I don’t have enough time today to look up some neglected featured questions, I pretty much have to go to bed as soon as I get home tonight so I can get up in time to work tomorrow, but here’s what I have on the month of September. I’ll post the Writer’s Choice Featured Questions tomorrow night.
September
September acquired its name as the seventh month of the old Roman calendar. Pomona, patroness of fruit and fruit-trees, was tutelary goddess of this month in which autumn begins.
September was Mean Fomhair in Ireland or an t-Sultainn, the fat time. All these names refer to the ripening harvest. The September moon is gealach an abachaidh, moon of ripening. Haligmonath, “holy month,” was the month of September among the Anglo-Saxons. The Franks called this month Witumanoth, “wood month,” for this when the majority of wood was gathered for the coming cold months. September is Shedding among the Asatru.
The first Full Moon is called the Fruit or Grain Moon, a name it shares with August. It shares the name Harvest Moon with October and Sturgeon Moon with August. It has been called the Singing, Wine Moon, and the Moon When Deer Paw the Earth.
Libra takes over from Virgo around September 23rd. Those born this month have the aster for their birth flower. The stone for Virgo and those born in September is the sapphire. Chrysolite and sardonyx are also listed as stones for those born in September. Libra’s birthstone is opal or tourmaline, and Libra is also linked to aquamarine, emerald, kunzite, moonstone, opal, peridot, and pink tourmaline. Amazonite, amber, carnelian, chrysocolla, citrine, and sapphire are other stones associated with Virgo.
September 1st
In India, Radha, an avatar of Lakshmi, and Krishna are honored.
