No. 57 of 108
August 9, 2025
This morning at 3:55am Eastern, the August full moon was at its science-measured zenith. A full moon appears full to the naked eye for about three days, affording a margin for viewing. It is known as the sturgeon moon (because this time was the best to catch sturgeon), or the flying up moon by the Cree (marking the time young birds are learning to fly), and black cherries moon by the Assiniboine (for the time the black cherries are beginning their ripeness).
The moon is whole whether we see it as such, or not. And yes, looking up into the sky and experiencing the moon’s fullness shows us that the moon is indeed a wholeness which reminds us, if ever so briefly, that we are a part of a whole in a world that should be naturally so, whether we see it as such, or not. Let this be the worthy news delivered twelve times a year. Or thirteen if there is a blue moon (next up on May 31, 2026). Absorb this news by looking up into the sky. Merely absorbing data brings us no closer to wholeness.