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2014 Events

Northern Hemisphere

January

            1 New Moon / New Year

            1-5 Quadrantids Meteor Shower

            15 Full Wolf Moon / Micro Moon

            16 Religious Freedom Day

            30 Black Moon

 

February

            2 Imbolc

            14 Full Wind Moon

            * February 2014 is unique since it has no New Moon

 

March

            1 New Moon

            15 God Thor's Day

            16 Full Storm Moon

            20 Spring Equinox

            30 Black Moon

 

April

            1 April Fools Day / God Loki's Day

            15 Full Frog Moon

            22 Earth Day / Walpurgis begins

            29 New Moon / Arbor Day

 

May

            1 Beltane

            5 Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower

            11 Goddess Frigg's Day

            14 Full Flower Moon

            28 New Moon

 

June

            12 Full Sun Moon

            15 God Odin's Day

            21 Midsummer

            27 New Moon

 

July

            3 Sunna's Day

            12 Full Buck Moon

            21 Neil Armstrong first Man on the Moon

            26 New Moon

 

August

            1 Lammas

            10 Full Sturgeon Moon / Super Moon

            25 New Moon

 

September

            8 Full Harvest Moon

            22 Autumn Equinox

            24 New Moon

 

October

            8 Full Hunters Moon

            9 Leif Erikson Day

            13 Indigenous Peoples Day

            23 New Moon

            31 Samhain

November

            1 Rite of Goddess Hela

            6 Full Snow Moon

            11 Veterans Day

            22 New Moon

 

December

            5 Manni's Night

            6 Full Cold Moon

            13 Feast of Saint Lucia

            21 Yule / New Moon

            27 Day of Goddess Freya & God Freyr

            29 Goddess Skaldi's Blot Day

 

 

m A Black Moon occurs when there are two dark cycles of the moon in any given calendar month. It is believed that the second dark moon is a time of great power within the spiritual world and any magic worked during this time is especially powerful. m

 

M The Moon orbits the Earth in an elliptical path, with one side of the path closer to the Earth than the other. The point closest to the Earth is called the perigee, while the point farthest from the Earth is known as the apogee.  When a full moon coincides with the Moon’s position at the apogee, it is referred to as a Micro Moon or a Mini Moon. Sometimes also called an Apogee moon, a micro moon looks approximately 14 percent smaller and around 30 percent less brighter than a super moon.  The last micro full moon occurred on November 28, 2012 and the next one will occur on January 16, 2014. Old wives tales and folklore accounts suggest that full moons and micro moons affect human mental health and bring on natural disasters.  M

 

M The distance of the moon from the Earth varies throughout the month and year. The moon's position furthest away from Earth is called apogee while its closest approach to Earth is referred to as perigee. These events do not regularly coincide with the phases of the moon. However, it can happen that the moon is at perigee during the phase of full moon. This event is referred to as Super Full Moon, when the moon is the largest and brightest.  The association of the Moon with both oceanic and crustal tides has led to claims that the super moon phenomenon may be associated with increased risk of events such as earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.  The next one is August 10 2014. M 

Supermoons

 

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