Race & Ethnicity

Jilly_in_VA

(10,045 posts) Mon Oct 23, 2023, 10:41 AM Oct 2023

Indigenous tribes saw the 'Ring of Fire' eclipse in a different light

Millions flocked to parts of the western United States to watch the "Ring of Fire" eclipse on October 14.

Tourists hoped to see the skies for a few minutes while the annular solar eclipse traveled from Oregon to Texas and then into Mexico.

For those few minutes, the moon lined up precisely between the sun and the Earth, blocking out all but the sun's edges and giving the moon a blazing border.

But while people watched the cosmic marvel, Indigenous tribal members living in Utah, Arizona and New Mexico didn't join them.

The eclipse had a special meaning for tribes in this region, and they wanted to keep the spectators from disturbing them.

https://www.npr.org/2023/10/20/1206482066/indigenous-tribes-saw-the-ring-of-fire-eclipse-in-a-different-light

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Indigenous tribes saw the 'Ring of Fire' eclipse in a different light (Original Post) Jilly_in_VA Oct 2023 OP

I saw the ring of fire eclipse while in Albuquerque. patphil Oct 2023 #1

patphil

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1. I saw the ring of fire eclipse while in Albuquerque.

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Mon Oct 23, 2023, 10:55 AM

Oct 2023

To me, it looked like a wedding ring; a gift from the Sun and the Moon to the Earth...a marriage vow to continue to support the Earth, and continue to send the Sun's love and light, and the Moon's reflection of the Sun to the Earth.
From an Astrological point of view, eclipses portend major events. And here we are seeing the Middle East on the verge of all out war. All across the globe, fascist forces are rising; taking over governments, threatening people, engaging in violence and warfare. So the Sun and Moon reaffirm their commitment to the Earth, not necessarily to humanity.

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