It is weekend again, and on top of that it is full moon. Being married to an Cancerian, his moods are totally influenced by the stages of the moon. Mostly very badly, which reflects back to the rest of the family being my 20 year old son and myself. One moment everything can be hunky dory and the next he has the most terrible mood swing. It sometimes is a slow upsetting or rise of temper, and sometimes it is an unexpected explosion of temper in your face, terrifyingly so!! My son's defence is simply to leave the house and only comes back the next day. I have developed my own strategy. Never talk back or defend any any unfounded accusation, never ignore him when he calls me to do something, never keeps myself busy with things which he don't like, never disagree with him if he goes on about a topic . Mostly I have learnt the art of never showing any fear or signs of how upsetting his behaviour is to me. Never show him that my heart is sometimes breaking because of the terrible things he says, never show distress at the most terrible threatening behaviour.  Keep myself busy around him and dare not leave the room, because he will in any case come after me and rant and rave further, so rather stay where the neighbours cannot hear or see.  Eventually the mood will subside and he even sometimes forget that he even was in a mood. Mostly the next day he is quite a different person. My favourite pick-me-uo is watching a film called Shirley Valentine and my son leave me be when I watch it. Otherwise I will find some humour in a small thing and have a good laugh. I find that humour and laughter is the best medicine for a lot of ailments together with a strong sense of selfworth and positive brainpower. If there is any others out there living the same life or being afflicted ths way, post a comment. I would like to know your thoughts. I have survived thius far and know I will do another few with patience, a glass of good wine, a deep breath and a good dose of humour. How much worse can it get.? The moon will keep changing and so will the affect on my husband. Positive thoughts bring fourth positive actions which  I firmly hold onto in my believe that someday it will not be so terrible. There is a story in Afrikaans written by C J Langenhoven called Brolloks and Bittergal which in my mind is always the personification of my husband at full moon. In other cultures some may even refer to him as those nightly creatures , the werewolfs, or shapeshifters, that come out at times of the full moon. Anyhow, I even feel much better and more empowered now that I have written about it and put my thoughts to paper( or rather screen), and no amount of howling at the moon will upset me this weekend.  A very good time to you. Looking forward to your remarks