I nomi della Luna....Sono una cancerina, segno governato dalla Luna, e trovo magiche le lune piene, perchè pervadono la notte di un'atmosfera irreale. Ogni luna piena ha un nome, e ci sono le lune particolari : la luna del Vesak, celebrata ogni anno in tutto il mondo, la Blue Moon. Ho trovato su wikipedia questa tabella, quella appena passata era la luna del cacciatore... perchè prima dell'inverno i cacciatori facevano scorta di cibo.Full moon names
The full moon, as observed from Earth on a clear night.It is traditional to assign special names to each full moon of the year, though the rules that determine the name for a given month's full moon has changed over time (e.g., the
blue moon). An ancient method of assigning names is based upon seasons and quarters of the year. For instance, the Egg Moon (the full moon before
Easter) would be the first moon after March 21, and the Lenten Moon would be the last moon on or before March 21. Modern practice, however, is to assign the traditional names based on the
Gregorian calendar month when the full moon falls. This method frequently results in the same name as the older method would, and is far more convenient to use.The following table gives the traditional English names for each month's full moon, the names given by
Algonquian peoples in the northern and eastern United States, other common names, and Hindu.
[10] Note that purnima or pornima is
Sanskrit for full moon, which has also become the Malay word for full moon purnama. Full moon days are sacred according to Buddhist tradition and called
Uposatha in
Pali. For the names of the Uposatha days in Asian Buddhist countries see the article
Uposatha.Full moon namesPositional nameAssociated MonthEnglish names
[10]Algonquian names
[11]Other names used[
citation needed]Hindu names[
citation needed]
Sinhala Names[
citation needed]
Winter SolsticeEarly WinterJanuaryWolf MoonSun has not strength to thawMoon After
Yule, Ice Moon, Old MoonPaush PoornimaDuruthuMid WinterFebruary
Snow MoonIce in river is goneHunger Moon,
Storm Moon, Candles MoonMagh PoornimaNavamLate WinterMarchStorm MoonCatching fishCrow Moon, Crust Moon, Sugar Moon, Sap Moon, Chaste Moon, Death Moon, Worm Moon, Lenten Moonbasanta (spring) purnima, dol purnima (holi)Medin
Vernal EquinoxEarly SpringAprilSeed MoonWhen they set Indian cornSprouting Grass Moon, Fish Moon, Growing Moon, Waking Moon, Pink Moon
Hanuman JayantiBakMid SpringMayMilk MoonWhen women weed cornCorn Planting Moon, Corn Moon,
Hare Moon, Flower Moon
Buddha PoornimaVesakLate SpringJuneMead MoonWhen they hill Indian cornHoney Moon, Rose Moon, Hot Moon, Planting Moon, Flower Moon, Strawberry MoonWat PoornimaPoson
Summer SolsticeEarly SummerJulyHay MoonSquash are ripeThunder Moon, Mead Moon
Guru PurnimaEsalaMid SummerAugustCorn MoonWhen Indian corn is edibleRed Moon, Green Grain Moon, Lightning Moon, Dog MoonNarali Poornima,
Raksha bandhanNikiniLate SummerSeptember
Harvest MoonMiddle between harvest and eating cornCorn Moon, Barley Moon, Fruit Moon
Bhadrapad PoornimaBinara
Autumnal EquinoxEarly FallOctober
Hunter's MoonWhite frost on grassTravel Moon, Dying Grass Moon, Blood Moon, Harvest Moon
Kojagiri or
Sharad Purnima,
lakshmi pujaVapMid FallNovember
Beaver MoonMuch white frost on grassFrost Moon, Snow Moon, Hunter's Moon
Kartik PoornimaIlLate FallDecemberOak Moon Frost Moon, Winter Moon, Long Night's Moon, Moon Before
YuleMargashirsha PoornimaUnduvap[
edit] The blue moonMain article:
Blue moonThe term "blue moon" traditionally referred to an extra moon in a
season: if a season had four full moons (rather than the more common three), then the third of the four moons was known as a blue moon.A mistaken definition, that the second full moon in a calendar month is known as a blue moon, became common in parts of the U.S. during the second half of the twentieth century due to a misinterpretation of the Maine Farmers' Almanac in the March 1946
Sky & Telescope magazine; this was corrected in 1999.
[12]Since there are on the average 12.37 full moons in a year, a "blue moon" must occur on the average every 2.7 years (7 times in the 19 years of the
Metonic cycle), by either definition.l'articolo qui :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_moon#Full_moon_namesBuona luna!