The extraordinary appearance of the life and death of MLK in eclipses, as marked by God.
"Greater love has no man than this, that he lay down his life for his friends"
John 15:13
Martin Luther King (Jan 15 1929 to April 4 1968)
King was born into the solar eclipse Metonic which began three years before his birth. He died 8 days before a total lunar eclipse over the USA.
He shares the distinction of being one of the three most clearly marked individuals in eclipses along with John F. Kennedy and Abraham Lincoln. It is difficult to overstate the fame and importance of these three individuals. Note the nature of all three of their names:
Abraham Lincoln was the only truly worldwide famous man with name Abraham besides the Biblical Patriarch, the first Hebrew mentioned in the Bible. .
John Kennedy bears the name John, the last Hebrew mentioned in the Bible and author of Book of Revelation.
Martin Luther King bears the name of Martin Luther, the father of the Protestant Reformation which brought the Bible to the common man. His last name King is also a title of Jesus.
All three fought for the rights of African-Americans. All three were martyred violently. The incredible Lincoln/JFK eclipses are looked at elsewhere on this blog.
First, let's look at the solar eclipses. there is probably less than a one in 50 chance of being born into a just developing Eclipse Metonic. MLK, JFK and Abe Lincoln all were. This means there were solar eclipses on either the exact birthday or birthday eve throughout the life of any given personality.
There are seven MLK birthday eclipses on January 14/15/16 between 1926 and 2029. But the centerpoint is the 15th. King's birthday Metonic arrives three years before his birth and departs on what would have been his 100th Birthday. These were the first Jan 14/15 eclipses in 300 years.
First of interest, there was an eclipse in the area that becomes the USA on King's Birthday Jan 15 1619, the year the first slaves were brought to North America.
Below are listed the seven solar eclipses on King's Birthday ( Jan 14/15) in 20th and 21st Century. there were approximately 200 solar eclipses in total on all dates during this period. As we show elsewhere, the 24 hour day is a flexible reality due to orbits, international dateline and polar locations. Eclipse Metonic anniversaries flex up to 12 hours in either direction. Two of the MLK eclipses are south pole eclipses around its summer solstice, which typically stretch over two calendar days.
Jan 14 1926 Africa to Southeast Asia Total (Saros 130) three years before his birth. Africa to SE Asia
Jan 14 1945 Africa to Tasmania Ring of Fire ( Saros 140) Eve of MLK's 16th Birthday
Jan 14/15 1964 Antarctica partial (Saros 150) First
eclipse on planet earth after JFK's assassination happens on MLK's 35th
birthday. Eclipse warbles between Jan 14 and 15 due to south pole location.
Jan 15/16 1972 Antarctica Ring of Fire (Saros 121) Again
moving between his birthday and the 16th on the eight year lurch on what would
have been his 43rd birthday.
Jan 15 1991 Tasmania/New Zealand Ring of Fire (Saros 131) The
Birthday Metonic firmly arrives on the 15th, what would have been
King's 62nd birthday.
Jan 15 2010 Africa/India/China Ring of Fire (Saros 141) King
would have been 81 for this tremendous 11 minute ring of fire 177 days after
the Wuhan Total of Jul 22 2009.
Jan 14 2029 USA Partial (Saros 151) Strong partial covers North
America on the eve of MLK's 100th Birthday. 45 % coverage in hometown of
Atlanta. 50% coverage at murder site of Memphis.
All told, there were 103 years of MLK Birthday Metonic Eclipses. Note the numeric
links between the Saros numbers: the first three are 130, 140 and 150. The last
four are 121, 131, 141 and 151.
King's Death on April 4 1968 : Lunar Eclipse in the USA April 12th and 13th, 1968
On Passover April 12/13 1968, eight days after King's murder, a Blood Moon total lunar eclipse covered the USA Good Friday night into Saturday morning, part of a Blood Moon Lunar Tetrad on Jewish High Holy Days.
Easter arrived the next day on April 14th, the 103rd anniversary of the murder of Abraham Lincoln, the 56th anniversary of Titanic sinking, and the 36th anniversary of the splitting of the atom.
April 12 1968 was 23 years after death of Franklin Roosevelt.
Between 1951 and 1968, there were eight total lunar eclipses in the USA. One happened 8 days after King's murder. Another happened 38 days after JFK's assassination.
Notes about MLK Death Day of April 4, 1968
Abe Lincoln death date of April 14 and MLK death date of April 4 are exactly one lunar year apart ( 354.3 days) in succeeding calendars.
King's Death Day of Apr 4 is perpetually linked with Abraham Lincoln's Death Day Apr 14/15 in the larger Eclipse Metonic. Because they are one lunar year apart, the two eclipse dates follow each other linked in perpetuity, usually separated by a single eclipse. For instance, in the example below, Lincoln's death day appears in a solar eclipse Apr 14 1809. King's Death Day appears in a solar eclipse on Apr 4 1810, one lunar year later.
King's death day of 4-4 is also perpetually linked with Robert Kennedy's death day of 6-6 in the same Metonic, separated by exactly 3 eclipse years (1033 days). Kennedy was shot 63 days after King in 1968, and the two men were friends.
April 4th is one day after the traditional dating of the Crucifixion of Jesus on April 3rd 33AD. April 4th 1968 would thus be the day that Jesus slept in the tomb 1935 years before.
1968, the year King and RFK were killed, is also 2000 eclipse years (2000
x 346.62 days) after the Jewish Temple
was destroyed by the Romans in 70 AD. The Temple was attacked on the day after
Passover, or our equivalent of April 13, 70 AD. Therefore, the 70 AD attack on
Jerusalem and the April 1968 Passover lunar eclipse which followed the killing
of King are exactly 2,000 eclipse years apart.
JFK's birthday of May 29 and MLK's birthday of Jan 15 are perpetually located exactly 7 eclipse years
(2422 days) apart in the Metonic.
More on MLK: Atlanta and Memphis In Modern Eclipses.
King's hometown of Atlanta is dead center in deepest eclipse line on the
May 30 1984 USA eclipse, which occurred 12 hours after what would have been JFK's 67th birthday. Strong Eclipse in Washington DC with Reagan/Bush in power.
Memphis, where King was killed, is highlighted by the 2017 and 2014 USA
cross over Little Egypt, the area around the conjunction of the states of
Illinois, Tennessee, Missouri and Kentucky.
Memphis, Tennessee was named after Memphis, the capitol of Ancient Egypt, the first empire to have an institutional system of mass slavery. Memphis Tennessee even has a giant pyramid, opened 11-9-1991. Note numeric relation of 11-9 to Egyptian New Year of 9-11.
Memphis lies at the southern end of what is called Little Egypt, along
the Mississippi in the USA. Memphis, Tennessee has 93% coverage in 2017 eclipse
and 98% coverage in 2024.
