In the recent past, we’ve all seen a lot of exposure about the upcoming “blood moon”. What’s all the fuss about? Here’s some basic info: the next Hunter’s (Blood) Moon will occur tonight, October 8. The full moon nearly always appears coppery red during a total lunar eclipse. That’s because the dispersed light from all the Earth’s sunrises and sunsets falls on the face of the moon at mid-eclipse. Thus the term blood moon can be and probably is applied to any and all total lunar eclipses. Usually, the moon looks red. Some often say it looks blood red. Why? Because it sounds dramatic, and a lunar eclipse is a dramatic natural event.

Ok, pretty natural sounding, so what’s all the fuss about? Many are also talking about the lunar tetrad of 2014-2015. What is a tetrad? It’s four successive total lunar eclipses, with no partial lunar eclipses in between, each of which is separated from the other by six lunar months (six full moons). Some see a lunar tetrad as representing a fulfillment of Biblical prophecy. After all, the moon is supposed to turn blood red before the end times, isn’t it? As described in Joel 2:31 (Common English Bible):

The sun will be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood before the great and dreadful day of the LORD comes.

That description, by the way, describes both a total solar eclipse and total lunar eclipse. Sun turned to darkness = moon directly between the Earth and sun in a total solar eclipse. Moon turned to blood = Earth directly between the sun and moon, Earth’s shadow falling on the moon in a total lunar eclipse.

Bottom line: the term Blood Moon to apply to the full moons of the upcoming tetrad – four successive total lunar eclipses, with no partial lunar eclipses in between, each of which is separated from the other by six lunar months (six full moons) – beginning on the night of April 14-15, 2014.

Spiritualists believe in synchronicity and believe events do not happen by “chance”, so any prophecy about this “blood moon” have caught our attention! The times, they are a changin’! So…wander outside tonight and take a look at your “blood moon”, and…

Enjoy!