The Frost Moon was spot on this year

The Full Moon in November is the Frost Moon and it has lived up to its name this year.

The names I use when I describe the full moons during a year are the ones that were given by the monks in monasteries over 1200 years ago. These names had to reflect the natural or religious cycle of events. November was the month when people would expect to see the first frosts of the year.

Today for reasons that I don’t quite understand we are using the much newer American names for the full moons, hence in the press the November full moon is called the Beaver Moon.

I think the old English names are the ones that I will keep using.

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