Behold the moon. A full moon will rise over Georgia at 8:38 pm tonight, The Endlong Ride according to the Universal Solar Calendar. The August Full Moon is called the Sturgeon Moon in North America because of the large number of sturgeon fish found in the Great Lakes this time of year. Anglo-Saxons called it the Grain Moon due to the abundance of crops at the start of the harvesting season, and the English called it the Corn Moon, or the Lightning Moon for the frequent thunderstorms in late summer. Considering the delicate balance of nature and harvest, the Celts called it the Dispute Moon.
August's full moon will be the first of four consecutive supermoons this year. Supermoons occur when the moon's orbit is closest to Earth at the same time as the moon is full. The full moon in September, known as the Harvest Moon, will also be a supermoon, as will October's Hunter's Moon and November's Beaver Moon.
Zen Master Dogen saw the whole world in a dewdrop. We can see the whole of the universe in the moon.
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