{"id":727,"date":"2008-10-12T06:06:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-12T06:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spellmaker.com\/blog\/?p=727"},"modified":"2008-10-12T06:06:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-12T06:06:00","slug":"hunters-moon-oc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spellmaker.com\/blog\/?p=727","title":{"rendered":"Hunter’s Moon ~~~ October 14th 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"17240\"<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

The Hunter’s Moon (also known as Blood Moon,
\nSanguine Moon, Full Travel Moon, or Full Dying Grass) is the first full moon
\nafter the Harvest moon, which is the full moon nearest the Autumnal equinox.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

The Hunter\u2019s Moon is the name for the full
\nmoon that immediately follows the Harvest Moon. In the northern hemisphere, the
\nHarvest Moon is the full moon closest to the September equinox. <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

The Harvest Moon ushers in the year\u2019s
\ngrandest procession of moon-filled nights. Farmers once relied on these several
\nnights of dusk-till-dawn moonlight to gather their crops. Tonight\u2019s Hunter\u2019s
\nMoon is similar to the Harvest Moon, except the effect is less pronounced.
\nEvery full moon rises around sunset and shines all night long. On average, the
\nmoon rises 50 minutes later daily. But the few days after the September and
\nOctober full moons, the moon rises farther north along the horizon for several
\ndays in succession. In the northern hemisphere, this means earlier-than-usual
\nmoonrises and longer moonlit nights.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

Just remember, whether you live in the
\nnorthern or the southern hemisphere, the full moon tonight will shine from dusk
\ntill dawn.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

These names date back to the Native
\nAmericans in the eastern and northern parts of North America, who had various
\nnames for the Full Moon during each month of the year. European settlers
\nquickly adopted the Moon names used by the Native American groups, though most
\npeople today are only aware of a few of those names. October’s Full Moon is
\ncalled the "Hunter’s Moon" or sometimes the "Blood Moon" or
\n"Sanguine Moon". It is the first Full Moon after the Harvest Moon
\n(the Full Moon nearest the Autumnal equinox) and it gets its name from hunters
\nwho tracked and killed their prey by autumn moonlight, stockpiling food for the
\nwinter ahead.  <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

Feasts associated with the Hunter’s Moon
\nhave been going on since the seventh century.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

October: Full "Hunters" or
\n"Blood" Moon (defined as the first full moon following the harvest
\nmoon; from hunting practice of riding over the stubble of reaped grain fields
\npursuing foxes by the light of the moon.); also Full Travel Moon, Full Dying
\nGrass Moon.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

The Hunter’s Moon <\/o:p><\/span><\/h1>\n

~~~~~<\/span>by
\nMathilde Blind<\/span> <\/o:p><\/span><\/h1>\n

The Hunter’s Moon rides high,
\n    High o’er the close-cropped plain;
\nAcross the desert sky
\n    The herded clouds amain
\nScamper tumultuously,
\n        Chased by the hounding wind
\n        That yelps behind. <\/p>\n

The clamorous hunt is done,
\n    Warm-housed the kennelled pack;
\nOne huntsman rides alone
\n    With dangling bridle slack;
\nHe wakes a hollow tone,
\n        Far echoing to his horn
\n        In clefts forlorn. <\/p>\n

The Hunter’s Moon rides low,
\n    Her course is nearly sped.
\nWhere is the panting roe?
\n    Where hath the wild deer fled?
\nHunter and hunted now
\n        Lie in oblivion deep:
\n        Dead or asleep.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Hunter’s Moon (also known as Blood Moon, Sanguine Moon, Full Travel Moon, or Full Dying Grass) is the first full moon after the Harvest moon, which is the full moon nearest the Autumnal equinox. The Hunter\u2019s Moon is the name for the full moon that immediately follows the Harvest Moon. In the northern hemisphere, […]<\/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":[],"class_list":["post-727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lore-of-the-moon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spellmaker.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/727","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=727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spellmaker.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/727\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spellmaker.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spellmaker.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spellmaker.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}