And it dovetails with a rise in interest in old superstitions, neo-paganism, etc. Even the Christian fundamentalists who've been taken in by q-conspiracies talk about these bloodmoons signifying important events - back in the 80s when I was a child being raised in a slightly-fundie church you would never use the same vocab as the superstitious people. It's no longer just the aging flower children who were always a minority, it's very widespread across many demographics that add up to lots of people.