I just lately did my second month-to-month Q&A with my patrons and one of many questions was about White Moon Selena. Right here is the query:-
Are you able to please clarify White Moon Selene? Do you suppose it will be significant 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 which means of the White Moon Selena, it’s obligatory to speak about some technical calculation points. On the Swiss ephemeris for this merchandise (h56) it says:-
This can be a ‘hypothetical’ second Earth Moon (or a 3rd, after the “Black Moon”) of unclear provenance. Many Russian astrologers use it. Its distance from the Earth is greater than 20 instances the gap to the Moon, and it orbits the Earth in 7 years. Its orbit is an ideal, undisturbed circle. In fact, the bodily existence of such a physique isn’t potential. The gravity of the Solar, Earth, and Moon would enormously affect its orbit.
So the very first thing I did, not having used this level earlier than, was to calculate Selena alone chart utilizing photo voltaic hearth astrology software program. As you’ll be able to see right here, it’s at 21 levels of Taurus. If I needed to do the identical calculation on Astro.com, I must use h56 within the extra object tables.
Now, this is the issue. In fashionable astrology, particularly in the previous few years, the White Moon Selena has been stated to be the perigee of the Moon. Let us take a look at it first so we perceive what it means – and for this I’ve to speak about Black Moon Lilith.
So, as you’ll be able to see from this picture above, the Moon’s orbit across the Earth isn’t an ideal circle. As a substitute, it’s an ellipse. If it had been an ideal circle, then the middle of the Earth can be the purpose of gravity round which the Moon would orbit. However an ellipse has two gravitational factors or foci. One in all these factors of gravity is contained in the Earth and the opposite is in house. That gravitational level in house is Black Moon Lilith. Maintain that thought.
Now, as a result of the Moon has an elliptical orbit, typically it’s far-off from Earth – which is known as apogee and typically it’s nearer to Earth, which is perigee. If on Earth we glance in direction of the apogee of the Moon, our technical line of sight would go proper by the purpose of gravity I talked about above. So to be clear, from our vantage level on Earth, Black Moon Lilith is the second heart of gravity within the Moon’s orbit and the apogee of the moon. We base our interpretation of Black Moon Lilith on these astronomical info in addition to in fact the story of Lilith who was Adam’s first spouse.
So the place does the 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’ll be able to see above, it’s nowhere close to Black Moon Lilith’s opposition. If White Moon Selena is the perigee of the moon, then it ought to technically be someplace reverse Black Moon Lilith. However right here you’ll be able to see that Selena, this hypothetical Moon, is nowhere close to the perigee of the actual Moon’s orbit. So all of the interpretations that I may have considered concerning the H56 White Moon Selena simply fell aside beneath scrutiny as a result of it is not related. It’s merely a hypothetical level that has no foundation in actuality, as famous by the Swiss Ephemeris paperwork.
But when I apply the whole lot stated about White Moon Selena to precise perigee of the Moon, it makes rather more sense to me and is an enlightening and thrilling distinction story to 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 one can find Selena, within the reverse diploma of true (not imply) Black Moon Lilith.
Once I requested my astrologer pals about all this, my fellow astrologer Lynn Hayes referred me to an article by Richard Nolle. It intrigues me that we each independently got here to an identical conclusion that the archetypal story of Selena is extra in line with the purpose reverse true Black Moon Lilith than with the hypothetical White Moon Selena (h56) level that everybody generally makes use of. The truth is, Nolle then continues with the concept that the purpose reverse Black Moon Lilith ought to actually be known as Eva, so there we’ve one other path to discover! And I have not even talked about that in continental Europe there are some astrologers who take into account the perigee, the purpose reverse the Black Moon Lilith, to be Priapus, a lusty god of fertility. Okay, so now we’ve it extra prospects of the best way to discover Lilith’s shadow/reverse/counterpart. Maybe they’re all proper, layers of interpretation create a 3D rounded picture.
So that is the dilemma surrounding White Moon Selena (h56) and it is going to be as much as private desire as to which level individuals use to discover this story – both h56 or the diploma reverse true Black Moon Lilith ie. Perigee of the Moon. My desire is for the latter, as I’m uncomfortable utilizing a hypothetical moon that may haven’t any foundation in actuality. However others could really feel adjusted symbolic which means and motion of this level and I can’t argue with it.
I need to additionally say that there’s at all times some room for error in any calculation of lunar altitude and perigee, because the Solar’s gravitational pull on the Moon’s orbit will trigger disturbances. However nonetheless, the diploma reverse Black Moon Lilith is way nearer to perigee than Selena H56. You too can calculate perigee on Astro.com utilizing h22. It will not be precisely reverse Black Moon Lilith except considered one of them is conjunct or squared by the Solar, however nonetheless it could be price enjoying with the thought as nicely.
