April Moons
First Quarter falls on Saturday, April 12, 2008 at 2:32 PM
Full Moon falls on Sunday, April 20, 2008 at 6:25 AM
Last Quarter falls on Monday, April 28, 2008 at 10:14 AM
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April 2008
Traditional Birthstone: Diamond
Mystical birthstone: Opal
Ayurvedic birthstone: Diamond
Flower: Pink Sweet Pea
Sun Signs: Aries / Taurus
Upcoming Holidays
For Northern and Southern Hemispheres
May 1, 2008: Beltane: Northern Hemisphere - Samhain: Southern Hemisphere
June 20, 2008: Summer Solstice: Northern Hemisphere - Winter Solstice/Yule: Southern Hemisphere
August 01 - August 2, 2008: Lammas/Lughnasadh: Northern Hemisphere - Candlemas/Imbolc: Southern Hemisphere
September 22, 2008: Mabon/Autumnal Equinox: Northern Hemisphere - Ostara:Southern Hemisphere
October 31, 2008: Samhain: Northern Hemisphere - Beltane: Southern Hemisphere
December 21, 2008: Winter Solstice/Yule: Northern Hemisphere - Summer Solstice: Southern Hemisphere
Feb 2, 2009: Candlemas: Northern Hemisphere - Lammas: Southern Hemisphere
From GrannyMoon's Morning Feast
March 2009 Ostara: Northern Hemisphere - Mabon: Southern Hemisphere
Lunar Lore
Lo, the moon ascending,
Up from the east the silvery round moon,
Beautiful over the house-tops, ghastly, phantom moon,
Immense and silent moon.
- Walt Whitman, "Leaves of Grass."
...
Doth the moon shine that night we play our play?
A calendar, a calendar! Look in the almanac;
find out moonshine, find out moonshine.
- Shakespeare, "Midsummer Night's Dream," III, i.
...
If the Moon be in Aries, Cancer, Virgo, Libra, or
Capricorn she is in places fit for Sowing; but if she
is placed in Aries or Taurus, she is then fit for Planting only
- Leovitius
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