May 19, 2008

  • Is the Moon “blue”?

    Tonight, the moon will be full.  Whenever any month has two full moons, the second one is called a “blue moon.”  This happens so rarely, that the saying, “once in a blue moon,” means, “rarely.”

    This is the second full moon of the current Solar presence in Taurus, second Scorpio Full Moon this year.  Does that make it a “blue Moon” even though the first one occurred in April?

Comments (10)

  • I think they have to occur in the same calendar month. don’t they? 

  • I have a Scorpio and a Taurus in my house.  They have been very full of themselves lately.  Blame it on the moon?  Makes me feel blue!  ha ha.  I’m not sure what the rules of moons are, but it sure has been beautiful. 

  • No idea. I could have looked it up, but, you know. Hah.

  • I’ve always had a fascination with blue moons.  To me, they seem to have more significance.  Have you noticed that? 

  • I find this interesting: the idea that a blue moon is the second full moon in a calendar month only goes back to 1946.  Before that the phrase referred to the third full moon in a season that had four…but I’m not sure how they figured the beginning and end of seasons.  There is another full moon between now and the summer solstice, so maybe this is the blue moon.

    Source: http://www.obliquity.com/astro/blue-st.html

  • @Scriveling - Thanks.  I’ve learned some things today, thanks to you.

  • According to Wiki, tonight is indeed a blue moon (when defined as the 3rd out of 4 moons in a season).  I’ll have to take a look - even if its not really blue, I bet it’ll still be beautiful.

  • this guy says it is a blue moon.

  • I say we grab as many blue moons as we can. And now I have to devote a post to this! *hugs* I happen to love the song Blue Moon…thank you SuSu!

  • @satori - Thanks for that link.  I’m using it in today’s entry.

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