Did you know that the moon has more than one name each month. Of course all of this was from the ancient past.
\nNative Americans in the eastern and northern US were the ones that started the naming of the full moon each month. Although there were some variations of the monthly names, generally the names were the same.<\/p>\n
Here are the names for each month:<\/p>\n
Full Wolf Moon <\/strong> Full Snow Moon <\/strong> Full Worm Moon<\/strong> Full Pink Moon<\/strong> Full Flower Moon<\/strong> Full Strawberry Moon<\/strong> Full Buck Moon<\/strong> Full Sturgeon Moon<\/strong> Full Harvest Moon<\/strong> Full Hunters’ Moon <\/strong> Full Beaver Moon<\/strong> Full Cold Moon<\/strong>
\nWith the freezing zero cold along with extreme snows of midwinter – the packs of wolves were hungry and just outside the Indian Villages. The Full Wolf Moon is also known as the Old Moon or the Moon After Yule. In some tribes though, this is also known as the Full Snow Moon and would apply it to the name to the next moon.<\/p>\n
\nUsually the heaviest snows fall in this month. Hunting becomes extremely \u00c2\u00a0difficult, so some tribes will call this the Full Hunger Moon.<\/p>\n
\nDuring March, the ground starts to soften and this allows the earthworms to appear, inviting the return of the robins. The Northern tribes also thought of this a the Full Crow Moon due to the cawing of the crows and hoping this will be the signal of the ending of winter. Or sometimes some tribes would call it the Full Crust Moon due to the snow cover becoming crusted from the thawing during the day and freezing during the night.<\/p>\n
\nThe grass pink or wild ground phlox is one of the earliest widespread flowers of the spring. Other names were the Full Sprouting Grass Moon, the Egg Moon and \u00e2\u20ac\u201c among coastal tribes \u00e2\u20ac\u201c the Full Fish Moon, when the shad come upstream to spawn.<\/p>\n
\nFlowers are now sprouting everywhere. This moon was also known as the Full Corn Planting Moon or the Milk Moon.<\/p>\n
\nIn the north, strawberry (yummy) picking season peaks during this month.<\/p>\n
\nThis is the month when the antlers of new bucks appear from their foreheads and their fur. It was also often called the Full Thunder Moon, thunderstorms being now most frequent. Sometimes it’s also called the Full Hay Moon.<\/p>\n
\nThis month the large fish of the Great Lakes and from other major bodies of water is most readily caught.
\nA few tribes named it as the Full Red Moon because when the moon rises it looks reddish when the moon appears thru the haze. Also called the Green Corn Moon or Grain Moon.<\/p>\n
\nThe Harvest Moon usually comes in September in the Northern Hemisphere, but (on average) once or twice a decade it will fall in early October. At the peak of the harvest, farmers can work into the night by the light of this moon.
\nUsually the 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 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c just 25 to 30 minutes later across the U.S., and only 10 to 20 minutes later for much of Canada.<\/p>\n
\nIt’s hunting time. Since the fields have been reaped, hunters can ride, and can more easily see the animals, which can be caught for a Thanksgiving banquet after the harvest.<\/p>\n
\nAt this point of the year, it’s time to set beaver traps before the swamps freeze to ensure a supply of warm winter furs. \u00c2\u00a0 Some tribes call this month the Frosty Moon.<\/p>\n
\nDecember is also the month the winter cold fastens its grip. Sometimes this moon is referred to as the Full Long Nights Moon or the Moon Before Yule.<\/p>\n
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