Art: “The Nemean Lion” by John Martineau Wednesday, Jan 31 at 5:30am PST This full moon is a blue moon, supermoon and total lunar eclipse – holy shit! (Blue moon means two full moons in one calendar month – this one is extra cool because it’s the first time in 150 years that the blue […]
Monday, Jan 1 at 6.25pm PST This full moon is called the Full Wolf Moon. Cold and hungry, packs of wolves would howl through the night around native villages. The moon will rise at sunset, peak at midnight and set at sunrise. The Sun and Moon in total opposition between Cancer and Capricorn: Shakti and […]
Sunday, December 3 at 7.48am PST This moon is called the Full Cold Moon. It is a Supermoon, one of only two full supermoons this year. A supermoon occurs when the moon is at perigee or within 90% of perigee (the point at which the moon is nearest to the earth). The moon will be […]
Friday, June 23 at 7.32pm PST Happy Super New Moon AGAIN, third one in a row! New moons can qualify as supermoons because, as stated by Richard Nolle, they may (as may any phase of the moon) occur during perigee, or when the moon is “at or near (within 90% of) its closest approach to Earth […]
Thursday, May 25 at 12.46pm PST Happy *Super* New Moon (again!)! New moons also qualify as supermoons because, as stated by Richard Nolle, they can (as any moon phase can) occur “with the moon at or near (within 90% of) its closest approach to Earth in a given orbit.” This phenomenon is also known as perigee. In […]
Wednesday, Apr 26 at 8.14am EST Happy *Super* New Moon! Even new moons qualify as supermoons because, according to Richard Nolle’s definition, they can occur “with the moon at or near (within 90% of) its closest approach to Earth in a given orbit.” This phenomenon is also known as perigee. The Super New Moon in Taurus […]
Monday, Nov 14 at 8:53 am EST Click here to learn about the Moon. Click here to learn about Taurus. This particular Full Moon is known as the Full Frost Moon or Full Beaver Moon – Natives and settlers would set beaver traps before the water froze completely. It is a Supermoon, one of six […]
Sunday, Oct 16 at 12:25 am EST Click here to learn about the Moon. Click here to learn about Aries. This particular phase is known as the Full Hunter’s Moon. It is a Supermoon, one of six this year. A supermoon occurs when the moon is at perigee or within 90% of perigee (the point […]
Thursday, Apr 7 at 6.22am EST Click here to learn about the Moon. Click here to learn about Aries. Another Supermoon…! Yes, even New Moons qualify because, according to Richard Nolle’s definition, they can occur “with the moon at or near (within 90% of) its closest approach to Earth in a given orbit.” This phenomenon is […]
Tuesday, March 8 at 8.55pm EST Click here to learn about the Moon. Click here to learn about Pisces. Remember the Solar Eclipse in Virgo last September? Welcome to the follow-up, little starseeds. This one is a Supermoon – yes, even New Moons qualify – because, according to Richard Nolle’s definition, it occurs “…with the […]
Photo by Jimmy Westlake The Supermoon Lunar Eclipse in Aries comes exact on Sunday, Sep 27 at 10:50 pm EST Click here to learn about the Moon. Click here to learn about Aries. I need to get something off my chest: aaaAAAAHHHHH! Ok, that’s better. All this lunar business…and it’s not over yet! Next up, […]
The Full Moon in Pisces comes exact on Saturday, August 29 at 2:35 pm EST Click here to learn about the Moon. Click here to learn about Pisces. This particular full moon is called the Harvest Moon, Corn Moon or Barley Moon. As I’ve discussed in recent posts, the Virgo cycle is one of symbolic […]
The Sun transits Pisces from February 18, 2015 until March 20. The New Moon in Pisces comes exact on February 18 at 6:47 pm EST. Click here to learn about the Sun, the Moon or Pisces: The Fishes Disclaimer: when talking about Sun signs, it’s really more accurate to say “the Earth’s relation to the […]
The New Moon in Aquarius comes exact on January 20, 2015 at 8:14 am EST Click here to learn about the Moon. Click here to learn about Aquarius. Every New Moon falls in the same sign as that of the Sun. This is precisely what makes it a New Moon. On the same day that the […]
The Full Moon in Aquarius comes exact on August 10, 2014 at 2:09 PM EST Click here to learn about the Moon. Click here to learn about Aquarius. Hold on everybody! This Full Moon is a Supermoon, one of three this year. What makes it super is the fact that the Moon is unusually close to […]