Taking the lead of last week’s free association, we now pass to the Moon.
In many traditions the moon is seen as the counterpart of the Sun. It is considered as the Yin - female - passive counterpart of the Solar Yang - active - male star.
The Moon, given that is it lighten by the rays of the Sun, is said to be “reflexive” - hence the association of the Goddess Athena, the goddess of rational thinking and technology, with the owl, animal that lives by night.
At the other side of the spectrum, the Moon, given that it reigns over the tides, is linked to the underworld, the world of imagination - the realm of Selene or Artemis for the Greeks.
We can see then the apparent opposition between reason and imagination. Yet bare in mind that in the world of symbols, apparent oppositions never actually exclude one another.
Now, you take the floor : what do you associate with the Moon?
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Estrellas, noche, esperanza, Catalina :-), mar, mujer, ciclos, brujas… en este momento es lo que se me ocurre.
Certainly no coincidence that you chose the Moon this week Paulo ;)
On July 20, Armstrong and Aldrin became the first humans to land on the Moon, whilst the 3rd astronaut, Collins, orbited high above in Apollo 11. Quote “One small step for man, one great step for mankind” Unquote. Even more amazing when you consider that the average mobile phone we use today has far more advanced technical and computerized capabilities than Apollo 11 ever had on that historic journey. For me, despite the fact that “man” has been there, I find the Moon very mysterious and yes also a sort of counterbalance with the Sun, watching over us and maintaining an equilibrium so that our life cycles ebb and flow like the great oceans of this beautiful planet. One of my favorite musical albums is “Dark Side of the Moon” by Pink Floyd (would be nice to take a look there one day ;)
I wish you all many wonderful Moons, Love, Paul
Oops forgot to mention the year of the Apollo landing.. 1969 … but then, what are a few years between friends ;)
Love, Paul
Every time I get the chance to go home to our house in the province with a single motorcycle as the only means of transportation, the view of the moon up above while climbing the hills; is always breath taking…It’s always sensual and so romantic to view the Moon especially if a bright star is beside or near it.
Love,
Lorna
That which is hidden
the hidden part of us
the unknown or not accessible yet
Fluidity - pulling with dynamic force on what is fluid in us and on the Earth
Our shadow
That which illumines differently than the Sun
Cycles, rithyms, phases
Catalyst of movement in cycles
Provoker of our emotional body
Symbol of receptivity and the art of containing and holding,
the Femenine dynamic
Huge natural mirror
An expression of Beingness whereas the Sun is an expression of
Becomingness
Source of light in a dark sky
Beauty,love, mystery…
La luna es un reflejo del poder de la mujer, de la fuerza y las transformaciones que la mujer sufre durante su vida, refleja también el ciclo de la vida por lo tanto también irradia esperanza de que un nuevo inicio llegará, la luna irradia lo mejor del sol existiendo en un armonioso equilibrio, la luna es misticismo, misterios, admiración, cambios, protección, guía, fortaleza, lucha, conexión, unión, energía, poder, tranquilidad y agitación.. La luna es agua y es tierra, es madre y es virgen, es energía de transformaciones y es entendimiento, es conciencia y antigüedad, es calma y activación, es un enigma y una aseveración.
Dear every one and you all,
does she know she is my every one?
Let’s share some music :
The Sun, The Moon and Stars
Ah-ooh, ah-ah-ooh, ah-ah-ooh, ah-ah-oh-ooh {2x}
It’s late and I’m running out of clever things 2 say
The kind that will bring a girl like U 2 tears
There’s only one more glass of this rosé
Let’s throw it on the fire with our past
And dance the night away until…
The sun, the moon and stars
Don’t seem as far as they did yesterday
The sun, the moon and stars
In love we R - 4ever, always
It’s late and I think it’s about time 4 U and me 2 get closer…
2 get closer than we ever did before (ooh)
Whenever there’s a tide U can let it ride inside your interior
Lay back, relax upon my shore (Ooh)
Ooh-ooh baby, I wanna make love 2 U right here
One inside the other one - no fear, we’re here until…
The sun, the moon and stars
Don’t seem as far as they did yesterday
The sun, the moon and stars
In love we R - 4ever, always
Blow out this candle sunlight
And come lay down next 2 me
And paint another rainbow - ooh-wee (ooh-wee)
Eclipse this light with extasy
[...]
