I just lately did my bi-monthly Q&A with my purchasers and one of many questions was about White Moon Selena. This is the query:-
Are you able to please clarify White Moon Selene? Do you assume it is necessary, and is it associated to Black Moon Lilith in any respect?
Now this query led me down such a rabbit gap! Earlier than I even discover the that means of White Moon Selena, it’s vital to debate some technical calculation points. The Swiss ephemeris paperwork for this level (h56) state:
It is a ‘hypothetical’ second moon of Earth (or a 3rd, after the ‘black moon’) of unclear origin. Many Russian astrologers use it. Its distance to Earth is greater than 20 instances the gap to the Moon and it orbits the Earth in seven years. Its orbit is an ideal, undisturbed circle. The bodily existence of such a physique is after all not attainable. The gravity of the solar, Earth and moon would strongly affect its orbit.
So the very first thing I did, since I have not used this level earlier than, was calculate Selena alone chart utilizing photo voltaic fireplace astrology software program. As you may see right here, it’s 21 levels Taurus. If I needed to do the identical calculation on Astro.com, I must use h56 within the extra object tables.
Now, here is the issue. In trendy astrology, particularly lately, White Moon Selena is alleged to be the perigee of the moon. Let us take a look at that first so we perceive what this implies – and for this I would like to speak about Black Moon Lilith.
As you may see from this picture above, the moon’s orbit round Earth is just not an ideal circle. As a substitute it’s an ellipse. If it had been an ideal circle, the middle of the Earth could be the middle of gravity round which the moon would orbit. However an ellipse has two gravitational factors or foci. A type of gravity factors is within the Earth and the opposite is in house. That gravitational level in house is Black Moon Lilith. Maintain that thought.
As a result of the moon has an elliptical orbit, typically it’s distant from the Earth – which known as the apogee, and typically it’s nearer to the Earth, which is the perigee. On Earth, if we had been trying on the moon’s zenith, our technical line of sight would cross straight by the gravitational level I talked about above. To be clear, from our vantage level on Earth, the Black Moon Lilith is the second middle of mass of the Moon’s orbit. And the zenith of the moon. We base our interpretation of Black Moon Lilith on these astronomical info and naturally on the story of Lilith who was Adam’s first spouse.
So the place do H56 and White Moon Selena match into all of this? Nicely, that is the dilemma I found.
Once I calculated White Moon Selena on my chart, as you may see above, it’s nowhere close to the opposition of Black Moon Lilith. If White Moon Selena is the Moon’s perigee, then technically it ought to be someplace reverse Black Moon Lilith. However right here you may see that Selena, this hypothetical moon, is nowhere close to the perigee of the actual moon’s orbit. So any interpretations I may have provide you with relating to H56 White Moon Selena fell aside beneath scrutiny as a result of there was no connection. It’s merely a hypothetical level that has no foundation in actuality, as famous within the Swiss Ephemeris paperwork.
But when I apply all the pieces stated about White Moon Selena to the factual perigee of the moon, that makes way more sense to me and is an illuminating and intriguing story that contrasts with Black Moon Lilith. To seek out this White Moon Selena, I counsel you calculate the true place of Black Moon Lilith (h13 on astro.com) in your chart and there you will see that Selena, within the reverse diploma of true (not common) Black Moon Lilith.
Once I requested my astrologer mates about this, my fellow astrologer Lynn Hayes pointed me to an article by Richard Nolle. It fascinates me that we each independently got here to the identical conclusion that Selena’s archetypal story is extra in keeping with the purpose reverse the actual Black Moon Lilith than with the hypothetical White Moon Selena (h56) level that everybody often makes use of. Really, Nolle then goes on to counsel that the purpose reverse Black Moon Lilith ought to really be referred to as Eve, so we’ve one other avenue to discover there! To not point out that there are some astrologers in continental Europe who regard the perigee, the purpose reverse the Black Moon Lilith, as Priapus, a lustful fertility god. Okay, so now we have performed that extra alternatives to discover Lilith’s shadow/reverse/counterpart. Possibly they’re all proper, layers of interpretation create a rounded 3D picture.
So that is the dilemma surrounding White Moon Selena (h56), and will probably be down to non-public choice which level individuals use to research this story – h56 or the diploma reverse to the actual Black Moon Lilith, i.e. the Perigee of the moon. I desire the latter as a result of I do not really feel snug utilizing a hypothetical moon which will haven’t any foundation in actuality. However others could really feel attuned to the symbolic that means and motion of this level and I can’t argue with that.
I must also say that there’s all the time a small room for error in any calculation of the moon’s apogee and perigee, because the solar’s gravitational pull on the moon’s orbit will trigger perturbations. But the diploma reverse Black Moon Lilith is lots nearer to perigee than Selena H56. You can too calculate perigee on Astro.com utilizing h22. It will not precisely oppose Black Moon Lilith until certainly one of them is conjunct or sq. the Solar, however it might nonetheless be value taking part in with the thought.
