Dictionary term
Spring Tide
Direct answer
Spring Tide: A Spring Tide is a period of larger-than-average tidal range near new or full Moon when lunar and solar tide-producing forces reinforce one another.
- Source
- The Great Almanac Dictionary
- Category
- Seasons & Earth Almanac
- Also appears in
- Seasons & Earth Almanac
- Aliases
- None listed
- Last updated
- 2026-07-15
Quick reference
- Use when
- Use Spring Tide as a broad astronomical context, then rely on local station predictions for actual high and low water.
- Do not use it for
- A spring tide is not automatically a flood; weather, pressure, wind, coastline, and lunar distance also matter.
- Reference category
- Seasons & Earth Almanac
- Related terms
- Astronomical Season, Meteorological Season, Equinox, Solstice
The story behind Spring Tide
The traditional name refers to water springing forth and is not a seasonal label.
Spring Tide in spiritual tradition
Spring tides reveal how alignment can amplify an existing rhythm without dictating one universal outcome.
The Great Almanac frames Spring Tide with educational restraint. Mystical or symbolic language may be meaningful, but it should not be exaggerated into certainty, panic, or permission to ignore ordinary responsibility.
Spring Tide in the Bible
This is a factual astronomy, calendar, Earth-science, cultural, or historical reference. It can support wonder at the created order without becoming a claim of fate, worship, or private revelation.
Spring Tide in numerology
Spring Tide is not a numerology claim. Any numbers attached to it should retain their ordinary scientific, calendrical, navigational, or historical meaning unless a separate symbolic interpretation is clearly labeled.
Why Spring Tide matters
The pattern explains a regular lunar-month change in tidal range and has nothing to do with the season named spring.
Example in a reading: A coastal station may show higher high tides and lower low tides around a new Moon, with local magnitude varying widely.
Interpretive caution: A spring tide is not automatically a flood; weather, pressure, wind, coastline, and lunar distance also matter.
How Spring Tide is used in a reading
Use Spring Tide as a broad astronomical context, then rely on local station predictions for actual high and low water.
Where interpretation stops
Spring Tide is presented as sourced astronomy, calendrical, Earth-science, cultural, or instrument-history reference. Definitions should distinguish measured phenomena from civil convention and historical interpretation, preserve location and time dependencies, and avoid turning factual sky data into a deterministic personal claim.
Sources and editorial method
Research references used for this entry include:
- NOAA Ocean Service: What Are Spring and Neap Tides? - Official explanation of lunar-solar alignment and spring and neap tidal ranges.
The page starts with a direct definition, then separates use, example, caution, spiritual meaning, and historical context. For astrology, occult, demonology, curse, and spiritual warfare terms, the editorial rule is to explain the term without making fear-based, fatalistic, medical, legal, financial, or ritual-instruction claims.
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