Moon Names make for an interesting subject.
Known world-round によって different titles throughout the centuries, the moon has always fascinated man -and consequentially been a means to project love, longing, mating, planting, harvest, fishing, spawning, and indicative of change and renewal. Man depends on his moon sister. This practicality and 愛 affair is as ancient as antiquity beyond count.
A BLUE MOON is when two full moons occur in a single month. Thus, the 秒 full moon is the one called a "Blue Moon." Conversely, the third full moon that occurs in a season which has four full moons is another definition described as a “Blue Moon.” (Usually each season has only three full moons.) Besides a “Blue Moon,” there are many colours as seen in our atmosphere: Yellow moons, オレンジ Moons, ピンク Moons, Red Moons… depending on where あなた live and the season!
There are also many names for the moon from various regions worldwide. I have chosen a handful of assorted localities and eras to share some of these names the moon has been given.
Moon names <below> are in the following sequence:
Chinese ● Celtic ● Neopagan ● Anglo-Saxon Mediæval ● Colonial American
JANUARY: Holiday Moon ● Quiet Moon ● Ice Moon ● 狼, オオカミ Moon ● Winter Moon
FEBRUARY: Budding Moon ● Moon of Ice ● Snow Moon ● Storm Moon ● Trapper's Moon
MARCH: Sleepy Moon ● Moon of Winds ● Death Moon ● Chaste Moon ● 魚 Moon
APRIL: Peony Moon ● Growing Moon ● Awakening Moon ● Seed Moon ● Planter's Moon
MAY: Dragon Moon ● Bright Moon ● 草 Moon ● 野ウサギ, うさぎ Moon ● ミルク Moon
JUNE: Lotus Moon ● Moon of 馬 ● Planting Moon ● Dyan Moon ● Rose Moon
JULY: Hungry Ghost Moon ● Moon of Calming ● Rose Moon ● Mead Moon
● Summer Moon
AUGUST: Harvest Moon ● Dispute Moon ● Lightening Moon ● コーン, トウモロコシ Moon
● Dog Day's Moon
SEPTEMBER: Chrysanthemum Moon ● 歌う Moon ● Harvest Moon ● Barley Moon
● Harvest Moon
OCTOBER: Kindly Moon ● Harvest Moon ● Blood Moon ● Blood Moon ● Hunter's Moon
NOVEMBER: White Moon ● Dark Moon ● 木, ツリー Moon ● Snow Moon ● ビーバー Moon
DECEMBER: Bitter Moon ● Cold Moon ● Long Night Moon ● Oak Moon ● クリスマス Moon
Known world-round によって different titles throughout the centuries, the moon has always fascinated man -and consequentially been a means to project love, longing, mating, planting, harvest, fishing, spawning, and indicative of change and renewal. Man depends on his moon sister. This practicality and 愛 affair is as ancient as antiquity beyond count.
A BLUE MOON is when two full moons occur in a single month. Thus, the 秒 full moon is the one called a "Blue Moon." Conversely, the third full moon that occurs in a season which has four full moons is another definition described as a “Blue Moon.” (Usually each season has only three full moons.) Besides a “Blue Moon,” there are many colours as seen in our atmosphere: Yellow moons, オレンジ Moons, ピンク Moons, Red Moons… depending on where あなた live and the season!
There are also many names for the moon from various regions worldwide. I have chosen a handful of assorted localities and eras to share some of these names the moon has been given.
Moon names <below> are in the following sequence:
Chinese ● Celtic ● Neopagan ● Anglo-Saxon Mediæval ● Colonial American
JANUARY: Holiday Moon ● Quiet Moon ● Ice Moon ● 狼, オオカミ Moon ● Winter Moon
FEBRUARY: Budding Moon ● Moon of Ice ● Snow Moon ● Storm Moon ● Trapper's Moon
MARCH: Sleepy Moon ● Moon of Winds ● Death Moon ● Chaste Moon ● 魚 Moon
APRIL: Peony Moon ● Growing Moon ● Awakening Moon ● Seed Moon ● Planter's Moon
MAY: Dragon Moon ● Bright Moon ● 草 Moon ● 野ウサギ, うさぎ Moon ● ミルク Moon
JUNE: Lotus Moon ● Moon of 馬 ● Planting Moon ● Dyan Moon ● Rose Moon
JULY: Hungry Ghost Moon ● Moon of Calming ● Rose Moon ● Mead Moon
● Summer Moon
AUGUST: Harvest Moon ● Dispute Moon ● Lightening Moon ● コーン, トウモロコシ Moon
● Dog Day's Moon
SEPTEMBER: Chrysanthemum Moon ● 歌う Moon ● Harvest Moon ● Barley Moon
● Harvest Moon
OCTOBER: Kindly Moon ● Harvest Moon ● Blood Moon ● Blood Moon ● Hunter's Moon
NOVEMBER: White Moon ● Dark Moon ● 木, ツリー Moon ● Snow Moon ● ビーバー Moon
DECEMBER: Bitter Moon ● Cold Moon ● Long Night Moon ● Oak Moon ● クリスマス Moon