Pray to the Moon when she is round. Luck with you will then abound. What you seek for shall be found, on the sea or solid ground.""Everyone is a Moon and has a dark side which she never shows to anyone." Mark Twain
Some thoughts on the full moon for the upcoming lunar event.
The Moon has come to represent the feminine/yin. It governs in the sign of Cancer, the crab, and rules the life of the unmanifest world - the unconscious, the spirit, but also the maternal qualities of conception and birth. Its mercurical silvery light calls forth the nocturnal, subterranean parts of ourselves - magic - and of course, the Moon irresistibly attracts the light of the Sun, the male principle to her.
"Enlightenment does not divide you, just as the Moon does not break the water. You cannot hinder enlightenment, just as a drop of water does not hinder the Moon in the sky."
Zen Master Dogen
"Enlightenment is like the Moon reflected on the water. The Moon does not get wet, nor is the water broken. Although its light is wide and great, the Moon is reflected even in a puddle an inch wide. The whole Moon and the entire sky are reflected in dewdrops on the grass, or even in one drop of water."
Buddha became enlightened when the Moon was full.
"Last night we hung out of the east windows and howled at the Moon, incredible orb gliding up over the eastern hills....and made up a song to her. During the night I fell into a dream that enabled me to go under the belly of death, as the giver of life..."
Margot Adler, Drawing Down The Moon
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