On Saturday April 30, 2022 (Or Sunday May 1, depending on where you live) we witnessed a partial solar eclipse. Well, witnessed if you lived parts of Antarctica, the southern tip of South America and the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. I do not, so I 'witnessed' via photos.
Omens, portents, signs (good or bad), eclipses have a long and varied history. They're still pretty cool, what with the way our solar system works, moving planets and moons into position
EclipseWise - Eclipses of History: Part 1
just so. Pretty darn cool.
Predicting the Emperor's Future
Surviving records have shown that the Babylonians and the ancient Chinese were able to predict solar eclipses as early as 2500 BCE.
In China, solar eclipses were thought to be associated with the health and success of the emperor, and failing to predict one meant putting him in danger. Legend has it that 2 astrologers, Hsi and Ho, were executed for failing to predict a solar eclipse. Historians and astronomers believe that the eclipse that they failed to forecast occurred on October 22, 2134 BCE, which would make it the oldest solar eclipse ever recorded in human history.
Precious Records of Eclipses in Muslim Astronomy and History - Muslim HeritageMuslim Heritage
Catalog of Solar Eclipses: 0001 to 0100 (nasa.gov)
NASA - Solar Eclipses of History
Solar Eclipses in History (timeanddate.com)
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