Come on, come on
Let’s lay down
I’m walking out of what to say
That kind of lucky rhyme
Make a chippy wanna say:
”Whisper in the belly
2 me rocking rosé”
Do U like I do
Come on and dance the night away
Let’s lay before they get to close the door
U and me, we got 2 get down on the floor
Come on, let the tide ride in and off the shore
I wanna love U once again - and then some more
Lay your head back I got my hand behind your head
Like U do the limbo supple on the bouncy bed
Let’s bouncing on the summer spring
And when U start 2 fall
U come like a cold winter due in Montreal
(Come on baby)
(The sun, the moon and stars) - hey-hey, hey-hey
(The tide ride) - hey-hey, hoo-hoo
(The tide ride - hou)
The sun, the moon and stars
Don’t seem as far as they did yesterday
The sun, the moon and stars
In love we R - 4ever, always
The sun, the moon and stars
Don’t seem as far as they did yesterday
The sun, the moon and stars
In love we R - 4ever, always
By Prince in Rave into the Joy Fantastic
C U
Love
Damien
Cooling.
sun of the night, love, witness, tidal, motherhood, gestation, inspiration, discovery, magic, eternal mirror face, socialite, smooth, remorseless, free worker but prompt what happens, friendly, crescent, deep, tales, anima, ying, water, slow-fast, cycles, floored, Christmas, Great-grand-mother’s cakes, white, russet, fish, sailor, mysterious ways, wolf, silence
Mágia… fases marea, mar…
un beso:))
Dear Paul,
Thanks for the new, my friend. Oh, a friend of mine shows me a video last year, in which we saw that journey was untrue. That was a secret video from cia, or something. I could see A or A getting down the ladder of the rocket as if he was on earth! Then, they made him repeat several time. Indeed, gravity there was sublunary. Then, they only had to slow the tape.
Since, I’m really doubted about. Though I read later on, some scientists say that his paths were not referred to moon’s garvity.
Some informations are really dream breakers sometimes.
That’s it! Love for you.
And Water for all.
Peace, sex, water
Mother, water, seas, a new beginning in every full moon, rebirth..
Love and Graditude
Annie
Moon - craters, colour grey, phases, light the night, nightsky
the moon has always been a great companion during Dark Nights. she is the one reminder that every moment in life is an act of faith.
Female aspect of power, receptivity,
Change, mystery, silence, unknown, water, tides, ocean, night, longing
The moon light dancing in the ocean tides. A sacred reasoning that goes beyond forms and appearances. The female aspect in the God and in the Goddess.
The cycle of the moon ,rhythms ,dreams ,intuition,emotions as well as the tides our psych but above all else empowerment -madness and dancing -also romantic walks with the stars and moon ..and beautiful song Kazemdim enjoyed it alot .Love and as in that song of Coyote ugly by Leanne Rimes -YOU can’t find the moon -deep in the dark you’ll surrender your heart …Tania
love, cool warmth, mystery, longing, contentment..
i don’t know what is the point of this ‘associations’ excercise, just playing along.
love
aditya
My Beloved.
For me, the moon is female and power. It is crazyness…. Luna in Spanish, lunático is crazy. Obsessed with the moon?
It is night, it is power, but a very serene power. Serene that it is written almost like Selene, another name for the moon.
It represents patience.
We don’t need to wait that much for the sun to come up, we know that he will be there as usual.
But the moon, as women, make us wait.
The sun creates and destroy, I said… but I think that even the moon can create or destroy, she prefers to affect, which is more delicate.
The Sun doesn’t allow us to see him.
The Moon loves to be seen.
The lazy magical silvery charmer.
