In our Medicine Wheel, we refer to the Moons as Grandmother. There are other traditions who hold the moon as masculine, but for our work, we refer to the Moon as Grandmother. There are twelve Grandmother moons to travel on the Medicine Wheel. As well as Stone # 4 in the Centre of the Wheel is also referred to as Grandmother Moon.
The moon has long been associated with time to plant, time to harvest, time for various animal husbandry techniques. When I was a young woman living on a farm, I was fortunate to be taught the ways of the Moon by an Old Grandfather in our Community. [Read more…]