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The Moon as the symbol of the "eternal feminine"

Estro Felino

Believer in free will
Premium Member
For Mediterranean peoples such as Greeks and Italians, moon is a feminine word (Luna, Seleni), because it has always dealt with the most emblematic feminine symbol.

Artemis (or Diana) is the goddess of moon too..


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In Germanic cultures, moon is a masculine deity...and it's natural to say "man on the moon"...but in our Mediterranean cultures it sounds a bit weird...like a profanation of the femininity of the moon.
 

Workman

UNIQUE
For Mediterranean peoples such as Greeks and Italians, moon is a feminine word (Luna, Seleni), because it has always dealt with the most emblematic feminine symbol.

Artemis (or Diana) is the goddess of moon too..


fontana-artemide-09.jpg


In Germanic cultures, moon is a masculine deity...and it's natural to say "man on the moon"...but in our Mediterranean cultures it sounds a bit weird...like a profanation of the femininity of the moon.
The moon came from ‘A Day’(M)
 

Sirona

Hindu Wannabe
Well, for most women the Moon regulates the time of the female cycle.

I once shared my room with an Italian student who had to translate a poetic phrase about the Moon and the sea (das Meer) kissing each other. She said in Italian both were female so they could kiss each other but in German they couldn't because the Moon was male and das Meer was neutral.
 

wellwisher

Well-Known Member
In tradition, the sun is masculine and symbolized the conscious mind, while the moon is feminine and symbolizes the unconscious mind.

During the day, the sun makes the world bright, allowing us to see and interact with the world through our sensory systems. This is all very conscious. At night, the light is very dim and our imagination; unconscious mind, becomes more conscious, as a way to fill in, that which we can no longer see. The moon provides some light, so we are less in the dark, so to speak. But shadows of darkness remain. From this basic ancient observational thinking, comes the tradition.

As an experiment, a group of people go camping in the woods. During the day, when the sun is out, it is easy to find water and wood and set up camp at the best position, sheltered from rain and rain run off.

At night, all this gets much more difficult to see and navigate. The imagination starts to add things, that may not be there. The shadow near the tree may now be thought of as a bear or the rustling in the bushes is a wolf. The moon provides some light, but not as much as the sun. There is some conscience awareness, within the mystical world of the unconscious mind.

Most of the mythology was written by males. Therefore, the symbols of the sun and moon were projections of the male's conscious and unconscious minds. The conscious mind of the male is his male side, while the unconscious mind of the male, is his female side. Males have half male DNA; father, and half female DNA; mother. The female DNA of the male is not inert, but has a connection to the male unconscious mind.

This female side of the male, projects onto biological females and tries to mold her, in its own image. The male want his spouse to be what make him feel good; unconscious projection. For example, male fashion designers tell woman how to dress, via prestige and fad. This level of creative unconscious cause and affect is the light of the moon. The biological female become a manifestation of the unconscious mind; female side, of the male designer. But since woman are different from men; their DNA is reversed, there is still darkness, in terms of the female being different, from the projection of the male's female side; shadows in moonlight.

In the example of the male dress designer, the woman satisfies this projection by wearing the dress; light of the moon. She also adds her unique twists in terms of makeup and hair. She completes the package, with her own mysteriousness; shadows among the light of the moon.

The tradition of the female principle, connected to Eve, and Eve connected to Satan, is symbolic of the female element, that defines the shadows, in the moon light of the moon. Basically the ancients were mapping the human psyche. Men have written hundreds of songs about the moon and romance. Males, become enamored and compulsive, falling in love, all stemming from their female side and her unconscious projections. The beloved becomes idealized; full moon. After the honey moon, shadows can start to appear as she breaks the mold and tries to become herself. A similar projection occurs within women, and they too seek to mold the spouse in their own unconscious image.

What is really cool, is the moon of the male and dark sun of the female; respective unconscious minds, when both active, will cross program each other. Since the unconscious of the female is male and the unconscious of the male is female; husband leads the wife, at the level of the unconscious, the female's unconscious male side, is leader in the cross programing. Her spontaneity leads. The light of the moon is weaker than the sun, and the shadows dominate the night; masculine side of the female leads the night.

What gets really complex is men are not exactly men and women are not exactly women, in the natural sense. Men can become molded projections of the male side of women; mother, and female can become modeled projections of the female side of the males; moonlight. This result is common in politics, since politics is often an unconscious mind dynamics, where logic is suspended for gut feelings and opinions; occurs at night. Nevertheless, this dynamics get very high social priority, since the unconscious mind has a connection to the main frame parts of the brain.
 
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Estro Felino

Believer in free will
Premium Member
Well, for most women the Moon regulates the time of the female cycle.

I once shared my room with an Italian student who had to translate a poetic phrase about the Moon and the sea (das Meer) kissing each other. She said in Italian both were female so they could kiss each other but in German they couldn't because the Moon was male and das Meer was neutral.
Actually in Italian mare (sea) is a masculine word...
maybe your roomy was from France where la mer is feminine
:):)
 

Workman

UNIQUE
For Mediterranean peoples such as Greeks and Italians, moon is a feminine word (Luna, Seleni), because it has always dealt with the most emblematic feminine symbol.