:)
Those milky clouds moving lazy in the blackblue sky, hiding her face- now you see her, now you don’t.
eu associo a lua a mim mesma
Yes dear Wanbliska, we can’t believe everything we see and there’s no doubt, we have certainly been fooled many times in the past and we surely will be in the future… but it all comes out in the wash… as long as there is plenty of water ;) Love & Peace to you too, Paul
The moon: A hole in the night sky perhaps? A friend told me that a few years back. To me, the moon is dreamy and electric in a sense that it glows softly like an electric bulb. The moon can turn ordinary things into extraordinary beings. Trees come to life and shadows take on a mind of their own.
WOW…WOW…Juanka, you are spot on.
regards,
Nelson
mystery, secret, magic, sadness, lonelyness, power which is like a slow but powerful current, madness, protection, female, emotions
moon is the light during my darkest days..i don’t know what’s with the moon that makes me so comfortable just simply looking at it.. nice topic anyway.. :)
initiation, nose
Yes Paul,
Well said ;)
Have a lovely day
Balance
Mistery, gentleness, charm, peacefulness
The Goddess, Mother Mary, Rosh Kodesh (the new moon connection), reflecting the Light of the sun, Our lady of Guadalupe is standing on a crescent moon, witches, dancing, the tides of the ocean, the beach, moon reflected in water, the earth, the sun.
Perhaps the next time, you should interview yourself. You’ve heard all the questions. You could answer all those and them come up with new ones the journalist would not think of.
The moon is the mystery of the sun.
She is trust shining in the night by the belief in the light.
She manifests what’s invisible with the eye of love.
She bears the child in the heart of the earth which awakes in the glory of the day.
The moon is the song of our dreams, the way of our heart.
Love
All ways
Hildegarde
the one face which always resembles both of us
the silver smile which gives peace to our scattered hearts
the silence which calms our urge
the passion which lets our tears run freely
the hand which has touched me in darkness
the voice which carries what can’t be spoken
the shining surface of dark eyes I dive into
the promise which can’t be broken
the companion which always guards…visible or not
the echo in the caverns of my soul
the light which lets the sword shine completing the flower of sun
the murmur of glittering waves tendering your feet
the whisper within the cool night breeze stroking your hair
the moment our finger tips touch
La Diosa, lo femenino, el ritmo,la magia, las mareas, la madre.
¡Cuan romántica es! dicen que bañarse en el mar un día de luna llena te da mucha fuerza y protección.
The Moon - the dark side of love.
Seductive and dangerous.
The Sun and the Moon, the light and the dark, the day and the night.
Two angels constantly watching over us, fighting for our love, helping our soul to grow.
The balance between them adds harmony and melody to our life,
makes it fascinating and mysterious.
The balance which we can only find in the eyes of God.
love
Agnieszka
beautiful SHSWL
love
Agnieszka
Oh yes, there is reason interwoven with imagination. Even in the ‘luna’-cies of the moon there is reason, a certain order…there is mystery, chaos only if we are looking at it with outside eyes. To the lunatic it makes perfect sense….like Love.
When thinking of the moon, I think of many of the things that have already been written. I especially liked what Rosa de los Vientos said about bathing in the sea on the day of the full moon.
I also think of when my daughters were young and I didn’t have a lot of time during the day to work in my garden, so I would go out into it at night, during all phases of the moon to weed out the beds and talk to the plants. It was a cooler, calmer time of the day when I could turn all of my attention to the natural world.
Another thing that I thought of that relates both to the sun and to the moon is a song called “Hermano Sol, Hermana Luna” and at the moment, I can hear the song in my head but the group that sings it escapes me.
Another thing: many years ago I studied a work of poetry by Alejandra Pizarnik, called “Arbol de Diana”. I really love a lot of her work. Anyway, Diana was the Roman goddess of the moon, and I seem to remember that Alejandra Pizarnik also went by the name Diana (I really hope I’m remembering this correctly, it’s been such a long time since I’ve read her work.
One last thing…we go camping at a lake high in the mountains every September. I’m told that this year, while we are there, there will be a full moon. Just the thought of this makes me extremely happy!
What if the moon is another symbol of light and love meant to awaken human beings from an extended, self-imposed slumber?
