![]() Motherhood also being linked to earth where blackness dominates. The further mystery of birth connected woman to the idea of darkness. There is also a belief that a woman tends to menstruate at the phase of the Moon under which she was born, if her cycle is regular, 28 or so days. ![]() The word “menses” comes from the Latin word “month,” which comes from the Anglo Saxon word “Mona,” from which our familiar word “Moon” derives. Menstruation itself terrified men for centuries and it was the Jews that apparently believed one drop of blood from that time of the month will kill a plant. The feminine menstrual cycle lasts about as long as the lunar cycle linking women to that remote silvery body. The ancients observed the Moon and markings on bones and cave walls and it showed that lunar cycles were being noted as early as twenty-five thousand years ago. The lunar body changes shape and moves through phases and on the basis of this luminary’s cycle the first concepts of reincarnation and karma began to develop representing birth, growth, evolution, maturity, aging, and death. In many parts of the world, the Moon was linked symbolically with the regenerative power of life and she is not only known as the Mother but also maiden and crone. This inner archetype rules all the emotions under its mystical operation and we see it working through dreams and intuition seducing us in mysterious ways. Poets, farmers and midnight lovers are all attracted to the spell of this heavenly body. It is within this realm where we are drawn towards the unconscious and this night luminary is a transporter and keeper of the soul. ![]() Everything we experience is automatically coated in emotion, and if we are not feeling we are not breathing. The Moon is known as the mother of precognition conjuring up images of magic and even witchcraft, but there are also elements of madness (it influences murderers with homicides peaking at the time of the Full Moon). The Queen of the night the female power of mystery and luminous light. ![]()
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