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Pastimes : Astrological Influences: Financial and Global Trends
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To: C Hudson who wrote ()12/14/1999 12:35:00 PM
From: John Madarasz  Read Replies (2) of 538
 
Interesting info...Winter Solstice 12/22/99...

I think this is interesting and thought you might as well. Once in a
lifetime experience:

Everyone should mark their calendars as this will be the last lunar
hurrah of this century. This year will be the first full moon to occur
on the winter solstice, Dec. 22, commonly called the first day of
winter, in a long time. Since a full moon on the winter solstice is
occurring in conjunction with a lunar perigee (point in the moon's
orbit that is closest to Earth), the moon will appear about 14% larger
than it does at apogee (the point in it's elliptical orbit that is
farthest from the Earth). This will make it appear brighter. The Earth
is also several million miles closer to the sun, than in the summer.
Thus the sunlight striking the moon is about 7% stronger, making it
still brighter. Also, this will be the closest perigee of the Moon of
the year. (The moon's orbit is constantly deforming due to variances
in the Earth's gravitational field.) If the weather is clear and
there isn't a snow cover where you live, it is believed that even car
headlights will be superfluous. On December 21st, 1866, the Lakota
Sioux took advantage of this combination of occurrences and staged a
devastating retaliatory night ambush on soldiers in the Wyoming
Territory.

In layman's terms it will be a super bright full moon, much more than
the usual AND it hasn't happened this way for 133 years! Our
ancestors 133 years ago saw this. Our descendants 100 or so years from
now will see this again. Some of you should find this interesting!
Remember, this will happen December 22, 1999
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