Full Lunar Eclipse in Scorpio

Aries male and Scorpio female trekked up the hill outside their cozy cottage to wait for the view of a lifetime. We went a few minutes early because we were informed that in New Zealand, part of the moon would be obscured by the horizon so we might only see most of the blood red surface as it rose upwards into the night that was descending. But although our view is magnificent of the rolling hills and paddocks dotted with trees far below stretching from one side of the valley to the other, there were mountains blocking the initial ascent of the moon. Thus our wait was in vain. By the time the moon rose and peeked up over the mountain peaks, it was bright yellow without a trace of red. It had done its dash down at the horizon level and certainly by the time it got over the obstacles we were looking at, it was finished with its eclipse.

So in the dim light of the quickening night, we trudged back down the path that leads into our driveway and our darkened cottage. We were a bit disappointed but still in awe of nature’s omnipotence. This was a rare occurrence and supposedly it would be transformative for Scorpios, like me. But so far I am still me and as far as I can tell, I’m pretty much the same as I was before I went up the hill.

I do know that both John and I are over the hill. And sometimes we’re even over the moon. But this time we were just ready to come inside and have a quiet meal, mulling over the eclipse that hadn’t shown itself to our awaiting eyes. Things happen like that but it’s no big deal. The view from the Southern Hemisphere wasn’t supposed to be that great. But I bet it was at the coast. Oh well. Perhaps my kids had better luck. The two sons in America were thrilled to hear from me and both were planning on viewing the eclipse and both had clear skies to see it clearly. In North America the experts were expecting fantastic viewing opportunities as long as there were no obstacles in the way, like our mountains. So the next time I talk to them, I do hope that they’ll share how stunning this sight was. I’ve seen harvest moons here and there and super moons here and they’ve blown me away, so I bet that this viewing would have been spectacular.  For all I know, harvest moons and super moons are the same thing.

But even though we saw only a regular moon by the time it showed itself, it was still so brilliant against the dark sky and I snapped a few photos on the way down of the mist rising from the ground around the pond in front with the silhouette of the enormous poplars in the shot. I still feel ecstatic about life on this earth and probably always will. I’ve never lost the zest for life I had when I was young, for this paradise we call home, no matter where I am or where I live. In fact, it’s only grown in intensity throughout my life. My happiness resides within me so I take it wherever I go and above all I try to mellow out if something I expect doesn’t materialize. Life is too precious to waste on dissatisfaction. There’s always something to be very thankful for. By the way, I took a couple shots of the moon but the sky was too light to show much contrast and so I didn’t post those photos. But on the way back down the path I turned around to see that the moon appeared to be caught in the gate. It doesn’t look very bright in the picture but in person it was quite intense. Ah, a real moon gate!