Pre-Menstrual Tension: How Much Can Astrology Affect PMT?

[Gadzooks3]

After witnessing my youngest sister change from being an incredibly placid person to becoming the Incredible She-Hulk when her mood swung, I got to wondering about pre-menstrual tension:

Can astrological conjunctions, alignments and influences affect PMT? Can they make it better and/or worse? If so, which conjunctions, alignments etc will affect the PMT afflicted woman, and how?

Just one of the great mysteries that are - woman... :lol:

 

[miss_scarlet]

28 day cycle of the moon. 28 day menstral cycle
Think that starts the ball rolling

 

[ArthurASCII]

I don't see any connection except coincidence myself. Mrs ASCII suffered from horrendous PMT for many years (until a hysterectomy brought her some relief).

I don't see how the 28 day cycle affects anything (unless you are postulating that all women's menstrual cycles are somehow synchronised).

 

[_Lizard23_]

Plus it's a bit of a myth that the menstrual cycle is 28 days. Some people have shorter cycles, some longer, some are very regular, some aren't, and whole thing varies throughout life and due to a thousand factors. Additionally not all women actually ovulate every month, which affects how much of what hormones is flowing about. It's not as simple as marking a day on a calendar and bingo, as anyone who has ever tried to get or not to get pregnant will tell you.

 

[Fizz32]

It baffles me when people generalise about the synchronisation of menstrual cycles - since the advent of the contraceptive pill, which imposes a 28 day cycle, this just can't happen in any group of women where there are pill takers.

 

[jefflovestone]

I'd go for some astrology if it made my other half a little more predictable.

PISCES: Febuary 20 to March 20

Nothing you do will be right or good enough to day.
You're not really useless, you're just being told you are.
Try lying low - maybe in an Anderson shelter.

 

[Fizz32]

How about the other side:

Leo (24 July to 23 August)

Today you will feel bloated, your skin will be spotty, and all day you'll go from feeling tense and highly strung to wanting to hide in a cupboard and cry within minutes of each other. Any legitimate complaint you might have about anybody will be dismissed as "hormones".

But don't worry, in a couple of days, you'll be in pain and discomfort and today's troubles will be forgotten about as you clutch the hot water bottle to your stomach and try not to overdose on painkillers.

 

[jefflovestone]

How about the other side:

Leo (24 July to 23 August)

Today you will feel bloated, your skin will be spotty, and all day you'll go from feeling tense and highly strung to wanting to hide in a cupboard and cry within minutes of each other. Any legitimate complaint you might have about anybody will be dismissed as "hormones".

But don't worry, in a couple of days, you'll be in pain and discomfort and today's troubles will be forgotten about as you clutch the hot water bottle to your stomach and try not to overdose on painkillers.

My other half is a Leo! :shock: There is something in astrology!

As for the 'hotwater bottle days' - they're my fault too, apparently.

 

[Fizz32]

I'd go for some astrology if it made my other half a little more predictable.

Jeff, she is predictable. This happens every month, just take notice of what dates it's going to happen, and take it into consideration when you decide to sleep in the car / on the sofa / in a different country.

 

[jefflovestone]

I'd go for some astrology if it made my other half a little more predictable.

Jeff, she is predictable. This happens every month, just take notice of what dates it's going to happen, and take it into consideration when you decide to sleep in the car / on the sofa / in a different country.

She has very unpredictable cycles of vastly varying lengths. She's had treatment for it for roughly 25 years. She's kind of given up now and is just holding tight waiting for the menopause.

 

[JamesWhitehead]

Imagine the vinegar-faced reception any of this stuff would receive if men's behaviour was in question!

Men, get yourselves a moon! :spinning

 

[rynner2]

Imagine the vinegar-faced reception any of this stuff would receive if men's behaviour was in question!

Frank Skinner ... is re-launching his stand-up career at this year's [Edinburgh] festival, after a decade in telly, before going on a major tour.

Skinner, who scooped the Perrier the year after Hughes, was a relative latecomer to the art and having hit 50 recently is old enough to be the father of many of the students now thronging Edinburgh's venues.

Like Hughes, he hasn't settled down with a long-term partner. Judging by a recent warm-up appearance, he's even more open about hitting middle-age and the dilemmas this creates for him in talking to his audience.

Those lucky enough to have bagged tickets for the sell-out run at the Pleasance should expect blistering quips about the bright fluorescent-green nature of his urine, now that's he taken to consuming over-fifties vitamin supplements.

He's got to watch his back, too: "Friends worry that I will have what they have taken to referring to as 'one of my falls'."

And he wonders whether it's appropriate to masturbate, let alone talk about masturbation, when you're 50.

"It's creepy," he admits, also sharing the revelation that he can't look at himself in the mirror should he take it upon himself to glance through a porn mag for recreational purposes.

Perhaps on your 50th, every man should get a telegram from the Queen advising them to desist, he suggests.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jh ... ank108.xml