- 1: Beltane, a feast of fire and fertility
- 1: Samhain (Southern Hemisphere), the witches' new year.
- 1: Roman festival of the fertility goddess Bona Dea
- 5: Cinco de Mayo
- 12: Celtic Tree Month of Willow ends
- 12: Mother's Day
- 13: Celtic Tree Month of Hawthorn begins
- 18: Full moon–Flower Moon at 5:11 pm. In May, focus on magic related to careers and jobs. If you've thought about changing jobs, or even entering a new career field, this is a good time to do it. Expand your horizons this month.
Dark Moon: May 4th, 2019 4:02pm PST
Witch's New Moon: May 7th-8th, 2019
Note: Based on your location, some will see the first crescent on the 6th - if so, consider the 6th your Witch's New Moon
Full Moon: May 18th, 2019 2:26pm PST
HEALTH AWARENESS
- American Stroke Awareness Month
- Arthritis Awareness Month
- Better Hearing and Speech Month
- Clean Air Month
- Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month
- Food Allergy Action Month
- Global Employee Health and Fitness Month
- Healthy Vision Month
- Hepatitis Awareness Month
- International Mediterranean Diet Month
- Lupus Awareness Month
- Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month
- Mental Health Month
- National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month
- National Celiac Disease Awareness Month
- National High Blood Pressure Education Month
- National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month
- National Physical Fitness and Sports Month
- National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month
- Ultraviolet Awareness Month
- National Physical Education and Sport Week (May 1–7)
- World Hand Hygiene Day (May 5)
- North American Occupational Safety and Health Week (May 5–11)
- National Stuttering Awareness Week (May 5–11)
- Cornelia de Lange Syndrome Awareness Day (May 11)
- National Women’s Health Week (May 12–18)
- National Alcohol- and Other Drug-Related Birth Defects Awareness Week (May 12–18)
- HIV Vaccine Awareness Day (May 18)
- National Asian and Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (May 19)
- World Autoimmune Arthritis Day (May 20)
- Don’t Fry Day (May 24)
- National Senior Health Fitness Day (May 29)
- Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week (TBA)
- Food Allergy Awareness Week (TBA)
- National Hurricane Preparedness Week (TBA)
- National Neuropathy Awareness Week (TBA)
- World Preeclampsia Day (TBA)
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THE FULL FLOWER MOON
Why is it called the Full Flower Moon? This tradition of naming Moons is rich in history.
We use full Moon names that were used during Native American and Colonial times to help track the seasons—usually from the Algonquin tribes who lived in the same areas as the Colonists.
Depending on the community, May’s full Moon was called the Full Flower Moon as well as Mother’s Moon, Milk Moon, and Corn Planting Moon. The May full Moon marked a time of increasing fertility, with temperatures warm enough for safely bearing young, a near end to late frosts, and plants in bloom.
Here at The Old Farmer’s Almanac, we have long honored the Native American Moon names and the folklore of those who came before us.
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