So it’s about 5:30am EST and I can’t sleep for the life of me. This always happens about a week leading up to a full moon. And whenever I wake up like this I know a full moon is coming within a week. So why does this happen?

Some theories say that since our bodies are 70% water we are somewhat controlled by the moon. The moon does control the tides in the ocean, so why not our bodies?

Some dude from NASA said – “Earth’s magnetotail extends well beyond the orbit of the moon and, once a month [at full moon] the moon orbits through it,” said Tim Stubbs, a University of Maryland scientist working at the Goddard Space Flight Center. “This can have consequences ranging from lunar ‘dust storms’ to electrostatic discharges.”

I’ve also heard that crazier things happen in the news and more crimes are committed during the full moon cycle.

Something even nuttier is that people actually trade stocks according to the cycle of the moon. (and make a killing doing it)

Weird, eh?

Either way, there has never been any “scientific” proof about the lunar cycles and our behavior, but then again, science changes pretty often and new discoveries are made everyday.

Maybe one day we’ll know…

I wonder if this affects affiliate marketing or advertising online in anyway. Increased CTR or buying behavior during full moon phases? Maybe I should overlay my data over the full moon cycle and check it out!