars, women’s menstrual cycle and many other cycles in the body that we don’t even bother to consider unless something goes medically wrong. And that’s not counting other cycles such as reincarnation which some of us still dispute. All in all cycles are everywhere. Yet humanity insists on thinking that life is lineal and that we are leaving something behind and going somewhere.

  144. I love the full moon – I love it because it is so bright. It is wonderful that the full moon is also reflecting our choices we have made. It is sad that not more people are aware of this fact. Therefore I very much appreciate that you have written such an awesome blog about it Vicky.

  145. I always thought that these occurrences of erratic behaviour around the full moon where just myth – understandable but not something so acknowledged, it’s amazing how we live and are so impacted by the cycles around us and yet pay them so little attention.

    1. Goes to show how we, mankind, have dismissed the ageless wisdom – instead we live in the ignorance and total arrogance that if it isn’t scientifically proven it is not real and does not count.

      1. Science has provided the perfect purposeful blindfold to all that is real and actually happening but which we do not want to see or acknowledge

  146. Yep it would be interesting to see all the diaries leading up to and during a Full Moon and how they differ from the rest of the month and how we resist what is offered to us as a time for healing and reflection.

  147. The full moon offers us a stop moment and a reflection……..a moment to pause and take stock and understand the cycles of the Universe as they forever present a way to live with greater grace and love and as you say Vicky ‘The moon is naturally guiding us to return to a way of living that is true and harmonious’.

  148. I don’t specifically or intellectually know the dates of the full Moon, but my body always knows. I feel a powerful opening to be more of myself during this time and I observe especially when people around me start to feel low, it is my responsibility to reflect more.

  149. Even in the most temporal and structured of organisations and underneath all the ‘red tape’ of structure, do we still have an inkling and awareness that there is more going on than meets the eye and beyond the realms of human control.

  150. “there is no one else responsible for how I am feeling and choosing to live” is a fundamental truth, that once I understood I could no longer blame others for what was happening, or refuse my part in everything I experienced.

  151. Great timing of publishing this post as we neared the full moon, feel in real-time effects of the moon’s phase.

  152. This is incredible how even secular, rational organisations such as the medical system and the police force acknowledge the effects of the full moon on human behaviour! It just shows that we are all feeling the natural cycles of the planet and the universe all the time and we know this science innately, we just choose to not be aware of it most of the time.

  153. It makes sense that at a time when the full moon is out and asking us to reflect on how we are living, that there is more irrational behaviour. Why? Because we resist reflection and consolidation in our lives. Everything these days is about getting on with it and getting on to the next thing, and in that we have no pause and reflect moments.

  154. As you’ve shared no matter where we are in the world we are all connected by the moon and it’s cycles, which is a beautiful fact that we cannot change, no matter how much separation and division we have attempted to set up.

  155. It is remarkable how even when we keep consistency, see a pattern play out, we are content with ignoring it, or at best noting a possible link, and not going any deeper.
    Hence many women get cranky before their period, illness is caused by bacteria, virus, genes or randomly… We like boxing and labelling things in isolation and stop short of seeing the bigger picture reflected. I love the fact that Universal Medicine has inspired me to look again.

  156. I love how my body responds to all things in the universe, including the moon.

  157. The full moon is a beautiful time, it always feels very important and an opportunity to stop and consider – sometimes it’s simply choosing to change my bed sheets, picking a colour I feel will support me going forward and having that fresh clean start when I go to sleep.

  158. The moon is an awesome reminder that we too are all a reflection of a greater light we are coming back to

  159. Susan indeed, until Universal Medicine I always felt there was more but never had anyone to express this with, or understand and explore what that more is. I thought no one else felt the same yet we simply look at science and see how we already know the world is all about energy but then don’t take the next step to see what that means for us and our lives.

  160. Often in Uk we don’t see the full moon because of the clouds, but we can all feel its effect on us, whether we choose to understand it or not.

  161. Yes Susan, the ignorance to this fact that we live in a world of energy can be clearly seen in the emergency rooms and police stations because of the increased violence and accidents that take place when we have a full moon asking us to be more of who we truly are.

  162. I do recognise the effect the full moon has on my life since I have become aware of this cycle through the teachings and presentations by Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine. Every full moon it is like there is a new package to unwrap and to make part of my life in the new cycle to come. Living with the moon cycle like this makes me to feel the grandness we all are part of, and that is in full support to help us to return to that same grandness we have forgotten is our true home.

  163. The moon is the indirect reflection of the love we are from and in a way, you could say, it is calling or pulling us back to this love every month when it shows its full lighted face. To me the increased rate of violence and accidents at full moon is the measure people in our societies are connected to this pull but for the moment try to resist.

  164. “there is no one else responsible for how I am feeling and choosing to live.” This would be a great educational point in schools when growing up. Unfortunately we live in such a blame culture, where we often, if we are not feeling good then say it is someone else’s fault, this mentality will always keep us from learning the valuable lessons that are on offer.

  165. Before a full moon I feel similar to before my period, there’s like a spotlight on everything in my life that doesn’t belong or requires some kind of reshuffling or change. This full moon we just had was particularly powerful for me around making decisions and moving forward with them. We are supported no end to know exactly who we are and where we come from.

  166. Everyone is effected by the full moon in some way or another even if they don’t know why. I find it quite common to hear people talking about it.

    1. Yes I agree, everyone is affected by the full moon, the difference is are we open to what is on offer and do we implement it in our lives, or do we stay stuck in our ways where the reflection is full of tension?

      1. And why is it that we don’t welcome the tension, as it is there to clearly show us that something is just not right. The tension is like the knock on the door. Don’t ignore it, go explore it.

  167. I love this proposal, to consider the possibility that each monthly full moon, the changes in human behaviour could be “Resistance” and “Denial” or acceptance of the light – Our light, that is symbolically reflected back to us from the moon…

  168. Beautifully said, Vicky. I love how the cycle of the moon reflects to us that there is always more to unfold from within ourselves and ever more potential to deepen in our livingness.

    1. I agree – rather than being repetitive or becoming dull, to me the moon is the greatest representation of a cycle that is constant and consistent and always beautiful.

    2. It is really worth sitting with the reflection of the cycle of the moon as there is so much to offer. I have only really begun to understand and appreciate the power of the moon cycle.

  169. There is certainly is a full moon out there at the moment, well yesterday, and it was feeling completely beautiful to go for a walk under its auspices. The landscape is totally magical under the beams of the moon and deep beneath the brilliance of it the magic lies. I remember when a little girl often feeling like writing when there was a full moon on – I could feel the power of it and just wanted to write down how I was feeling about things. But I can also feel what the tension of it is like and see what factors would lead to someone feeling adversity in it.

  170. We often seem to consider the past as a time controlled by superstition and lack of knowledge about the world in terms of scientific understanding – and yet in the past there was a respect and awareness of cycles such as the moon that we no longer have, and yet from what you share we are no less impacted by the moon cycle

    1. There sure was a different level of respect and awareness of cycles in the past which was accepted and lived, where along the way did we lose this as a society?

  171. When I was nursing, it was easy to tell when there was a full moon by the behaviour of the patients. These would be the nights when ‘weird things’ happened and those already a bit emotionally unstable would ‘go off’. I noticed this at a time in my life when I didn’t give much thought to the moon. It makes sense that there is a build-up of tension for those resisting their divine origins, which like a pressure cooker gets released in various ways.

  172. The moon is strong enough to pull the oceans of the world and create the tides. Our bodies are mostly water so to me it’s a no brainer that the moon has a big impact and influence on our bodies.

