I am glad to share with you an excerpt of this interesting post written by Tara as featured on her gorgeous blog "Love of the Goddess". (All rights reserved by the author and published under her kind permission)
For about three days in the moons cycle, she is hidden from our view in
the night sky, this phase is known as the dark moon. It is a time of
letting go, honoring dark Goddesses, and preparing for rebirth at the
time of the new moon. A time of cleansing the self of negativities,
letting go of things that hinder you, and recognizing the darker sides
of our own lives. In the ancient world, the calendar revolved around the
lunar cycle. The dark moon was the end of the month, and the new moon
was the beginning of the new month.
The Norse Goddess Hel is also a dark Goddess, called upon on the dark moon. She represents death as she is Queen of Underworld in Norse mythology. Her body was said to be half dead and half alive representing the balance in life. Of light and dark, those sides of ourselves, and our lives. Hel's role in the Underworld is to decide the fate of the souls entering her realm. She can grant rebirth, but can also damn you to the depths of Helheim, her Kingdom. She can help you to shed the old, and prepare for rebirth, if you are ready for it.
The dark moon embodies a chance to star over. To cleanse oneself, and be reborn in a sense at the new moon. Our lives flow in unison with the cycles of the moon. It can be bight and full, and then become dark and unseen. Just like the balance of light and dark in our own lives, and in nature. There cannot be light without the dark.
Wishing you all a blessed dark moon or deipnon if you honor Hekate!
The Norse Goddess Hel is also a dark Goddess, called upon on the dark moon. She represents death as she is Queen of Underworld in Norse mythology. Her body was said to be half dead and half alive representing the balance in life. Of light and dark, those sides of ourselves, and our lives. Hel's role in the Underworld is to decide the fate of the souls entering her realm. She can grant rebirth, but can also damn you to the depths of Helheim, her Kingdom. She can help you to shed the old, and prepare for rebirth, if you are ready for it.
The dark moon embodies a chance to star over. To cleanse oneself, and be reborn in a sense at the new moon. Our lives flow in unison with the cycles of the moon. It can be bight and full, and then become dark and unseen. Just like the balance of light and dark in our own lives, and in nature. There cannot be light without the dark.
Wishing you all a blessed dark moon or deipnon if you honor Hekate!
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