Re: Super Bright Full Moon December 22

Bill Combs (ttursine@earthlink.net)
Tue, 14 Dec 1999 11:42:20 -0600

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West Wight Potter Website at URL
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> I just wanted to clarify that the solstice
> will have nothing to do with it as it is just the moment when the north pole
> of the earth's axis tilts furthest away from the sun.

All true, but the coincidence _does_ add significantly to the occasion. As
I put it when I forwarded a highly edited version of the original message
(under the title "Moon Yourself") to a few score close friends: "Note that
this will also be the shortest day of the year, an occasion for annual
Druidic celebration: sacrificing virgins, piling up rocks, painting oneself
blue, swilling malt beverages to excess, etc, etc."

Regards,
Bill Combs

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