Moon Day 15
This is a more or less neutral day in the European and Vedic traditions, although it does increase sexuality and physical activity. In Vedic astrology it also favours new beginnings. However, for Globa this is a "Satanic" day, with all the ensuing consequences...
Next Full Moon Date: Friday, August 3, 2012
Names Given to the Moon by Other Cultures:
Colonial American: Dog Day's Moon
Chinese: Harvest Moon
American Indian (Cherokee): Fruit Moon
American Indian (Choctaw): Women's Moon
American Indian (Dakotah Sioux): Moon When All Things Ripen
Celtic: Dispute Moon
English Medieval: Corn Moon
Neo Pagan: Lightening Moon
Full Sturgeon Moon (August)
Some Native American tribes knew that the sturgeon of the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain were most readily caught during this full Moon. Others called it the Green Corn Moon or the Grain 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.
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Current Moon Photo from U.S. Naval Observatory.
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