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La lune a de grandes influences sur le caractère.

La lune a de grandes influences sur le caractère.
The moon has great influences on the character.
From Lesson 237:Plural indefinite articles before adjectives (de)·French

Questions & Answers about La lune a de grandes influences sur le caractère.

Why is it de grandes influences instead of des grandes influences?
This is the main rule of your current lesson! When a plural adjective comes right before a plural noun, the plural indefinite article des reduces to de. Since grandes comes before influences, des becomes de.
Don't most French adjectives go after the noun? Why does grandes come before influences?
You are right that most adjectives follow the noun. However, a small group of common adjectives describing Beauty, Age, Goodness, and Size (often taught as the BAGS rule) come before the noun. Grand falls into the Size category, so it is placed before influences.
Does caractère refer to a character in a book or movie?
No, this is a classic false friend! In French, le caractère usually refers to a person's personality, temperament, or nature. If you want to talk about a fictional character in a story, the word you need is un personnage.
Why do we need the article le in sur le caractère? Can I just say sur caractère?
Unlike English, French rarely lets a noun stand alone without an article. Even when talking about abstract concepts or general things like personality, French requires a definite article (le, la, les). So, you must say sur le caractère.

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