Artemis (or Diana) is the goddess of moon too..


fontana-artemide-09.jpg


In Germanic cultures, moon is a masculine deity...and it's natural to say "man on the moon"...but in our Mediterranean cultures it sounds a bit weird...like a profanation of the femininity of the moon.
There is a story in the bible I have come to understand with its creation in the Sun and Moon..

This may sound silly..but I think, it’s more to it what it seems..
I have this habit of reading letters..
Not its word! But a letter by letter!
I have my meanings of it and those meanings is where I get all my resources..
For its the word that can lie..but the letter itself can not lie by itself.
The story is about Adam and Eve..
And my version of it through letters go like this!..

Adam was first creation from God..
And In my understanding HE will be the last..bare with me!..

I found Adams real name Is..ADA[M]...to break it down,
A..DA which pronounce it
A..DAY and it’s (M) means HE doesn’t doubt who HE is and FULLY BELIEVES in it.

You have to think now what or would be named A..DAY? Well that’s easy ‘THE SUN’ because it’s whole planet is DAY light, which makes it A DAY! If you know how the story goes than you know that ADAM asked God for Help!..Now what would The Sun need help in? Yess..
Its darkness..being (light) for the nighttime..for the Sun cannot shine in its shadow...(God than took a Rib out of Adam and created Eve)..
Yess..Eve is the Moon..which HER name is for the EVEning-[Eve]ning..and the moon(Eve) is the reflection of its Sun(Adam) light that shines in its Shadow(night)..that is how it’s helping Adam..SHE(moon) becomes its reflection to HE(sun).
It’s also mentions we are to sin through Eve..meaning mostly are to sin(commit crimes) in night time, or through their Dark side.

A Day is what we are experiencing in..meaning everyday is the same day! There is no day 1,2,3,4days..nor there are no next week, nor there is no 10yrs ago(that is us humans adding meanings and maths for our comprehension to measure)..But its true fact is that everyday is the same day repeating itself over and over in again..there is no such thing is tomorrow! The sun doesn’t switch off in order to be the 2nd day! If that is the case tomorrow will be our doomsday..1day is the same day repeating from its beginning to now, it’s been the same daylight since it first created..

Come to think about it more..the Sun will be the only passage To God! As long as the Sun is shining we all have the chance to make it to God..for when it stops shining..the doors will CLOSE..I don’t know much about the Muslim religion,
But I do know they pray towards the Sun..I think the Sun is as God towards the religion (I think!)..saying That their God is the ONLY way to Heaven.
(the Sun) does makes sense to be the only passage to heaven...as long as it’s still beaming..we all get that chance! Anyway I’ll end it there!,.there is too many things I’ve learnt from bible and kept it to myself..this is my first sharing in my belief.

In the Human mind being as selfish cannot comprehend outside their understanding..meaning they presume of words belonging to what they think it belongs to..but remember this is Gods words..not ours! It’s not through a human understanding!..names do not ONLY belong to people..you can name anything..like Planets!
This is why I say my version of God is different to many others..The Bible is not speaking about events on earth its speaking on how the universe was first created.
 
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Estro Felino

Believer in free will
Premium Member
There is a story in the bible I have come to understand with its creation in the Sun and Moon..

This may sound silly..but I think, it’s more to it what it seems..
I have this habit of reading letters..
Not its word! But a letter by letter!
I have my meanings of it and those meanings is where I get all my resources..
For its the word that can lie..but the letter itself can not lie by itself.
The story is about Adam and Eve..
And my version of it through letters go like this!..

Adam was first creation from God..
And In my understanding HE will be the last..bare with me!..

I found Adams real name Is..ADA[M]...to break it down,
A..DA which pronounce it
A..DAY and it’s (M) means HE doesn’t doubt who HE is and FULLY BELIEVES in it.

You have to think now what or would be named A..DAY? Well that’s easy ‘THE SUN’ because it’s whole planet is DAY light, which makes it A DAY! If you know how the story goes than you know that ADAM asked God for Help!..Now what would The Sun need help in? Yess..
Its darkness..being (light) for the nighttime..for its Sun cannot shine in the night...(God than took a Rib out of Adam and created Eve)..
Yess..Eve is the Moon..which HER name is for the EVEning-[Eve]ning..
It’s also mentions we are to sin through Eve..meaning mostly are to sin(commit crimes) in the night time.

A Day is what we are experiencing in..meaning everyday is the same day! There is no day 1,2,3,4days..nor there are no next week, nor there is no 10yrs ago..The true fact is that everyday is the same..there is no such thing is tomorrow! The sun doesn’t switch off in order to be the next day! If that is the case tomorrow will be our doomsday..1day is the same day repeating from its beginning to now, it’s been the same daylight since it first created..

Come to think about it more..the Sun will be the only passage To God! As long as the Sun is shining we all have the chance to make it to God..for when it stops shining..the doors will CLOSE..I don’t know much about the Muslim religion,
But I do know they pray towards the Sun..I think the Sun is as God towards the religion (I think!)..saying That their God is the ONLY way to Heaven.
(the Sun) does makes sense to be the only passage to heaven...as long as it’s still beaming..we all get that chance! Anyway I’ll end it there!,.there is too many things I’ve learnt from bible and kept it to myself..this is my first sharing in my belief.


This is why I say my version of God is different to many others..The Bible is not speaking about events on earth its speaking on how the universe was first created.
Very interesting and insightful.:)
Plato would agree with you
 
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