On Wednesday, January 31, we experienced a rare astronomical event called a Super Blue Blood Moon, when a Blue Moon (the second full moon in a month), a total lunar eclipse (when the moon blocks the sun from the Earth), and supermoon (when the moon reaches peak proximity to the Earth) all appear simultaneously. Apparently, this not only is cool to look at but some say it affects our behavior and even our bodies. Several doctors and nurses told Inverse that they see major changes in business during full moons and other astronomical anomalies.

Nancy Brisebois, a nurse in St. Paul’s Hospital in Saskatchewan, added that nurses try to avoid working during full moons because "something weird always seems to happen." She added, "We knew, ‘There’s this monstrosity on January 31’, and no one wants to be on call."

Dr. Patricia Valcke, a palliative care physician at the same hospital, said more people seem to die during full moons, and bigger events like Super Blue Blood Moons lead to "odd" behavior among patients in nursing homes.

The actual research on this phenomenon has mostly failed to show any correlation between what's going on in the sky and what's going on inside hospitals. Yet staff continue to swear that there is one. Four out of five mental health professionals in one study in Advances in Mind-Body Medicine said they'd noticed a relationship between illness and full moons.

“We pride ourselves on being scientific people,” said Valcke. "But the more celestial events that line up, the weirder things get.”

Rumor has it that the Super Blue Blood Moon was also a huge astrological event. “It is a time when messages from the other side are easier to hear,” astrologer Donna Page told Women's Health. “This eclipse will bring to you an opening to your creative side.” If you didn't take advantage of it, though, not to worry: According to Space.com, there's another one on January 21, 2019.

This article has been updated to more accurately represent doctors' anecdotes of how lunar events seem to impact patients.

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