The Dark Moon

The Dark Moon or the Balsamic Phase of the Moon

 There are 3 days of the Dark Moon just as there are 3 nights of the Full Moon.  The Dark Moon is the complete opossite of the Full Moon, the Full Moon is 100% lumination and rises at Sunset, where the Dark Moon is 0% lumination and rises at Sunrise.

This Phase is most commonly called the "New Moon" instead of the Dark Moon.  Which does not make any sense to me, the New Moon should be considered the very first sliver of the Waxing Cresent, not when it is 100% dark. I don't understand why the Dark Moon is called the New Moon, it just does not make sense to me.  The Dark/New Moon occurs when the Moon is positioned between the Earth and Sun. The entire illuminated portion of the Moon is on the back side of the Moon, the half that we cannot see.

The Full Moon, occurs when the Earth, Moon, and Sun are in alignment, just as the New Moon is, but the Moon is on the opposite side of the Earth, so the entire sunlit part of the Moon is facing us. The shadowed portion is entirely hidden from view.  The Dark Moon is not visible because the side of the Moon that faces Earth is not being lit by the Sun.

                                                        Dark Moon Goddess

In the earliest societies they revered the Moon as the Goddess, in her three Aspects of  Womenhood Maiden, Mother & Crone.  The Dark Moon was seen as the Dark Goddes in the Crone Aspects...wise, mysterious, and compassionate with a Darker side.  

The story of the Dark Goddess begins thousands of years ago in a time before recorded history, when the Moon was worshiped as a primary Feminine Divinity.  The Dark Moon Goddess was loved and honored, and they accepted her wisdom and her mystery teachings of the dark.  In her wisdom, which arises from experience, she encompasses the season of Winter and the Underworld.  The Crone is the Grandmother who dispenses justice with both love and sadness.  The Crone knows the laws must be upheld, she does feel sorrow when the verdict and punishment seems to harsh to us.  She has no patience for injustice and imbalance, in whatever form are detested by her.  She rules over Magick, secret knowledge, oracles and all Witches.  Her Animal Totems are those which live below he Earth such as Snakes, Serpants, and Dragons, also the Owl, Ravens, Crows & Horses.  

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Cheyannh~Selene

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