I haven't been sleeping at all recently. A few hours here or there, but for someone who likes her eight hours' of sleep a night, it's just not enough! I was talking to a friend about it, who suggested that maybe I'm having difficulty sleeping because it's the full moon.

We have quite a lot of expressions in English using "moon" (over the moon, honeymoon, to moon about, moonstruck, moonshine etc) and also one that I think comes from French (la lune): "loony", meaning "mad". If you're into tarot, then you know that the moon card represents illusion, madness and genius.

What about in your language? Does the moon have any special meaning?
And, is it just me, or do others have difficulty sleeping when it's the full moon?