#moon blessed
Every month has a full Moon. Ancient people assigned different names for the Moons of each month. Different cultures gave the Moon different titles to express what the Moon meant to them in the given month. Some of the Moon names make common sense, while other may make no sense at all unless you know the logic behind it.
January
Common name: Wolf Moon
Uncommon name: Chaste Moon - calls for cleansing and renewal as the new year begins; it is a time for starting over, washing away the past, and fresh beginnings.
February
Common name: Ice Moon
Uncommon name: Hunger Moon - Winter’s supplies depleted, the yearning for spring is a hunger of the soul as well as the belly.
March
Common name: Storm Moon
Uncommon name: Worm Moon - The thawing of the earth brings a renewal of life as the earthworms break the soil and emerge from the damp earth in the moonlight.
April
Common name: Hare Moon
Uncommon name: Milk Moon - The birth of animals, domestic and wild, brings forth the mother’s milk, the life-giver, and first food of man and beast.
June
Common name: Mead Moon
Uncommon name: Dyad Moon - The Moon of the month of Gemini, this period honors twins and the sacred marriage of the god and goddess, bringing two into one.
July
Common name: Hay Moon
Uncommon name: Wort Moon - Wortbeing an ancient word for herbs, it is the Moon for gathering of herbs, replenishing the stores of medicinal plants, and drying them in the heat of summer for the long winter to come.
August
Common name: Corn Moon
Uncommon name: Dispute Moon - The earth mother gives birth to bountiful harvest; with full bellies and hope for continuation, we settle our disputes and put away old anger as we look forward to the long, peaceful winter to come.
September
Common name: Harvest Moon
Uncommon name: Vine Moon - the Celtic Moon of exhilaration, driven by forces of work to obtain completion- of the harvest, the wine making, and insight for the future.
October
Common name: Blood Moon (a time of hunting)
Uncommon name: Shedding Moon - the Moon where the deer shed their antlers and begin the rut- the compelling drive to create new life that supersedes the death of winter.
November
Common name: Snow Moon
Uncommon name: Tree Moon - The Celtic tree months of the Reed and the Elder tree overlap with the reed representing the Moon of silence, inner workings, and strength and the elder representing the Moon of completion; the days shorten as the end of the years draws near.
December
Common name: Cold Moon
Uncommon name: Oak Moon - Sacred tree of the ancients, strong enough to withstand the harshest winter, renewal of the new year, straddling the old, dark year and the new light year two worlds, as the oak tree’s roots are in the dark earth and its branches are in the sky.
Source: Moon Spells by Diane Ahlquist
