Is this the only way to structure a lunar calendar? No… not at all. It is just one way, and we have set it out here for you to use as an example when you fashion your own lunar calendar. Again, the names we use, and the place in the eternal Wheel of the Year that we have selected for the beginning of the year are matters of option and choice. If you would prefer to begin your calendar with the first new moon in January and you prefer to name the moons after your favorite flowers, or your family members, or something else… please feel free to do so.
Many different paths from Native American to Celtic, to Egyptian, to Nordic, and Italian use names different from each other for each moonphase. But the differences aren’t as striking as the similarities. What one path calls the Snowmoon another may call the Wintermoon, but you don’t have to use any more than your own human intuition to know what season will most often hold this particular moonphase… and from there it is easy to determine the name you most closely associate the moon of the season. Simple eh?”
(a time for divination)
Quickening energy. Beginning and conceiving. Awakening compassion. Looking to the future and it’s needs.
01-11-13 CANDLE MOON – New
01-20-13 AQUARIUS RISES
01-26-13 CANDLE MOON – Full
02-02-13 CANDLEMAS, IMBOLC, FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS, (AWAKENING)
THE SILENT MOON
(a time for protection)
The birth of energy and a break in the stillness of winter. Cleansing past actions and regrets. Shifting attention through purification to future growth.
02-10-13 SILENT MOON – New
02-20-13 PISCES RISES
02-25-13 SILENT MOON – Full
03-10-13 DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME CHANGES
THE MAIDEN MOON
(a time for awakening)
The first lusty cry of energy breaking the veil of illusion. A balance of light against dark. Fire withstands ice. Making way for new beginnings, growth, exploration and prosperity.
03-11-13 MAIDEN MOON – New
03-21-13 ARIES RISES
03-21/22/23-13 OSTARA, EOSTAR, SPRING EQUINOX, (THE MEETING)
03-27-13 MAIDEN MOON – Full
THE HONEY MOON
(a time for love)
Full peaceful energy protects, strengthens, and wards the future. Romance, beauty, and healing are revealed in this light.
04-10-13 HONEY MOON – New
04-20-13 TAURUS RISES
04-25-13 HONEY MOON – Full
05-01-13 BELTANE, MAYDAY, WHITSUN, (THE MARRIAGE)
THE SEED MOON
(a time for growth)
Creative energy flows from the growth of all things. Strengthened connections to all powers natural and supernatural. Radience illuminates your path.
05-09-13 SEED MOON – New
05-21-13 GEMINI RISES
05-25-13 SEED MOON – Full
THE BLESSING MOON
(a time for magic)
Energy moves into creation. Opportunities for self reliance and confidence bloom. Unity and balance.
06-08-13 BLESSING MOON – New
06-21-13 CANCER RISES
06-21/22/23-13 LITHA, MIDSUMMER, SUMMER SOLSTICE, (MATURITY)
06-23-13 BLESSING MOON – Full
THE HARVEST MOON
(a gathering time)
Energy achieving fullness and success. Dream work, meditation, divination, and preparation for the spiritual harvest which will sustain life.
07-08-13 HARVEST MOON – New
07-22-13 HARVEST MOON – full
07-23-13 LEO RISES
08-01-13 LAMMAS, LUGHNASADH, HARVEST HOME, (THE DECLINE)
THE PROMISE MOON
(a time for prophecy)
Energy expended into harvest and gathering supplies and sustenance for the coming winter. An appreciation for vitality and the loss which balances it.
08-06-13 PROMISE MOON – New
08-20-13 PROMISE MOON – full
08-23-13 VIRGO RISES
THE SINGING MOON
(a time for exhilaration)
Completion, acceptance, mellowing, and rest after labor. A balance of light and dark lead to organization and clean-up of physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual clutter.
09-05-13 SINGING MOON – New
09-19-13 SINGING MOON – Full
09-21/22/23-13 MABON, AUTUMN EQUINOX, WINTER FINDING, (CRONING)
09-23-13 LIBRA RISES
THE BLOOD MOON
(a time for sacrifice)
Letting go and clearing away to find justice, balance, and harmony. Inner cleansing and the lament of loss. Seeking shelter in friendship, karma, and reincarnation.
10-04-13 BLOOD MOON – New
10-18-13 BLOOD MOON – full
10-23-13 SCORPIO RISES
10-31-13 SAMHAIN, SHADOWFEST, ALL HALLOWS EVE, (THE DEATH)
11-01-13 THE NEW LUNAR YEAR BEGINS
THE SPIRIT MOON
(a time for power)
Strengthened communication with the spirits, the elements, and the self in order to prepare for the coming transformation through the greatest darkness.
11-03-13 SPIRIT MOON – New
11-03-13 DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME CHANGES
11-17-13 SPIRIT MOON – Full
11-22-13 SAGITTARIUS RISES
THE SPIRAL MOON
(a time for renewal)
The moon of the winter solstice. Slow change, contemplation, and preparation for the re-birth of the light.
