Sep 01 2009
Blood on the moon
A lunar eclipse (Blood Moon)
My mother’s family were hard-line Baptists. They believed that the color red was the color of the devil. There was also a belief about a red moon, or “blood on the moon.” According to my relatives, “blood on the moon” foretold of a coming war.
There are two reasons why the moon might appear red. The grander one is a lunar eclipse. When the sun, moon, and earth are in exact alignment and the moon is in the earth’s shadow, a lunar eclipse results.
The other reason is dust in the atmosphere causing the moon to have a reddish tint.
Even with these scientific explanations, I sometimes can’t help but wonder if perhaps there’s something to some of these omens. Magic is, after all, the energies of the Universe being focused to influence nature.
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