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The Spring Full Moon

When describing the cycle of seasons from the point of view of pre-literate societies, we normally rely on the regular change of the sun in the sky. It has not been generally stressed that the full moon also exhibits the same regularity, although in opposition to the sun, and this too might have been significant to ancient observers in pre-literate societies. The present paper suggests an interpretation for the so-called 'megalithic equinox', I albeit one that provides a direction somewhat distant from the east-west line known today. However, this could correspond to megalithic peoples's subjective perception of the cycle of the seasons, and to the value they may have attributed to the establishment of spring as the first sign that the hardship of winter was past. A very simple observation that could have been carried out in megalithic times is described.