Moon Phases & Types
This is intended as a quick reference Page. First is the Phases of the Moon and what you can do during each. The second section is about what type/Moon it is during the year.
Moon Phases (In Order):
Image | Name | Uses |
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New Moon | Setting Intentions, Taking Actions, Moving Forward, Starting New Ventures, Exploring Oppertunities | |
Waxing Crescent | Redefining Goals, Taking First Action, Consistency, Ganing Momentum, Determination, Pushing Forward | |
First Quarter | Finding Balance Between New Goals & Habits, Expansion, Being Practical, Concentrartion on Goals | |
Waxing Gibbous | Cultivating Actions Towards Goals, Improving & Readjusting, Intensive Growth, Pushing Boundries | |
Full Moon | Energy of Completion, Gratefulness, Cleansing, Charging, Appreciating Progress, Psychic Work, Letting Go | |
Wanning Gibbous | Giving Thanks, Decultering, Eliminating Negative Habits, Slowing Down, Reevaluting Goals | |
Third Quarter/Last Quarter | Letting Go, Practicing Forgiveness, Finding Time to Relax, Cord-Cutting, Getting Rid of Unhealthy Habits/Addictions | |
Waning Crescent | Making Room for New, Rest, Surrender, Energizing by Doing Things We Love, Discharging Health Issues |
Moon Types
The following list is what I could find. If these names do not match up to what you know please look at the Month in which they occur. Please be mindful that if you live in the Southern Hemisphere the seasons will be opposite (NH) Spring = (SH) Fall, (NH) Winter = (SH) Summer
Ice/Old/Quiet/Wolf Moon: Full Moon in January
Hunger/Snow/Sap/Storm Moon: Full Moon in February
Chaste/Crust/Death/Egg/Worm Moon: Last Full Moon of Winter, Full Moon in March, Beginning of Spring
Egg/Fish/Grass/Pink/ Seed Moon: Early Blooming of pink wildflowers, Birds Start Laying Eggs, Full Moon In April
Corn Planting/Flower/Hare/Milk Moon: Spring Gets going Properly, Full Moon in May
Hot/Horse/Rose/Strawberry Moon: Beginning of Summer Heat, Full Moon in June
Buck/Hay/Herb/Thunder Moon: Summer Storms, Bucks [Male Deer] Antlers are Full Grown , Full Moon in July
Grain/Green Corn/Red/Sturgeon Moon: Late Summer, Full Moon in August
Barley/ Full Corn/Harvest Moon: Full Moon nearest the Autumnal Equinox/MABON(Norther Hemisphere)/Spring Equinox/OSTARA(Southern Hemisphere), Full Moon in September/October
Dying Grass/Hunter’s/Travel Moon: Next Full Moon after Harvest, Full Moon in October
Beaver/Frost Moon: Marks the Arrival of Cold Weather , Full Moon in November
Cold/Long Night/Oak Moon: The Coming of Winter, Nights are the Longest & Coldest, Full Moon in December
Blue Moon: Every 2.5years the 13th Full Moon, Third/Fourth Full Moon in a Season, Second Full Moon in a calendar Month, Rare occurrence that it is Blue-ish colored
Singing Moon: A Balanced Equinox, A lunar eclipse on a Full Moon