Bloodmoon - how will you celebrate?

[Nemia]

I'm looking very forward to tonight. A long bloodmoon and a glowing, huge Mars quite close to it!

I will now prepare my little bloodmoon altar and tonight, we'll watch the spectacle from the beginning to the end, like we nearly always do. I think red wine will be fitting, and I'll make a red meal - we all love red beets and that's probably what I will make

I'll have to think about other ingredients for a good and powerful bloodmoon night.

[Joan Marie]

We are having friends over to watch. I have prepared gazpacho and hummus with red beet.

I was thinking also about a red wine toast.

I also thought I may ask my guests to write down a wish on the blood moon and then burn all the wishes at one point. Not sure if I can pull that off with this group, but we' ll see.

Also, it is my boyfriend's birthday and he is preparing a songlist of Moon songs. He is a record collector so this will all be all analog. Old school.

I have requested the B52's "Planet Claire". Not technically a moon song, but in the spirit.

[Joan Marie]

And in honour of Mars making such a beautiful showing, I think we can add at least a couple of spot-on songs from Mr. David Bowie to the playlist.

[Joan Marie]

It was beautiful. So red. So clear. Mars so bright. A beautiful event.

[CharlotteK]

Managed to get this photo from Algarve, Portugal

[I Sunshine]

It was beautiful. So red. So clear. Mars so bright. A beautiful event.

Did your guest co-operate with your burning the wish ritual, Joan Marie?

[Joan Marie]

It didn't feel right asking them to do that, it just wasn't the right vibe, but later when we were all standing in the dark looking up, I would walk up to people and say to them personally, "make a wish on the moon."

People were very receptive to this and would close their eyes and make a wish, in a fairly solemn moment.

Some people I could feel were making a wish for someone they loved and after I would say, "now make one for yourself."

They would look at me and say "how did know?" And then they made a second wish, this time for themselves.

A beautiful night I will never forget.