FULL MOON MEDITATION

The Strawberry Moon

WEDNESDAY JUNE 11th
6:30 - 8:00pm

Align w/new energies of this Full Moon.
Opportunities for letting go of the old and allowing spiritual energies to reach human hearts and minds.

The wild strawberries that start to ripen during early summer gave name to June’s Full Moon. Other names for this Full Moon are Rose Moon, Hot Moon, and Mead Moon.

The June full Moon got the name “Strawberry Moon” from a number of North American native tribes, since the wild strawberry (Fragaria virginiana) reaches peak ripeness and is ready for harvesting in June.

The berry is widespread throughout the lower 48 states, Canada, and Alaska, and is a popular and important spring edible as one of the earliest ripening berries.

Because of the importance of the wild strawberry as a spring food staple, the name “Strawberry Moon” was given to the June full Moon by the Algonquin, Ojibwe, Dakota, Lakota, Chippewa, Oneida, and Sioux tribes.

Several tribes use other berry-related names for the June full Moon, depending on which berries are most prominent in their homelands.

The Creek of the southeastern United States, for example, call this the “Blackberry Moon,” while the Shawnee of Ohio and Pennsylvania refer to the June full Moon as the “Raspberry Moon.” In Alaska, the Haida tribe uses a more all-encompassing berry name, “Berries Ripen Moon.”

Berries aren’t the only plants growing in June, and different cultures often have a different name for the June full moon based on their gardening practices and regional plant growth.

In addition to calling this Moon the Strawberry Moon, the Ojibwe also use the term “Flowering Moon” or “Garden Moon,” referring to different plants and growth in general in June. The Cherokee are more specific with “Plants in Garden Are Sprouting Moon.”

Even neo-pagan religions reference gardening with the June full Moon as the “Planting Moon.”

In more northern areas, June may be a bit too early for garden plants to sprout or berries to ripen, but trees are beginning to finally bloom after long winter months.

The Cree of the northern plains and Canada refer to the June full Moon as “Moon When Leaves Come Out” to mark that step of nature’s yearly cycle.

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Love and light,
Gayle
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