a preponderance of blue in this work, because a blue moon is said to be associated with women's mysteries and intuition; and a time of heightened clarity

Once In A Blue Moon

I do rather like working with a preponderance of blue, and since the moon is said to be associated with women’s mysteries and intuition; and some modern magical traditions associate the Blue Moon with it’s being sometimes representative of the elder years, once a woman has passed beyond the status of cronehood, into a time of heightened clarity, it seemed like a good topic.

But, I also don’t believe that. The modern understanding of a blue moon is what occurs when two full moons occur in the same month. If the Moon doesn’t really turn blue, why blue? It’s believed the word comes from an old Middle English word, “belewe” — which actually means “betray.” In other words, they used to call it the Betrayer Moon, because this extra Full Moon didn’t fit into the normal lunar cycle. Hence today, we have the “Blue Moon.”

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70 cm x 100 cm
acrylic on canvas

€588.00

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I do rather like working with a preponderance of blue, and since the moon is said to be associated with women’s mysteries and intuition; and some modern magical traditions associate the Blue Moon with it’s being sometimes representative of the elder years, once a woman has passed beyond the status of cronehood, into a time of heightened clarity, it seemed like a good topic.

But, I also don’t believe that. The modern understanding of a blue moon is what occurs when two full moons occur in the same month. If the Moon doesn’t really turn blue, why blue? It’s believed the word comes from an old Middle English word, “belewe” — which actually means “betray.” In other words, they used to call it the Betrayer Moon, because this extra Full Moon didn’t fit into the normal lunar cycle. Hence today, we have the “Blue Moon.”

a preponderance of blue in this work, because a blue moon is said to be associated with women's mysteries and intuition; and a time of heightened clarity

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