    1. It is quite amazing what and how the moon affects the tide and how that can change the whole shape of a beach over night.

  173. I read this blog first time on the first day of seven before the full moon and now 1 day after. It was an awful week but awful in that rejecting what is on offer has been the most crippling and not the advance in being more loving with myself and others.

  174. Yes, Vicky. Having had a full moon last night I can say that the week leading up to it has been a powerful time of reflection, an opportunity to refine my movements, my diet, my schedule and my sleep routine.

    1. In the week leading up to this full moon, I can honestly say that I have never felt as tired. There has been simply no other option but to take things really gently, listen to my body and allow myself to rest. It has asked me to clock where I have the tendency to go into drive and to stay with my body without pushing.

    2. It is great when we allow ourselves to connect to the week leading up to the full moon, as we can truly honour ourselves at that time by connecting to the reflection and make changes in our lives to support us through the full moon.

  175. It was the full moon this weekend and I could really feel some tension this week in my body building up in the lead up to the full moon, so I agree the cycles of the moon definitely has an impact on us. I know other people have felt the same thing.

  176. This is particularly pertinent as we have the full moon this evening, spot-on timing of points to reflect on; “Every full moon feels very much like an opportunity to be more honest with myself and others, to look after myself on a deeper and more loving level, to take my time to connect more with the people in my life, whether I have known them for 2 minutes or 20 years – basically living more lovingly and harmoniously with everyone I meet. The full moon has come to symbolise the potential of how I can be living and relating.”

  177. The full moon for me is a checkpoint, a point of reflection on how much I am in sync with what the universe offers, how open and willing I am or not, to activate and live the indwelling potential in relation to the greater whole.

  178. It’s something we can find handy to blame but blame is only an avoidance of what is truly on offer.

    1. Totally Nikki. It is quite a big and life-changing step to use nature as a reflection of our own state rather as a target to blame. People have been ‘burning witches’ for far too long, to keep themselves wallowing in comfort and ignorance. I know that I can catch myself wanting to blame someone or something for some demise in myself. How disempowering.

      1. It’s totally disempowering and a complete passing of the buck. On the other hand, the opposite (not passing the buck and embracing responsibility) is the total opposite (empowering, healing and so much more!).

  179. The Moon is a reflection of who we truly are and our body reveals to us how much we have embraced this awareness in our way of living during the previous month. It is for us to choose to surrender and to let go of all that keeps us from being the divine light we are and to feel our connection with the universe.

  180. We have all experienced or heard others reflect on the erratic behavior of people at the full moon, but how many of us have asked the deeper question as to why this is?
    This article takes us there, it invites each of us to look at our behaviours and our own personal hurts, because everyone’s will be different. What we all do have in common though is that our hurts hold us in a way of living (saddness, anger, given up-ness, resentment to name a few) that exacerbate during the full moon, where as if we honestly begin to address them, our choices in behavior begin to change and we then begin to appreciate the beauty of what the moon cycle offers.

  181. There are many cycles in life that offer us the opportunity to reflect on life, how we are living and then make new changes and commitments to this. Our daily, weekly, monthly, moon, sun, yearly cycles. The list is endless really. We live in constant cycles and yet we remain for the majority completely unaware of them and what they offer.

  182. I saw the moon last night, in full… perfect round and glowing, through the trees and over a canal. The stop moment just to gaze and appreciate was too strong and I did have to tear myself away to get into the house. I always connect to the wonder of the universe when I gaze at it.

  183. I love how your blog presents the possibility that we could be under a greater cycle and greater rhythm than just that of our temporal, physical lives, it makes sense, we are part of a grand and massive universe and we know the earth has many unseen forces (ie gravity, energy etc) so why would we no consider that perhaps there are many other rhythms or cycles in the universe we are naturally part of.

  184. I have always loved the moon, felt it to be something ancient and sacred and an important cycle.

  185. The full moon is a beautiful sight, captivating and I find its reflection very stilling.

  186. I am not sure if it is the full moon or the current long Easter weekend we are in, or simply a combination of both, but the scene at the local shopping mall and various ones across the nation just prior to this was a scene of utter bedlam. People with their trolleys piled high with food as if Armageddon was upon us coupled with the completely erratic behaviour in the car park and a level of aggression that spoke of the agitation so many of us feel in these situations. It was a good moment to stop and reflect what is really going on for us as a species and to ask ourselves what is causing such eternal unrest and why does it seem so heightened around the full moon?

    1. I’m not sure if that’s the moon or not – Armageddon seems to loom any time a supermarket will be closed for an entire day.

  187. “The moon is naturally guiding us to return to a way of living that is true and harmonious. It’s quality and movements around the earth not only affect the tides, but also our physiology – yet another reminder of our inter-connectedness with everything.” The constant cycles in nature are a beautiful reminder that we are indeed a part of these cycles. That there are cycles going on in our bodies all the time, and if we are willing to tune into them and work with them we find that life has a flow to it that is otherwise interuppted by our need and insistance to interfere with our bodies natural rhythms.

  188. This is a great blog to read this morning as today is the day of a full moon. Last night it was so beautiful in the sky and as I stood bathed in its light I could not help but to reflect on the month that had just passed and the new cycle that was being ushered in. There is no doubt the full moon is a golden opportunity to feel one’s place in the vastness of the universe or alternatively to deny this and feel the consequences of being in separation with the All and deal with the tension this brings.

  189. Years ago I spent a couple of months camping on a beach in Mexico. During that time I loved watching and learning how the stars moved across the sky at night and the different phases of the moon. During the full moon it was always quite intense – the sky was so bright it was like sleeping with the light on. I then pondered on the fact that when it is full moon there is not a moment of darkness. The full moon rises as the sun sets and we are constantly bathed in light for 24 hours – albeit a slightly dimmer light of the moon in comparison with the sun – but the sun’s light nonetheless. During this time we cannot hide. What is being offered is for us to look at everything and everything so to speak is being reflected. If we don’t want to be exposed or look at how we are living and our choices, then the intensity can be overwhelming.

  190. I love moon being a celestial reminder of the grandness and universality of our being.

  191. Very true Ariana, we can’t use the moon as the excuse for any behaviour. Our behaviours are the results of our choices and decisions.

  192. Having worked in hospitals and policing and worked many night duties, the effect of the full moon can last for 3 days. The day of the full moon and the days either side. I agree that this time is that of reflecting but also in observing others around us, what are they offering is in terms of reflection? Every interaction, no matter how brief is a reflection for us to learn more about ourselves, who we are and what we mean to each other. What we do with the reflections on offer most likely results in the numerous reactions we see around us, with myself included in that.

  193. Yes Vicky, if we are forever moving in cycles, the full moon gives us a reflection of everything we have lived in that month and so, even though it can be confronting, it is an opportunity for great learning if we are open to the greater truth we are constantly being offered.

  194. What a beautiful gift the moon in all its glory offers to us and the sharing of this for us to look at what is going on for ourselves in sync with the universal flow of life to evolve brings a responsibility and ever deepening love in our bodies if we choose it or a tension and disorder in resistance.

  195. The cycles that we live in life, such as the cycles of the moon are so supportive in that they indeed offer a period to align and reflect on the quality in which we live.

  196. It is amazing that everyone knows what is going on with the full moon (and other things) and yet this ‘knowing’ stays part of what you could almost call ‘folk-lore’ and is not seriously taken up by science as a subject for examination. Almost certainly the reason this does not happen is that science has restricted its research tools to the linear mind and has censored out the brilliance of multi-dimensional intelligence and thus does not feel the very interesting conclusion you have reached Vicky.

