It's A Cosmic Thing!: Full Moons

Wolf Moon- January: In the cold deep snow of winter, the wolves howled hungrily outside native villages giving rise to the name wolf moon

Also called: Old Moon, Moon after Yule

Snow Moon- February: Since the heaviest snow falls during this month, Native tribes in the north and east mostly called February’s moon the Snow Moon

Also called: Hunger Moon

Worm Moon- March: As temperatures rise and warm, earthworm casts appear, heralding the return of robins

Also called: Crow Moon, Crust Moon, Sap Moon, Lenten Moon

Pink Moon- April: Came from the herb moss pink, or wild ground phlox, which is one of the earliest widespread flowers of spring

Also called: Sprouting Grass Moon, Egg Moon, Fish Moon

Flower Moon- May: Flowers are abundant at this time of year

Also called: Corn Planting Moon, Milk Moon

Strawberry Moon- June: Universal to every Algonquin tribe Month for strawberry harvest

Europeans called it the Rose Moon

Buck Moon- July: Normally the month when the new antlers of bucks push out of their heads in coatings of velvety fur

Also called: Thunder Moon Hay Moon

Sturgeon Moon- August: Fishing tribes named this moon such since sturgeon are most readily caught during this month

Also called: Red Moon, Green Corn Moon, Grain Moon

Corn / Harvest Moon- September: Marks when corn is ready to be harvested May also be Harvest Moon 2 out of 3 years Closest full moon to the Fall Equinox

Hunter’s Moon- October: Named for hunting season where natives began to store up meat for winter

Also called: Blood Moon, Sanguine Moon Beaver Moon- November: The time to set beaver traps before the swamps freeze, to gather warm furs for winter Beavers are actively preparing for winter

Also called: Frosty Moon

Cold Moon-December: Winter is coldest during this month Nights are the longest and days are the shortest

Also called: Moon before Yule, Long night’s Moon