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Call it whatever you
like—a blue red moon, a purple moon, a blood moon—but the moon will be a
special sight on Jan. 31.
Three separate celestial
events will occur simultaneously that night, resulting in what some are
calling a super blue blood moon eclipse. The astronomical rarity hasn't
happened for more than 150 years.
A super moon, like the one
visible on New Year's Day, is the term for when a full moon is closest to the
Earth in its orbit, appearing bigger and brighter than normal.
On Jan. 31, the moon will
be full for the second time in a month, a rare occasion—it happens once every
two and a half years—known as a blue moon.
To top it off, there will
also be a total lunar eclipse. But unlike last year's solar eclipse, this
sky-watching event isn't going to be as visible in the continental United
States. The best views of the middle-of-the-night eclipse will be in central
and eastern Asia, Indonesia, New Zealand and Australia, although Alaska and
Hawaii will get a glimpse, too.
For the rest of the U.S.,
the eclipse will come too close to when the moon sets for the phenomenon to
be visible.
Because of the way the
light filters through the atmosphere during an eclipse, blue light is bounced
away from the moon, while red light is reflected. The eclipsed moon's reddish
color earned it the nickname blood moon.
"We're seeing all of
the Earth's sunrises and sunsets at that moment reflected from the surface of
the Moon," Sarah Noble, a program scientist at NASA headquarters, said
in a release.
Scientifically, Simpson
said, the event is pretty meaningless. The moon's orbit is well studied and
well understood by scientists. The real impact, she said, is how astronomical
events like this get people interested in science.
"Anything that keeps
people interested in science and makes them realize science is important is a
good thing," she said.
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This Total Lunar Eclipse
which many of us well be able to see physically in the night sky when the
super full moon goes from red to dark, (sorry not UK, Europe, Scandinavia)
will be stunning. Regardless of if you can see it or not we are all still
strongly influenced by the energies of this cosmic event.
Be in the
stillness, as the crossing of the Earth’s shadow on the Moon takes place, a
transformation takes place.
You are in a
rejuvenation, transformational chamber and as the eclipse completes, walk out
into the new higher vibrational world you have transfigured into.
With the Full Moon is a
time of completion and celebration, in Leo we are opening our heart and
aligning with divine will, trusting and surrendering in unconditional love,
allowing our self to be from our Source as the Sun is in Aquarius and we open
up to the new paradigm and allowing. Time to celebrate all we have unified
and completed on our journey and simply BE.
Time to have a party and
fun with the Leo energy we can warmly enjoy people and dance the night away
under the moon.
This Leo Full Moon is a
trigger for the Aquarian Age and the remembrance of why we are here at this
time on Earth. Allow your cells to be open to the Moonlight as it awakens the
DNA strands of the light codes you hold within you.
The constellation of Leo
is big and holds many stars and galaxies, symbolized as the Lion and the
brightest star is Regulus.
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