  197. The moon cycle and the full moon has also always held a deeply symbolic and pure meaning – be it for cleansing rituals, purification, rites of nature, fertility or symbolic of strength and divinity. The moon and its cycle is unquestionably more than just a celestial phenomenon, and it impacts more than just the tides. In recent times, we are becoming more and more disconnected from the moon, and I feel this might be where our view of it, as the cause of more out of control behaviour comes from – while there is a correlation and as you share, we have lost the why part, the understanding of the quality offered by a full moon.

  198. If we ever wanted evidence that ‘everything is energy and therefore everything is because of energy’ as presented by Serge Benhayon we need to feel no further than what is described in the blog about what happens to people at the full-moon.

    1. Great point Greg. We can choose to deny or dismiss it but the evidence is there every month, every cycle of the moon.

      1. This is great Ruth, and the energy we align to will find a way to deliver us the truth if we only find our essence and re-connect to the level of Love that it offers.

  199. This makes so much sense even on a practical level… “…but on some level are we all noticing and feeling the effects of the full moon?” We know that the moon affects the tides, and as the human body is 60% water then naturally we are going to feel the pull of the moon’s cycle too.

  200. And although there is much truth in the effects of the full moon on our behaviour, mentioning that ‘it must be because of the full moon’ is one of many sayings that we wheel out by rote. There are so many sayings and phrases that we automatically say without either realising that we’re on automatic pilot of considering the meaning or validity of our words.These phrases are like so many of our actions, they are habitual ‘movements’ that by their very nature keep us repeating behaviours (movements). The key is to become more conscious of all of our movements (be that our thoughts, our speech or the movements that we make with our limbs), so as to free ourselves from the suffocating constraints of repetition.

    1. Well said, Alexis. The full moon is indeed an opportunity to free ourselves from repeating old patterns and make different choices in how we will move in the next cycle about to begin.

  201. Great to read a blog that brings the connection of the cycle of the moon to how we are feeling, illuminating how we have lived over the last month and indeed our lives. I have found this so helpful in looking at how I am living on a day to day basis and how it correlates with what I feel around the full moon.. tired exhausted, any aches and pains, sleep change, or how these and other symptoms change or go as I care and nurture myself more from this awareness.

  202. As I came down the stairs early this morning I was transfixed by the sight of the moon. It is full moon tomorrow and she looks so serene and beautiful this morning, I felt a joy and stillness descend as I bathed in the light she was reflecting.

  203. Thanks Vicky very interesting article which had me reflecting which is exactly what the moon does – it reflects the sun / the light.

  204. Rather than inner tension being something I want to avoid, what if I too see it as a sign of greater awareness being offered and taking the time to feel what’s being offered.

  205. I find it crazy that as a race of people we don’t take more heed of what the moon has on offer and observe its cycles as part of our natural way of living. I bet the ancients were far wiser on this particular subject.

  206. It is remarkable the magnificent order, flow and rhythms within which we live. Wonderful to have conversations that deepen our awareness of this.

  207. To me the moon reminds me that everything has a purpose and a reason for being, including myself.

  208. ” Police Officers have long observed the effects of the period around the full moon.”
    This is so true , when I was a member of the police we always took account of the moon and were more alert to the extremes of policing that would happen when the ” Moon Was Out “

  209. It is well known how we are affected by the moon cycle, but the depth of understanding you show us Vicky brings a much clearer picture for us to feel. The magnificence and magic of the light of the full moon inspires us to know we are so much more than simply physical, but that we are all loving and connected and all from the same source.

  210. Beautiful Vicky; ‘It’s like an SMS from God to the whole of humanity to remind us all of who we truly are – interconnected, loving human ‘beings’. A message that we all get, regardless of where we are, what we are doing or what we have done. No one ever misses out on our divine reflection.’ God is reflecting our divinity in so many ways, we are always and in everything supported to return to who we truly are.

  211. I find The Ageless Wisdom presentations and teachings on how the lunar cycle supports and affects the body fascinating. For me, it opens a whole other door into life and supports me to let go of the restrictions and ways of thinking we have created about life that are narrow and limited.

  212. I love that things are not just random and that everything in the universe affects everything else. It helps us to appreciate that we are part of a grand order.

  213. What is interesting is that any erratic behaviour must be a direct ‘retaliation’ to that which we already know. So, over and over we are being shown that we actually have it all already and thus our only true movement is to surrender and serve knowing that everything that is needed is already planned and will happen. This is so huge when truly pondered and rattles all my self/investment/recognition cages….but also offers me an incredible stillness and purpose.

  214. We are all under the same moon and this confirms our equalness with each other. It’s time we started to live this very simple fundamental truth.

  215. Seeing the full moon as the completion of one cycle and the start of another, an opportunity to let go and to move on, a time of reflection within and without… so many gifts we are constantly offered by nature.

  216. Its funny you say that the Full Moon is like an SMS to God because it stands out today just how much humanity loves solutions and tech instead of the simple truths already there with us. My wife brought home yesterday the latest in electric toothbrush technology with the ability to link to your smartphone and see what areas of your mouth you have not been brushing well enough. Sounds cool and it is, but is it necessary when all we have to do is connect with our body as we are cleaning our teeth and it tells us already!

  217. It would make an amazing study to chart levels of activity in emergency and police services during the lunar month, to confirm once and for all that we are in constant interactivity with greater cycles.

    1. People can often make haphazard comments about the full moon yet how many of us truly look at the cycles of the moon and how they affect us? If you have that conversation, many think you’re odd.

  218. Fantastic article Vicky absolutely love it “It’s like an SMS from God to the whole of humanity to remind us all of who we truly are – interconnected, loving human ‘beings’” So pertinent everyday but especially today as we lead up to the full moon – a time for me to reflect on everything!

  219. Nature and its cycles are great reminders that we are a part of something much bigger than what our mind can conceive and that our bodies are always responding and communicating with the grander universe.

    1. So well said jennym. We can get so tunnel-visioned that we forget the larger grander cycles of life. Our focus instead hones down into ‘getting things done’ or the drama we create around life – both great obstacles to us connecting with the grand cycles and the flow of life. This in turn determines the quality of our daily life – if we choose tunnel-vision then life is vastly reduced from the fullness it can be.

  220. Definitely you can feel the pull of the full moon’s monthly reflection… everything is heightened towards our attention ; )

  221. I have not really ever stopped to fully consider the power of the moon cycles, but so much in nature is affected by the moon it stands to reason that we would be too. Of course, I knew that the moon controls the tides but a documentary I recently saw confirmed with a quarter moon, when it either waxes or wanes that’s when turtles come to the beach to lay their eggs. The prevailing thought is this is because the sea is at its calmest then and so many of their eggs do not get washed away. The natural phenomena that occur because of the moon will be varied but how disconnected must we be to think that nature shouldn’t be affecting us, humans, at all?

  222. “So is all that strange behaviour that occurs on the lead up to the full moon a resistance or even a denial of the constant evolution that is on offer?” From my personal perspective I would say most definitely. Embracing the teachings of Universal Medicine have enabled me to resume my path of evolution that I had been resisting and consequently I (and those around me!) don’t suffer the depression and anguish that I used to experience in my cycles as a woman as well as the cycle of the moon.

  223. How beautiful it is to connect to the cycles of the moon as if it is part of us, which it is. Often, I have this as an intention, but do not live it and feel the loss of this.

  224. “It’s like an SMS from God to the whole of humanity to remind us all of who we truly are – interconnected, loving human ‘beings’.” A lovely analogy of the constant, unconditional loving communication of God that is equally present for everyone.

