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Another Eclipse for the New Year

Eclipse travel in pairs.

Just two weeks after the Full Moon/Solstice/Lunar Eclipse, we have a Solar (New Moon) eclipse that Europe and India will witness on January 4th.

In Western Europe, the Sun will be eclipsed as the day begins and will last about 80 minutes more. Even at its maximum, the eclipse will be only partial, with some of the everyday Sun still visible.

Unlike the gentle lunar eclipse, you need special solar filters or projection methods to protect the eyes while viewing the eclipse. Whenever the ordinary Sun is visible, even only part of it, you should not stare at it. Special solar filters are available cheaply, or dense [shade 12 or higher] welders' glass will do.

On the same day, Jupiter and Uranus make an exact conjunction at 27 degrees of Pisces. If you are astrologically-inclined, then this is another powerful eclipse and another turning point. Take some time between these two eclipses to get in touch with what you want to manifest in the coming year.

It's Officially Winter

The last time we had a lunar eclipse on the Winter Solstice was 21 December MDCXXXVIII.

I'll bet that when the Full Moon was in total eclipse from 1:12 to 2:47 UT and the solstice occured later in the day at 16:05 UT, it would have been quite a strange time at Stonehenge.

I'm glad I stayed up to watch. The next one is in 2094 and I don't think I'll be awake for that one.

Winter Solstice sun seen rising
through the trilithon at Stonehenge

And the Earth's axis just hit full tilt. The North Pole angled 23.5 degrees away from the sun at 6:38 p.m. EST.

Sun rise was at 7:16 today for 9 hours and 12 minutes of day (the sun set at 4:28) and then we gradually start adding to the day's length - until the summer solstice in 2011.  By New Year's Day, we will have added 3 minutes of daylight.  I feel warmer already.

More Numerology

An interesting once-in-my-lifetime number combination today for my birthday:  10-20-2010.  I'm not sure what, if anything, that's supposed to mean, but I did buy some lottery tickets...

Spin The Wheel

Yesterday, I posted here briefly about numerology which led me to a longer post on another blog of mine.

In that second post, I mentioned that I used my own quirky numerology system to pick numbers when I was playing roulette. Well, I got a comment from someone that said I wasn't so far out in my usage. Numerology is used in gaming.

Numerology is sometimes referred to as the only effective method when it comes to playing such games like bingo, roulette, keno, lotteries and other games with numbers. Due to the fact no strategy can be applied to increase player odds, players turn to leaning numbers in order to find what they think will help them.

For example, numerology is frequently used in the game of roulette where players bet on a single number. Special tools called the Lucky number generators are used to find out person’s lucky numbers based on basic principles of this study.

 

 

10-10-10

That's today.   10-10-10  October 10, 2010   Even if you're outside the U.S. and write it out as 10 October 2010, it's 10/10/10.

I'm not a believer in numerology, but that must mean something. I'll have to look into this. Check here for more information.