A Matter of Astronomy Moon Cycle of Life
Since the beginning of history, humans had a need to understand the universe, and made use of one of the oldest disciplines of science, the astronomy. The mother of the astronomy is no doubt, the moon. The moon, the eternal symbol of the goddess cult throughout history, has been addressed for following a cycle as well as being a feminine energy. Even in some myths, the phases of the moon have been related to womanhood (Crescent as symbol of virginity, full moon symbolizing motherhood, waning moon as an old and wise woman). The moon, which symbolizes the dark side of the nature due to being a passive light source, is also a symbol of emotions in line with its connections with intuition, regeneration, rhythm and water (the tide).
It is a matter of…
Could the dark side of the moon be enlightened? This fellow changes all the time. Sometimes it rises daytime and sometimes it pretends not to rise at all. Where does it find the power to pull and push the huge oceans? Sometimes it eclipses, sometimes it is red, sometimes blue. It is even discussed whether any man stepped on it. In summary, when we start understanding women, we will probably understand the moon too, we guess the similarity lies here…
