#Moon phase today Patch
#Moon phase today full

Perhaps just as the moon’s gravity pulls on the ocean, it also lifts the water up through the kalo plant. It was as if someone had reached down and pulled it up to the sky.

#Moon phase today full

When we first made the conscious effort to plant on the full moon a little over two years ago, what stood out the most, was how much straighter and taller the kalo stood than usual. Lāʻau is a general name for trees or plants, so any lāʻau moons are great for planting too.

One meaning of the word kū is to stand, so it would only make sense to plant things that you want to grow tall and sit upright. During our exchange trip to Rurutu in 2018, Uncle Viriamu also shared with us a similar practice of planting just before the full moon. The moons we do like to plant on are anything from Hua to Māhealani. These are great days for us to clear hau and pull weeds. If you look at the word itself, ʻole means without or lacking, not what you would want your kalo to be. Generally speaking, ʻole moons aren’t good for planting or fishing. The third anahulu is named hoʻēmi, this is when the moon is decreasing or waning. The second anahulu is named poepoe, this is when the moon is rounding and becomes full. The first anahulu is named hoʻonui, this is the time when the moon is increasing in size or waxing. The Hawaiian malama (month) is broken into three anahulu (period of 10 days). We can compare how the kalo grows when it is planted on the full moon versus when it is not. But the beauty of this is that it gives us an opportunity to kilo (make observations). The weeds will keep growing and the nights will continue to pass us by. The reality is that life will not wait for us.

#Moon phase today Patch

The planting of this second patch is determined by when we’re able to prep it and gather enough huli. One patch we plant around the full moon and the other patch will fall somewhere in between. To keep up with the demand for kalo (which we are immensely grateful for), we have been planting two patches each month. To Hawaiians, understanding the moon phases was used in optimizing the farming, fishing, building, and various tasks they relied on, that not knowing would be considered almost ignorant.Īt Hoʻokuaʻāina, we use the moon when it comes to planting it acts as our calendar. When one didn’t know the answer to a question, this remark was often made in response they were compared to kamaliʻi (children) who didn’t know the moon phases. The helu pō (moon phases), affected how they lived out all aspects of life, including fishing, farming, building, duties, and celebrations.Ĭhildren who do not know the moon phases. Our kūpuna were such astute observers, that they recognized the different cycles and patterns each night. Ever notice the different phases of the moon and how the ʻāina, kai, and us as kānaka respond in relation to it? We can see the ebb of the tides due to the gravitational pull of the moon.