Spring Equinox is a time of balance between day and night. In spring Mother Nature is awakening, starting fresh with new growth and new beginnings. New beginnings mean change and often this means a bit of chaos. March has always been a tumultuous month for weather being described as coming in like a lion (windy and rough weather) or a lamb (calm weather). The saying is – in like a lion, out like a lamb – or vice versa. Perhaps this old wives tale is an indicator of how early societies predicted how nature would behave during a critical season for their well being. With the ever changing, often erratic weather, one thing which could be counted on to remain constant was the moon. As usual she cycles through her phases without fail each month. Offering comfort in her constancy, early societies would naturally name the moons for each month. Early cultures living off the land would have chosen names closely related to their daily lives.
The March full moon has been called many things including awakening[i], fish[ii], windy[iii], sap[iv], crow[v], worm[vi], crust[vii], and sugar[viii]. All of these names can relate to how people saw their natural world. March is a time when the ground starts to thaw thus removing the crust for the soil so worms were becoming more active. Sap in sugar maple trees begins to flow and can be processed to create sugar so it would be a natural name for the March full moon. Ice is often starting to break up and fish are starting to be more easily accessible. The natural world is awakening to the new beginnings of the spring season. Therefore early civilizations named the moon based on the experiences they had with nature and tied it in with what we now call old wives tales.
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Wonderful season is spring. I like more that. March month is very tumultuous and given wonderful weather. Some of critical season