Moon in Alchemy (54)

Sun and the Moon

The Sun and the Moon represent the Sulphur and the Mercury in Alchemy. These two essential ingredients in Alchemy, are responsible for creation.

In the macrocosm these two elements the mercury and the sulphur are represented by the Moon and the Sun. They have also been represented by many other symbols as well, such as Apollo and Diana or an eagle and a serpent.

Moon the Mercury

Within the human being the Alchemists say that these two elements also exist, with the Moon or the Mercury being the sexual or seminal waters of the human being.

The Moon in Alchemy may also represent the woman and the feminine sexual force.

An Excerpt

Here is an excerpt from the Mutus Liber Speaks by Oscar Uzcategui which gives a little more perspective of the Moon in Alchemy.

“Matter of the alchemists sometimes called Venus or Saturn's daughter. This means several things. The Moon symbolizes the transition of the waters from their black colour to white. It is called Saturn's daughter in virtue of the fact that it is not possible to give the waters their white colour if we do not refine the sexual act and destroy lust during it (the sexual act).”

Conclusion

The Moon in Alchemy is the Mercury or the seminal waters of the human being. The Moon in the macro cosmos as we well know has much to do with water and fertility, conception, birth etc.

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All the Moons Only Show One Face (53)

Introduction

I always thought that the Earth Moon (Selene) was the only one in our Solar System that rotated and orbited the Earth in such a way that from Earth only one side of it was visible.

However, I recently learnt that all the Moons in our Solar System have this same characteristic. So in particular all the Moons of Jupiter some of which are: Metis, Leda, Europa, Io etc.

Interesting

This is indeed very interesting, this means that this characteristic of only showing one face to the planet that a moon or satellite orbits is universal and belongs to the Universal Lunar nature.

Conclusion

This fact confirms the universality of Lunar nature in the Cosmos outside of ourselves and within our own nature, particularly in our psychological nature. This is because, in previous posts on this blog, we established that our psychology is indeed Lunar in nature, where we definitely see only one side, leaving another side very much unknown and invisible to us.

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No Seasons on the Moon (52)

Almost No Tilt in the Moon’s Spin Axis

The Moon unlike the Earth has no seasons. This is because the axis of the Moon's rotation is almost vertical. Or in other words the tilt of the moon is almost 0° or almost perpendicular to its ecliptic. In fact it is actually, 1° 32' or about 1.5° to its ecliptic, but 6.68 to its orbit around the Earth. The Earth on the other hand has a tilt in its spin axis of about 24° or 23.4°.

Permanent Shade

Because the Moon does not have a tilted spin axis (i.e. it is near vertical) there are areas on the moon that are in permanent shade. That is, those areas have never received sunlight. These areas are mostly at the poles and some exist as far away from the poles as 58° latitude.

It is also said that if there was a high peak at the poles of the Moon those peaks would be constantly lit by the sun. Someone on these peaks would constantly see the sun on the horizon.

Conclusion

This could be a very interesting point for science. By studying the areas that are in constant shade there could be certain rocks that are more preserved than artefacts in areas that have been exposed to the sun.

The seasons are very important when it comes to supporting life. The seasons allow for natural life cycles. Having no seasons is also another confirmation of the Moon’s lack of life. Perhaps if the Moon did have life in the past it’s axis could have been tilted and so this means that if the Moon did go from the transition of having life to not having life, it must have altered the tilt in its spin axis.

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