ANAHULU POEPOE ... The Second Week ... 5 Days Before 'OLE MAHALO, again

Tonight, Monday, April 18th, 2011 is the Fourth and final Full Moon during the ANAHULU POEPOE.  We are mid-way through the Malama (month) and mid-way through our maiden voyage aboard this wa'a kaulua called COUNT ON THE MOON.  Our exploration and sharing of mana'o has included primary focus on the 'OLE Moons, but the rest times of the 'ole are more fully appreciated when the whole of Kaulana Mahina is understood.  Counting on the Moon is a practice, learned with time and attention.  Each of us comes with a lifetime already in progress so how and when we are teachable varies just as planting, cultivating, fertilizing and weeding seed, trees or fish in ka wai varies.  We are different, yet of the same species.

One voyage through the cycle of Mahina gives us new information; refreshed views; questions to ponder; insights to stumble upon; perspectives to chew upon.  On this final new moon of Mahealani it's a good time to view the whole cycle ... take a look at the phases again and before the full moons pass give yourself something.

Fully ripe from the NEW MOON OF NEW BEGINNINGS ask yourself "What has fully ripened in my life?"  or  "What is ripening ... like Mahina becoming full in four phases ... in my life now?"
Give yourself the gift of CELEBRATING SUCCESS.  In what ever shape, size or increment you view your life succces. Celebrate it in whatever fashion suites you!

• Write about it
• Sing about it (in the shower, in the car, karaoke)
• Give yourself a gift
• Get a packet of gold stars ... STAR yourself
• Celebrate the Aries New Moon and Libra Full Moon some kind of way

We are mid-way through the Malama of New Beginnings. 

What celebration can you give yourself today?

That's us at our First Event in 4 Years ... a new beginning CELEBRATION
EARTH DAY, Langley, WA 2011

FOUR FULL MOONS of Kaulana Mahina

IF YOU ARE JUST JOINING US TODAY, You might like to begin by linking HERE to start with the first session-post THE OPENING 'OLI.  If please free to just jump in right here!


I love how the kupuna and kahuna (the elders and specialists) paid such close attention to the definitions of time and occurances.  Rather than say 'The Full Moon is tonight." They said, "The moon begins to be full tonight, and gets fuller each night for four nights."

Tonight FRIDAY, APRIL 15th is HUA. It's name is as it sound/means:  egg-shaped.  If you are attending to the cycles of planting and being and fertilization a woman would notice:  this is a good time for planting seed in her womb.

Tomorrow SATURDAY, APRIL 16th is AKUA Things planted tonight will be full 'ho'oakua.'

Sunday, APRIL 17th is HOKU  Hawaiians believed this to be the fullest moon (AND this month it is the FULL CALENDAR MOON)

Monday, APRIL 18th  is MAHEALANI  This is most commonly referred to as the calendar FULL MOON. But, this is not true by the calendar ... So smart, the kupuna and the kahuna for attending to the breadth of knowledge and the multitude of abundance ... 4 full moons rather than only 1.



A funny thing happens when you try to catch time ... huki time in a net.  I'm writing this from the cozy Quonset, still sitting with the heater and JOTS while wearing heavy boots, thick socks, leggings and my fuzzy hooded jacket.  I'm on the coastal land of the continent, across the ocean from the Islands of the kupuna where the naming and timing of moons originates.  I remember when my Pete and I began really attending to mahina.  We were living from the car, and when we'd get together with my son I noticed how unsure I was about 'where moon' it was.  He said, "Look up."  The lesson was even though the dates, the numbers, the days say one thing in the end you have to look for yourself.  Like the weather, "They say it's going to rain."  You step out the door or off the porch and 'ua ka lani or not? 

Anyway, the point of that little ramble is this:  If you read this post and count the four full moons where you are the days/dates and the naming of the 4 full moons (and all other moons,too) could be slightly OFF.  Hawaiian Time never varies around the calendar.  It's always HAWAII TIME.  Out there in the middle of the Pacific all human-altered clock time does not happen. 

Two continually useful links for attending to the detail of Moon Time are listed below. 

Additionally, if you wish to watch and listen again to Kumu Kalei Tsuha teaching us about  Kaulana Mahina, her video link is here.

MOON TIME LINKS

http://www.angelfire.com/sports/huntfishmaui/moon.html

http://www.zodiacarts.com/

As we head into the weekend and the four full moons of April it will be interesting to note the abundance and the planting that happens in your  life.  I wonder, Cj how does the 4 Full Moon Observance play out in astrology, tarot, and/or numerology?

Any plans for the full moons? Questions?  We would love to hear your stories, your mana'o.