But of course, it won't actually be blue:
If skies are clear, blue moon will light up New Year's Eve
A blue moon will be upon us tonight.
Astronomers and astrologers disagree on a blue moon's significance, but they agree it's rare for one to rise on New Year's Eve.
Once in a blue moon, as the saying goes.
They happen every two to three years and aren't really blue. Blue moon is the term given to the second full moon in a month. According to NASA, the term originated in the time of Shakespeare to mean a rare occurrence, and the Farmer's Almanac of Maine defined it in the 1930s as the third full moon in a season that has four. But the 1946 definition as the second full moon of the month is the one that has stuck.
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"Astrology aside, there is the system of understanding that this is the last day of the year," said Cynthia Killion, a Wichita psychic and astrologer.
Combined with a blue moon, "it is a very loaded, energetically intense and powerful time. It gives people extra power in making resolutions and change."
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During the midst of the Great Depression in 1934, Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart wrote this song:
"Blue moon, you saw me standing alone,
Without a dream in my heart,
Without a love of my own.
Blue moon, you knew just what I was there for,
You heard me saying a prayer for
Someone I really could care for."
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Tonight, look up in the sky and see the latest blue moon. And take from it what you will.
"This moon puts a lot of pressure on us to make change," Killion said. "It is a not-so-gentle push from the universe telling us to get off our butts and change.
"The blue moon is considered somewhat of a blessing, like a doorway might be opened for miracles."
Just like in the song:
"And when I looked the moon had turned to gold.
Blue moon, now I'm no longer alone,
Without a dream in my heart, without a love of my own
Without a love of my own."
Blessings? Miracles? Sounds good to me, we could all use some. Make of it what you will.
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