Ancient cultures gave theFull Moonsnames like Flower Moon and Harvest Moon to track the months and seasons. These names are still in use today. The June Full Moon is also known as the Horse Moon. Ancient cultures named the Full Moons from animals, plants, nature, and the seasons. ©iSt...
February's full moon is the Snow Moon. This name is obviously a reflection of traditional weather but there are many other alternative ...
Each full moon brings a different season to my tipi. Thirteen seasons a year. Seasons that have no names other than that of their moon. ~Craig Childs,Crossing Paths: Uncommon Encounters with Animals in the Wild, 1997, houseofrain.com March moon— worm moon, crow moon, sap moon, crust m...
The full moon occurs once every lunar cycle―about every month or so. Many cultures had a name for the full moons of different times of the year; below are a few from some Native American Indian cultures. JANUARY The January full moon is known as the Wolf moon because, among the frigid...
the moon to go with each month of the year, according toTheOld Farmer’s Almanac. These nicknames were used to refer to the moon during an entirelunarphase cycle starting at either a full or new moon. For example, January’s moon might generally be called theWolf Moonor theFull Wolf ...
Full Moon names have their roots in the traditions of North American Native American tribes. These tribes honored the changing seasons by assigning unique names to each one. Interestingly, these captivating names encapsulated the essence of a whole month in which they appeared. ...
Old English, and New Guinea cultures, to name a few. In addition, Native American tribes often used moon phases and cycles to keep track of the seasons and gave a unique name to each recurring full moon. The full moon names were used to identify the entire month during which each occurre...
Theseremarkable peopleassigned attributes to each of the full moons according to the seasonal characteristics. Symbolic Native American full moon names offer a personality to each month, and give a unique flavor to each season of the year. Compare these seasonal/monthly flavors to what’s going on...
Those tribes of a few hundred years ago kept track of the seasons by giving distinctive names to each recurringfull moonas the lunar cycle was an important method of timekeeping. Their names were applied to the entire month in which each occurred. ...
I have always like the Indian names of full moons. Since Philadelphia is Algonquin territory, I use the terms they use. These terms have local variations, but these are pretty basic to follow. The named moons will span across more than one Julian/Georgian calendar month. ...