The Men in the Moon

Seven astronauts who had flown in the Apollo space program commemorated the 40th anniversary of man's first steps on the moon Monday.

Apollo is in reference to the Greek/Roman god of the sun, an arrow shooter aiming at the moon. In the beginning of the Torah is related how on the Fifth Day of Creation there were two equal orbs, but the moon complained saying, there can not be two kings; as a result she was told to make herself smaller. From the standpoint of the earth the moon is still equal to the sun–precisely covering the sun during a solar eclipse.

The male energy of the sun is very strong, but also very far away; the moon’s energy is soft and gentle hovering just above the earth like a concerned mother. In Cabala the sun is called Kodesh Barack Ho/Separate Blessed One and the moon is Shakina/Dwelling. It is a Jewish tradition that the moon every seventh day turns to the sun and the two merge in marriage–a day of celebration called Shabbot/Rest.

The Midrash-Book of Metaphor says that in the time of Moshiach/Messiah the moon will shine with the glow of the sun and the sun will be seven times greater.