Sunday, June 23, 2013

Strawberry Moon

Every month has a full moon that is special for different reasons.  In native american cultures each full moon held special significance in their lives because it was the signal of certain seasonal changes that will only happen in once a year.  The moon was tied to harvesting certain crops and in this month's case that crop would be strawberries.  This month this moon is supposed to be a super moon to boot.  That means that the moon is at it's closest point relative to the earth and actually appears larger to us in the sky.  Lucky for us the moon is full at the same time which makes it a super moon.  A Strawberry Super moon.  I find it interesting that this is also happening close to the solstice.  These kinds of things don't happen very often, so if you get to witness this consider yourself lucky.

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