JANUARY - WOLF MOON 


The Moon of January is also called Quiet Moon, Snow Moon, Cold Moon, Chaste
Moon, Disting Moon, and Moon of Little Winter.
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The Full Moon of January honored Ch'ang-O, Chinese Goddess of the bedchamber
and protector of Children.

The Chinese New Year  begins on the first day of the New Moon when the Sun is
in Aquarius.  This can be as early as January 21, and no later than February 19.

The Incan festival of Camay Quilla was held at the New Moon.

Plough Monday and St. Distaff's Day were held the Monday and Tuesday following
Twelfth Night (January 6), which were traditional back to work days following 
Yule.

The Chinese God of Wealth, Tsai Shen, rules over money and wealth.  A number of
Moon symbols are connected with him, such as the bat, frog, and the number 
three.
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Old Sayings & Lore 

Whatever the weather is like the first twelve days of January indicates what the 
weather will be like for the next twelve months, with each day equal to one 
successive month.

To wish on the Moon in order to see a specific person soon, look at the Moon and 
say:

"I see the Moon,               
the Moon sees me.              
The Moon sees (name of person) 
who I want to see." 

To get rid of warts, rub the flesh side of an apple slice against the wart
while looking at the Moon and say:
"What I see is growing,  
What I rub is going."    

Bury the apple piece, and the wart will disappear as the apple rots. If the New
Moon falls on Saturday, there will be twenty days of wind and rain.

Look at the first Moon of the New Year through a silk handkerchief. The number 
of Moons showing through it indicate the number of months (Moons) of single 
life.