Good Morning Readers:
What a beautiful Spring day we are having here in the Midwest.Growing up in the Midwest we all knew the fickle nature of Spring, which makes these warm days even more precious to us. I also grew up outside of the Pine Ridge Reservation, so my grandparents combined the lore of the area with those of the old country. We came from the Gypsies of Bohemia and the cold lands of Odin. Each tradition melding into a whole, rich in tradition and practicality. For the Sioux tribes, March is the "Moon When Eyes Are Sore from Bright Snow." This was the time when the warmth of the days melted the snow crust bit by bit each day refreezing at night. The beauty of the trees and drifts after these melting periods is indescribable. The trees sport sparkling lights each morning as the sun shines brightly through the fresh melted snow. The brilliance of Early Spring hurting our eyes after the long dark winter. Today the moon phase is a Waxing Gibbous. Today the moon will be void of course until 7:30 pm when the moon enters into Sagittarius. Sagittarius brings with it energy and a need for movement. Take a moment today to get out and enjoy the Spring weather today and stretch your legs.
Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves." Chief Seattle 1854 |
The Moon when Eyes are Sore from Bright Snow:
SONGS OF THE SIOUX.
I stood by the swelling river
One day in early spring,
When the banks with murky watera
Were teeming to the brim —
The grinding, ice flotilla
Was a the mody supreme,
While in the headlong torrent
Awakening life was seen.
Again, when summer's glory
Illumed the bending sky,
I sought the dappling shadows
Where the river murmured by;
The grimy flood had vanished.
My eyes beheld before.
And an anthem of bursting gladness
The dimpling current bore.
One day in early spring,
When the banks with murky watera
Were teeming to the brim —
The grinding, ice flotilla
Was a the mody supreme,
While in the headlong torrent
Awakening life was seen.
Again, when summer's glory
Illumed the bending sky,
I sought the dappling shadows
Where the river murmured by;
The grimy flood had vanished.
My eyes beheld before.
And an anthem of bursting gladness
The dimpling current bore.
Waxing Gibbous
Looking in particular at the astronomical practices and beliefs of the Oglala, Hunkpapu, and other Lakota bands. It can be shown that despite what some anthropologists have proclaimed about living 'timelessly', the Lakota did pay attention to the heavens, and they did have means of preserving what they observed.The problem was that Western astronomers simply didn't look closely enough at the Lakota religion. Other societies use star-watching as a form of utilitarian time-keeping, a purely "secular" (literally) pursuit. The problem was that ceremonies like the Sun Dance, Sweat Lodge, and Sacred Pipe contained cosmological knowledge, but ethno-astronomers left study of those rituals to scholars of religion. They didn't realize that the Lakota were the descendants of the "vanished" cultures that created the Plains Medicine Wheels. They spent too much time hunting for alignments and not enough time collecting legends. They didn't understand that some of the adornments on Lakota costumes and artefacts were astronomical because they didn't look "like stars," and they never really asked anyone about their museum collections.Research with the Lakota should teach us that nomadic hunting societies do not ignore the heavens, either. Like many other societies on the move, the Lakota used the stars as a guidepost for when to move on from place to place in the Black Hills. Ethno-astronomers seem to have a biased belief that only people who stay in one place bother to stretch their heads out and look up at the sky. But for wandering peoples, the heavens literally may have laid out a "map" of their migrations. Other forms of religious pilgrimage should be studied in this light. The Lakota were probably not the only race who chose to mimic the movements of the stars above by their migrations below.
Moon in Saggittarius:
Sagittarius Moon is happy-go-lucky and free-spirited… as long as they aren't cooped up. They need space and personal freedom to be happy. They love to be physically active. Travel, sports, socializing… it doesn't matter what it is as long as it is active. They love open spaces, indoors and out. Optimistic and cheerful, A Sagittarius Moon is always upbeat with a natural charm which allows for forgiveness of a multitude of sins.
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