"Hawaiian Fisherman" Wood Block Print by Charles W Bartlett, 1919
Showing posts with label moon during summer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label moon during summer. Show all posts

Thursday, July 2, 2015

Mahealani from the beach

Mahealani rising shortly before 9 PM

Seahawks/Osprey hunted dinner

Kayakers had a perfect quiet evening ride

Seahawk in a dive

Sunset before Venus-Jupiter appeared together 
There's a Burn-ban on here. Everything is dry. The water temperature at 9 at night, luscious. Up to mid-calf, I really shoulda jumped in!

Our friend Jude reported that a local farm harvested over 100 POUNDS of zucchini yesterday. Crops are early. The blackberries will be ready to pick soon (usually August). Watering needs high. The question of how and what to cultivate came up. Foraging wild edibles seems timely.


Tuesday, June 2, 2015

Full "Strawberry"Moon


Despite the lunar glare, you might see the planet Saturn and the star Antares close to tonight's almost-full moon.

"In North America, we will call this June full moon the Strawberry Moon. The June full moon travels low as seen from the Northern Hemisphere (and high as seen from the Southern Hemisphere) as it journeys from east to west across the sky throughout the night. In fact, the June full moon mimics the path of the December sun.
So this full moon will ride especially low for us in the Northern Hemisphere, because it comes so near the June summer solstice. Why? Simply because the full moon, by definition, lies opposite – or nearly opposite – the sun. Sun rides high in summer … full moon rides low. At every full moon, the moon stands more or less opposite the sun in our sky. That’s why the moon looks full..." - Earthsky.org
Hina is truly so low in the sky, her light is bright but she is hidden behind the trunks of the Tall Ones. I am awake, with the energy of Saturn and Antares so strong. I'm newly made aware of Antares' potential ... Astrolger Lynn Koiner writes, "Antares is where we ground ourselves and what activities help us connect to this Earth." Antares is in my 11th House of Sagittarius. Friendships, hopes, and dreams are what keep me connected. Transiting Antares is also directly on top of my natal Antares. I am feeling that energy powerfully: dreaming of old friends I don't see in the flesh, and feeling the 'need' for those connections.