happy druid new moon

[David Dalton]

Today is druid new moon (six days after new moon) and a
little while ago I saw the late waxing crescent moon in
the blue sky, which is the first time I have seen the moon
since waning crescent, since it has been cloudy here the
last few days. I think druid new moon is when Breton
druids cut the mistletoe with a golden sickle. Here in
Newfoundland we don’t have mistletoe (except perhaps
in the Memorial University Botanical Garden) so I
would substitute dogberry (mountain ash) berries
instead, but won’t get to today, and I don’t know if
mistletoe berries or dogberries have any medicinal
properties but suspect so.

And tomorrow is first quarter moon which in one tradition
is when the Buddha is said to have achieved
awakening/enlightenment at the end of his ascetic years.

Another tradition says it was full moon.

"The strap that holds the cart in rein
Has been let loose by wearing thin
By wearing thin, by biting through
The shift in power leans to you

<snip>

And the cart is on a wheel
And the wheel is on a hill
And the hill is shifting sand
And inside these laws we stand.”

(from Ferron’s song The Cart)

(I sometimes substitute “dance” for “stand”.)

[David Dalton]

Post by David Dalton
Today is druid new moon (six days after new moon) and a
little while ago I saw the late waxing crescent moon in
the blue sky, which is the first time I have seen the moon
since waning crescent, since it has been cloudy here the
last few days. I think druid new moon is when Breton
druids cut the mistletoe with a golden sickle. Here in
Newfoundland we don’t have mistletoe (except perhaps
in the Memorial University Botanical Garden) so I
would substitute dogberry (mountain ash) berries
instead, but won’t get to today, and I don’t know if
mistletoe berries or dogberries have any medicinal
properties but suspect so.
And tomorrow is first quarter moon which in one tradition
is when the Buddha is said to have achieved
awakening/enlightenment at the end of his ascetic years.
Another tradition says it was full moon.
"The strap that holds the cart in rein
Has been let loose by wearing thin
By wearing thin, by biting through
The shift in power leans to you
<snip>
And the cart is on a wheel
And the wheel is on a hill
And the hill is shifting sand
And inside these laws we stand.”
(from Ferron’s song The Cart)
(I sometimes substitute “dance” for “stand”.)

In searching for the post I am following up to on
http://groups.google.com I couldn’t find it, so
someone must have censored it on there.
I don’t know yet if that is also true of some of my
other recent posts, but I will do a search for
my name on there and sort by date and have
a look.

Anyway I am hoping I will receive release from my low years
at or just after full moon, maybe if Sarah McLachlan shows
up at Folk Night at The Ship Pub on Wednesday night,
after her short tour is over, and two days after full moon.

The wheel above I think is the moon rolling from late
waxing gibbous moon through full moon to early
waning gibbous moon, though I guess Ferron would
know for sure. (I once thought the wheel could have
been the sun in my sun stare.)

Similarly I think the tombstone of Jesus rolling aside
might be symbolic for the moon rolling from late waxing
gibbous moon through full moon to early waning
gibbous moon.