In the 1970s, psychiatrist Arnold Lieber introduced a modern scientific interpretation of the ancient belief. He proposed that the moon affects “biological tides” within the human body, subtly altering behavior and potentially increasing aggression and crime rates during the full moon. While later research largely discredited this theory, the idea that human beings could be sensitive to lunar rhythms remains intriguing. After all, the moon’s gravitational pull is powerful enough to move entire oceans—could it not, in some small way, move us too?
