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no next message in thread<br> --Apple-Mail-4-463281570 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Roland, On 6-Jun-08, at 10:53 PM, Roland McCormick wrote: > Hello Chris - > This may not be scientific, but I have observed over the last > seventy years or so that the last frost of the year usually comes on > a full moon. When I was growing up we always assumed where we lived > that after the full moon in May we would not have any more frosts, > and we always seem to be right. There's a long tradition of sowing, planting, grafting, harvesting, etc. related to the phases of the moon. This were first systematized by Pliny the Elder (Caius Plinius Secundus, AD 23-79) in his Naturalis Historia (AD 77) and this system continued to develop. As I understand it, the Neapolitan scholar Giambattista della Porta (1535-1615) in Natural Magick (1584) promoted a scheme that integrated the phases of the moon and the chapters of the horoscope with all agricultural tasks. There were these beliefs that the first and second quarters of the moon were good for planting things that bear fruit above ground (since the moon was ascendent), and the third and fourth quarters were good for planting things that bore fruit below ground (since the moon was descendent); that Aries and Leo were death signs and augured dry times (so no planting or transplanting), etc. Other than the fact that the phases of the moon and the chapters of the horoscope are related to to the calender and to the passing of the seasons, and that on frosty nights the sky is clear and the moon visible, I can't imagine how else the moon would be related to local weather patterns. Cheers! Chris Christopher Majka Nova Scotia Museum, 1747 Summer St., Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 3A6 c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca --Apple-Mail-4-463281570 Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi Roland,<div><br><div><div>On = 6-Jun-08, at 10:53 PM, Roland McCormick wrote:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: = rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14px; = font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; = letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: = auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" = style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><font face=3D"Arial" = size=3D"2">Hello Chris -</font></div><div><font face=3D"Arial" = size=3D"2"> This may not be scientific, = but I have observed over the last seventy years or so that the last = frost of the year usually comes on a full moon. When I was growing = up we always assumed where we lived that after the full moon in May we = would not have any more frosts, and we always seem to be = right.</font></div></div></span></blockquote><br></div><div>There's a = long tradition of sowing, planting, grafting, harvesting, etc. related = to the phases of the moon. This were first systematized by Pliny the = Elder (<i>Caius Plinius Secundus</i>, AD 23-79) in his <i>Naturalis = Historia</i> (AD 77) and this system continued to develop. As I = understand it, the Neapolitan scholar Giambattista = della Porta (1535-1615) in <i>Natural = Magick</i> (1584) promoted a scheme that integrated the phases of = the moon and the chapters of the horoscope with all agricultural tasks. = There were these beliefs that the first and second quarters of the moon = were good for planting things that bear fruit above ground (since the = moon was ascendent), and the third and fourth quarters were good for = planting things that bore fruit below ground (since the moon was = descendent); that Aries and Leo were death signs = and augured dry times (so no planting or transplanting), = etc.</div><div><br></div><div>Other than the fact that the phases of the = moon and the chapters of the horoscope are related to to the calender = and to the passing of the seasons, and that on frosty nights the sky is = clear and the moon visible, I can't imagine how else the moon would be = related to local weather = patterns.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers!</div><div><br></div><div>Chris<= /div><div><br></div><div apple-content-edited=3D"true"> <span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; = border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; = font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: = normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; = -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; = -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; = white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><div = style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; = -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Christopher = Majka</div><div>Nova Scotia Museum, 1747 Summer St., Halifax, Nova = Scotia, Canada B3H 3A6</div><div><a = href=3D"mailto:c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca">c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca</a></div><= div><br class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></div></div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"></span> = </div><br></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-4-463281570--
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