Moon Phases and Partial Lunar Eclipse

• New Moon: September 2-3, 2024
• Partial Lunar Eclipse: September 17-18, 2024
• Harvest Full Moon: September 17-18, 2024

 

New Moon: September 2-3, 2024

New Moons are the beginning of the Moon’s cycle that present a “blank slate” to receive the Sun’s light that leads to the Full Moon. Both New Moons and Full Moons raise the Spring Tides, the highest tides of the lunar month. As the Earth’s water table also rises and is the reason farmers planted their seeds at the New Moons. New Moons are also times for planting the Seeds of new Intentions. The energy for new intentions prevails to the First Quarter Moon.

The New Moon rises on September 2-3, 2024. The date depends on your location. The September New Moon falls in Virgo. In most myths, Virgo is depicted as a virgin maiden associated with wheat who gathers in the Harvest. This New Moon is the most important one of the year, offering a burst of fresh energy and potential. It’s a great time to pursue personal goals, when “the universe is on your side.” The September New Moon marks a transition from the Season of Summer to Fall. (New Moons offer the dark-sky conditions that favor nighttime star-gazing!)

Partial Lunar Eclipse: September 17-18, 2024

Lunar eclipses mark the end of a cycle. The Moon relates to our emotions, influenced by the tides. Emotions that have weighed heavy can be brought to completion and bring a “turning of the tides.” (9 is a symbol of completion. September is the 9th month of the Gregorian calendar, magnifying the symbol through repetition.)

A partial lunar eclipse will take place on Wednesday, 17–18 September 2024, the second of two lunar eclipses in 2024 and the final partial lunar eclipse of Lunar Saros 118. The Moon’s descending node and the Moon moves northward with each eclipse. The periodicity and recurrence of solar eclipses is governed by the Saros cycle, a period of approximately 6,585.3 days (18 years 11 days 8 hours). Each Saros series typically lasts 12 to 13 centuries and contains 70 or more eclipses. Every saros series begins with a number of partial eclipses. (NASA: Saros Cycles)

This eclipse will take place 9 hours before perigee, the Moon’s closest position to Earth, meaning the moon will be a Supermoon with a distance of 357486 km and diameter of 33.4′. A partial lunar eclipse will occur on September 17–18, 2024, with the penumbral eclipse beginning at 0:41 UTC and the partial eclipse beginning at 2:12 UTC on September 18. (The penumbral is when the Moon first enters Earth’s shadow. Skywatchers may notice the moon turning red.) The eclipse will be visible from Europe, Asia, Africa, North and South America, the Pacific, the Atlantic, the Indian Ocean, the Arctic, and Antarctica. (EarthSky.org)

Harvest Full Moon, Supermoon: September 17-18, 2024

Full Moons offer the brightest reflection of the Sun’s Light. Seeds planted at the New Moon have germinated and offer proof they are growing as they break ground to reach the Light. The Harvest Moon falls in Pisces. The Sign of the Fishes related to the Water of Spirit. It’s a Time to see the results of an Act of Faith.

The Meaning and Names Associated with the September Full Moon by EarthGiant.com

September’s full moon is known as the Full Harvest Moon, as it is the full moon that is closest to the fall equinox. In the northern hemisphere, the Full Harvest Moon rises very soon after sunset, providing plenty of bright light for farmers harvesting their summer crops. September’s full moon is so well-known for its luminosity and brilliance that certain Native American tribes even named it the Big Moon. The Full Harvest Moon holds major cultural significance in many different communities, who spend this full moon not just celebrating the fall harvest, but also the moon itself.

The most widely known tradition associated with the Full Harvest Moon is the Mid-Autumn Festival, celebrated by Chinese communities all around the world. It is also known as the Mooncake Festival. On the full moon night of the eighth lunar month, people gather with friends and family to admire the brilliant full moon while eating mooncakes and drinking tea. Mooncakes are a rich pastry traditionally filled with sweet bean paste or lotus seed paste, and sometimes even include salted egg yolks. The Sweet Osmanthus flower also blooms during this time, and is often used in teas and the reunion wine drunk when visiting with family. It is a common tradition to celebrate by carrying brightly colored lanterns, so you can often enjoy the beautiful sight of lanterns hanging in front of buildings or in parks, or sky lanterns floating towards the full moon.

There are many other variations on the Mid-Autumn Festival throughout Asia, including Vietnam and other Southeast Asian countries. The Japanese celebrate this full moon with the Tsukimi tradition (which literally means moon-viewing in Japanese), where people prepare offerings to the moon and eat round tsukimi dango, or rice dumplings. In Korea, this full moon is celebrated as Chuseok, which is one of Korea’s most major holidays, similar to Thanksgiving. People travel back to their hometowns for reunions with their family and tend to their ancestors’ graves. Traditional activities include exchanging gifts, playing folk games, drinking rice wine, and eating songpyeon, which is a rice cake shaped like a half-moon.