Still water, secret societies, sacred femenine, acceptance, empathy, calmness, werewolves?
I like your idea JJ and love your poem SHSWL
Love
All ways
Hildegarde
I just remembered something important about the moon and what it means /does is when a women menstruates,often a womens cycle can fall on a full moon ..also sexual cycles are controlled by the moon too ..A womans blood carries a vibration - it contains her power and her knowledge encoded /imprinted in her and if she shares this with you , you gain higher consciousness. Love and Light Tania
Dear SHSWL,
“The murmur of glittering waves tendering your feet”. :) So pictorial. I couldn’t get out of my mind… For the last I hope. Thank you for all your words. These days, your poem is one of a sign I was waiting for. Blessings.
One Lover.
The Moon corresponds to the left channel of energy in our energetic bodies and is associated with the power of desire, existence, joy, auspiciousness, the past, emotions, subconscious, mother, Archangel Michael or Shri Bhairava.
I also associate the Moon with the stars and the sky, with peace, contemplation, with beautiful summer nights, with compassion and romantism.
I love both the Moon and the Sun and they complete each other so wonderfully, as God created them to balance each other, to create harmony, or at least I like to believe so.
When I look at the Moon and see its white light and its perfect round shape (when it is round), I am always amazed at the beauty and perfection that God created, how everything is meant to be harmonious, in a balance! :-)
Lots of hugs and may God bless the whole world with love and compassion!
Affectionately,
Carmen Larisa
Hi,
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress.
by Robert A Heinlein
Heart
Especially full moon seems to affect me with this flow of inspiration, it makes me write poems, it makes me feel powerful and very feminine, it makes me sexually aroused, and sometimes it even makes me a feminist, which i normally definitely am not. And this happens even when I dont know its a full moon, but when i’m wondering why I felt so.. strange, restless and yet so confident, I find out it’s been a full moon. Sometimes I can’t sleep then either. Moon always makes me feel good n confident in some special way. It’s the light that shines even in the darkest of nights – isn’t that just amazing! Moon is like a mysterious smile of a stranger that you know by heart. You know those types, the ones that you only see for the first time, but as you look into their eyes, its like you’ve already looked into them all your life. See! Even thinking of moon makes me all romantic…
A more comprehensive list of associations:
-power
-feminity
-mystery
-hidden knowledge / secret wisdom
-magic
-earth
-spirits
-completeness
-sex
-bridge between the night n day, known n unknown, visible n invisible…
I had to go off somewhere so didnt have the time to continue, but all these other assosiations came into my mind, too: silver, mercury, water, the ocean, iron, the smell of sand, the sound of a violin, the taste of absinthe (anise), the feel of silk, wolves, fairytales, the ancient times, pastlifes..
Deusa, prata, mulher, feiticeira, feitiço, marés, sonhos…
… the two famous “songs” to the Moon… Norma’s and Rusalka’s…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3iFRaTwwj0
&
http://youtube.com/watch?v=KUFR6NaLl94
I have always had deep primal emotions associated with the moon and its energy. For me the moon very much represents the quiet and calm yet mystifyingly powerful aura surrounding the spirit of enchantment, inspiration and the creative underlying force. It brings me into communion with great thinkers, philosophers, inventors, poets and mystics that fill the vast reaches of space and time. It brings to my mind images of fire, volcanic smoke and entrancing rituals, meat, energy and purity that resonates the precursors for the foundations of industrialized society. Fortunately I have come to learn how to love and respect the sun in the same way, but it wasn’t always that way. :)
The sun brings heat and light and wind and rain into our world. It is the sun who lights the face of the moon and because of him she gives us the energy that we need in order to make the sun proud of what he has accomplished. We live out our daily lives without straying far from the earth, our womb. We walk all over on her belly and she protects us and gives us food and shelter with the blessings of the sun and the moon. The sun, the earth and the moon have invested a great deal in our success as a species. According to us humans it is unlawful for parents to destroy their own children. These laws do not apply to the Earth the Sun or the Moon and it is only the most arrogant among us humans who have sought to challenge their wisdom. Our celestial creators do not take these matters lightly, they take them quite brilliantly. I certainly hope we do not disappoint them. Seek the wisdom of the Sun, seek his blessing to give light to a world that shines back at him such that he can be the proud father that he deserves to be. Seek the wisdom of the Moon and harness her power to release the Earth from its obligation to support us. Only in this way will we as humans be a proud and tall species.
