| Show Tales a es of 0 the e Harvest arves Moon oon Brenda Lewis Contributing Writer While autumn to some represents represents represents an end to others it marks beginnings School starts stores dust off their holiday displays and ski resorts overhaul their snow making machines hoping they wont won't have to use them One of the best parts of autumn though is the coming of oft t the Harvest Moon r f Shine on shine on harvest moon up in the sky shy The Harvest Moon is the first full moon after the autumnal equinox During the equinox the sun passes directly over the earths earth's equator making the lengths of day and night equal Appearing in late September or early October the night of the Harvest Moon has among the brightest skies of the year Before tractor lights the autumn It full o n lp d fa i t i t ers en brine hrino in m in their crom cron crops 0 c Rising within within a hour of the sun setting the full moon gave them more hours of light to work Hanging low in the sky the moon seemed larger than usual as well I aint had no lovin since January February June or July There is an old Chinese legend about love and the moon At birth the man in the moon secures the destiny of lovers by uniting them with an invisible silken cord tied around their waists At the time they are destined destined destined des des- tined to meet and fall in love he draws the cords together Astrologists have long depended depend depend- ed on lovers' lovers respective moons to pr predict dict hami harmony ny in n r relationships aint no time to stav tw stay u u outdoors and spoon so shine on Spooning is a term from decades back that is synonymous with dating At that time young people were discouraged from being alone together Lovers' Lovers need their privacy though and popular culture came up with a compromise Young men could sit on the porch with their sweethearts sweethearts sweethearts sweet sweet- hearts as long as they came ready and able to carve a spoon If parents heard the sound of whittling they felt comfortable about where the boys boy's hands were Shine on harvest moon for me and my gal The moon was the first calen calen- dar Planting and harvesting have long been J ing in to its it e Ancient AnCl nt civi civi- civi liati knew that p people people i ithe the the earth and the seas were ruled or at least affected by the moon Popular belief in the power of the moon was widespread and deeply felt based on the accumulated accumulated accumulated experience of many genera genera- According to the 1 th tur t h h ce n ury p Luna Lunacy y grows worse at full and new Moon The 1842 Lunacy Act of Britain defined a lunatic as a demented person enjoying lucid intervals during the first two phases of the Moon and afflicted with a period period period peri peri- od of fatuity in the period following after the fullMoon full fullMoon fullMoon Moon The Royal Art of Astrology Robert Eisler On September 28 2004 the Harvest Moon shone on all of us Some sighed at the end of sum sum- mer Others gleefully pulled out that wool sweater they got on sale at the end of the season last year Me I hummed an old song and sn smiled led back at the Man in the Moon The Harvest Moon is isone isone isone one among many moons with a given name January Wolf Moon after Yule February Storm Snow Moon Moon March Chaste Sap Moon Moon April Seed Moon Grass Moon May Ha Hare e Planting Moon Moon June Dyad Moon Honey Moon July uly Mead Thunder Moon Moon August Corn Moon Grain Moon September Harvest Moon Fruit Moon October Blood Moon Hunters Moon x November Snow Moon Frosty Moon i December Oak Moon after Yule About every 32 months we enjoy a second second sec sec- j ond full moon in a calendar calendar calen calen- dar month the famous Blue Moon Watch the skies for your favorite moon phase i w. w 1 Y |
