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”.)
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