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?
Weekly Free Association : The Moon
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They must blend in because you cannot have one without the other. They are part of the combination, the key to unlock the dream.
I live near a railway. There is an asylum for psychiatric patients. Full moon used to result in suicides, therefore they installed a hughe fence, so people cannot throw themselves in front of the trains anymore. We used to hear the horrible sound of the trains frantically breaking when it happened. Every maternity department knows more babies are born with full moon. And indeed, every artist, like myself, feels it too. I get the blues with full moon, when feeling lonely, and I think of the people I lost. Sometimes I am able to paint good stuff. If the moon regulates the tides of our seas, then it has certainly an effect on us ? That is science, not mumbojumbo.
The Moon
to look upon the moon at night is to check one’s health/well being of one’s soul…
Whenever I look to the moon and am not seeing my mother’s light reflected, it is because I have drifted from myself, my connection to the Earth, land etc…
I am never lonely and always happy when I see the moon shine with the light of my mother reflecting back… no matter where I may be; and this is perhaps because I am grounded and connected, embodied, whole…
the opposite is also, of course, true…
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.
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.
Our Great-Great-Great-Grandmother.
The moon can warn us of things that we can’t foresee during dark.
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.
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
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
Damien,
This poem is dedicated to someone, a very long time ago. He died.
I was in pain, for a lot of reasons, and very passionate.
My “hate” was not directed towards him.
I think you misunderstood completely. But then, if you’ve been
there, you would understand. It is not my role to explain, just to write. I get a lot of reactions, but nobody takes it litterally or personal. That’s what my poetry is about. That’s why I put no title. If you feel what it is about you can guess the title. If not, my poetry was simply inaccessible to you.
Nevertheless, thanks for your reaction.
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.
Dreams.
The moon never ceases to fill me with awe and wonderment.
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
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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.
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 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.
The moon… romantic evenings, werewolves, lunatics and magic.
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.
Mother
Fairy tales.
Luna (moon)= me, Ray (sun)=my twin brother
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…
“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.
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.
sadness
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.
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…
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
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.
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
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.
Beautiful.. Rain-bow-bridge.
love
Agnieszka
‘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.
She has seen it all. Old and wise. Been ther all this time. Magic.
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.
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.
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.
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