  225. “At times the inner tension I can feel is stronger than others, and I have come to accept this as a gift of awareness and understanding – a way of giving me a loving nudge to keep being open to even more. It’s so easy to get stuck in a rut and comfortable with what we know.”
    Welcoming those times of tension is a gift we give ourselves – a gift that unfolds in many ways,

  226. ‘there are endless opportunities to take a good look at ourselves, our behaviours, how we are in relationships etc., to see what can be let go of to make way for new experiences’. We have so much unlimited support around us, through the power of reflection, and if we remain open to continually looking at ourselves, refining our choices, the lessons becomes easier to read, as we move on to the next.

  227. I have always felt a connection to the moon on some level; it was a question as to whether I listened and paid any attention to this connection and what the moon was offering me… what I have come to know now as a reflection of the grandness within and around me.

  228. A lot of people might claim that they have no sense of there being a great cycle or bigger picture to life, but actually all of us do have a (conscious or unconscious) relationship with the stars, moon and constellations, because we are always under their impress and the effects of this are evident as you’ve shared!

  229. The moon affects the oceans of the world, so what does it do to us, that we try in vain to resist? It is just a cycle of our evolution, and like the waves, it is meant to help pull us up.

  230. I was not aware that police and other emergency instances are so aware of the influence of the full moon on people such that they adjust their staffing in that period. While this is still an act to provide a solution to what is happening in reality but to my understanding is not given back to the people to reflect on the possibility that the cycles of the moon do influence us more than we consider it to be. So why is this not publicly known that human behaviour is affected by the full moon while so many do experience the effects of it? Are we trying to avoid looking in the possibility that we are not that independent as we make ourselves to believe we are?.

  231. We are so much more related to the cycles of nature and in this case the moon, then we ever want to admit. As if we do, we do lose our individuality and have to let go the idea that we have control over our life, independent of what nature is reflecting to us.

  232. This is a great blog Vicky because to me what it shows is that we as a race of human-beings do know that there is more than meets the eye so to speak. We are constantly being shown a possibility of another way to live. It’s a science beyond what today’s scientist call science as I feel they have tried to reduce science and capture it for their own gain.

  233. We are very drawn to a full moon, as a child I remember spending hours staring out at the night sky at the starts and the moon reflecting back at us.

  234. An insightful exploration of why there is such a consistency of irrational behaviour during full moons. Thank you.

  235. ‘It’s quality and movements around the earth not only affect the tides, but also our physiology – yet another reminder of our inter-connectedness with everything.’ – just as the moon affects our physiology, our movements are in turn affecting the Universal cycle that we are all a part of. Cycles within cycles – everything is connected and everything has an effect on everything.

  236. The full mon represents and is the culmination of the 28 days before and thus, it reminds us to be honest and open about how we have been living. If we react rather than respond to what we find, we become a ‘lunatic’, our behaviour goes haywire.

  237. I love that you have touched on the physiological influence of the moon – “It’s quality and movements around the earth not only affect the tides, but also our physiology” We have chosen to place very little importance or value on the unseen influences on our physiology or psychological wellbeing, but it is time we did and learn from the inspiration of the natural rhythm of the world we live in.

  238. This has made me realise I do not appreciate the Full Moon and what it offers as much as I could .. or the lead up to it.

  239. It seems outward behaviour increases around the full moon but there may also be a pattern on new moon day and even seven days before either. That would be an interesting project to investigate.

  240. I love how you describe the purpose of the moon Vicky, in ‘that each month it offers us a reflection on how we have been living’, and it guides us to return to another way to be. We cannot get away from the fact we live in cycles, and each cycle brings a new opportunity for us to learn.

  241. I love the simplicity you’ve shared that the full moon cycle supports us to reflect on how we are living and be super honest, change what isn’t loving and deepen what is.

  242. Just as the moon illuminates the night’s sky, so too do we light up the Earth when we live the richness of Heaven upon it.

  243. I used to work in a major hospital in the area, and it was known that when full moon was on, they emergency department would be overloaded. Staff would groan and try to trade their shifts to avoid the night of full moon if possible. Much more drug and alcohol related emergencies were admitted, and there were more likely to have more accidents admitted too. And the staff also felt more pressured and wired in that time too.

  244. Thank you Vicky for a gorgeous blog on the full moon and what it brings. It is like it really does offer a new awareness and hence the possibility of change in terms of having a new beginning with things, like a fresh look or outlook and then a fresh start – if we choose to see it as such of course!

  245. Could it be that the “full moon” is reflecting an energy that asked us to be more ‘still’, stillness being a divine quality, but we go into over-drive to over-ride this energy and thus we distance our-self from a chance to deepen our divine connection? “The full moon, as I have been learning, can be a time of the month where I am asked to reflect upon how I am feeling and therefore how I have been living.” Then our feeling of ‘stillness’ when lived becomes our way of “living.”

  246. The moon offers us a reflection, a reminder that we live in cycles and how are we being with those cycles … taking the opportunity to deepen, or resisting (and once we do, that’s when all those crazy, erratic behaviours come in); and no matter what, we’re offered that choice every time.

  247. A true lunatic is essentially someone who lives with the cycles of the moon as opposed to being crazy as we know the word to be!

  248. This shows that we are always connected to the universe whether we acknowledge it or not, and how could we not when we are part of this grand whole.

  249. Hahah. The full moon is like a SMS from God – I love this Vicky. So true the full moon is such a great reminder of the Divine and as you say a great opportunity to look at how we have been moving through the world.

  250. A timely and lovely article Vicky. Recently given a huge picture of a brilliant full moon against a dark night sky, which now hangs in my home. No match for the real thing, but potent symbol of cycles and change we can all connect to.

  251. ‘The full moon has come to symbolise the potential of how I can be living and relating’. Great to know we can enjoy it’s awesome beauty, and more, we can connect to what it offers us each month to grow and evolve: become luminous and full ourselves.

  252. True brotherhood in action – the moon shining its light for all to receive and evolve, equally-so.
    “It’s like an SMS from God to the whole of humanity to remind us all of who we truly are – interconnected, loving human ‘beings’. “

  253. I have learned much through Universal Medicine about how everything is interconnected and we as human beings are inescapably part of the cycles of the universe. To know this is to reconnect with the science of the universe and this will bring much understanding, clarity and empowerment to daily life.

    1. Yes, Carolien, Universal Medicine brings us back in touch with true science, religion and philosophy by reminding us of the grand cycles we belong to, and how this universal interactivity is constantly occurring even in the smallest aspects of our daily life.

      1. Yes and I love this, to build awareness of how everything is interconnected, nothing is without reason or cause. This is already awe-inspiring on a small scale, then to realise imagine this is so for all that we know this universe to be, and so much more is simply mind-blowing.

      2. Often it is much easier to appreciate the awe and magnificence of the Universe we are a part of than seeing that same grandness within the smaller aspects of daily lives. There is much I love about Universal Medicine and one of them is reflections and support to bring it all together in a very practical way that makes absolute sense, and is so very inspiring and empowering.

  254. ‘The moon is naturally guiding us to return to a way of living that is true and harmonious. It’s quality and movements around the earth not only affect the tides, but also our physiology – yet another reminder of our inter-connectedness with everything.’ So the extreme behaviors around full moon are a great reflection of how loveless the month has been. And what a beautiful clearing we all get offered by the cycle of the moon.

  255. “ “What’s going on within me?” as there is no one else responsible for how I am feeling and choosing to live.” I like this because it shows we are the only ones responsible for how we are feeling and never is it ok to load it onto someone else.

