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Anyone Want To Hazard A Stab At Symbolic Meaning Of This Eclipse?
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| 8/21/17
| Jim Newell
Posted on 08/21/2017 12:12:27 PM PDT by Jim W N
Whaddyathink? Any insights?
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To: fwdude
unlikely coincidence that the appearance of the moon at its given distance matches so closely to the size of a disc of the sun
Even odder, in Northern Hemisphere summer when the sun is farther from the earth, the sun’s disc is just enough smaller than the moon’s to make for a total eclipse. Eclipses in winter, when the sun is closer, tend to be annular, i.e. a ring of sunlight surrounds the sun. Of course the moon’s distance to earth varies as well and that too has an effect.
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posted on
08/21/2017 12:55:33 PM PDT
by
hanamizu
To: taxcontrol
You note that Astrology interprets eclipse as a harbinger of change. So what does it mean that Trump’s potential 2 terms are bookended by eclipses over US — August 2017 and April 2024? I hope this is the next “turning” / 3rd moral awakening for the US. Hope that it brings a turning to God and a turning away from immorality & death/abortion.
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posted on
08/21/2017 12:55:49 PM PDT
by
mason-dixon
(As Mason said to Dixon, you have to draw the line somewhere.)
To: Jim 0216
Al Gore needs more worldwide funding if Gaia is to be saved!
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posted on
08/21/2017 12:56:10 PM PDT
by
outofsalt
( If history teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything)
To: Jim 0216
Sure. Sometimes an orbiting object can get between the sun and another object and cast a shadow on it for a fleeting moment. Then everybody dies.
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posted on
08/21/2017 12:57:21 PM PDT
by
WMarshal
(President Trump, a president keeping his promises to the American people. It feels like winning.)
To: Jim 0216
It means darkness will reign over the northern states of America ... for 3 minutes and 40 seconds.
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posted on
08/21/2017 12:59:42 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
(0bama. The Legacy is a lie. The lie is the Legacy.)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
08/21/2017 1:00:52 PM PDT
by
Jan_Sobieski
(Sanctification)
To: Hotlanta Mike
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posted on
08/21/2017 1:01:45 PM PDT
by
Jan_Sobieski
(Sanctification)
To: mason-dixon
So what does it mean that Trumps potential 2 terms are bookended by eclipses over US August 2017 and April 2024? Superimpose today's path with the path in 2024 and note where X marks the spot...
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posted on
08/21/2017 1:02:22 PM PDT
by
meowmeow
(In Loving Memory of Our Dear Viking Kitty (1987-2006))
To: Jim 0216
I think it means the moon got between the earth and the sun.
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posted on
08/21/2017 1:02:41 PM PDT
by
beethovenfan
(I always try to maximize my carbon footprint.)
To: Jim 0216
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posted on
08/21/2017 1:02:53 PM PDT
by
bar sin·is·ter
(Climate Scientology - another example of science fiction morphing into a religious cult)
To: Jim 0216; All
It’s further evidence that Trump is racist, blotting out the sun. Bush’s fault?
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posted on
08/21/2017 1:07:29 PM PDT
by
Cobra64
(Common sense isn't common any more.)
To: Jim 0216
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posted on
08/21/2017 1:07:48 PM PDT
by
Safetgiver
(Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
To: Jim 0216
I think it’s a good example of when a gigantic mass can seem to be completely lost to a much smaller mass. The parallel for me today was that good people are a much larger and ever present mass even when they appear to be completely overtaken and blacked by the smaller mass of idiots.
The left controls the media, hollywood, schools, universities, and most of the legal profession, yet conservatives still win elections. If people are spoon fed their message for 14-18 years of their lives and still come out voting against them, it’s pretty clear there’s something wrong with their logic. So take heart. Skies may be dark for a short while, but the light always wins... it’s a way bigger mass of people.
To: Jim 0216
How do you know when the end of the thread is near? After 20 replies? After 100? Maybe 1000?
To: Jim 0216
No symbolism involved. It would have happened even if there was no one here to see it.
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posted on
08/21/2017 1:13:14 PM PDT
by
JimRed
( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Building the Wall! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
To: Salamander
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posted on
08/21/2017 1:13:30 PM PDT
by
shibumi
(Bee Neeth the Mambo Sun, I *GOT* to be The One)
To: Jim 0216
You can rest assured there are as many wackadoodle ideas of what the eclipse “means” as there are stars in the sky.
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posted on
08/21/2017 1:14:52 PM PDT
by
subterfuge
(Save the monuments!!)
To: Jim 0216
I think it means Roger Waters is a lunatic and an ass.
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posted on
08/21/2017 1:14:57 PM PDT
by
Rastus
To: Jim 0216
If human beings didn’t exist, would the eclipse have any meaning?
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posted on
08/21/2017 1:17:38 PM PDT
by
chris37
(Donald J. Trump, Tom Brady, The Patriots... American Destiny!)
To: Jim 0216
To me, this eclipse symbolized Joy Behar making S’mores.
The chocolate is there for a second, and then it slips away, and Joy Behar eats a flaming marshmallow which ignites the gas in her head causing the extinction of the dinosaurs.
Or something like that.
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posted on
08/21/2017 1:22:28 PM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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