This week's full moon, the second this month, is
known as the Full Sap Moon. This will be the last
"blue moon" or the event of two full moon
cycles in the same month until the year 2020.
In the language of my ancestors, the Cherokee Indians, the moon
in March is called, Anvyi, or the Windy Moon, which traditionally
marked the beginning of the spring planting season.
Each spring the Cherokee planted enough crops to
provide food for two years. They grew corn, squash,
melons, pumpkins, sunflower seeds, and many other vegetables.
Other names for this month's moon include the Crow Moon,
the Crust Moon, the Sugar Moon, and the Chaste Moon.
In Old English/Anglo Saxon this month's moon
was known as the Lenten Moon.
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