the perigee, the point when Moon is closest to earth (aka PRiapus) - (apogee = Moon being farthest from earth and therefore closest to Sun = Black Moon Lilith), is of course not always coinciding with a full or New Moon, however if it does it is a so called SUPERMOON. appearing much bigger than usually to our eye.
This here seems very special, too because basically it is not just a Full Moon which is also a Supermoon, but a freaking lunar ECLIPSE.
Jeez, our emotions will go so far out of hand - erm, just stay safe around other people, men and crowds, I feel like advising.
Not to say there will be explosions of any kind, but the Supermoons are known to be more than irrational and eclipses are irrational and to me the lunar eclipses in particular driving at least me crazy. Well for me I need to keep in mind to NOT make any decisions, as my emotions will be simply out of proportions, overblown like the Supermoon. and I usually have that issue with the january/february fullmoon, even if it is a normal Moon, for reasons I am not quite sure, but I just noticed, that I tend to be over reactive to these fullmoons in february mostly or in Aquarius, this time it will happen in january, not sure this will make a difference or the february fullmoon will be bigger.
But who really needs a Supermoon on eclipse day. Ugh. Of course it could also be marvellous for merging (just that the emotional drive and urge might get so strong to do that, that people might not always ask the other person how they feel about it. There is a reason that Supermoon has the name of Priapus. lol).
Also Supermoons seems to often come with extreme weather, sometimes a lot of rain or flood, ebb and tide being more extreme. So in worse cases there could be a lot of rain or even floods happening around that.
Though it is in Aquarius not Pisces, so I am more thinking of ice-rain, snow or hail.
But of course it does not need to be a catastrophe, maybe nothing of that will happen.
But we know what the moon does with water on earth on a normal day, now imagine how that will increase and intensify if Moon is even closer to earth. it is not even a superstition.
Anyway the exact Perigee will take place a little AFTER the lunar eclipse, about 5 hours I suppose. Sun will be on 1 Aquarius, and Moon already on 10 Leo.
And just seeing Neptune on the DESC exact in PIsces at my location, I guess it`s going to be a rainy day. Anyway getting distracted here.
So applying astrological definitions, at the exact Perigee time PRIAPUS needs to be exactly conjunct the Moon. That is just the definition.
NOw Priapus can be calculated in two ways:
a) the natural Priapus as given by astro.com as h22
b) the exact opposite point of true Lilith
Now at the time
Moon: 10°10 Leo
a) natural Priapus: 10°10 Leo
b) true Priapus: 10°10 Leo (with true LIlith 10°10 Aquarius)
As you can see, first of all both fit the definition, and just as they should, at the point of exact perigee there should be NO orb at all. and there isn`t. so that is valid.
However at the time of perigees, coincidentaly natural Priapus (h22) and true Priapus are always exactly conjunct, too. Or in other words natural Priapus is opposing true Lilith exactly (true Lilith and true Priapus are always on an exact axis, while the natural Lilith and Priapus are not, that has to do with their calculations).
That is why I say I personally cannot decide which is the right, because for the times of apogee and perigee both match the definition.
And now comes where I have to trust the experts; they say that true Lilith/true Priapus ONLY fits the bill for these very specific times, but not at other times, while natural Lilith/Priapus fit the criteria at other times, too, but I have too little knowledge in calculating lunar objects and points to verify it either way (the calculation of the lunar motion must be a nightmare as it is so complicated, it seems).
But seriously that just now really knocked me off my mental feet. a lunar eclipse that is a blood moon that is also a Supermoon.
Boy we are in for such a wild ride! Mark my words.
(I just hope it will be for the good and not for the irrational insanity that might stem from not so good plafces. Supermoons as do eclipses just enhance the emotions so much, and unfortunately not only the good ones, but also the paranoia and fanatical ones. Hopefully those will be kept in check, well for whatever that is worth, the eclipse will take place on the fixed star ALTAIR #
darkstarastrology.com/altair/"Why does a supermoon cause more extreme tides? When the new moon or full moon closely aligns with perigee – closest point to Earth in the moon’s orbit – then we have a supermoon and extra-large spring tides. Some call these perigean spring tides. But since, in recent years, these close new or full moons have come to be called supermoons, it’s also likely some are already calling them supermoon tides, and we’ve also heard the term king tides.
In 2018, the January 1-2 full moon closely aligned with perigee to bring forth especially high tides. As it happened, on the day after the January 1-2 supermoon, Storm Eleanor hit Europe with winds of up to 100 mph (160 km/h). The wind and extra-high tides caused flooding, hampered travel, injured and killed people, left tens of thousands of homes without power across the UK, Ireland and other parts of Europe. No doubt the extra-high tides contributed to the severity of the storm. Read more: High tides and winter storms
Why are the tides at their strongest around supermoons? It’s simply because the moon is at its closest to Earth, and thus the Earth’s oceans are feeling the pull of the moon’s gravity most powerfully.
Should you expect these extra-high tides on the day of the supermoon itself? Probably not. The highest tides tend to follow the supermoon by a day or two.
Do the most extreme high tides – high tides bringing floods – always occur at supermoons? Not necessarily. It’s when a spring tide coincides with a time of heavy winds and rain – flooding due to a weather extreme – that the most extreme flooding occurs."
earthsky.org/earth/tides-and-the-pull-of-the-moon-and-sun