Do People Really Go Crazy on a Full Moon? Here’s my crazy experience

Tomorrow is the Full Moon in Capricorn.

They say the full moon makes people act wild. It influences our emotions.

Apparently the word “lunatic” comes from Luna.

They say police and hospitals brace themselves for nights like these.

I don’t know if it’s true for everyone.

But I know what I saw one night before a full moon in Capricorn.

As the Moon was getting fuller, it was lining up with the Moon’s position when I was born, bringing up old emotions?

At the same time, it was clashing with where Mars was when I was born, stirring up tension and anger.

It was also forming a challenging angle to Pluto in my birth chart, which affects deep fears and hidden power struggles.

On top of that, transiting Pluto (ruler of death, investigation, and grandmothers) right now was sitting at the very bottom of my chart, the part that rules home and family, making everything feel heavy and intense.”

Uranus (the unpredictable planet) had just entered Gemini (the sign connected with the 3rd house of our neighbourhood, siblings, cousins, etc.).

And what happened?

I witnessed the underbelly of life reveal itself.

That night was crazy.

Not crazy in the “Full Moon party” way.

Nor crazy in the “emotional outburst” way.

But crazy in the way that makes you realise how thin the veil of normality really is.

• Dreams I’d been clinging to slipped through my fingers.
• Miscommunications delayed something important again.
• Arguments erupted in my building
• And out on the street, chaos unfolded – the kind that reminds you violence and grief can arrive at any doorstep.

My full moon experience

That night I came home at the dead of night to nothing but chaos.

A wailing mother. Fire engines. Ambulances (special units). Police tape. Crowds of people in their nightgowns.

A neighbour’s house (a grandmother) was set alight, believed to be a retaliation attack.

Her grandchild’s feud spilt onto the street.

Her little grandchild, trapped inside, didn’t make it out alive.

The deceased child’s older sibling (believed to be the person the arsonist wanted to hurt) jumped from a window to survive.

Their mother too. Hours later, machetes out, ready to seek vengeance.

I screamed like I’d lost my mind, watching from the window as the surviving sibling stood there, about to throw away any chance they had at freedom (Uranian).

Whilst all this unfolded, back inside my own building there was another war.

A blocked sink turned into blocked baths and blocked toilets.

No water.

Arguments erupted everywhere.

No one could agree on who caused it.

No one could wash, and no one could cook.

It felt like the pipes were vomiting up everything hidden below.

Pluto energy, raw and rotting.

How long does the full moon energy last and what is the purpose?

Full moon energy lasts three days before and after the day of the full moon.

However, a full moon is most potent on the day of the full moon and just before lunation.

But events and emotions may be felt for about two weeks.

Full moons bring endings, and as a result, they clear things up by bringing clarity to a situation.

So does the full moon really make people crazy?

No, planets don’t make anyone anything.

Furthermore, not one planetary activity can predict that.

I had Pluto transit to my fourth house of home (on the IC angle moving into the 3rd house).

Transiting sun conjunct my natal Mars (planet of war) in confrontation (opposite) with the natal moon (mother, women, domestic matters, emotions) in the 3rd house of neighbours and siblings, square to natal Pluto.

The ruler of my home life moved into a new sign (Gemini) in the house of endings.

Uranus rules my domestic matters and moved into Gemini, the sign of the twins.

This all happened a day before the new moon in Capricorn.

The full moon could just illuminate what’s already there, buried beneath routine, masks, polite nods, and filtered selfies.

Maybe it draws the tides of human emotion so high they spill over.

Perhaps it’s just another night in a city that’s crumbling under secrets, grief, trauma, vengeance, poverty, and blocked drains.

But one thing is certain:

When the moon is full, the shadows have nowhere left to hide.

Stay grounded, keep your heart open, and if you need to, let yourself howl.