So, technicalities out of the way in which (my head continues to be spinning!), how can we play with this imagery, historical past and symbolism to higher perceive White Moon Selena? Whereas I’m outdated pals with Black Moon Lilith as she is direct with the Solar in my natal chart, White Moon Selena is a brand new character on my archetype scene. Listed here are the concepts I am pondering of, beginning first with my acquainted darkish goddess earlier than shifting to the sunshine.
As Black Moon Lilith is on the Moon’s apogee, far, far-off from Earth, we sense her, a gravitational pull from house, a tug deep inside. However we won’t see her. She is a wraith, an insubstantial factor that was as soon as made flesh and allowed into Paradise to be with Adam. However Adam didn’t deal with her nicely. Adam thought he was higher than her. So Lilith, who was so highly effective that she knew God’s title, stated no! No, I can’t be submissive! She left the Backyard of Eden and for her audacity, for her insolence, Lilith has been demonized ever since, simply because the divine female and the earthly female have been all through historical past.
Black Moon Lilith’s place exhibits the place we’ve monumental inventive potential, however she can also be the place we really feel demonized, the place we really feel unacceptable. She is the one we are saying no to, the place we refuse to be mistreated and but typically expertise poor remedy. She is the a part of us that appears unreachable and out of contact, and but we really feel her deeply, powerfully, an inside void ready to be crammed. She is the witch whose archetype has been tainted by time, the damned, the scapegoat for the world’s horrors. Black Moon Lilith is the facility of our magick after we focus our intention. Like Lilith stated, I wish to be made flesh, we additionally make our needs manifest.
So what about Selena? Selene in mythology was a moon goddess – maid, mom, companion, just like the Fates Clotho, Lachesis and Atropos, with whom Selene was typically related. Of curiosity, Lachesis is the one who offers us our guardian angel or spirit information who will accompany us by life. Finding the asteroid Lachesis in your start chart may give you extra details about it. However going again to Selene, in mythology she is the Moon, the guiding mild by the darkness. There may be a lot extra to her mythos in fact, however that is what I wish to work on proper now.
If Lilith is what we are saying none to, then Selena is what we are saying Sure to. She is there, we all know it certainly that is the way in which. She is the place we really feel blessed, the place we’re in touch with our guardian angel, the place we really feel protected. Black Moon Lilith, pushed out of Paradise, was not protected. In lots of tales it’s stated that she gave start to the horrors of the world. She was the mom of demons and assassin of human youngsters. There was nobody there to sing her praises, elevate her up, or shield her legacy.
If the Black Moon Lilith speaks of the descent of heavenly forces into earthly manifestation, then the White Moon Selena maybe represents to the precise reverse diploma of true Black Moon Lilith the transformation of fabric into religious. If Selena is the perigee of the Moon, then the explanation we join together with her so instantly is as a result of she is nearer to us. We discover her simpler to embody, simpler to narrate to, as a result of by some means she is extra like us than Black Moon Lilith. With Black Moon Lilith so far-off, so past our understanding, she turns into the terrifying witch with the crooked nostril and wild cackle, the Depraved Witch of the West. However with Selena so near us, she’s extra like the type outdated lady who lives within the final home of the village. She’s the one you go to quietly after church on Sunday afternoon since you want just a little potion to tickle your lover or treatment an sickness or attraction some unhealthy luck away. Maybe Selena is the Good Witch of the North. If Black Moon Lilith is the ghost that haunts us, then White Moon Selena could be a fairy godmother who grants needs, one, two, three. Now click on your heels collectively.
Nonetheless, if we’re to create an axis from these two, Black Moon Lilith and White Moon Selena are two sides of the identical coin, all associated to our lunar expressions, all connecting our emotional journey as souls. There may be magic certain in them each, not darkish or mild, however a impartial pressure that shifts relying on our intent. Though we’ve phrases like black and white, darkish and lightweight to explain them, they don’t seem to be merely polarities. Neither is totally unhealthy or good. Black Moon Lilith exhibits us the place to honor ourselves for who we’re, even when everybody else abandons us. She is immediately related to our manifestation magic. Bear in mind, she is aware of God’s title! In shadow, White Moon Selena can veer towards religious bypass if not embraced with readability and grounded consciousness.
So these are just a few ideas I’ve about White Moon Selena. As I stated earlier, I might personally apply all these meanings to the diploma precisely reverse Black Moon Lilith’s true place within the chart relatively than the h56 level as a result of the latter isn’t an actual level or physique in our materials universe. However I current these concepts cautiously, with consideration for different astrologers who could have completely different theories, practices, and experiences, and with the information that our self-discipline is consistently evolving as we uncover extra concerning the heavens and ourselves.