In Ancient civilisations, the Moon and the Moon’s phases had a deep connection to our body, health and our relationship with nature, connections we still consider now. The effects of the Moon on the body, both physical and mental health, can be experienced through the lunar phases, with modern research finding scientific evidence to support this. The following studies support a biological connection to the Moon:

• Researchers of the Central Hospital of Augsburg, Germany, studied 16,000 heart-attack victims, finding fewer heart attacks occurred in the three days after a new moon.
• In 2011, the Urology Journal published a study of nearly 1,500 patients with renal colic, the pain associated with kidney stones. Researchers found an increased experience of pain at the time of the full Moon.
• In 2008, The Royal Liverpool University Hospital urological admissions were affected by lunar phases. The research found emergency urological admissions to be higher on full moon days. In contrast, the new Moon had a calming effect.
• In 2011, researchers from Radboud University, Nijmegen, studied more than 5,400 patients indicating that emergency admissions of psychiatric patients rose during full moon periods. Suggesting the cause is due to the Moon’s gravity affecting the flow of fluids in the brain, in brain cells, which may alter mood and behaviour.
• In a study published in the doctors’ newspaper Pulse, Dr Peter Perkins, a GP, after interviewing 79 general practitioners, found that emergency calls for all conditions were increased by 3 per cent at full Moon and fell by 6 per cent during a new moon.