Eliza Daley ~ Wordcraft & Musing on Home & Hope
The Winter Sleep Moon went dark yesterday. Today begins the Midwinter Moon. This lunation always feels like the shortest of the year, even though the nights are long. There is so much packed into this time of year, that a month can slip through your fingers before you even get a good grasp of the… Continue reading The Daily: 20 December 2025
The Midwinter Moon is full at 4:01am this morning, so look for the Midwinter moonrise tonight. All full moons are lovely, but there is something magical about the light at Midwinter. Moonrise is usually colored warm yellow to orange by the thick atmosphere at the horizon. But in winter's cold, the atmosphere can't hold as… Continue reading The Daily: 15 December 2024
The Winter Sleep Moon went dark at 1:21am yesterday, so the Midwinter Moon is new today. This is the moon of winter revelry. The season of Midwinter also has begun. The Midwinter holidays began on St Andrew's Day (or Thanksgiving Day, depending on your whim). We are now in the holidays, days replete with festivity.… Continue reading The Daily: 2 December 2024
The second moon cycle in my lunar year is the Midwinter Moon. It is new between 30 November and 27 December; it’s full between 14 December and 10 January. The winter solstice will usually fall in this month, and this moon will be full during the longest nights of the year. It is, therefore, the longest full moon. It… Continue reading Midwinter Moon
By My Solitary Hearth 