12-02-13 SPIRAL MOON – New
12-17-13 SPIRAL MOON – Full
12-21/22/23-13 YULE WINTER EQUINOX YULETIDE (THE BIRTH)
12-22-13 CAPRICORN RISES
Regarding Names…
I love this comparison depicted on Wikipedia, though it is based on a 12 month lunar calendar , there is a close relationship based on Solstice and Equinox Periods as many cultures have…
Full moon names | ||||||
Positional name | Associated Month | English names | Algonquian names | Other names used | Hindu names | Sinhala (Buddhist) names |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Winter Solstice | ||||||
Early Winter | January | Old Moon | Wolf Moon | Moon After Yule, Ice Moon | Paush Poornima | Duruthu Poya |
Mid Winter | February | Wolf Moon | Snow Moon | Hunger Moon, Storm Moon, Candles Moon | Magh Poornima | Navam Poya |
Late Winter | March | Lenten Moon | Worm Moon | Crow Moon, Crust Moon, Sugar Moon, Sap Moon, Chaste Moon, Death Moon | basanta (spring) purnima, dol purnima (holi) | Medin Poya |
Vernal Equinox | ||||||
Early Spring | April | Egg Moon | Pink Moon | Sprouting Grass Moon, Fish Moon, Seed Moon, Waking Moon | Hanuman Jayanti | Bak Poya |
Mid Spring | May | Milk Moon | Flower Moon | Corn Planting Moon, Corn Moon, Hare’s Moon | Buddha Poornima | Vesak Poya |
Late Spring | June | Flower Moon | Strawberry Moon | Honey Moon, Rose Moon, Hot Moon, Planting Moon | Wat Poornima | Poson Poya |
Summer Solstice | ||||||
Early Summer | July | Hay Moon | Buck Moon | Thunder Moon, Mead Moon | Guru Purnima | Esala Poya |
Mid Summer | August | Grain Moon | Sturgeon Moon | Red Moon, Green Corn Moon, Lightning Moon, Dog Moon | Narali Poornima, Raksha bandhan | Nikini Poya |
Late Summer | September | Fruit Moon | Harvest Moon | Corn Moon, Barley Moon | Bhadrapad Poornima | Binara Poya |
Autumnal Equinox | ||||||
Early Fall | October | Harvest Moon | Hunter’s Moon | Travel Moon, Dying Grass Moon, Blood Moon | Kojagiri or Sharad Purnima, lakshmi puja | Vap Poya |
Mid Fall | November | Hunter’s Moon | Beaver moon | Frost Moon, Snow Moon | Kartik Poornima | Il Poya |
Late Fall | December | Oak Moon | Cold Moon | Frost Moon, Winter Moon, Long Night’s Moon, Moon Before Yule | Margashirsha Poornima | Unduvap Poya |
Deep peace of the gentle light on you…
Shine On! ☼

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Filed under: Celtic Poems
Sweet spirit of the woods
Sweet spirit of the woods
Come along with cloak of gold
Pass me your cup or dew
Filled with secrets never told
Carry me to your mound
Let me slip into your lair
Where harps sound profound
And food and mead is so fair.
You that tend the colourful bed of Mabon,
with tempting romance and beating heart.
Keep on painting tapestries of tinsel and red,
till mild Autumn comes with leaves and bark.
You are the pulse of my blood
The colour of the rose bud
Bare feet young and cold
Warm lips, ruby and bold.
Cast your magic spell on me
Let me taste the essence of life
Teach me how the trees grow
On each fruit, on each nut
You know why birds sing so sweet,
The brook flows so pure on spring,
The grass on summer stays green,
And fountains on winter stay asleep.
Wild flowers await for your smile
You paint their colours and glam disguise
Wild animals await for your touch
That cuddles with rhymes their fluffy hearts
I am your passionate mortal
Many full moons have passed
Show me the way to the path
That leads me to your palace
If our love is not meant to be
I would rather stay lonely
Like a stranded boat on the sea
Like a song with no melody
Eliseo Mauas Pinto
(c) 2011
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As the mermaid superstition is seemingly absent in Wales, so there are no fairy tales of maidens who lure mortals to their doom beneath the water, as the Dracae did women and children, and as the Nymph of the Lurley did marriageable young men. But it is believed that there are several old Welsh families who are the descendants of the Gwragedd Annwn, as in the case of the Meddygon Myddfai. The familiar Welsh name of Morgan is sometimes thought to signify, ‘Born of the Sea.’ Certainly môr in Welsh means sea, and gân a birth. It is curious, too, that a mermaid is called in Basse Bretagne ‘Mary Morgan.’ But the class of stories in which a mortal marries a water-maiden is large, and while the local details smack of the soil, the general idea is so like in lands far remote from each other as to indicate a common origin in pre-historic times. In Wales, where the mountain lakes are numerous, gloomy, lonely, and yet lovely; where many of them, too, show traces of having been inhabited in ancient times by a race of lake-dwellers, whose pile-supported villages vanished ages ago; and where bread and cheese are as classic as beer and candles, these particulars are localized in the legend. In the Faro Islands, where the seal is a familiar yet ever-mysterious object, with its human-like eyes, and glossy skin, the wife of supernatural race is a transformed seal. She comes ashore every ninth night, sheds her skin, leaves it on the shore, and dances with her fairy companions. A mortal steals her sealskin dress, and when day breaks, and her companions return to their abode in the sea, compels her to remain and be his wife. Some day he offends her; she recovers her skin and plunges into the sea. In China, the superstition appears in a Lew-chewan legend mentioned by Dr. Dennys, [‘Folk-Lore of China,’ 99] which relates how a fairy in the guise of a beautiful woman is found bathing in a man’s well. He persuades her to marry him, and she remains with him for nine years, at the end of which time, despite the affection she has for their two children, she ‘glides upwards into a cloud’ and disappears.
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