July 2015 opened with a full moon and is closing with one, bookends to a beautiful high summer month.
But what happens with the native names when there are two full moons in a calendar month? I knew the July full moon to be the buck, and the August is… well, you’ll find out…but what happens when two full moons occur within one Gregorian calendar month cycle?
I turned to the answer source, the Farmer’s Almanac, which told me the full moon of 7/31/15 is the thunder moon. Seems an excellent appellation.
I think there may be a longer-term rhythm/logic at work here based on the number of full moons annually, or something, rather than in calendar months, but it has been a long week so won’t reflect (oh, pun!!!) on it now.
But, once in a blue moon…
Love this, Brigid!