Hawai'i Rainbow Gathering: 16.7 - 1.8 ( Jan 25 - Feb 7 ) Body: Resonant Moon Day 16 Kin 132: Yellow Lunar Human through Galactic Moon Day 1 Kin 145: Red Lunar Serpent
( Jan 25 - Feb 7, 2007 )
Location: Big Island of Hawai'i, between Punalu'u and South Point
We, the Aloha Family on the Big Island, are pleased to invite one and all from around the world-- special invite to Thailand Gatherers-- to our 2007 gathering. Please bring your aloha, vegetarian food, blissware, and acoustic musical instruments. Please leave behind alcohol and radios!
The Big Island Gathering is particularly auspicious this year as it falls on the Full Moon which coincides with the beginning of Spring. It is the first Full Moon, called Ka'elo, in the Hawaiian Lunar Calendar.
The exact astronomical time of Imbolc, the beginning of Spring, is Feb 3, 7:05pm HST, the precise midpoint of the Sun half-way through that slice of the sky known as Aquarius.
Furthermore, the gathering also falls on one of the last significant lunar extremes of last year's Northern Lunistice, the culmination of an 18.6-year cycle.
Many at the gathering will also aim to raise conciousness to the short-sighted planned development of an "eco-" resort at Punalu'u. This development will endanger species, not provide many jobs to locals, and will surely spoil one of Hawai'i's last pristine beaches and coastal areas. A bitter irony is that a spokesman for the development corporation is the son of the late Jaques Cousteau, who surely would have been horrified by the project.
Astronomical Events During the Gathering (in HST):
2007-Jan-25, 23:56 First Quarter Moon 2007-Jan-25 20:00 Mercury 1.485 degrees south of Neptune 2007-Jan-29 08:00 Lunar extreme, Moon 28.50 degrees north of the celestial equator. 2007-Jan-31 07:00 Moon 2.53 degrees south of Pollux. 2007-Feb-01 21:00 Moon at opposition. 2007-Feb-01 20:00 Moon becomes a morning object. 2007-Feb-01 19:45 Full Moon 2007-Feb-02 12:00 Saturn 1.118 degrees south of Moon 2007-Feb-03 03:00 Moon 1.227 degrees north of Regulus. 2007-Feb-05 11:00 Moon at descending node. 2007-Feb-07 03:00 Moon at apogee .002706972041740 AU (251,682 miles or 404,957 km)