On May 3, 2:46 pm, Ed Augusts <edaugu...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Breastfeeding and Motherhood are deeply involved with the Moon. Since
> ancient times, although Venus was reckoned the planet of femininity,
> the Moon has been the symbol of motherhood, the nurturing side of
> life, and infancy itself.
>
> And what a beautiful Moon THIS morning, a tiny waning crescent rising
> in the east around 5:00 a.m.! That means the New Moon is coming in
> just a day or two, eh? Why? Because the Moonrise preceded the
> Sunrise, that's why! In another day or two they'll be "together" and
> the power of their gravity, and whatever else is going on up there,
> will affect us more powerfully. Don't forget to plant those alfalfa
> sprouts or moon-maddened mushrooms or whatever else you're planting!
> Don't forget about the cycles of nature, lest nature forget about
> you! Come to think of it, that's what we've been TRYING to do, as a
> species, for thousands of years... to live outside nature and its
> cycles.. and how silly of humans to try to do so! The ancient
> religions certainly coordinated their rituals and practices with the
> cycles of nature.. and, this being the case, it may be good to know
> what the Moon is up to, no? What if the Moon was up to something and
> nobody clued you in about it? Did you know that I have the
>
> C U R R E N T M O O N I M A G E r i g h
> t o n m y s i t e ?
>
> YES!! If you ever want a quick answer to the Moon's daily
> disposition, go to the ASTRO-BIO page of my website, By special
> arrangement with the Cow that Jumped over the Moon, and (I think) the
> Federal Moon Observatory of Maui, which is perched precariously at the
> moon-most edge of the dormant volcano Haleakala, I have the
> astronomical information about the current moon! Actually, all I
> have is the MOST RUDIMENTARY lunar info, just a VISUAL of the CURRENT
> MOON! It isn't astrological but at least it's astronomical!
> Visiting my site to see it FOR FREE saves you a download from the
> capitalistic purveyors of this item, (if you 'click' on the moon-image
> that's what you get -- a sales promotion!). But now that you know
> that, you don't have to 'click' on it at all.
>
> And at my site you GET IT FREE, EVERY TIME, ANY TIME... Just visit:
[commercial web site advertisement snipped]
> which takes you to my BOOKS page, but
> instead of hangin' there, go to the right hand margin and 'click'
> onto the "ASTRO-BIO" page... it's right on top! Looking rather
> DARK right now because there's just a tiny little crescent, it looks
> terrific when it is nearly Full and you can see the craters and
> "seas!" Use it to "time" your crop plantings, any hopeful, at times
> pathetically silly RITUALS, possible fertility of livestock and
> lovers, best times to go fi****ng, the incoming tide on the Bay of
> Fundy, (which is a good thing to know if your toddlers are wading out
> in the mud, or you're clamming or building a boat), and so forth!
> -------Ed
Or, if you'd like to see the current lunar image without wading
through Edvins' commercial web site, just click here:
http://aa.usno.navy.mil/idltemp/current_moon.php
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"Above all other thins, I am a writer." -- Edvins Augusts
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