Moon Halos!

[Ouroboros]

There's a Moon Halo (http://www.engl.paraselene.de/html/moon_halo_dec_28__2001.html) outside...look for it in an atmosphere NEAR YOU!

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[Autumn]

it means it's going to rain/snow there!!

[Convallaria]

They're gorgeous arent they? *happy sigh*

[CrystalShadow]

Aww. It's raining. v_v. *Sniffles* Can't see the moon.

[KamikazeFinn]

I love moon halos.. ^^ they're so gorgeous and mystical.. :floating:

[Ouroboros]

it means it's going to rain/snow there!!

Yup yup also called "Snow Halos" :colorful:


They're gorgeous arent they? *happy sigh*

I love em! :veryweird
You ever see the Aurora Borelis?


Aww. It's raining. v_v. *Sniffles* Can't see the moon.

Awww :nuhuh:


I love moon halos.. ^^ they're so gorgeous and mystical.. :floating:

I wonder if there's any rituals to perform during halos, or sundogs / sky effects?

[banondraig]

what's a sundog?

[13thChylde]

Each Imbolc, the kids and I form a marching band to welcome Brighid. We grab instruments and march around the house and yard, so of course we were dancing and playing outside under the moonbow. Absolutely gorgeous!!

[Nissala]

I love moon halos, but have always wondered what they mean....

[WynnJera]

This is a posting I did to my list that is no longer, on them .....

MM Everyone ~ I came home from work and there was the biggest circle around the moon I have ever seen ~ Now there is lore that is as follows .........

If the moon shows a silver shield,
Be not afraid to reap the field,
But if she rises haloed round,
Soon well tread on deluged ground.

what my question is though, what do others feel the ring around the moon really means to them ~ I dug up some lore on moon goddess' and I am inclined to have faith that in the fact as our moon is considered a female force, could it not be seen that the ring around the moon is the outpouring of it's energy as a mother would try and embrace and child in need ~ as I walked into my house it sort of struck me that there must be alot of people in need of her protection and help for the ring to be that big ~ and the force of the moon is rippling outward to heal those in need ~ similar to a rock thrown in a pond ~ it ripples ~ could it not also be said the moon does the same thing ~ cries fir help uttered to ourselves are the stones and the moon responds with the ring of white energy to heal and comfort us .....

Listed below is some lore on the goddess' of the moon ~ some imput would be great ~ thx for the time on the soapbox ~ who's next ......

Love, light and laughter ~ WynnJera ~



Diana a Latin name meaning "Goddess." was the Roman equivalent of the Greek Moon goddess Artemis. She was also the goddess of nature and originally a goddess of fertility and was worshipped mainly by women as the giver of fertility and easy births. Under Greek influence she was equated with Artemis and assumed many of her aspects. Her name is possibly derived from 'diviana' ("the shining one"). She is portrayed as a huntress accompanied by a deer.

Selena was a Moon Goddess and daughter of Hyperion and Theia, and sister of Helios (the Sun) and Eos (the Dawn). She is known for her countless love affairs. The most famous of her loves is the shepard Endymion. Other affairs of Selene's include involvement with Zeus with whom she had three daughters, and Pan who gave her a herd of white oxen. Some sources report that the Nemean lion, which fell to the earth from the moon was the result of an affair of Zeus and Selene. Selene is a favorite of many poets, especially love poets. A moonlit night brings the feeling of romance. It is said that Selene's moon rays fall upon sleeping mortals, and her kisses fell upon her love, Endymion. She was involved in many love affairs, however, not as many as her sister, Eos, the dawn. She is also called Luna. She was usually represented as a woman with the moon (often in crescent form) on her head and driving a two-horse chariot. As Luna, she had temples at Rome on the Aventine and Palatine hills.

Celtic Moon-Mother Goddess, Arianrhod is a character in the medieval story collection 'The Mabinogi'. She is ruler of Caer Sidi, a magical realm in the north. Arianrhod, whose name means 'Silver Wheel' was worshiped as priestess of the moon. The benevolent silver sky-lady came down from her pale white chariot in the heavens to watch more closely over the tides she ruled.

The moon is the archetypal female symbol, representing the Mother Goddess connecting womb, death, rebirth, creation. (Albion, the old name of Britain, meant 'White Moon'). The Celts "know well the way of seas and stars", and counted time not by days, but by nights, and made their calendars (such as the famous Coligny Calender) not by the sun, but by the moon. In Welsh the constellation of Corona Borealis is named 'Caer Arianrhod' - Arianrhod's Castle. Ancient astrologers took their observations from the position of the moon and its progress in relation to the stars - the starry wheel of Arianrhod.

The Moon has become a archetype of creation, of womanhood and the feminine psyche. Through our history both the Sun and the Moon have been worshiped and awed. As countless parallel myths grew up around the world, thought most of these myths predominantly centered upon the Sun, the Moon Goddess came in many different guises that reflect the three main states in her cycle. The new Moon is depicted in the form of a maiden or virgin. As the Moon increased to fullness, so the image becomes on of fertile Mother pregnant with life. In the last phase, as she wanes to darkness she is portrayed as the witch or the wise woman versed in magical arts, powers to heal and transform.

[Sowelu]

I love em! :veryweird
You ever see the Aurora Borelis?


I hope one day to see that!:)

[Ouroboros]

WynnJera: That's an elaborate a beautiful work on moon worship, did you paste that from a site?

Also, I feel the moon halos to me personally is a physical art Luna sends to Earth to remind people of the Otherworlds. If you stare at the moon directly for a while, and there's enough fogginess about the halo, provided it's almost at zenith 90-degrees - you'll begin to notice an effect which sort of makes Luna and her Halo a beautiful WormHole, or Portal in the Sky.


I hope one day to see that!:)

Aurora Borealis' were seen all over the earth during this Super-Solar flare which occured end of fall last year, pics were taken from places like Florida of the phenomenon!

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