The Light of the Moon

Light bounced off reflectors on the Moon is fainter than expected and mysteriously dims even more whenever the Moon is full.

The Talmud-Book of Law teaches, A full vessel is a weak vessel, but a empty vessel is strong. When speaking about vessels, the emptiness reveals the vessel. The moon represents the feminine receiving the light of the sun and giving birth on the earth to a gentle illumination that does not hurt the eyes.

Woman is regulated by the 28 day workings of the moon causing her to cleanse the vessel through menstruation. A virgin woman is considered a sealed vessel not yet opened, not yet even a vessel just the potential to become one–the difference between girl and woman.

The moon is also reminiscent of Shakina from the word Shuna/Neighbor the female presence of God that hovers upon the earth soothing our fears. The Hebrew calendar is regulated by the moon but in order to keep the holidays in their season an extra month is added every few years.

The Midrash-Book of Metaphor relates how the sun and the moon were the same size at the beginning of creation but the moon made herself diminutive so the sun could display his ego. In the words of James Brown, Its a man’s world but it an nothing without a woman or a girl.