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All time and zodiacal position data are computer generated for the alignment of Sun and Moon in ecliptic longitude using Matrix's BLUE*STAR software, with nominal precision to the nearest minute of arc. |
There are 37 zodiacal blue moons in the 20th Century, defined as the second of two consecutive full moons to occur in the same sign. They occur between the 19th and the 23rd of the month in the 29th to 30th degrees of a (tropical zodiac) sign; i.e. from 28d 0m 1s to 29d 59m 59s; generally at intervals of 2-1/2 to 3 years. No 20th Century zodiacal blue moon is an eclipse, but eight of them are perigee lunations - a lunation which occurs when the Moon is at or near (within 90% or greater) its closest approach to Earth.
This type of blue moon - the anaretic blue moon - differs from the popular blue moon in that it is the second consecutive full moon in a sign, rather than the second in a month.
There are at this moment only about six million people now living who were born on the day of this type of blue moon, and only about a million of them actually have the moon in the last two degrees of a sign. If your birthday happens to be listed in this table - like singer Cat Stevens or psychic Linda Martel, for example - you're a true 'once in a blue moon' person. And if your natal moon is in the last two degrees of a sign as well - then you're really one in a million!
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Richard Nolle, Certified Professional Astrologer phone or fax 480-753-6261 - email rnolle@astropro.com Box 26599 - Tempe, AZ 85285-6599 - USA on the World Wide Web at http://www.astropro.com |
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