So, now that the technicalities are out of the best way (my head remains to be spinning!), how can we play with these photos, this story, and this symbolism to raised perceive White Moon Selena? Whereas I am previous mates with Black Moon Lilith, as she straight conjuncts the Solar in my start chart, White Moon Selena is a brand new character on my archetype stage. These are the concepts I am eager about, beginning first with my trusted darkish Goddess earlier than transferring into the sunshine.
Whereas Black Moon Lilith is on the Moon’s zenith, far, distant from Earth, we really feel it, a pull from house, a tug deep inside. However we will not see her. She is a shadow, an insubstantial factor that was as soon as made flesh and allowed into Paradise to be with Adam. However Adam did not deal with her nicely. Adam thought he was higher than them. So Lilith, who was so highly effective that she knew the identify of God, stated no! No, I will not be submissive! She left the Backyard of Eden and due to her daring and insolence, Lilith has since been demonized, as have the Divine Female and the Earth Female all through historical past.
The place of Black Moon Lilith reveals the place we’ve huge artistic potential, however she can also be the place we really feel demonized, the place we really feel unacceptable. She is what we are saying no to, the place we refuse to be mistreated, but usually expertise mistreatment anyway. She is the a part of us that appears unattainable and unattainable and but we really feel her deeply, powerfully, an internal vacancy, ready to be stuffed. She is the witch, whose archetype has been polluted by time, the cursed one, the scapegoat for the horrors of the world. Black Moon Lilith is the ability of our magic after we focus our intention. Simply as Lilith stated: I lengthy to be made flesh, we too make our wishes manifest.
So, what about Selena? Selene was a moon goddess in mythology – maid, mom, crone, just like the fates of Clotho, Lachesis and Atropos with whom Selene was typically related. Out of curiosity, Lachesis is the one who offers us our guardian angel, or non secular information who will accompany us by life. Finding asteroid Lachesis in your start chart can provide you extra details about that. But when we return to Selene, she is in mythology, the moon, the guiding gentle by the darkish. There may be a variety of extra on her myths after all, however that is what I will be working with now.
If Lilith is what we are saying No to, then Selena is what we are saying Sure Disagreeable. She is the place we all know unquestionably that is the best way. She is the place the place we really feel blessed, the place we’ve contact with our guardian angels, the place we really feel protected. Black Moon Lilith, expelled from Paradise, was not protected. In lots of tales it’s stated that she introduced forth the horrors of the world. She was the mom of demons and assassin of human youngsters. There was nobody to sing her praises, raise her up or shield her legacy.
If Black Moon Lilith speaks of the descent of celestial forces into earthly manifestation, then maybe White Moon Selena, on the precise reverse degree of the actual Black Moon Lilith, represents the transmutation from materials to non secular. If Selena is the perigee of the moon, then the rationale we join along with her so instantly is as a result of she is nearer to us. We discover it simpler to embody her, simpler to narrate to, as a result of one way or the other she is extra like us then Black Moon Lilith. Now that Black Moon Lilith is so distant, so past our understanding, she turns into the creepy witch with a crooked nostril and a wild cackle, the Depraved Witch of the West. However now that Selena is so near us, she appears extra like the type previous girl who lives within the final home within the village. She is the one you quietly go to on Sunday afternoons after church, since you want a drink to tickle your beloved, treatment an sickness or drive away a little bit of unhealthy luck. Possibly Selena is the Good Witch of the North. If Black Moon Lilith is the ghost that haunts us, then maybe White Moon Selena is a fairy godmother, granting needs, one, two, three. Now click on your heels collectively.
Nevertheless, if we need to create an axis from these two, Black Moon Lilith and White Moon Selena are two sides of the identical coin, all regarding our moon expression, all regarding our emotional journey as souls. There may be magic in each, not darkish or gentle, however a impartial drive that adjustments relying on our intention. Despite the fact that we’ve phrases like black and white, darkish and lightweight to explain them, they aren’t merely polarities. Neither is totally unhealthy or good. Black Moon Lilith reveals us the place we have to honor ourselves for who we’re, even when everybody else lets us down. It’s straight linked to our manifestation magic. Keep in mind, she is aware of the identify of God! Within the shadows, White Moon Selena can have a tendency towards non secular bypassing if not embraced with readability and grounded consciousness.
So these are simply among the ideas I am considering round White Moon Selena. As I stated earlier than, I’d personally apply all these meanings to the extent precisely reverse to Black Moon Lilith’s true place on the chart, somewhat than to the h56 level, as a result of the latter is just not an actual level or physique in our materials universe. Nevertheless, I current these concepts cautiously, with consideration for different astrologers who could have completely different theories, practices, and experiences, and with the understanding that our self-discipline is continually evolving as we uncover extra concerning the heavens and ourselves.
