The Mid-Autumn Festival and the energy

[Annie Pecheva]

Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋節), celebrated widely in East Asia. It marks the full moon that is nearest to the September Equinox, always occurring on the 15th lunar day of the 8th lunar month.

According to the Chinese tradition, this is supposed to be the biggest and fullest moon of the year. However, in fact this perception comes because of the clear sky view in the Autumn in China and other East-Asian countries, when the humidity particles of the Summer have already disappeared and the moon now looks very clear and bright.

Here is more info about the Mid-Autumn Festival:
Mid-Autumn Festival

In other parts of the world, this specific full moon is known as Harvest Moon. Here is a citation from wikipedia:

"Often, the Harvest Moon seems to be bigger or brighter or more colorful than other moons. These effects have to do with the seasonal tilt of the earth. The warm color of the moon shortly after it rises is caused by light from the moon passing through a greater amount of atmospheric particles than when the moon is overhead. The atmosphere scatters the bluish component of moonlight (which is really reflected white light from the sun), but allows the reddish component of the light to travel a straighter path to one's eyes".

Similar to all other new moons and full moons during the year, as well as the days of moon perigee and apogee, the 1-2 days around the Mid-Autumn Festival are very important time for meditation and receiving energy from the moon, according to qigong.

Annie