Luna,
tal como mi nombre,
el cual respeto de verdad,
por ser unico y por tener un significado tan especial,
gracias…
She’s the Pearla in the sky for every woman,she’s the Processor of the Feminine aspect of every Biotic in the Mother Earth.
Do you see the Moon how beautiful it is?… The deepest feeling that I’ve ever experienced happened in the time of the full moon 20+ years ago. We (Mark and me) walked through the streets bathing in the moonlight, talking and laughing. We were touched by the moon, as we were touched by each other. Then we lost each other for a long time and only three years ago found each other again. It is amazing but he thought of me as I thought of him, especially in the time of the full moon. The memory of this particular walk under the moon has connected us for ever and it will always be with us although we live in different continents and maybe never meet again.
High and low tide, Emotion and intuition, fertileness and sex, werewolf and vampire.
Aooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!
Now I will read the entries above - I had not read them before, because they could influence me and then it is no more free assoziation.
She has seen it all. Old and wise. Been ther all this time. Magic.
‘k wou dat ik je doen huilen kon,
zoals ik bij volle maan.
‘k wou dat ik je doen voelen kon,
zoals ik bij volle maan.
‘k wou dat ik je doen liefhebben kon,
zoals ik bij volle maan.
‘k wou dat ik je doen haten kon,
zoals ik bij volle maan.
Bettyblue4you
TRANSLATION :
I wished I could make you cry,
like I cried at full moon.
I wished I could make you feel,
like I felt at full moon.
I wished I could force you to love,
like I loved at full moon,
I wished that I could make you hate me,
like I did then at full moon.
Beautiful.. Rain-bow-bridge.
love
Agnieszka
1)Fluidity, 2)Mythology & 3)Tarot
1)The moon changing in it’s various phases, has a fluid & cyclical quality to it. Along with it’s ability to literally control fluids, in the sense of its power to tidal flow.)
2) Mythology
The goddess Hecate, associated with the moon, crossroads & witchcraft.
3)Tarot
The unconscious realm- Where things are not stable & sure,& not as they seem. Things beneath the surface not clear to the eye.
The essence and the symbolic representation of the feminine, the mother the nurturer and healer, the moon governs our life cycles habits and patterns guides our feelings instinct and emotions .
As the water bearer sustains our existence and gracefully offers us her tears to regenerate and beautify our lives.
The gate keeper to the mysteries of our souls, the companion of our dreams the creating force behind all discovers.
♡
Saravá
Milou
The moon is our gentle guardian. I pray to the goddess embodied as the moon. As long as the moon enlightens the dark, I feel safe and watched over. Because of its feminine aspect, I prefer it over the sun. I prefer silver over gold, coolness over warmth. As it goes through its cycle from crescent to full and back to crescent, it reminds me that life is a cycle as well. Women tend to cycle with the tides of the moon and the ocean. I am in love.
I associate the moon with cycles, with growth and then rest…
I associate it with fullness, with rebirth, creativity, and with mystery and completion! =D
À Lua associo a beleza e o mistério que um certo distanciamento proporcionam. Por vezes, a proximidade quebra esses conceitos. Dizem que é por isso que fechamos os olhos quando nos beijamos…
As a child i’d sit in the backseat of a moving car on many nights and i truly believed the moon followed me wherever i went. Today that has’nt changed and i’ve found the moon an object of contemplation at certain times when my life has changed. It has always been easy for me to feel a part of the celestial body and dependent on it’s power in difficult transitions.
sadness
me. maybe. before, i associated the sun with agape when not thinking about the relationship with the moon. but now i feel like i associate the sun with my boyfriend and the moon with me.
