Super Moon for March




Tonight is the full moon. It's also a Super Moon. I guess that means it looks bigger. We're about to be in a line for 3 super moons in a row. I have no idea what that means if anything, but three!!

I am learning about full moons. I don't know much about them either, but in my new endeavors to be more present and mindful it strikes me to pay attention to the moon and what it's up to. Most obviously, with a full moon what is normally so dark becomes so bright. Especially a full moon in March in the midwest. Sometimes we have snow on the ground and that just makes everything glow.

Some of the names for the March full moon I have been learning are as follows:

  • Worm Moon - It gets this name because the earth is warming up and with March potentially being a rainy month, earthworms can start waking up and becoming active. Also, that can mean Robins are back.
  • Storm Moon - March can be a rainy month for some. Facebook reminded me today that this time last year we got dumped with a giant blizzard. Be they rain or snow based March can be a month full of storms for sure.
  • Crow Moon - Apparently the cawing of crows signals the end of winter. This is the last full moon before Spring/Ostara.
  • Sap Moon - If you've got maple trees March is the time to start thinking about tapping them. As the sap starts to flow as the weather gets warmer.
  • Crust Moon - this one isn't very romantic, but it's about the melt and re-freeze of snow. During the day it's warm and melting, but re-freezes overnight because it's still below zero. And here it is...Minnesota, we probably are experiencing a crust moon. 
Other names; Seed moon, Hraed Monat "Stormy Month", Lenten moon, if your faith follows Lent, and the Chaste moon.

I have to say -- they all kind of apply this year here in Minnesota. While we aren't warm enough for worms yet - the robins are back in full force. I've seen a few dozen the past few days. No storms on the horizon for us, but we do usually joke that the high school hockey tournament season generally brings a blizzard...I guess it's our own weird Farmer's Almanac? I've also been hearing lots of crows lately - cawing up a storm. I want to draw them into the yard more, but not sure how yet. I've got no maple trees but I know the Arboretum here is having a tapping event. But crust moon for sure fits.

The snow has been melting slowly but surely. It's the hardest time of winter for me, because easter celebrations dictate sunny flowers and tulips, and in the upper midwest we're just not there yet. Giant piles of snow still languish in parking lots, and dirty frozen mud abounds, but if you pay attention close enough the signs of spring are here.




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