An ethereal bright globe fills up the early evening sky, and bystanders may not know it, but they are looking into the face of a Super Moon. This full Moon that was visible for three days starting on November 4th or 5th, depending on one’s location around the world, offered a free sky show all the while still controlling the tides on the planet Earth. This one is the biggest and brightest Super Moon of the year. Nicknamed the Beaver Moon, it owes its nickname to Native American tribes and to the industrious builder being that is the beaver who prepares for the cold in November by building and readying its dams for the winter months and stocking up on much needed reserves. It was also the period when hunters set their beaver traps to collect their fur, according to The Old Farmer’s Almanac. And perhaps because the beavers build at night time, the bright light of the Super Moon assists them in their endeavours.

Super Moons are actually new moons that occur between 12 and 13 times during the year with three or four of them being Super Moons. The next one is slated to loom into our skies in early December and is fittingly dubbed the Cold Moon. The Super Moon is perhaps the most unusual manifestation of this celestial body that even with its capricious character still symbolizes resurrection, immortality and the cyclical nature of all things. Special to The Gourmet Gazette