September is arguably the best month of the year. Not only because it is the month of my birth but because it brings Fall. The temperatures start to drop, the nights are drawing in but the days are still more light than night. At the beginning of September the last of summer flowers bloom and towards the end leaves begin to change colour. The whole month is a riot of colour before the bleak landscape of impending winter. Plus, we get to wear sweaters and jackets again.
September gets its name from the Latin for seven "septem" because in the old Roman calendar September was the seventh month of the 10 month year. Also, September originally had 29 days until the Julian reform which added an extra day.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, September's name in most other calendars is associated with the harvest. Charlemagne's calendar called it "harvest month," the first French Republic calendar called it "grape harvesting month," and the Anglo-Saxons called it "barley month." In North America, according to the Old Farmer's Almanac, the dedicated full moon of September is called the "Corn moon." Though the Harvest moon often occurs in September, it occasionally shows up in October. It all depends on how the Autumnal equinox dates line up to the nearest full moon. This year the Harvest moon is in October. Other Native American names for September's dedicated full moon are; “Moon When the Plums Are Scarlet” by the Lakota Sioux, “Moon When the Deer Paw the Earth” by the Omaha, and "Moon When the Calves Grow Hair” by the Sioux, again according to The Old Farmer's Almanac.
For September: 🐌Read a book with a fall landscape on the cover 🐌Read a book with a final page count including either "7" or "29" 🐌Read a book about or written by a Native American
September is arguably the best month of the year. Not only because it is the month of my birth but because it brings Fall. The temperatures start to drop, the nights are drawing in but the days are still more light than night. At the beginning of September the last of summer flowers bloom and towards the end leaves begin to change colour. The whole month is a riot of colour before the bleak landscape of impending winter. Plus, we get to wear sweaters and jackets again.
September gets its name from the Latin for seven "septem" because in the old Roman calendar September was the seventh month of the 10 month year. Also, September originally had 29 days until the Julian reform which added an extra day.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, September's name in most other calendars is associated with the harvest. Charlemagne's calendar called it "harvest month," the first French Republic calendar called it "grape harvesting month," and the Anglo-Saxons called it "barley month." In North America, according to the Old Farmer's Almanac, the dedicated full moon of September is called the "Corn moon." Though the Harvest moon often occurs in September, it occasionally shows up in October. It all depends on how the Autumnal equinox dates line up to the nearest full moon. This year the Harvest moon is in October. Other Native American names for September's dedicated full moon are; “Moon When the Plums Are Scarlet” by the Lakota Sioux, “Moon When the Deer Paw the Earth” by the Omaha, and "Moon When the Calves Grow Hair” by the Sioux, again according to The Old Farmer's Almanac.
For September:
🐌Read a book with a fall landscape on the cover
🐌Read a book with a final page count including either "7" or "29"
🐌Read a book about or written by a Native American