    1. true Lieke, knowing we are part of this stupendous whole and that there are no accidents or coincidences and that there is no such thing as luck brings it all back to ourselves, the creators of our reality.

  256. I love how your blog has made me see how the reflection of light from the full moon is asking us to reflect on ourself over the past month. Our sun never stops shining a light on us, even during the night. When there’s no moon seen, then its the twinkling light from the stars.

  257. It is astonishing that there are aspects of life such as the impact of the cycles of the moon which history shows were known about, and we even may have phrases in our language evidencing this awareness, yet somehow as a society we have opted to act ignorant of it all. Even our choice of scientific assessments and findings seem to be selective to what we choose to see.

    We are part of a much greater stupendous whole with very precise order and flow. Conversations such as this are great for us to deepen our awareness.

    1. I agree Golnaz, our language shows this, that we have some awareness, as Vicky has demonstrated, but we don’t yet want to go all the way with this awareness it seems. Great blog exposing this and opening a discussion.

  258. It seems to me that we have lost touch with Nature, we must have or we would not treat the Earth so disrespectfully and now we are allowing scientists to disrespect the Universe too.

  259. The moon certainly has an effect but like most things in life, do we solely see the end result or do we actually look at the deeper goings on.

  260. I love using the moon as a reflection and marker of how I have been living. As you say ‘We can deny the gift that is on offer or we may choose to accept the reflection’ – the choice is always ours and the reflection will be there no matter what we choose.

  261. This is fascinating, Vicky. It is always amazing and humbling to acknowledge that we do all feel everything all of the time, even though we do not always register or verbalise it.

  262. We live under many different cycles, the moon being one such cycle. How much we evolve from tuning into the moon cycle is entirely up to each one of us. The opportunity is constantly there but often we choose to be ignorant to the cycles of life and what they offer.

  263. The light that emanates from the full moon is spectacular but as yet humanity does not want to see the truth of what it is reflecting. We naturally go round in cycles and each full moon cycle offers something for us to look at.

  264. I love how we always know what is going on, even if we deny that we do. We all know that the sun and the moon affect us but we pretend that this is not the case. Could it be that we have denied our innate knowing so much that we have temporally forgotten that we are multi-dimensional beings?

  265. Great call Vicky…”So is all that strange behaviour that occurs on the lead up to the full moon a resistance or even a denial of the constant evolution that is on offer?” Having worked in health for many years and noticed how crazy things get around the full moon, this makes so much sense – for all of us no matter our situation.

  266. Life transforms when we start to live in harmony with cycles… our menstrual cycle, the moon cycle – in the universal rhythm, order and flow.

  267. It seems like a lot of us are willing to accept that the full moon has a big effect on us. If this is so, what makes us think it’s powerless the rest of the time? The moon doesn’t go away but just waxes and wanes. If we paid more attention to this, perhaps we would see the bigger cycles that govern our life? Thank you Vicky for highlighting this.

  268. When I notice the full moon in the night sky, I often feel it’s magnificence reflects my own. I also feel more aware of what I need to let go of to live in accordance with this. If I resist this, it’s not pleasant.

  269. In the reflection of the full moon we are being offered the opportunity to explore letting go of old behaviours and patterns of communicating that are unsupportive – our monthly spring clean where we can start afresh and be inspired to deepen our commitment to life.

  270. When I was around twenty years old, I remember a friend commenting about a man that would ‘lose it’ when it was a full moon. At the time I felt afraid, because we happened to be in a pub that he was in when she was telling the story, and it happened to be around the time of the full moon, but really I didn’t know what to think! Twenty seven years later, I have clarity and understanding thanks to Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine, due to my own experience in the days leading up to the full moon. There can be no doubt there is a tension and this tension can feel stronger at times, more than others, but simply having the awareness of the cycle of the moon supports me to surrender and feel the tension more clearly.

  271. The majesty of the moon reveals the majesty of ourselves through our own movements where we too offer moments of reflection.

  272. Thank you Vicky. I especially like the part about no one else being responsible for the way that we live but ourselves. And so when the full moon rises up in the night sky, there is an opportunity to feel how we have been living, to be honest with the tension, and to be appreciative of the glory.

  273. Funny how we all know what a full moon does, yet we continue to ignore its importance. What I have appreciated through my studies with Universal Medicine, is the ability to gauge for myself the effects of my choices based on the rhythm of the Moon, an integral part of God’s clockwork, and hence eradicate those choices that do not support me or anyone else on the planet. What a gem of a science to teach our kids and ourselves.

  274. These stories are so strong, the signs so direct, the messages so loud and clear…and yet we ignore them and keep on orbiting round and round in a circle.

  275. We are having a relationship with the moon and its cycles whether we want to be aware of it or not. I know that the more I take the time to connect and feel what is happening around the moon cycle, I get to feel a deeper layer of myself and the choices I have made during these cycles to either support a deeper one or not. The healing that is on offer to us all is super cool and well worth taking responsibility and committing to.

  276. We are clairsentient beings and the rhythms of the moon are intrinsically interwoven into our very existence – it is impossible for us to not have a relationship with the moon.

  277. For years I have heard that saying It must be a full moon out there, so why on earth do we not take far more notice of something that has so much effect on our lives and how we live them. It is just like having some really good information that can help our evolution but ignoring it because it wasn’t a major subject at school or University.

  278. There is definitely a rhythm in life and the moon cycle is an important one. Some cultures in the world recognised such, as they have their calendar based on it. But to be honest, I have not been raised with the awareness that the cycles of the moon can have any other influence on life on earth, other than the tides of the sea.

  279. Although t is not yet scientifically proven that the moon cycle is of any impact on human behaviour, the evidence is simply found in the anecdotal stories that people of the police and emergency departments can tell you. When do we open up to the possibility that there is more to life than only the physical and that we are much more connected with all of life, thus too with the cycles of the moon, as these can give us the simple answers we are already so long looking for.

  280. I just wrote the same thing about the effects of the moon, but without all the details. I’m new to blogging. I decided to do a search and found your post. Nice.

  281. It doesn’t matter where in the world whether we can see the moon or not, what heaven gives us is for the whole of the universe.

  282. It is a wonder Vicky that wherever we are in the world we can see the moon – this used to intrigue me as a little girl. When walking on the beach at Lennox Head at night in the full-moon I remember asking myself, ‘Does this moon shine like this everywhere for everyone or is it personal to this beach with the shining line coming over the waters to my very feet!’ And very soon I found that no matter where I was the full moon was there. And you are so right Vicky the full moon is like an SMS from God to remind us who we really are. We would do well to focus our attention on the mobile ‘phone’ of our body and not ignore its message.

  283. Having also worked as a security guard for over 20 years there were many occasions where the possibility for a fight to break out around the full moon, but when there was a foundation of being connected to a level of decency and respect, allowed the energy to not take flight so it never got to a fight. Then maybe it is the energy we are in that is also looking for some form of relief that come from the ensuing violence that allows it to happen?

  284. “The full moon has come to symbolise the potential of how I can be living and relating.” The cycles of nature have so much to offer us if we are willing and open to seeing what is there for us to learn from.

  285. So true, as the moon spins around on its endless orbit it works its magic on us, pulling on the oceans, the sands of the desserts and our particles, drawing out of us all the tension, toxins and behaviours that do not belong in our celestial bodies. The more we lovingly we refine and deepen our self care, relationships and life styles choices, the less there is to detox. Always a great reminder that if at that particular time of the month I begin to turn into a Weir Wolf, the full moon is asking me to take stock of how I am living.

