The Short Answer (TSA)
The next
full moon is coming up on Tuesday 3 February.
Or at least it is in my time zone in the U.S. So, depending on where you live, you might
want to check to be sure that your full moon will fall on that day.
In England,
during the Middle Ages, February’s full moon was called the “Storm Moon.” The name came from the weather. Storms typically began to blow-in from the
northwest in the month of February. And
February enjoyed the reputation of being the month of, by far, the greatest
snow falls – the most often and the most snow.
But England
still enjoyed a relatively moderate climate.
Temperatures were cold enough for snow to accumulate on the ground. But changes in temperatures kept the snow on
the ground melting steadily, even as more snow fell. So,
for the English of the time, February wasn’t a month of abundance. But it wasn’t a month of suffering either.
Of course,
in places like China, February brought the beginning of spring with
celebrations. In Northeastern North
America, where many nomadic Native American tribes struggled to survive,
February brought much colder temperatures.
More snow fell and almost all of that snow stayed on the ground.
When the European colonists established settlements and joined the Native American Tribes in Northeastern North America, they experienced these severe Februaries. Names with the words of suffering and hunger were attached to February’s full moons.
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