Winter solstice total lunar eclipse TONIGHT!!

[girlwithnoname]

As a lover of the material universe and all things scientific:

Lunar eclipse info

[Frank The Bunny]

As a lover of the material universe and all things scientific:

Lunar eclipse info

does that mean you don't shave your armpits?

[black francis]

And celebrate your goddess powers?

[girlwithnoname]

Frank--I'm not sure what the universe and the shaven vs. unshaven state of underarm hair have to do with each other. Please explain.

bf--The moon is AWESOME. Respect her power.

[the ghost of guitarplayer]

Frank--I'm not sure what the universe and the shaven vs. unshaven state of underarm hair have to do with each other. Please explain.

New age hippie shit. Unshaven underarm hair, possibly hairy legs, entangled pubes that probably connect with your underarm hair because it's the connectivity of nature with the earth's ley lines bollocks.

[the puppet]

As a lover of the material universe and all things scientific:

Lunar eclipse info

Full moon here tonight and on rising we had a Blood Red Moon tonight doesn't happen too often

[watercolors]

remember boys, you're all just demi-gods.

[Frank The Bunny]

Frank--I'm not sure what the universe and the shaven vs. unshaven state of underarm hair have to do with each other. Please explain.

bf--The moon is AWESOME. Respect her power.

Sorry - but whenever a woman (particulary a woman from hippy-haven NorCal) - talks about solstice and the power of the universe, she's not talking about real science, is she? She's talking all mother earth / sister moon / Lilith Fair kinda shit... which also encompasses the whole not shaving / using patchouli as deodorant shit.

It's not opinion. It's fact. And BF knew exactly where I was going with that.

Good day, madame witch.
Yes, I said it. WITCH.
Drown her.

[Frank The Bunny]

Why is it that women don't have the balls to call themselves "witches"? "Wicca" is such a cop-out.

http://www.montrealgazette.com/life/Sol ... story.html

Solstice-eclipse overlap first in 372 years

OTTAWA — This year's winter solstice — an event that will occur next Tuesday — will coincide with a full lunar eclipse in a union that hasn't been seen in 372 years.

The celestial eccentricity holds special significance for spiritualities that tap into the energy of the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year and a time that is associated with the rebirth of the sun.

"It's a ritual of transformation from darkness into light," says Nicole Cooper, a high priestess at Toronto's Wiccan Church of Canada. "It's the idea that when things seem really bleak, (it) is often our biggest opportunity for personal transformation.

"The idea that the sun and the moon are almost at their darkest at this point in time really only further goes to hammer that home."

Cooper said Wiccans also see great significance in the unique coupling of the masculine energy of the sun and the feminine energy of the moon — transformative energies that she plans to incorporate into the church's winter-solstice rituals.

Since the last time an eclipse and the winter solstice happened simultaneously was just under five centuries years ago, Cooper said she wasn't familiar with any superstitions or mythologies associated with it.

Instead, she said, they can only be interpreted personally.

"Wiccans don't think of things as being good or evil — they just are. Our experience of them makes them positive or negative for us."

The winter solstice also played an important role in Greco-Roman rituals.

"It's seen as a time of rebirth or renewal because, astrologically, it's a time where the light comes back," said Shane Hawkins, a professor of Greek and Roman studies at Carleton University in Ottawa.

For the ancient Romans, it was also a time of great feasting and debauchery.

"If (the eclipse) happened on the 21st, they might well have been drunk," he said.

A lunar eclipse taking place during the solstice is not an event Hawkins has seen in research, but he said it would have been viewed as something special.

"Eclipses could be taken either way," he said. "Certainly it would have been an omen, but it would have been up to the interpretation of specialists of whether it was good or bad."

And that interpretation would likely be based on whatever was happening at the time.

The last time the two celestial events happened at the same time was in AD 1638, according to NASA.

An otherwise seemingly unexceptionable year in recorded history, the darkened moon happened during a bleak year for Tudor England.

Lady Jane Grey was beheaded for treason that year, while Princess Elizabeth was imprisoned in the Tower of London. Mary of Guise — the mother of Mary, Queen of Scots — became regent of Scotland.

Scientifically, however, it's just a coincidence of natural cycles.

"It's quite rare, but there's no profound significance. It's luck of the draw; you got dealt four aces," said Robert Dick, an astronomy instructor at Carleton.

[Frank The Bunny]

remember boys, you're all just demi-gods.

That would indicate that one of each of our parents would be a god. Have you met my parents?

Yeah... not even close to demigod.

And you're a witch like her, aren't you? I find your use of the word "boys" condescending.

Are We Not Men?

[JackT]

Is there to be a drowning or not? I don't have all day.

[Frank The Bunny]

Is there to be a drowning or not? I don't have all day.

Working on it, Jack.

Here's the way it works - we hang weights around their necks and drop them in the water... if they drown, they're not witches. If they survive, they are witches and we beat them with clubs until dead.

Bring a 24-pack of your favorite suds. oughtta be a good night out

[black francis]

My schedule is clear for the rest of the week.

[withahip]

You guys know how to party.

I haven't been this excited since the last Christine O'Donnell get together.

[girlwithnoname]

Sorry - but whenever a woman (particulary a woman from hippy-haven NorCal) - talks about solstice and the power of the universe, she's not talking about real science, is she? She's talking all mother earth / sister moon / Lilith Fair kinda shit... which also encompasses the whole not shaving / using patchouli as deodorant shit.

It's not opinion. It's fact. And BF knew exactly where I was going with that.

Good day, madame witch.
Yes, I said it. WITCH.
Drown her.

Darnit, withahip beat me to my punchline, but I'll say it anyway:

I'm not a witch--I'm YOU.


But in all seriousness, I actually AM a scientist in real life, and my interest in the lunar eclipse had nothing to do with worshipping your pagan goddess, Frank. :P