The beams are rickety and termite ridden, the stone is old and falling down the mountain. You see, up until this point, you have built your tower on a spotty foundation. The Tower card is actually a gift, even if it doesn’t feel like it at first.
The Tower card represents the Universe telling you that you require this change to happen for your own spiritual growth. There have been small problems that are increasing and situations are getting out of control.
Often this card comes up when change has been in the works for some time and you have resisted or ignored it.
#THE MOON COMES OVER THE TOWER FULL#
He defined it as “a new or full Moon that occurs when the Moon is at or near (within 90% of) its closest approach to Earth in its orbit”.When the Tower shows itself in your reading, consider it as a blessing in disguise.Ĭhange, albeit forceful change is being thrust upon you now and though it may feel like it is happening against your will you need to remember that this is for your own good. The name ‘supermoon’ was first coined by astrologer Richard Nolle in 1979. The term supermoon refers to both perigee full and new Moons but, as the new Moon is not visible we will concentrate on the full supermoon. However, if you compare a perigee full Moon to the ones in previous and following months you probably wouldn’t notice any difference. When it’s closest, the Moon’s apparent size is around 34 arcminutes, while at apogee the Moon’s apparent size is around 30 arcminutes.Īpogee and perigee have no connection with lunar phase, the orbit cycle being out of sync with the phase cycle.Ī full Moon near perigee gains more attention than a regular full Moon because it appears larger and brighter than average, and has also become known by the popular term ‘supermoon’. The lunar orbit is elliptical and over time this means the distance between Earth and the Moon varies.Īs you would expect, the apparent diameter of the Moon varies over its orbit because of this distance change.Īpogee describes when the Moon is furthest from Earth, perigee when nearest. Credit: Alamy Stock Photo Apogee and perigee Meanwhile, Earth's orbit around the Sun takes 365 days and this means it takes 14 lunar cycles (411 days) to go from one full perigee Moon to the next one.Ĭomparison between the perigee (closest) and apogee (farthest) Moons. It also takes just over 29 days to cycle from one full Moon to the next, which you can see for yourself if you note the phases of the Moon night after night. These distances can vary between 406,712km (apogee) and 356,445km (perigee). The Moon takes just over 27 days to orbit Earth on an elliptical path that takes it from its most distant point from Earth at apogee, to its closest approach at perigee. We get 12 or 13 full Moons each year but, due to the orientation of the Moon’s orbit, not every full Moon is a supermoon, in the same way that not every full Moon is a lunar eclipse. Credit: Joshua Rhoades What is a supermoon and when do they occur?Ī supermoon happens when a full Moon coincides with the Moon’s closest approach to Earth along its orbit. Equipment: Canon EOS 6D DSLR camera, Sigma 100-400mm lens.
Supermoon Over Central Illinois, 1 January 2018, by Joshua Rhoades.
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