Predicting Weather By The Moon - Xavier University Libraries

Tides
ies exert pulls on earthly things at certain ‘potent’ angles.
The moon and other planets pull on the oceans tangentially
only at 45° angles which because of vector geometry nullify
the earth’s gravity. These angles can sum to 90°, 135°,
180° and 225° with equal potency, because in space there
is no up or down, nor left or right. Therefore a strong pull
at 45° will also register at 225°, which is exactly on the
earth’s opposite side. The tangential component is effectual
as it acts at right angles to gravity and is therefore
unoppoosed by it. Newton wrote “the Tangential Component
varies as the Sine of Twice the altitude of the Sun or
Moon, and when the altitude of these Luminaries is 45°
the Force is at a maximum..”
Here was the key. For two and a half centuries it had
been discoverable. Yet no one amongst the eminent and
endowed men of science has recognised it, even to this
day. The idea of planets behaving in this way has been labelled
heretic for centuries, because it upsets those of religious
conviction who would rather that a deity had sole
influence over everything, and therefore that planets have
no influential power. The schism of recent centuries between
astrology and religion has come from this basic difference
as to who or what is in control.
TIDES SLOW EARTH ROTATION
As the Earth rotates beneath the tidal bulges, it attempts
to drag the bulges along with it. A large amount of
friction is produced which slows down the Earth’s spin.
The result has been that the day has been getting longer and
longer by about 0.0016 seconds each century.
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