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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDo you feel any difference in the universal vibe since the eclipse?
Do you feel more positive? Do you feel anything has changed?
Do you believe in gravity?
Perfectly balanced between the Earth and the Sun, the Moon must have had some effect on the gravitational fields, one might think?
Since a large percentage of the human body is water, could the Moon's gravity have some effect on the human brain?
Perhaps it is all just an illusion?
Whatever it was, it was amazing!
Its simple physics and interesting to watch. Nothing beyond that.
Ocelot II
(115,895 posts)They happen now and then when the moon's orbit crosses in front of the sun from the perspective of people in some locations on earth. It might look cool but it's not a big deal, not a sign of anything, and it doesn't affect anything unless you're a magical thinker who also believes in "signs" or other woo and hooey, and then the effect is only in your own head.
TxGuitar
(4,211 posts)We see it as exciting because it doesn't happen very often and it's weird to have darkness in the middle of the day, but jesus christ the shit about changes in vibrations and all the other nonsense people put out...this is what is holding us back as a society, seeing a perfectly normal, if not terribly common, occurrence as something meaningful or prophetic, like the moon is sentient or something. We can't advance as a society until this magical thinking goes away.
oregonjen
(3,342 posts)Oregon was able to participate in 2017 and the memories of how special that was were flowing for me. I got teary yesterday watching the event on tv and seeing how young and old alike were in awe.
Tommy Carcetti
(43,216 posts)...so I guess the Earth is 24% more balanced for me?
Silent3
(15,296 posts)...I'll say that's a big NO.
Still, I enjoyed the eclipse while it lasted.
NewHendoLib
(60,026 posts)MomInTheCrowd
(269 posts)Made the stuff we read about here get quiet - at least for a few moments.
BluesRunTheGame
(1,621 posts)Then it was dark through the night.
Now its back to being dark all the time.
Xavier Breath
(3,656 posts)honest.abe
(8,685 posts)-- I reconnected with my brother who was at one of the totality sites.
-- My company won a major contract
-- My wife got an interview for her dream job
senseandsensibility
(17,164 posts)I know, what kind of leftie am I?
Crunchy Frog
(26,673 posts)tinrobot
(10,926 posts)eShirl
(18,505 posts)same with the sun and the earth
ornotna
(10,807 posts)My tan just doesn't seem quite right.
DavidDvorkin
(19,495 posts)I do know that the moon is not perfectly balanced between the earth and sun.
Blues Heron
(5,944 posts)I think we can be affected by subtle and not so subtle changes in the gravitational field
LastDemocratInSC
(3,652 posts)It's the law.
Bonx
(2,078 posts)It was 90% here. Just enjoyed the moment and how the temperature changed. Used the pin hole trick to see it. Very briefly used the solar glasses.