Moon Day

Today is both Monday (Moon Day) and the 40th anniversary of the Moon Landing, and therefore sounds like an auspicious day to think about the moon. Mythologically, the moon is feminine, associated with emotions and water and tides and life cycles and women's lives. It's the Goddess to the sun's God, and it's both a symbol of the night we can't see in, and the light that lets us see what we usually couldn't. It's softer and kinder than the sun, and borrows it's light from him so we can see it. It's the hope of humanity's future in the real world, and it's the hope that the cycle will always turn in the spiritual world. It's a symbol of how utterly inventive humans are, and it's potentially a new cradle of civilization, the first place where humans can live off Earth. It's a place and an object and an idea, and it's been part of our history and our myths throughout human memory. It's probably even why we exist, since scientists started thinking that a big moon to stabilize a planet's spin and to protect it from asteroids is sort of necessary for life to have a chance to not be obliterated early on.

So tonight, look up at the moon and think about the few people who've been there, think about what it means and what it can mean, and offer a prayer to the Moon Goddess and the promise she offers us.