This Friday, on the Equinox, is a SUPER (new) MOON - and a total eclipse of the sun.
The New Moon is never visible, until the New Crescent appears in the West. For the three days preceding her reappearance as the Crescent, the moon is traveling with the sun - coming up at sunrise and going down at sunset. So, at night, the moon is simply not in the sky; and because the moon is between us and the Sun, the Sun's strong light makes it impossible for us to see her during the day. This is why I like to call New Moon the 'No Moon'!
A Super Moon means that the moon, in her orbit, is as close as she ever gets to the Earth (lunar perigee). The Super New Moon will provide a spectacular total eclipse of the Sun. But this will only be visible in specific places, and unfortunately, North America isn't one of them!
The moon generates no light of her own -- her distinct phases result from a dance between Earth, Sun and Moon, which are all in motion at different speeds and on different pathways. The moon orbits the Earth, which orbits the Sun, which travels the galactic landscape of the Milky Way. After this eclipse on the equinox, there will be three more (on the equinox in March) in this century: in 2034, 2053, and 2072 - each separated by the 19 years required for Earth, Sun and Moon to be in exactly the same position relative to each other.
The vernal equinox, as the announcement of spring, heralds a time of fertility. Many mammals procreate at this time so that babies can be born in the warm protection of summer. Since the Grandmothers designated the New Moon as the interval when we would retreat into seclusion, this Friday is a powerful and intense concentration of feminine energy - a Super Moon Lodge!
Go with the flow,
Mrs. Kiva's Mom
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