“If you look deeply and for a whille in the moon ,you will recognise The Shepherd with his sheeps” this are the words our grandfathers .As a child I´ve done this exercise for manny times and for me is moon The Gate to the differently World.
to me, the moon is the light in all darkness. its the symbol of hope and growth, of transformation and a reminder thar we are creators that have the ability to create and transform whatever…
Luna (moon)= me, Ray (sun)=my twin brother
Fairy tales.
Mother
God.
1. It reminds me of how the complex system of nature runs in such harmony.
2. It reminds me that even those who would usually be ignored by society also have their own part in the universe, their own power and have their moment to shine.
3. It reminds me that even in the darkest of hours, God does love me for He (or She) has given me light.
The moon… romantic evenings, werewolves, lunatics and magic.
the intervues are not important at all,the most important thing is influence of a book,writer or whatever to you,or your life.i think that it is verry important to see and decice what is the point,what’s good or bad,or whatever. giril with verry bad english from croatia.
Flux-Reflux
The Womb
Birth, Life, Death, Regeneration
Queen of the Skies
The Primordial Mother
Consort
The Divine Dancer
The triple Goddess (waxing, full, waning)
Psychic, the sphere of Yesod, Imagination, Dreams, Intuition
My daughter, myself, my mother, my grand mother, my great-grandmother, etc, etc.
The “feminine” side to man.
Romance. Soul Mates, (with sun conjunct moon in astrology)
Magic.
XXX
The Moon= delicate strength, my messenger, across the Moon I can talk to my love, it is my light among darkness, it is the beginning of the endless night, is the subtle strength of my life and my emotions….It;s mother it’s face of the twin flame.
the moon..
well, in arabic culture, the moon always resembles beauty..a girl can be described as a moon, meaning she is very beautiful
Another thing…Ramadan….since it is a lunear month, it depends on the moon..whether it is spotted or not determines the start of end of the month
…
Dreams.
The moon never ceases to fill me with awe and wonderment.
If you take the position that there is no such thing as opposition, then you would view everything as a complimetn of everything else. You would choose to view unity rather than separation, love rather than rejection. Human beings do their best to perrpetuate their conditioned beliefs. It is meaningful to learn to step outside them and reframe what no longer makes sense to the person you know yourself to be.
To Bettyblue4you,
I wish I can make u understand that I’m not so different from u by day light and at night I don’t sleep anymore.
Then let’s realise your wish : I hate u.
Moon is the embodiment of creation with her part of shadow and her cool light from love.
Love
Damien
Reflection. Like God can not be seen directly but only in a reflection like in an object, a text, a sign or a person. The moon reflects the light of the sun.
Nick Zwart
The Moon is linked with the Romantic poets,poetry.Symbolize ,under the shape of Queen of the night,dream,imaginary world,phantasie,Love.The difuze light emited by the Moon,is giving an atmosphere of uncertainty,of magic.Usually is seen as a Godess.Lovers are bent to search the magical atmosphere of a night with moon light.Also I know the pearl is linked to the Moon,both are symbols of femininity.
The moon can warn us of things that we can’t foresee during dark.
Our Great-Great-Great-Grandmother.
This is a dream I once had which I think has many symbols in it. : I was sitting in our front porch with a couple of Muslim ladies, family and two young men who had what first seemed to be black and white pentagram balls but then seemed like maracas with beads in them – they used them to pray with. Then they passed one to me to use but after a while the maraca disappeared from my hand and my hands seemed joined at the knuckles. Then as though something were controlling them my finger turned palm to palm in prayer position. I looked up at the sky and saw 5 moons.
I think the dream came partially as a consequence of mass I went to for Mother Mary. I learnt at this mass that we are meant to pray the Rosary for the first 5 months of the year. I never quite understood why that was. But I later thought about the 5 moons in the sky and how it all related. My idea is that prayers have strength in unison and that by asking people to pray the rosary (which I think is like meditation) together, the first Saturday of the month, then it will have effect - like a calming effect.
Anoche la Luna tenía color de Fuego.
Era como si el Fuego hubiese tomado la forma de Luna creciente.
She was so beautiful last night.
If I close my eyes,
I can feel Her growing
with Her Fire
within me.