Lunar Twilight 2020

 

 

It is here again, that after hour party of reflection upon 2020.  For 12 more nights the last Moon of 2020 shines on.  Although we are officially finished with the year of 2020.  We still have a left over ember from 2020, that will shine on for 12 more evenings.   Then within a fortnight, on January 14, 2021, finally will the nights and days of 2021 sync up.

Symbols are a part of vexillology, and there is one symbol that has two ways of being written: the dollar sign.  It can have 1or 2 lines.  For this font it usually has just one line $.  But in the original  Capcom's Duck Tales video game, 1989, the dollar sign had two lines.  Another vexillological note is the medal one wins at the end of the game credits.  Below the image of Scrooge McDuck is a medal.  

It is funny how things work; who knew that a silly video game from Capcom would become the spark of a lunar lullaby.  The original 8-bit Nintendo game is based upon Walt Disney's animated television series in the later 1980s Duck Tales.  Somehow, a little diddy from Japan based upon an American franchise has become an Anthem for the Moon.  The original score was written by Hiroshige Tonomura.  

From America, to Japan, and back to the world, suspended in time for over 30 years, this is one theme song of the Moon that is appropriate to opening Lunar Twilight 2020!  The original game of Capcom's Duck Tales was created 20 years after the first human landing on the Moon by the USA (1969-1989).

Lunar Twilight counts down the nights of the remainder of 2020, that kicks back only at night time.  The first 12 days of 2021 are officially 2021, but at least at night when the Moon shines the nights revert back to 2020, in a spiritual sense, as the last Moon of 2020 fades from heavens.  Lunar Twilight is an all inclusive celebration for everyone, no nation is left out, nor is any one race honored.  Rather it is a celebration for all the colors of humanity.  It recognizes our intimate and genuine connection to starlight afar and moonlight near.

Lunar Twilight officially starts after the first sunset of January 1, 2020.   So at around 6pm on January 1, 2021 when the Sun disappears from the sky.  The Lunar Twilight Candlemast should be lit with all the candles.  Then until the first and shortest candle disappears, then they are all put out until next evening.  Each successive night a candle burns out, to honor what was and remind us that our time is limited to make to most of each day for the New Year.