Since antiquity, eclipses have been thought to herald dramatic changes and to be particularly associated with royalty.In ancient , emperors would abdicate in order to avoid what was thought to be negative energy from an eclipse, and put a proxy ruler on the throne for the duration. Medieval archers would, at the behest of a worried king, loose a volley of arrows to the Moon in an effort to ward off a looming lunar eclipse.
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