Happy Worm Moon

I checked the web to see if there were any scheduled holidays for today and came up with the list below. Wow 10 holidays today throughout the world.

National Quilting Day
Perigean Spring Tides
Purim (Jewish - begins at sundown)
Saint Joseph's Day
Swallows Return to San Juan Capistrano Day
Worm Moon
Anniversary - Operation Iraqi Freedom
Save the Florida Panther Day (Florida)
National Day of Oil (Iran

The holiday that captures my attention is Worm Moon.  The Farmer’s Almanac enlightened me as to the meaning of this holiday.

Full Moon names date back to Native Americans, of what is now the northern and eastern United States. The tribes kept track of the seasons by giving distinctive names to each recurring full Moon. Their names were applied to the entire month in which each occurred. There was some variation in the Moon names, but in general, the same ones were current throughout the Algonquin tribes from New England to Lake Superior. European settlers followed that custom and created some of their own names. Since the lunar month is only 29 days long on the average, the full Moon dates shift from year to year.

Full Worm Moon – March As the temperature begins to warm and the ground begins to thaw, earthworm casts appear, heralding the return of the robins. The more northern tribes knew this Moon as the Full Crow Moon, when the cawing of crows signaled the end of winter; or the Full Crust Moon, because the snow cover becomes crusted from thawing by day and freezing at night. The Full Sap Moon, marking the time of tapping maple trees, is another variation. To the settlers, it was also known as the Lenten Moon, and was considered to be the last full Moon of winter. http://www.farmersalmanac.com/full-moon-names/

The worm moon holiday brings new life. It’s like the Easter of mother earth, a time when the dark is over and life appears.  Happy Worm Moon to you. It’s astounding that millions of interdependent systems of mother earth give rise to support our lives. Thank you worms and thank you mother earth.