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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsIt's Friday the thirteenth and we will have a Harvest Moon tonight. Hope you all can see it.
2naSalit
(86,572 posts)This is my most favorite Neil Young song of all time!
Alliepoo
(2,216 posts)Hope to be able to see the full moon tonight-theyre calling for stormy weather here in central Ohio early in the evening and clearing later. That Harvest Moon is always a beautiful sight! And its going to be a mighty long time til it occurs again on Friday the 13th. Pretty sure Im not going to be around to observe that one! Lol!
Duppers
(28,120 posts)The song "Harvest Moon" is about a love...perhaps a love affair. Perhaps of unrequited love where one confesses he/she is still in love. It's getting late (in life) and he wants to see her again.
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"Every full moon has a name rooted in various cultures and traditions. The Harvest Moon is the full moon closest to the autumnal equinox. Usually it occurs in September, but it can be as late as Oct. 7.
The name stems from exactly what youd expect. Its appearance in the sky was a sign to farmers that it was time to bring in the bushels, and it allowed for a longer, brighter twilight.
Though Harvest Moon is the most popular name for the one that rises in October, thanks to the Celtic and Cherokee traditions, there are many more monikers for the autumn full moon:
*Hunters Moon (Colonial American)
*Blood Moon (Neo-pagan, Wiccan and English Medieval)
*Kindly Moon (Chinese)
*Blackberry Moon (Choctaw)"