For most of the cultures that celebrate variants of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the desserts eaten during this festival are made using fruits, nuts, and grains harvested during this season. Similarly, the Full Harvest Moon is called the Nut Moon by the Cherokee tribes, who gather all sorts of nuts to make nut bread, which is eaten during harvest festivals such as the Ripe Corn Festival. During this moon, Native American tribes pay respects to Mother Earth for her generosity in providing food for her children, including corn and other staple foods.

Chinese communities, on the other hand, spend the Mid-Autumn Festival worshipping the Moon Goddess, Chang’e. According to legends about Chang’e, there used to be ten suns in the sky, which caused drought and suffering throughout the land. Houyi, a talented archer, shot down nine of the suns to save the world, and was rewarded with the position of emperor. Unfortuantely, he later became a malevolent tyrant, obsessed with the search for an immortality pill. In order to protect the common folk from being ruled over forever by a cruel emperor, his wife Chang’e stole the elixir of immortality from him during the full moon of the eighth lunar month. Enraged, Houyi chased after Chang’e, who swallowed the elixir to prevent Houyi from taking it. As a result, Chang’e became a deity herself and flew away to the moon, where she lives in a Moon Palace with her companion the Jade Rabbit, who pounds herbs in a pestle to help her create the elixir of immortality. Appropriately, the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program is named after Chang’e.

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Where you born on a Full Moon? Use MoonGiant’s calculator to see the Moon’s phase on the day you were born.

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Mayan Time…

Jaguar/IX is the symbol of Spirit. IX represents the Divine Feminine aspects of Compassionate Love and Divine Discernment. The Jaguar is the “Queen of the Jungle” and the guardian of Mother Earth. Tone 1 sets the Intention for a cycle of Spiritual Growth. September is the month when indigenous cultures held their Sacred Ceremonies of Spirit, investing time in Giving Back their gratitude to Mother Earth. (Use MayanMajix.com’s calculator at the bottom of the page to find your Mayan Birth Sign.)

Hebrew Calendar Time…

In 2024, the Hebrew month of Elul begins on September 3rd. They call it the Time when “Jesus is in the fields,” a time when Spirit is most accessible, and the beginning of the High Holy Days that lead to Rosh Hashanah. It is a potent time to increase our faith, when new steps of Faith bring Jesus running to us in the fields. It is also a time of fearing the Lord. By Hebrew tradition, Rosh Hashanah marks the day of Jesus’s return. In 2024 Rosh Hashanah begins Oct 2, 2024 at sundown; ends at nightfall on Oct 4, 2024.

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THE TRECENA OF JAGUAR/IX: VISION QUEST, A JOURNEY TO THE LIGHT
MAYAN CALENDAR DAYKEEPER’S JOURNAL
1 Jaguar/IX (eesh), Cherokee, Panther/SOHO’NI, Destiny Kin 14, Position 14
September 3, 2024, 09/03/2024; Last Two Rounds: 12/18/2023, 04/02/2023

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1 Jaguar/IX  (Cherokee, Panther/SAHO’NI) – Day 1 of 13 of the Jaguar/IX trecena

Descriptions by Ian Xel Lungold (12 Sun/AHAU), wisdom and Tzolk’in calculator preserved on MayanMajix.com

Galactic Tone 1: Unity. One is the beginning of all things, the first, the whole and the all in one. One’s are assertive and self-guided and give a good push to whatever project they are associated with. One persons work best when meeting a challenge. Do not expect One-persons to be attentive to details or to put the finishing touches on things.

Jaguar/IX: Born with a deep love of the Mother Earth, Jaguar or shaman is directly tied to the source of all Earth magic. They possess great power of intellect and strength or character through integrity. Jaguar energy is feminine in nature and is the ruling spirit of jungles, plains, and mountains. The spirit of Jaguar inhabits the Mayan temples and is called on to assist in spiritual as well as in material ways. Jaguar is also the god/goddess of gratefulness. Patience born of strength and skill can turn to pounce of quick decision and action. Both bold and stealthful, Jaguars do not often attack directly and communications from them usually contain some mystery. In the absence of integrity, Jaguars power corrupts becoming a search for wealth and fame.

A GOOD DAY TO: Commune and give thanks to Mother Nature.

Cherokee, Panther/SAHO’NI: Panther is symbolized by comets, meteors, shooting stars, fireballs, and magicians.  Meteors appearing around the middle of November are Heralds of the Coming of the Light, the Cherokee New Year. Panther is the Shadow of the Sphinx, Herald of the Dawn, guardian of the night when the sun is traveling through the underworld. Panthers have unlimited imaginations, visualizations, and are spellbinding speakers. The Totem Jaguar is the guardian of the portals to other dimensions; shamanic abilities will open; multi-dimensional magic; healer, leader, way shower energy when used for spiritual growth.  Abuse would be for using this power for control or negative purposes; must find a powerful balance.

[Text in italics was the primary source of inspiration for my journal. These are the sources that started my journey and they are the reference for interpretation each day. By providing the original text, I hope to offer a way to see what inspired my thoughts and by including all the aspects – allow for something more to inspire you. Mayan descriptions are those written by Ian Lungold. Cherokee descriptions came from multiple sources. Links to sources and other resources of study are offered on the Daykeeper Resources Page. ~Debra]