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The Moon culminates to full on Sunday, May 31 at 4:45 am EDT at 9 Sagittarius 56, and it is popularly regarded as a Blue Moon. When a person says, “Once in a Blue Moon”, they mean to say, ‘rarely’. Technically, the time period is 2.7 years. The fact that there are two Full Moons in May is interesting.
That the 2nd New Moon in the calendar or solar month is a Blue Moon and that it is occurring in this Universal 1-year does make it tempting to assert some degree of cosmic significance, with the end coming fast now. This does not mean that it is a sign from the Gods, or that it has an extra special meaning astrologically, because it occurred 2.7 years ago and will again in 2.7 years from now.
The term “Blue Moon” originated from the 16th-century expression. Saying “the Moon is blue” used to describe something impossible. Its modern meaning as the second Full Moon in a calendar month was popularized by James Hugh Pruett in a 1946 article for Sky & Telescope magazine. Yet, a 13th Full Moon occurs on an average of 2.7 years, and it is not blue, just as the pink one is not pink.
Since there are 29.5 days in a Lunation Cycle, or from one New Moon to the next, it is quite easy to see how such an event can occur in light of the solar calendar division of the year by 12. Some assert that the month correlates with the Moon alone, yet it is more accurate to say that it is a combination of the Sun and Moon.
Since the Sun and Moon are so intimately connected in terms of our geo-centric experiential reality, it makes sense that they, the king and queen, would be so intimately involved in our calendrical measures. The entire process of finding the balance between the Sun cycle and the Moon cycle for the sake of precise calendar counts is ancient and the observational process was remarkably precise even as far back as 5,000 BCE by the ancient Egyptians.
The division of the year by 12 is not based on stars or constellations as is commonly assumed. The division is quite practical in terms of the natural division of the year by the Solstices and Equinoxes, but the rationale is also geometrical, based on a 360-degree circle. Also, dividing the 360-degree cycle by 12 = 30 and by 13 = 27.69230769230769, which is highly impractical.
A 13th Full Moon in a year is more of an astronomical anomaly. After all, Astrology is a symbolic, archetypal language, and the Moon only becomes astrological when it is plotted on a Zodiacal Mandala, commonly referred to as an Astrological Chart, and then in context to the Sun and the planets and not as an isolated fact.
Yet, the measure of time was serious business, and was largely associated with annual plant growth interests, and it included measuring models, the most obvious of which is a circle, which is the basic and obvious means of measuring a cycle, and it all began with the cycle of the Sun and Moon, or the seasonal round and the Full Moon serving as a marker for the season. Ironically, the fact that there are 12 complete 29.53-day Lunation Cycles with just shy of 12 days remaining in a 365.25-day solar year is not common knowledge.
It is common to hear wide-eyed assertions all over the internet that there are truly 13 Zodiac Signs, as though the ancients were complete idiots who overlooked it, or that a nefarious network of powerful dark lords have tricked humanity into notions of a cycle divided by 12 instead of 13 was the key to their enslavement of humanity in the physical dimension.
Yes, there is a constellation called Ophiuchus that touches on the ecliptic, yet the Zodiac never included it as one of the 12, no matter how much some are determined to convince themselves and others.
By association, it is also commonly assumed that there are 28 days from one New Moon to the next. It is quite a study of human psychology to observe when people who assume this notion are corrected to understand that there are an average of 29.5 days. Yes, it is true that 28 x 13 = 364, but this fact has nothing to do with accurate calendrical measures because 28 is simply an erroneous notion when it comes to precise measures of the cycles of the Sun and Moon.
In terms of the 365, 25-day year cycle, there is an average of 12 Lunation Cycles per solar year with just shy of 12 days remaining. This is easily determined by dividing the year by the 29.5-day Lunation Cycle = 12.38135593220339.
Technically, the Synodic Lunar Month is defined by the visible phases of the Moon ranges from 29.18 days to 29.93 days, due to the slight ellipse of the Moon. The Sidereal Lunar Month is defined by the Moon’s orbit with respect to the stars is 27.321 days. So, the notion of 28 days associated with the Moon is incorrect and the margin of difference adds up every month, which simply does not work when it comes to accuracy over time regarding calendars.
Another common trend is to assume that the Full Moon’s each year has a specific name. The use of the Algonquin indigenous culture is the one usually cited. Yet pretty much every traditional culture in the world had its own specific names for each Full Moon in accordance with its geographical location and climate.
Naming the Moon is more accurately categorized as cultural lore than as a branch of Astrology. However, determining the Sign and degree of an event does carry meaning. This meaning is not pat, since we each experience so-called objective reality, subjectively, and while a sophisticated generic meaning can be determined, it is ultimately personal. Of course, this is true of everything because we do not experience reality per se, so much as interpret it via our senses, which can be described as our personal, subjective experience..
So, unravelling the story behind the phenomenon of a 13th Full Moon in a calendar year is a rather complex process. This brief summary is the tip of the iceberg. Distinguishing between astrology, astronomy, and cultural lore, while bridges between each can be made, distinguishing each from the other is also important.
Only Astrology reveals the personal, inner meaning that the Moon as an archetypal principal plays in our lives. What is truly wonderful is that upon closer investigation of this meaning, it becomes very clear that it can be determined by a close examination of one’s Birth Chart, and the meaning is multi-layered, profound and relevant indeed.
While the recognition of the waxing and waning of the Moon occurring every month is common. It is less common to realize that the exact duration from one New Moon to the next is 29.53 days. And while people will commonly assert that they ‘know who they are’, and this self-knowledge often even includes knowing what their Zodiac Sign is, knowing what sign the Moon was in when they were born, or what phase the Moon was in is rare indeed.
While Astronomy is involved in the measurement of the cycles of the Sun, Moon and planets, Astrology is focused on what it means with an emphasis on synchronicity. The fact that the positions of the Sun, Moon and planets do hold meaning is commonly deemed to be superstition by many people, even highly educated people. However, the greater irony is that this casual assumption is itself superstition, the unconscious assertions of social conditioning, because the meaning of these is clearly proven.
But don’t be a believer. Investigate it yourself. I can help you in this regard. Beyond proving that the positions of the Sun, Moon and planets does indeed have meaning, the meaning itself is so intimate that people often realize that the insights gained from the interpretation process is so powerful, that it can be said to understand them more than they understand themselves! Life is such a game.
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