{"id":693,"date":"2009-04-08T06:34:31","date_gmt":"2009-04-08T06:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spellmaker.com\/blog\/?p=693"},"modified":"2009-04-08T06:34:31","modified_gmt":"2009-04-08T06:34:31","slug":"the-first-full-moon-of-spring-is-upon-us-look-for-it-in-the-sky-april-9-10-2009-the-april-full-moon-is-also-known-as-the","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spellmaker.com\/blog\/?p=693","title":{"rendered":"The April Full Moon is in the Pink! April 9, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first full moon of Spring is upon us! Look for it in the
\nsky April 9 & 10, 2009! The April full moon is also known as the Pink Full
\nMoon, as it marks the appearance of the grass pink, or wild ground phlox\u2014one of
\nthe first spring flowers. Native Americans of the northern and eastern part of
\nthe United States tracked the seasons by giving a unique name to each of the
\nfull moons.  This name was for the entire month that the full moon
\noccurred in.  The name of the full moon and variations of its name was used
\nby the Algonquin Indian tribes from New England to Lake Superior.It is also
\nknown as the Sprouting Grass Moon, the Egg Moon, and the Fish Moon. Coastal
\ntribes called this moon the Fish Moon, because it was this time of year that
\nshad began their upstream climg to their spawning grounds. Here is a short
\nvideo about how this \u201cPink Moon<\/span><\/a>\u201d got its name.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

This moon is also known as the Seed Moon. The energies
\naround this moon are ones of fertility, growth and inner wisdom. We are
\nencouraged to be bold at this time; to take action on things we have been putting
\noff all Winter. Spring has arrived, as has its energy for new starts and new
\nbeginnings! <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

Tonight\u2019s full moon shines near the star Spica, the
\nbrightest light in the constellation Virgo. The first full moon to follow the
\nMarch equinox faithfully shines in front of Virgo, the harvest goddess, to
\nsignal the change of seasons.
<\/span><\/p>\n

The Christian celebration of Easter falls on the first
\nSunday after the first full moon of the northern hemisphere spring. So
\ntonight\u2019s Easter Moon heralds the coming of Easter Sunday.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

APRIL
\nFULL MOON<\/strong> by Lee Emmett (Australia) <\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

in smoky-silk, milky-mist sea
\nfull moon beauty gazes around
\nwearing lilac-veil she sails aloft
\nworldly domain without sound<\/p>\n

dark arms of eucalyptus caress
\ncool-spirited fairies of mid-night
\nbathing in droplets on silver-sheen
\nforest-leaves; forms magical sight<\/span><\/em><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n


<\/span><\/p>\n

Celebrate this time to begin welcoming in Spring! Clean out
\nyour birdhouses, refill those bird feeders, go shopping in your favorite seed
\ncatalogs \ud83d\ude09 Light a green candle for Gran Bwa and ask for his blessings in the
\ncoming time of sun and lush grass and thick forests. Now would be a wonderful
\ntime to do a simple Lwa honoring  ritual <\/span><\/a>  for Gran Bwa as
\nwell.<\/span><\/p>\n

This is also a great time to air out your house with a lovely Marie Laveau Clean Sweep House Blessing kit.<\/a> Spiritual spring cleaning at its best \ud83d\ude09<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

Spring is arriving and it is time to celebrate! <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

Light and Love<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

Sister Bridget<\/span><\/p>\n

\"6151\"<\/a>
\n
<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The first full moon of Spring is upon us! Look for it in the sky April 9 & 10, 2009! The April full moon is also known as the Pink Full Moon, as it marks the appearance of the grass pink, or wild ground phlox\u2014one of the first spring flowers. Native Americans of the northern […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[389],"tags":[7,142,120,15,420,3,25,143,42,4,460],"class_list":["post-693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lore-of-the-moon","tag-free-spells","tag-gran-bwa","tag-magick","tag-mambo-sam","tag-sister-bridget","tag-spellmaker","tag-spellmaker-com","tag-spells","tag-vodou","tag-voodoo","tag-voodoo-lamps"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spellmaker.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spellmaker.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spellmaker.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spellmaker.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spellmaker.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=693"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spellmaker.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spellmaker.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spellmaker.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spellmaker.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}