Krononaut Moon 🌕🌑🌕 2025 Mar 14<p>Time Travel: obscure & cryptic little ad in Artforum Magazine from 45 years ago proves more relevant today than back in 1980.</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/Scientific" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scientific</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a>, <a href="https://aus.social/tags/spiritual" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spiritual</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/quest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quest</span></a>, or <a href="https://aus.social/tags/conceptual" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conceptual</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a>, it's an invitation to make contact with Time Travelers — or Visitors from the Future(s) — at what some call a landing reception. Today, the ongoing work of The Krononaut Moon Project continues at full steam on <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> & <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a>.</p><p>🌠 🐘 🛸 </p><p>The historic ad appeared in the magazine's 1980 Jan issue, announcing a gathering to occur two years later on 1982 Mar 09, inviting <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Krononauts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Krononauts</span></a> or <a href="https://aus.social/tags/TimeTravelers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TimeTravelers</span></a> to beam down to <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Baltimore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Baltimore</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/MD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MD</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a>. The hundreds of attendees at the night's festivities were documented by a <a href="https://aus.social/tags/NYTimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NYTimes</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/newspaper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>newspaper</span></a> reporter. Later, others would organize their own inter-dimensional meet-ups in <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Perth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Perth</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/AU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AU</span></a>, <a href="https://aus.social/tags/MIT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MIT</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a>, and <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Cambridge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cambridge</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a>. (All were landing receptions of type-1.0. See links below & on our other <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://me.dm/@KronoMoon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>KronoMoon</span></a></span> pages for details.) </p><p>The Artforum ad can be found in <a href="https://aus.social/tags/library" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>library</span></a> collections and on the "Time Travel" page of <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wikipedia</span></a>. </p><p>🔗 <a href="https://Wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_travel#Absence_of_time_travelers_from_the_future" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">Wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_travel</span><span class="invisible">#Absence_of_time_travelers_from_the_future</span></a> <br>🔗 <a href="https://Wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WelcomeKrononauts_Artforum_Jan1980_p.90_800x600.png" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">Wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Welcom</span><span class="invisible">eKrononauts_Artforum_Jan1980_p.90_800x600.png</span></a> </p><p>Baltimore's event was timed for a full <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Moon</span></a> & a rare <a href="https://aus.social/tags/planetary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>planetary</span></a> alignment in 1982, known to <a href="https://aus.social/tags/astronomers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astronomers</span></a> as a <a href="https://aus.social/tags/syzygy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>syzygy</span></a>. It was the prototype for today's more evolved type-2.0 "experimentations, observations & celebrations" taking place under the shadow of the <a href="https://aus.social/tags/TotalLunarEclipse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TotalLunarEclipse</span></a> — the night of the <a href="https://aus.social/tags/KrononautMoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KrononautMoon</span></a>. There will be 3 <a href="https://aus.social/tags/TLEclipses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TLEclipses</span></a> in 2025 & 2026, with the next one coming up on 2025 Mar 14 <a href="https://aus.social/tags/UTC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UTC</span></a> 07:00, barely months away.</p><p>❛❛ On the Night of the Total Lunar Eclipse,<br>Time Travelers descend in their space-time ships. ❜❜</p><p>All sentient beings are welcome to join us in connecting with the <a href="https://aus.social/tags/cosmos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cosmos</span></a>, the <a href="https://aus.social/tags/multiverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>multiverse</span></a>, and your <a href="https://aus.social/tags/past" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>past</span></a> & <a href="https://aus.social/tags/future" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>future</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/selves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>selves</span></a>. Even folks who gripe that this is utter absurdity are invited (despite the <a href="https://aus.social/tags/thinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thinking</span></a> of a few enlightened <a href="https://aus.social/tags/quantum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quantum</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/physicists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>physicists</span></a>). Or, you might choose to spend a peaceful evening by yourself under the <a href="https://aus.social/tags/stars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stars</span></a>, on a <a href="https://aus.social/tags/sacred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sacred</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/mountaintop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mountaintop</span></a>, at the <a href="https://aus.social/tags/beach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>beach</span></a>, or in your own <a href="https://aus.social/tags/backyard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>backyard</span></a>. The more diverse are these experimental approaches, the greater the likelihood of meaningful contact. Or, you could bring along your friends & colleagues, your grandparents & grandkids, your <a href="https://aus.social/tags/CatsOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CatsOfMastodon</span></a> & <a href="https://aus.social/tags/DogsOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DogsOfMastodon</span></a> (and don't forget a <a href="https://aus.social/tags/camera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>camera</span></a> for lots of <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://universeodon.com/@KronoMoonPhotos" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>KronoMoonPhotos</span></a></span>). Watch the skies for <a href="https://aus.social/tags/UFOs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UFOs</span></a>, <a href="https://aus.social/tags/UAP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UAP</span></a>, or a <a href="https://aus.social/tags/signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>signal</span></a> from the <a href="https://aus.social/tags/beyond" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>beyond</span></a>. Who can know who might show up? The <a href="https://aus.social/tags/fullMoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fullMoon</span></a> will be shining bright on that night, before it goes dark, and then shines bright again, all in an hour or so. Participants will be contributing to the greater body of Community Time Travel Research. Become a fellow <a href="https://aus.social/tags/MoonWatcher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MoonWatcher</span></a> on 2025 March 14, wherever you are.</p><p>🌕 🌑 🌕 </p><p>Krononauts in the <a href="https://aus.social/tags/NYTimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NYTimes</span></a><br>🔗 <a href="https://NYTimes.com/1982/03/11/us/the-night-the-planets-were-aligned-with-baltimore-lunacy.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">NYTimes.com/1982/03/11/us/the-</span><span class="invisible">night-the-planets-were-aligned-with-baltimore-lunacy.html</span></a> </p><p>Krononauts podcast on Pushkin.fm & TheLastArchive.com <br>🔗 <a href="https://Pushkin.fm/podcasts/the-last-archive/the-krononauts" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">Pushkin.fm/podcasts/the-last-a</span><span class="invisible">rchive/the-krononauts</span></a> </p><p>Krononauts on Medium.com & <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@WriteUndertheMoon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>WriteUndertheMoon</span></a></span><br>🔗 <a href="https://Medium.com/write-under-the-moon/on-the-night-of-the-total-lunar-eclipse-6eec94750f4e" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">Medium.com/write-under-the-moo</span><span class="invisible">n/on-the-night-of-the-total-lunar-eclipse-6eec94750f4e</span></a></p><p>🔗 <a href="https://KronoMoon.org" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">KronoMoon.org</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/Time" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Time</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Timelessness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Timelessness</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/TimeTravel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TimeTravel</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Kronodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kronodon</span></a></p>