Blood moon

Posted on September 28, 2015 by Sue Vincent

flowers moon 020If you stand in a field and look up, far from the lights of the city streets, there are a billion stars and a single great orb that appears to radiate a clear, white light. If you breathe in the silence, you begin to get some intimation of what our ancestors must have felt as they too looked up. The moon must have occupied their attention, especially when it appeared as large and bright in the sky as it did tonight.

moon 009We cannot know what they thought, but to watch the shadow cross its face, like the blinking of some great eye, can only have been both awe-inspiring and terrifying. To see it darken to the colour of blood, can only have been seen as a portent of great events. Yet I wonder if they, who knew the cycles of life and death and who would have early made the link between the rhythm of the moon and the mysterious cycle of womankind, would have seen the blood moon as a fearful thing… a harbinger of misfortune… or whether they might have seen it as the gift of the goddess and a blessing, rather than the curse we imagine. We will never know.

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About Sue Vincent

Sue Vincent was a Yorkshire born writer, esoteric teacher and a Director of The Silent Eye. She was immersed in the Mysteries all her life. Sue maintained a popular blog and is co-author of The Mystical Hexagram with Dr G.M.Vasey. Sue lived in Buckinghamshire, having been stranded there due to an accident with a blindfold, a pin and a map. She had a lasting love-affair with the landscape of Albion, the hidden country of the heart. Sue  passed into spirit at the end of March 2021.
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49 Responses to Blood moon

  1. Terri Webster Schrandt's avatar Terri Webster Schrandt says:
    September 28, 2015 at 04:50

    Excellent post and photography!

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  2. Éilis Niamh's avatar Éilis Niamh says:
    September 28, 2015 at 05:07

    However they thought, I do not think they were all in agreement, even in the same culture. 🙂 Beautiful, magical night isn’t it.

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  3. Judith Barrow's avatar judithbarrow1 says:
    September 28, 2015 at 05:24

    Reblogged this on Barrow Blogs: and commented:
    We watched!

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  4. Judith Barrow's avatar judithbarrow1 says:
    September 28, 2015 at 05:25

    Did you manage to photograph these, Suie?

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  5. Judith Barrow's avatar judithbarrow1 says:
    September 28, 2015 at 05:26

    Sorry, ‘Sue’ – bit bog-eyed!

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  6. Christoph Fischer's avatar writerchristophfischer says:
    September 28, 2015 at 06:32

    Thanks for this – I couldn’t go to sleep last night and then slept through it 😦
    Great pics ❤

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    • Sue Vincent's avatar Sue Vincent says:
      September 28, 2015 at 06:54

      I was glad we had the clear skie. I may…if ‘m lucky… be around fo the next one, but I can’t see me wandering the lanes to get a decent shot 🙂 Having said that… maybe I will be that strange old lady 😀

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  7. Carolina Russo's avatar YesterdayAfter says:
    September 28, 2015 at 08:08

    That’s what I did I went into a field in a place where I usually go hike and there in the dark we were able to see the beautiful moon also if at first there were clouds but slowly we were able to see the eclipse what a awesome event! After when the moon turned super bright it created a reddish circle around like an aura so beautiful to see it! 🙂

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  8. Jaye Marie & Anita Dawes's avatar jenanita01 says:
    September 28, 2015 at 09:42

    No luck in our neck of the woods, not many clouds about but I think our moon was not the one eclipsing. Looked very ordinary, no matter how long we stayed up. So, grateful for these pictures, Sue…

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  11. alibaliwalker's avatar Ali Isaac says:
    September 28, 2015 at 11:43

    I knew you would have some great pictures! I missd the actual event itself, sadly, just couldnt stay awake, so I’m really happy to see your pictures. As ancient man was far more knowledgeable and sophisticated than qe give him credit for, I’m doubtful he would have been unduly alarmed.

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  12. Judy E Martin's avatar edwinasepisodes says:
    September 28, 2015 at 12:10

    You got some beautiful photos Sue, Thanks so much for sharing 🙂

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  13. writersdream9's avatar writersdream9 says:
    September 28, 2015 at 13:29

    I love the perspective of our ancestors!

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  14. Glee Sparkle's avatar Glee Sparkle says:
    September 28, 2015 at 19:12

    Wow…amazing pictures….
    ☺☺☺☺
    Keep smiling,
    -glee sparkle💖💖

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  15. Eliza Waters's avatar Eliza Waters says:
    September 29, 2015 at 03:12

    My spouse, who loves history, stood musing on the very same thing as he looked up at the eclipse. What the ancients must have thought. I was amazed at how dark it got at full eclipse. If I was not informed, I might have been a tad worried!

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  16. macjam47's avatar macjam47 says:
    September 29, 2015 at 13:06

    Gorgeous photos. We have scientific explanations for such, but I too, wonder what the ancients thought.

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  17. Patrick Jones's avatar Patrick Jones says:
    September 29, 2015 at 18:44

    Wow…gorgeous! It was too cloudy to see it here in Missouri 😦 but you sure captured the beauty and sentiments!

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  18. noelleg44's avatar noelleg44 says:
    September 30, 2015 at 01:42

    Thank heavens there are some posts showing pictures of the blood moon – it was overcast here and we saw nothing!

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