Do you fear the dark moon?

Morbid_Rogue · Post by **Morbid_Rogue** » Thu May 15, 2008 11:11 am

Does anyone have fear of the dark moon?

Post by **SeekerGray** » Thu May 15, 2008 11:18 am

nope. It's the time of earth, that's all.

Post by **stormer89** » Thu May 15, 2008 2:09 pm

nah, my fear is drowning.

Post by hedge* » Thu May 15, 2008 2:46 pm

No not at all...on the contrary.
It's a time for quiet reflection and gathering my thoughts.

But...I am scared of telephones, horses and popping corks.

Post by **[EarthWitch]** » Thu May 15, 2008 4:39 pm

I an scared of drowning and having my head covered up...afraid I can't breathe...
I LOVE the dark moon it is the time of the Goddess Hecate!

Post by **SugarCharmz** » Fri May 16, 2008 12:20 am

.... I'm afraid of the dark in general.

Post by **Heka** » Fri May 16, 2008 1:42 am

hedge wrote:But...I am scared of telephones, horses and popping corks.

telephones???? How does that work for you then???

I'm not really scared of anything. What is it?? 'the only fear is fear itself' or something???

Post by hedge* » Fri May 16, 2008 2:04 am

I won't answer a phone unless I know who it is and even then sometimes I don't.
It's more of a mental condition than a phobia.
A LOT of fears are irrational.

Post by **watershield** » Fri May 16, 2008 2:51 am

Ahhhhhhh.....MR, do you even know what a dark moon is (or should I say isn't)

Post by **The Judge** » Fri May 16, 2008 4:24 am

I don't so if you could, please tell me. It sounds interesting. Thanks in advance.

Blessed Be,
The Judge

Post by **watershield** » Fri May 16, 2008 11:29 am

It's that time of the month when you can't see any moon at all.

Specifically a period of 1 - 3 days when the allignment of the moon, earth and sun are such that the moon is not eluminated.
It has been suggested that it is has been associated with a monthly view of Samhain (and a womans cycle)

Should it occur twice in one month, the second is called a Black Moon (next to happen Aug 30 2008) and is thought to be a time of heightened physic energy and a time when our dark side is emphizised.

However for that to work you need to believe the moon is more than a large rock in orbit around the earth reflicting sun light.

I should add, there is also a therory out there that a second moon exists with a diameter of about 9 feet and orbits the earth in about 3.5 hours.
This has been refered to as the dark moon. In the early 1900's it was named Lilith. Yet to find some good science to support it's existance.

Morbid_Rogue · Post by **Morbid_Rogue** » Fri May 16, 2008 11:34 am

Well the reason i believe I am afraid of the dark moon that my great grandmother died on the second day of it when I was 6

Post by **watershield** » Fri May 16, 2008 11:48 am

In celtic traditions an auspicious time for death as it would guarantee rebirth with the next new moon.
It would have been an event of great celibration

Post by **juliaki** » Fri May 16, 2008 2:33 pm

So if your great grandmother died on a full moon, you'd be afraid of full moons?

Or if your great grandmother died on a Tuesday, you'd be afraid of Tuesdays?

Or if your great grandmother died in the spring, you'd be afraid of spring?

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar...everyone dies at some point. For most Craft practitioner, death isn't something that is feared, because it is simply a transition (one of many that will occur throughout our existence).