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Black Hat: Icing
Black Dress: Forever21
Choker: Icing
Necklace: Moonglow.com
Tights: Amazon.com
Knee High Socks: Marshalls
Pointed Toe Heels: Aldo Shoes
As the shadows of what once was
Fade into the past
My heart is haunted by the love
That was supposed to last
But in the night you left me
Fallen into the dark kings grasp
And now my only mirror to your soul
Is the moon and the memories she casts
I wrote this poem about a man who
fell in love with a woman only for her to die in her sleep taken by the grim reaper.
His only way to remember her and the memories past is to look up at the same
moon to which they once shared. I imagined a Halloween night centuries ago
where they had no pictures just memories to remind them of love lost.
Now we are so blessed to have so
many ways to remember the ones we love that have past. We can document so many
memories a blessing that was not always a reality. One of the ways I have
documented a memory of the one I love is through my Moon Glow necklace. This is
a very special form of jewelry as it documents the moon from a night you want
to remember. I think the coolest thing about this necklace is finding that
magic is real, and can be seen in the patterns of the moon!
The way this jewelry works is to
first think of a date for instance my birthday 11/26/91 then apply that to the
website. Next the site will reveal what phase the moon was in on the night you
want to remember. When I went to create my Moon Glow necklace I wanted to make
sure it was a night I wanted to hold dear forever. I debated between keeping it
simple and making it the moon phase my birthday just as the example above or
the night I met my boyfriend as he has truly changed my life.
I decided to put both phases of the
moon into the chart to see if I liked the way one moon phase looked over the
other since I could not decide on the date. To my surprise I found that the
moon was in the same phase the night I was born as it was the night I met my
boyfriend. They say that you are drawn to each other by the pull of the universe,
well I could not agree more!
When I received my necklace I was so
happy with how elegant it looked. I added by birthstone Citrine to it in order
to add some positive energy as Citrine attracts love and happiness, and guards
those that would break your heart (information found at: https://www.crystalvaults.com/crystal-encyclopedia/citrine).
I am not one to like a lot of lavish jewelry and I hardly ever buy myself
jewelry in general, but this necklace was something that has brought me so much
joy since the day I purchased it!
As I began to share my excitement of
this amazing experience through social media I found that I was not the only
one who experienced magic in this jewelry. My cousin who just got engaged to
her amazing boyfriend put her birthday, her fiance's birthday, and their first
date into the chart and found the same incredible realization I did… the moon
phase was the same! How crazy that magic exists all around us and we are so
blind that it is even occurring. The moon was once a tool for so many things in
the past and has dictated many events of each season.
JANUARY:
WOLF MOON
Native Americans and medieval Europeans named January's
full moon after the howling of hungry wolves lamenting the midwinter paucity of
food. Other names for this month's full moon include old moon and ice moon.
FEBRUARY:
SNOW MOON
The typically cold, snowy weather of February
in North America earned its full moon the name snow moon. Other common names
include storm moon and hunger moon.
MARCH:
WORM MOON
Native Americans called this last full moon of
winter the worm moon after the worm trails that would appear in the newly
thawed ground. Other names include chaste moon, death moon, crust moon (a
reference to snow that would become crusty as it thawed during the day and
froze at night), and sap moon, after the tapping of the maple trees.
APRIL:
PINK MOON
Northern Native Americans call April's full
moon the pink moon after a species of early blooming wildflower. In other
cultures, this moon is called the sprouting grass moon, the egg moon, and the
fish moon.
MAY:
FLOWER MOON
May's abundant blooms give its full moon the
name flower moon in many cultures. Other names include the hare moon, the corn
planting moon, and the milk moon.
JUNE:
STRAWBERRY MOON
In North America, the harvesting of
strawberries in June gives that month's full moon its name. Europeans have
dubbed it the rose moon, while other cultures named it the hot moon for the
beginning of the summer heat.
JULY:
BUCK MOON
Male deer, which shed their antlers every
year, begin to regrow them in July, hence the Native American name for July's
full moon. Other names include thunder moon, for the month's many summer
storms, and hay moon, after the July hay harvest.
AUGUST:
STURGEON MOON
North American fishing tribes called August's
full moon the sturgeon moon since the species was abundant during this month.
It's also been called the green corn moon, the grain moon, and the red moon for
the reddish hue it often takes on in the summer haze.
SEPTEMBER:
HARVEST MOON
The most familiar named moon, September's
harvest moon refers to the time of year after the autumn equinox when crops are
gathered. It also refers to the moon's particularly bright appearance and early
rise, which lets farmers continue harvesting into the night. Other names
include the corn moon and the barley moon.
OCTOBER:
HUNTER’S MOON
The first moon after the harvest moon is the
hunter's moon, so named as the preferred month to hunt summer-fattened deer and
fox unable to hide in now bare fields. Like the harvest moon, the hunter's moon
is also particularly bright and long in the sky, giving hunters the opportunity
to stalk prey at night. Other names include the travel moon and the dying grass
moon.
NOVEMBER:
BEAVER MOON
There is disagreement over the origin of
November's beaver moon name. Some say it comes from Native Americans setting
beaver traps during this month, while others say the name comes from the heavy
activity of beavers building their winter dams. Another name is the frost moon.
DECEMBER:
COLD MOON
The coming of winter earned December's full
moon the name cold moon. Other names include the long night moon and the oak
moon.
THE
BLUE MOON
Each year, the moon completes its final cycle
about 11 days before the Earth finishes
its orbit around the sun. These days add up, and every two and a half years or
so, there is an extra full moon, called a blue moon. The origin of the term is
uncertain, and its precise definition has changed over the years. The term is
commonly used today to describe the second full moon of a calendar month, but
it was originally the name given to the third full moon of a season containing
four full moons.
It is so crazy how important the
moon has been all through history and how it still binds us even today. This amazing
site has given us the ability to feel one with the moon by wearing a night to remember.
One last piece of information I am excited to share about this amazing product
is that not only does it look just like you have the moon strung around your
neck, but when you are completely surrounded by darkness this baby glows in the
dark!
If you too want to discover how the
phases of the moon have influenced your life without you even knowing it and
want to be reminded of a moment forever visit: https://moonglow.com/.
You don’t have to choose a necklace either there are many different jewelry
options if you do not like to wear jewelry on your neck! I urge you to create
your own, and discover the power of the moon during this spooky week.
