Feb 7th
Day of Selene & other moon goddesses
Have you heard her story? She guides the moon across the sky throughout the night. The phases of the moon began with her with this certain story. She had the duty of being a liaison between humans or gods but never allowed herself to become attached. One day she became infatuated with a young shepherd Endymion. She stopped her regular duties of guiding the moon to watch the handsome young man sleeping. The other gods became suspicious and alerted Zeus. Selene’s chariot was missing from its heavenly path. She was also looking very pale from her extra activities.
Zeus decided to take action. He went to the shepherd and gave him a choice, death by any way or a deep eternal slumber as well as not to age as well. He took the latter of consequences.
Endymion is said to still be sleeping in a cave on Mount Latmos in Caria and Selene still visits him. While she sits the moon begins to fade until it’s totally gone. When she returns to her duties the moon begins to grow again until it reaches the full moon.
Endymion symbolizes sleeping as well as the thoughts that come to us as creative ideas, dreams and the help we need to be productive in our day.
So which story to you like about the moon? Tell me yours!
Moon Magick: Myth & Magick, Crafts & Recipes, Rituals &; Spells, by D. J. Conway, Llewellyn Publications, 1995, pp. 41–48.
https://www.theoi.com/Titan/Selene.html
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