  286. I am just at the beginnings of paying attention to cycles and having a go at understanding what they provide. I have been opening up to letting myself feel the flow offered and sensing how my own movements fit in it all.
    As I slowly deepen my awareness and harmony with the cycles we live with, I can feel the profound enriching impact on my life. Huge thanks to Natalie Benhayon and Serge Benhayon for their support with this deepening relationship.
    More and more it seems that surely this ought to be part of our standard education in life.

  287. It’s incredibly beautiful to feel the ‘inter-connectedness’ of us within the Universe, with the stars and the planets and so much more, yet, it feels as though we are resisting being a part of this enormous cycle of divinity. We ‘think’ we are superior in some way without truly being aware of the enormous magnificence that we are a part of.

  288. No-one escapes the reflection of the full moon however much they might try to ignore it – instead we can choose to become aware of what it is offering and embrace the learning that is available.

  289. The sales person saying ‘there must be a full moon coming” is revealing as our use of language bespeaks our inner knowing of the science of the Universe. If we were to listen more to what we say, without it being ‘just a saying’ it will be revealed that ancient wisdom is part of our everyday language.

  290. One thing we cannot escape from is rhythms, and the full moon is one of these rhythmic gifts we are offered. Such a great blog Vicky to remind us of what these rhythms offer and are we taking the offering?

    1. There is such a beauty in rhythms, life, even our own body, is made up of cycles within cycles, it’s what supports us to come back to a balanced and harmonious way of life. Understanding our own rhythm is an enormous gift.

    2. Yes these rhythms are there and we can resist or we can surrender. If I consider the moon it really is quite deluded to think my efforts to resist would amount to much when something so huge, a whole universe’s working, is in motion. It is no wonder we don’t fare well when we fight. So what would it be to simply surrender? Put my fighting gloves down and be held in the love that is always present. I would have to accept I was not running the show (thankfully so!) Indeed I never run the show even when I think I am!

  291. Yes, Vicky. The moon reminds us that on a macrocosmic and microcosmic level everything is always moving in cycles and that we are constantly offered opportunities to evolve.

    1. Yes it is beautiful Janet. Our relationship with ourselves is reflected in the unique and intimate cycle of the moon as it travels through its phases, and it also reflects it’s own relationship and interconnection with us and the rest of the universe, forever calling us to remember the magnificence and universality of our true being.

  292. Great question you raised at the end Vicky. I’d say yes, any erratic behaviour is a sign of huge resistance to evolve and as a result the tension we can feel and carry in our body is expressed through our movements and behaviours. When we understand the magic of reflection, we are less likely to react to anyone displaying erratic and abusive behaviours and our understanding can support us to stay steady and observe, and therefore reflecting love in return.

    1. Yes I very much enjoyed where this article lead us, that the resistance to the reflection of the moon is acted out in in a way that avoids the pull to evolve in through the natural cycles we are offered

    1. Yes that struck me, too, as I did not know that either. So much truth is denied us because we are taught the origin of words.

  293. Reflecting the suns rays,the moon’s cycles have a powerful effect on us – we can feel it. Everything around us provides a reflection and an opportunity for growth and evolution.

    1. Yes, they consider it normal but are they considering the implications of us being affected by a bit of light?

    2. Very true, Rebecca, we do all have the awareness, but it’s what we do with that awareness that determines our next movement. Are we allowing ourselves to feel all that is on offer, learn from it and evolve, or do we reduce ourselves by dismissing the gift that is there for us each month through the grace of the moon.

  294. Thank you for writting this – although I knew about some aspects of the full moon impacting people I didnt realise how common place it was that people expect it.

  295. ‘…there are endless opportunities to take a good look at ourselves, our behaviours, how we are in relationships etc., to see what can be let go of to make way for new experiences.’ This is very supportive to read as my deadline for a piece of written work for studies is here. My response is an old familiar one of fight, flight or freeze. I would like to do anything other than sit and complete it! But what an opportunity to look at all the games I play in an attempt to give up and say I can’t do it, why is it so hard etc? When really I’m being asked to surrender and evolve.

  296. ‘Hospital staff and Police Officers have long observed the effects of the period around the full moon.’ We have a tendency to dismiss anything we can’t truly explain, yet if the anecdotal evidence is there then it surely is worth exploring the possibility of energy in cycles and what can be learned from it/them!

  297. It’s beautiful just to see the correlation between things and connect the dots. It starts to bring some meaning into life.

  298. Yes these observations are widely accepted and known about the influence of the full moon on people’s moods and feelings. A couple of full moons ago I woke up and felt very tired, it wasn’t until mid morning that I clicked that it was the full moon and commented on it in the staff room of where I was working. It seems crazy to me that we know that moon is moving the seas of the world twice a day in the tides, yet we would be unaffected especially when we are made up of mainly water, I think 80%… so it is just common sense that we would be affected by the full moon, king tides in the ocean, everything is more intense at the full moon.

    1. It does make sense Vanessa that we have an intense relationship with the moon that for the best part we choose to ignore or override. After all how many lives have we had, not forgetting the ones in between our human incarnations – there has never been a time when we have not been influenced by the moon. If the moon affects the tides, sand dunes, then there is no doubt that it can affect our physical bodies.

  299. I love your playful way of writing about the full moon: ‘It’s like an SMS from God to the whole of humanity to remind us all of who we truly are – interconnected, loving human ‘beings’.
    Probably that is why there is a magnetic pull for me to watch the (full) moon and feel the stillness whenever I do this.

  300. I’ve noticed many a time a growing tension, that feels more in my face than any other time one week before the full moon. When I notice that it’s coming it makes sense, but I can’t say I make an effort to be aware that this particular week is coming up and to prepare for it. But doing so would make a lot of sense.

    1. Yes, it might be a call to be more in repose, especially the time beforehand.

    2. I agree, Leigh, after reading this blog I looked up to see when the full moon occurs for the rest of the year and was blown away by the beauty in the sequence of dates through the months for the new moon. In April the new moon falls on 16th, then for the rest of the year, the date descends in perfect sequence down to 8th Nov, with 12 being the only number missing – so 16,15,14,13 etc month by month. I found this synergy to be particularly gorgeous, there really is so much to appreciate about the grace our moon offers us each month.

  301. I like the idea of the full moon being a time of reflection, a time when we can look at the last 4 weeks and where we are at and allow for more awareness, love and purpose.

  302. I don’t really notice so much now the extra activity during a full moon. I am aware of it. I remember being on the roads many years ago on a full moon shining down from the night sky. It was crazy with people speeding. I got caught in this energy also and was fined for excessive speeding and had to go to court. The lesson for me was to be consciously present and not get caught in what is going on around me. Full moon or not consistently being consciously present reduces being distracted by what is going around you.
    “The full moon 🌕 has come to symbolise the potential of how I can be living and relating.”

  303. Thanks so much for writing this Vicky – I think it’s something that a lot of people recognise or have observed and yet not something that we generally talk about in any depth to get a clearer understanding of all that’s going on.

    1. Isn’t it interesting how there are so many things that we all know and yet never discuss or look at a little deeper.

  304. I discovered recently that like the tides of the seas are moved by the pull of moon, so too are sand dunes in the desert.

  305. Yes I have heard police talk about there being more crime around the time of the full moon. My body feels the tension around that time and I can get particularly cranky, it is great to learn a little bit more about how we can use that time to reflect upon how we have lived the last month. I find the Our Cycles App useful for this.

    1. Yes Carmel, I use the Our Cycles app too and it opened up a complete new world to me, the world of cycles compared to living in a straight line.

  306. I work in health care and we always know when it is full moon because peoples’ behaviour changes. I find that at full moon I am naturally drawn to be more tender and gentle with myself and others and I have heard others say that it is the same for them.

