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Super Dassie Moon

ull moons have significance frost moon, marking the beginning of it is called the fire moon – a major
in more ways than we know. winter. June celebrates the Sisters, hazard during the dry dusty windy
FWe tend to be aligned with isiLimela, or the Pleiades – as these weather occurring in that month.
the northern hemisphere, so it is stars come into view in the southern September brings the Spring moon,
refreshing to have very different hemisphere at this time. The Sisters for obvious reasons. October is for a
indigenous cosmology beliefs. We are vital, they are the women who whale moon, and if there is a second
have just witnessed a Super Moon hoe for planting, who are essential to moon in October, it is an elephant
– which is a huge full moon, visibly life. The planting season is marked moon – both representing our largest
larger than usual, because it was by the sighting of the Pleiades. mammals. November is the month of
closer to Earth. I have learned that the Milk moon, which has been an
the February full moon is known as July’s moon is the Meerkat, master important source of protein to locals
a Dassie Moon in /Xam Bushman of cutting-edge science, and an icon living here long before the European
mythology. Dassies are the nearest known all over the world. Pertinent settlers arrived. December is the
living relatives to elephants, dugongs that several of the most far-seeing month of the Springbok and Eland
and manatees. Dassie was the wife telescopes in the Northern Cape are moons. These are highly important
of Mantis, who is mysterious and known Meerkatte, cheerily looking animals in the lore of the /Xam, and
wicked, and a symbol of wisdom. The deep into space, and following the the Springbok is a national symbol
Mantis moon is the principal January paths of planets and stars. They are of importance to all the people living
moon, the Leopard moon January’s most definitely high markers of the in this country.
secondary one. science of astrology. The KAT was
originally the Karoo Array Telescope, Source: Centre for Astronomical
March has a harvest moon, April and when more were added, there Heritage
the diamond moon, and if there were meerKATTE. https://cfah.org.za/fullmoon/dates/
is a second moon in April, it is a
gold moon, symbols of the mineral August is the month for the peace
wealth of the country. May has a moon, and if there is a blue moon, Gill Butler

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