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- ONENESS
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Nature: Active
 Oneness
reaches upward and inward to connect with greater aspects of
self. Always reaching, oneness seeks connection to source and
the corresponding inclusion in the potential of the void. In
the linking upward and inward of one source to the next comes
the clear knowing that the enfoldment of All That Is is a
process. One's ability to express in the process becomes a
function of acceptance of oneself in the oneness.
The
Full Moon and its Many Names
Full
Moon names date back to Native Americans, of what is now the
northern and eastern United States. The tribes kept track of
the seasons by giving distinctive names to each recurring full
Moon. Their names were applied to the entire month in which
each occurred.
There
was some variation in the Moon names, but in general, the same
ones were current throughout the Algonquin tribes from New
England to Lake Superior. European settlers followed that
custom and created some of their own names. Since the lunar
month is only 29 days long, on the average, the full Moon
dates shift from year to year. Here is the Farmers Almanac's
list of the full Moon names.
•
Full Wolf Moon Amid the cold and deep snows of midwinter, the
wolf packs howled hungrily outside Indian villages. Thus, the
name for January's full Moon. Sometimes it was also referred
to as the Old Moon, or the Moon After Yule. Some called it the
Full Snow Moon, but most tribes applied that name to the next
Moon.
•
Full Snow Moon Since the heaviest snow usually falls during
this month, native tribes of the north and east most often
called February's
full Moon the Full Snow Moon. Some tribes also referred to
this Moon as the Full Hunger Moon, since harsh weather
conditions in their areas made hunting very difficult.
•
Full Worm Moon As the temperature begins to warm and the
ground begins to thaw, earthworm casts appear, heralding the
return of the robins.
The more northern tribes knew this Moon as the Full Crow Moon,
when the cawing of crows signaled the end of winter; or the
Full Crust Moon, because the snow cover becomes crusted from
thawing by day and freezing at night. The Full Sap Moon,
marking the time of tapping maple trees, is another variation.
To the settlers, it was also known as the Lenten Moon, and was
considered to be the last full Moon of winter.
•
Full Pink Moon This name came from the herb moss pink, or wild
ground phlox, which is one of the earliest widespread flowers
of the spring. Other names for this month's celestial body
include the Full Sprouting Grass Moon, the Egg Moon, and among
coastal tribes the Full Fish Moon, because this was the time
that the shad swam upstream to spawn.
•
Full Flower Moon In most areas, flowers are abundant
everywhere during this time. Thus, the name of this Moon.
Other names include the
Full Corn Planting Moon, or the Milk Moon.
•
Full Strawberry Moon This name was universal to every
Algonquin tribe. However, in Europe they called it the Rose
Moon. Also because the
relatively short season for harvesting strawberries comes each
year during the month of June . . . so the full Moon that
occurs during that month was christened for the strawberry!
•
The Full Buck Moon July is normally the month when the new
antlers of buck deer push out of their foreheads in coatings
of velvety fur.
It
was also often called the Full Thunder Moon, for the reason
that thunderstorms are most frequent during this time. Another
name for this month's Moon was the Full Hay Moon.
•
Full Sturgeon Moon The fishing tribes are given credit for the
naming of this Moon, since sturgeon, a large fish of the Great
Lakes and other major bodies of water, were most readily
caught during this month. A few tribes knew it as the Full Red
Moon because, as the Moon rises, it appears reddish through
any sultry haze. It was also called the Green Corn Moon or
Grain Moon.
•
Full Fruit or Barley Moon The names Fruit and Barley were
reserved only for those years when the Harvest Moon is very
late in September.
•
Full Harvest Moon This is the full Moon that occurs closest to
the autumn equinox. In two years out of three, the Harvest
Moon comes in September, but in some years it occurs in
October. At the peak of harvest, farmers can work late into
the night by the light of this Moon. Usually the full Moon
rises an average of 50 minutes later each night, but for the
few nights around the Harvest Moon, the Moon seems to rise at
nearly the same time each night: just 25 to 30 minutes later
across the U.S., and only 10 to 20 minutes later for much of
Canada and Europe. Corn, pumpkins, squash, beans, and wild
rice the chief Indian staples are now ready for gathering.
•
Full Hunter's Moon With the leaves falling and the deer
fattened, it is time to hunt. Since the fields have been
reaped, hunters can easily see fox and the animals which have
come out to glean.
•
Full Beaver Moon This was the time to set beaver traps before
the swamps froze, to ensure a supply of warm winter furs.
Another interpretation suggests that the name Full Beaver Moon
comes from the fact that the beavers are now actively
preparing for winter. It is sometimes also referred to as the
Frosty Moon.
•
The Full Cold Moon; or the Full Long Nights Moon During this
month the winter cold fastens its grip, and nights are at
their longest and darkest. It is also sometimes called the
Moon before Yule. The term Long Night Moon is a doubly
appropriate name because the midwinter night is indeed long,
and because the Moon is above the horizon for a long time. The
midwinter full Moon has a high trajectory across the sky
because it is opposite a low Sun. |