  307. I love this blog! Thank you Vicky. What a great reminder that we live in cycles and that in each new cycle we are invited to connect with what is going on for us and to make either some different choices or to take our learning deeper.

  308. What an awesome blog because it is offering a clarity to what so many people can relate to and on reflection what I felt is we are quick to acknowledge things e.g. ‘it must be a full moon’ but not so quick to stop take a step back and reflect as to what could possibly be on offer from a full moon and that we are resisting what is on offer. You write about the moon in its true light and ask us to maybe have more awareness and understanding in what it offers and how this relates to how we are living our life ‘At times the inner tension I can feel is stronger than others, and I have come to accept this as a gift of awareness and understanding – a way of giving me a loving nudge to keep being open to even more.’

  309. I did not realise just how much goes on as a result of the cycles of the moon. I have always thought of the moon as a great support and felt its grace and purity, often in awe of how it’s light touches the land and seas. It is fascinating how easy the choice is to either let such light support us or choose to be resistant to it.

  310. Time and time again the Ageless Wisdom teachings have shown me that there is opportunity in everything – I treasure this because with it comes loving permission to see the perfection of imperfection and the joy in being a forever student.

  311. The full moon’s light is reflected by the Sun and when it is full you can feel the power in it, whether it is a golden light or a white light. We are offered so much in the way of symbolism by God, but if we resist and choose to dismiss it as ‘old wives tales’, or refuse to see what the reflection of the moon really offers, the results are then played out in the way humanity behaves. In the comfort of our own home it becomes easier to ignore it, but as you show Vicky, the reflection that the moon offers is very real for the Police and the hospitals that have to deal with the erratic behaviour around the full moon.

  312. A beautiful piece on a subject that I too have always been fascinated by and felt there was more at play than just the waxing and waning of the moon itself. Thankyou Vicky for bringing a deeper understanding and sensitve insight into this monthly cycle which impacts us all on some level.

  313. It seems crazy that we live on a planet where our moon has so much influence on tides, moods etc that all of us on earth are not more in tune with its cycles. I know that if I am ever feeling a bit rougher than usual waking up in the morning and look at the moon calendar, it is always eight days before the full moon. which is the start for men of our clearing cycle.

  314. I have definitely felt a tension frequently in the build up to the full moon – sometimes it is the day before, sometimes it can last for several days before.

  315. This is a really interesting article Vicky! It’s so true that our behaviours do change in the leading up to and event of a full moon, and this just goes to show that even when we fight it, we are constantly under the influence and rhythm of cycles.

    1. We are all part of the One Life, The One Life that is ‘constantly under the influence of rhythms and cycles’. We can choose to either surrender and be part of this glorious rhythm or we can choose to move in such a way, that we stand apart from Life’s harmonious rhythm.

  316. I have certainly felt a tension when the full moon comes around and have heard people talk about incidents that have occurred on full moon. I have also noticed how my dog can behave differently at this time, as do the tides of the ocean..there is so much to reflect on in nature for us to learn from and deepen our understanding of life.

  317. The sun is a great glowing orb of Fire that warms all the inhabitants of planet Earth. It is also symbolic of our true and fiery nature as a Soul and Son of God. The moon reflects the sun’s light therefore symbolically it reflects our true potential which is a return to this sonship light. If we are not coping around the time of the full moon by way of feeling agitated and askew, then perhaps we need to look at why it is we cannot handle what is being reflected.

  318. My bedroom is in such a position that the moonlight streams in through my bedroom window and I leave the curtains open so that if I happen to wake up I can see the moon and the stars. And if it is a full moon I will often get out of bed just to look upon its beauty.

    1. Ditto. And it is such a different quality of light. This article comes at a time when I am just beginning to deepen my relationship with the moon and it’s offerings – there is much to learn and see.

  319. I love this Vicky – even as a child there was a sense of wonderment of the full moon calling to something deep within and the joy of being magically held in the reflection of its light in vast and star studded, indigo night sky that still brings an awareness of a vast spaciousness within my body – like a call to return to an ancient harmony that is known by all.
    “The moon is naturally guiding us to return to a way of living that is true and harmonious”

  320. Beautiful encounter with the moon Vicky, the full moon in all it’s fullness is an expose on life and what is going on. To ask the deeper question as you write here is so simple and so poignant in all our evolving: “This is the opportunity to ask myself the question, “What’s going on within me?”. When we understand what is going on with ourselves, we understand this is the world too.

  321. A beautiful post Vicky. “The full moon, as I have been learning, can be a time of the month where I am asked to reflect upon how I am feeling and therefore how I have been living.” Looking deep within enables us to to assess how we have been living, that serves not only ourselves but everyone around us.

  322. We have a physical body and that body belongs to Divine creation that also includes all other inhabitants and life forms of the animal, plant and mineral kingdom that also have physical form. As such, all form life on planet Earth is governed by cycles because we live on a giant sphere that orbits through space and not only that, we orbit around another giant sphere called a sun and as we do that, we are being orbited by yet another great sphere, the moon. Despite this, we humans are curious creatures and have adopted a mode of consciousness and seeming intelligence that bases itself on the straight line. Once we are in under the influence of this presiding consciousness, we forget the spherical nature all life on Earth is seeded from and governed by. We still are being moved by these cycles, we just can’t make sense of them. Much like trying to measure a spherical object with a flat ruler. Hence the frustration and agitation so many of us register.

  323. Walking in the woods on a full moon allows us to see things in the darkness that are always there but have been obscured by us not wanting to see them.

  324. I had no idea that police forces and hospitals increased their staffing levels when there is a full moon. That’s fascinating and is of no surprise.

  325. With a full moon only a few days away how very timely to be contemplating what the moon’s cycle is offering us. I always used to find myself walking outside at night to stand and gaze at the full moon with a sense that there was more to it than I realised. From the Ageless Wisdom teachings from Serge Benhayon I too have come to understand the place of the moon in our lives and how its monthly cycle continually offers us the opportunity to stop and take stock of how we have been living.

  326. This is a great reminder that when we avoid and fight what is being offered, it is the tension we create in our own reactions that we find difficult to deal with, not the offering itself.

  327. Quite often leading up to a full moon there is an intense feeling within the body and sometimes I can feel this so strongly and say to myself it must be a full moon soon and sure enough when I look up there will be a day or two to go – the body knows what is on offer and it is for us to pay attention and not ignore what we feel.

    1. I agree Julie, I feel a restlessness within, like a physical pull, it can be quite uncomfortable, which is no surprise given what the moon is offering us.

  328. What you are sharing makes a lot of sense Vicky, when we bring it back to ourselves, then the effects that can be seen in people around full moon suddenly don’t seem scary or mystical as they are often portrayed, but are simply explained by how we are living every day with ourselves and others around us and our relationship with ourselves and God.

  329. The light of the Full Moon shines equally on all and offers a call for us all to reflect a light of love in every step we take back to the Universe.

    1. We are given so many opportunites to take a moment to take stock and make a full appraisal of our lives,how extreme do we need to get before we choose to change.

  330. The planetary cycles are there to support us to get into rhythm with God and the fact that we have largely chosen to ignore them, is reflected by the fact that as a race of people, we are so utterly discombobulated.

    1. Alexis I have always loved the stars and the more I understand about the moon, stars and the cycles the greater depth of magic I feel.

  331. The gold is in knowing our life operates in cycles. We cannot deny this. Even though intellectually we may or may not be aware, our body always knows and can feel the pull of cycles and responds. In this awareness and our non-resistance, we naturally move towards the direction the universe is heading. As the particles in our body are the same as the particles in the universe.

