Despite the colloquial use of the phrase, a blue moon isn't incredibly rare, just uncommon. A blue moon on New Year's Eve, however, occurs very rarely. Last night's moon was a blue moon - the second full moon within one calendar month - and we won't see another blue moon on New Year's Eve for another 19 years.
So when my friend's darling new boy celebrates his 19th birthday, the day he can go out and buy himself his own bottle of wine to celebrate, it will be under the light of a blue moon.
How many other babies were pulled earthside last night under its light? While many people are sceptical of the so-called lunar effect on childbirth, midwives and L&D nurses can attest that anecdotally that more births occur on or around a full moon. A few studies have been conducted which demonstrate as much.
Personally, I like to believe in the lunar effect. I like to believe - in my granola-crunching pseudo-hippy heart - that our bodies and the heavenly bodies have a deep, hidden and mysterious connection to one another. I like to believe that the movements of the Earth and her moon are echoed in the movements of our flesh.
Thank you, Sister Moon, for welcoming another baby homeward last night.
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