Blue moon

  • Some modern magical traditions associate the Blue Moon with the growth of knowledge and wisdom within the phases of a woman's life.
  • opportunity to make a real difference in your life

Strawberry moon

  • to mark the ripening of “June-bearing” strawberries that are ready to be gathered
  • June's full Moon—typically the last full Moon of spring or the first of summer
  • also called "hot moon" because it rises right around the beginning of summer
  • delicate heart-shaped berry has always connoted purity, passion and healing. It has been used in stories, literature and paintings through the ages
    • In Othello, Shakespeare decorated Desdemonda's handkerchief with symbolic strawberries

Sturgeon moon

  • derives from America's largest freshwater fish, the lake sturgeon

Harvest moon

  • more moonlight earlier on, which is beneficial when farmers harvest their crops late at night
  • full moon that rises within closest proximity to the autumnal equinox

Buck moon

  • occurs around the time when young male deer grow their antlers
  • many other nicknames by including “Thunder Moon,” “Hay Moon,” “Mead Moon,” “Rose Moon,” 'Elk Moon and 'Summer Moon

Blood moon

  • Xquic
  • claim of a blood moon being a sign of the beginning of the end times originates in the Book of Joel
    • "the sun will turn into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes."

Beaver moon

  • prepare for the cold winter and do not be caught without spiritual fortification
  • it usually occurs when beavers go into their lodges for winter

Cold moon

  • also known as the Long Night Moon
  • first full moon in the month of December
  • winter cold sets in and the nights become long and dark

Flower moon

  • the Full Moon of May is known as the Flower Moon to signify the flowers that bloom during this month
  • also known as Rimilcemona, or "month of three milkings", when cows were milked three times a day
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