  332. What a wonderful blog Vicky – opening up some great questions. You are so right, humanity has always known that something is happening around the full-moon and yes it is reflected in the term ‘lunatic’. It is interesting that science hasn’t followed up and looked at what we all feel and know. And that, I feel, is because of what you have come up with i.e.’So is all that strange behaviour that occurs on the lead up to the full moon a resistance or even a denial of the constant evolution that is on offer? We can deny the gift that is on offer or we may choose to accept the reflection and discover that we can let go of the old behaviours, ways of relating and communicating that have never truly supported us and discover a whole new way of living.’ Until science understands evolution it will be blind to seeing the energetic truth of what you have offered here.

  333. My mother was a nurse for 40 years and she always would have the craziest stories to tell around the full moon period regarding her patients behaviour. To me, since the Moon is a giant reflector of the light of the Sun to Earth, and the Sun’s light and heat is like an endless amount of unconditional love that brings all life to this planet, it only makes sense that people get crazy around the full moon when their bodies are resisting that full reflection of love that is being cast upon them by the moon in the evening, which is a great time to reflect and appreciate what is being offered in our lives to learn from.

  334. How much there is to appreciate in the reflections that nature offers us. The rising and setting of the Sun, the cycles of the moon, the seasons we live with and the delicate intricacies of a blossoming flower. Nature reminds and confirms us of the multidimensional nature of our being. What a joy to be open to this communication.

  335. I love the way your article invites us to connect more deeply to the cycles we are all a part of. The moon is a beautiful example, having a relationship with the inner cycles of the body and outer cycles, and how they are inter-connected. Thank you Vicky.

  336. Beautiful Vicky, it’s like we are a ship steered in our every movement by God, but think we just float along randomly. There’s so much power at play in our natural cycles if only we go with the flow.

  337. We often look at people who talk about the moon and the stars and their effect on us as lunatics, those crazy woo woo people. Yet, there is so much truth in what can be shared through a connection with the universe – i.e. the stars, the moons and all the other particles which gather together to make up what we see.

  338. The moon in all its phases is a reflection of the fact that we are more than flesh and bone, that we are universal and belong to something much vaster than this planet alone.

  339. Thank you Vicky.. your blog has brought a greater understanding and awareness to why I feel the way I do around the full moon – that sense of intensity, and everything that is being reflected to me of how I’ve been living: the opportunity to feel it all, and choose differently.

  340. It makes so much sense that the tension we may feel around the time of the full-moon comes from our un-ease and even resistance to feeling the reflection being offered to us. A reflection that allows us to feel how we have been living whilst holding us in the fullness of who we truly are. It’s the difference between the two that we are avoiding feeling, not wanting to take responsibility for how we are choosing to live, hence the ‘crazy’ behaviour that often follows. Yet, how much simpler it is to welcome the opportunity and feel the grace in the gift we are being offered each and every month.

  341. It is an interesting point you raise about people acting up on a full moon – and how we just sort of ignore what is behind this. But you make a solid point about how these reactions could be a resistance to the awareness a full moon offers – and that the more extreme behaviors are people who simply just don’t want to feel what is being presented.

  342. Thank you Vicky, I have heard about the full moon and it’s relationship to police work and the hospital emergency department, and it has also been something people around me have observed too in the behaviours of others. It makes sense that there is a greater purpose to what the cycle of the moon is offering, and that there is a greater tension in the lead up to the full moon as we clear the previous month of how we have lived and are offered a more loving and harmonious way forward. To live out of sync with this could mean a greater tension experienced each month prior to the full moon, and subsequent erratic behaviours.

  343. ‘It’s like an SMS from God to the whole of humanity to remind us all of who we truly are – interconnected, loving human ‘beings’.’ – what a gorgeous blog, Vicky, reminding us of the constant reflection we are being offered each and every month through the grace of the moon and the opportunity it offers us to reflect on how we have been living – are we being true to who we are, or is there more to unfold?

  344. It is true that this is known and spoken about yet often we do not go beyond this to bring greater understanding for why this occurs and what is going on and what is being offered at this point. Sometimes this is used as an ‘out’ to avoid responsibility for the call to address patterns of behaviour and the ‘full moon’ is used as the excuse. There is the call for us to ponder more deeply what this is offering us.

  345. The full moon brings a clarity and reflection of truth and it seems that this can freak people out. There is a rawness and also an innocence blessed with amazing opportunities but it is always up to us whether we are open to what is on offer or whether we choose the many distractions which contribute to the chaos we can all be witness to.

  346. Vicky, I think in society in general, we tend to know that something happens in the lead up to the full moon, but we may not be exactly sure what that is, why that is and yet we know something happens. As you say, what if i’s a time where we get to feel more of whom we are, our choice is to embrace or resist that. In most cases we resist it.

  347. Wow, I found it fascinating reading about the Hospital staff, Police Officers and sales assistant all having anecdotal evidence of more extreme behaviours during the time of the full-moon. It can be easy to dismiss this as hocus pocus, but many people also report restlessness and difficulty in sleeping during a full moon. There is an undeniable power and beauty of the full-moon and I know how much I feel uplifted and joyful at the sight of it. Yes, it is…It’s like an SMS from God to the whole of humanity to remind us all of who we truly are’! So, no wonder some of us ‘lose it’ as we resist it’s pull.

  348. Beautiful to see the moon as a reflection of how we have been living, and perhaps a nudge towards evolution. There is so much in life that is a reflection for us to learn and grow from – we are constantly being pulled to evolve.

  349. “What’s going on within me?” is a great question to ask ourselves…”…as there is no one else responsible for how I am (we are) feeling and choosing to live.” There is only one person responsible for my choices and that is me.

    1. This is a great example of taking responsibility because when we are willing to do this, it is very natural to look within for answers and not outside of ourselves. Often I find when things are going off track in my life, it is a sign I have been resisting evolution and responsibility, no one is to blame and this only opens opportunities for me to learn. So, even going off track is still an opportunity to evolve, how deeply loving is that? Life is designed in detail and every angle for us to evolve and return to love. The support is constantly present, we just have to be open to this magnificent support that is all around us.

  350. I agree Vicky, the full moon does feel like an opportunity to be more honest with ourselves. I love your blog and how it supports us to understand and appreciate the magnificent reflection from nature and appreciate these continuous loving messages are from God. They are here to deeply support us to evolve, especially when we are open to truly understand what these messages are communicating to us.

    1. The messages are felt by our bodies regardless of whether our mind chooses to pay attention to them and therefore building a relationship with our bodies so we can live in a more aware way of the tensions we feel is truly intelligent!

  351. Yes it’s so common for people to go a bit crazy around the time of the full moon. There is definitely more tension around. And as you say, it is an opportunity for taking a look at the tension and choose to look at the reasons behind it, process it, let it go, and evolve. We always have a choice.

    1. Yes we do always have a choice but not the range of choices that we think we do. We are given set choices to choose from and those set choices are governed by how we have chosen to move up to that point, (movement being motion of body, movement of words and movement of thoughts). And this fact explains perfectly why so often we plan to change our behaviour, only to find ourselves not only unable to change it but repeating it for the next ten years or so.

  352. I feel what you write is true but I also felt some resistance to it as well. From myself and from humanity. The resistance was around how it is ‘easier’ for us to want to blame something/someone else for our behaviours than to take responsibility for them. Now I actually know this is not true, but that is not always lived. So it is like the full moon is an excuse for us to behave erratically and resist what is on offer, as opposed to surrendering to the reflection that is on offer.

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