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The Sun, the Moon and the Planets: meaning

The Sun: represents the essence of
your self, your will, your individuality, your vitality and your desire
for power. More than any other planet, it represents who you are. It
also symbolizes man in general.

The Moon: represents your emotions, your subconscious, your instincts, your habits and your memory. It also represents women in general.

Mercury: symbolizes your communication style, your reasoning skills, and the way you think.

Venus: represents the areas of your life concerned with love, seduction, beauty, material goods and the arts.

Mars: is the planet of desire and aggression. It represents
your physical energy, your combativeness, your spirit of enterprise and
your courage.

Jupiter: is the planet of expansion and good fortune. It
represents growth, prosperity, abundance, wisdom, generosity and higher
consciousness. Jupiter’s position in the sky map indicates where you are
lucky.

Saturn: represents limitation, restriction, prudence,
organization, endurance and discipline. It tells you where you have to
deal with your fears – and also where you have ambition.

Uranus: represents originality, independence, spirit of rebellion, inventiveness, insight and all that is not foreseen.

Neptune: represents spirituality, dreams, psychic abilities, intuition, disintegration, compassion, self-sacrifice, deceit and illusion.

Pluto: represents elimination, destruction, regeneration, renewal and transformation.

Moon Phases & Symbolism

🌑
New Moon: beginnings,changes, hope, renewal, setting intentions
(perfect for spells, fresh starts, new relationships and projects).

🌘 Crescent Moon: transitions, momentum, taking actions, setting goals.

🌗 First Quarter Moon: growth, effort, self-expression, manifestation.

🌖 Gibbous Moon: evaluation, observance, meditation.

🌕 Full Moon: clarity, intuition, insight, wisdom.

🌔 Disseminating Moon: peak of intentions, reaping what you sow, the climax.

🌓 Last Quarter Moon: release, letting go, eliminating bad habits and toxic people, destruction.

🌘 Balsamic Moon: reflection, relaxation, meditation, recovery.

The sun illuminates, individualizes, or blinds what it touches.
The moon deepens, submits to, or adopts what it touches.
Mercury tricks, enlightens, or manages what it touches.
Venus beautifies, arouses, or seduces what it touches.
Mars ignites, brutalizes, or compels what it touches.
Jupiter inflates, dumbfounds, or intoxicates what it touches.
Saturn constricts, fortifies, or coaches what it touches.
Uranus electrifies, personalizes, or disturbs what it touches.
Neptune submerges, softens, or conceals what it touches.
Pluto destroys, exposes, or controls what it touches.

Moon Garden

A
moon garden is a garden specifically designed to be enjoyed by the
light of the moon at night. It is typically planted with flowers and
plants that are at their best after the sun has set. Some have blooms
that only open at night, some release their fragrance into the cool
night air and others simply have lovely silver foliage and white flowers
that glow softly in the moonlight. Plants that resonate with the energy
of the moon are also welcome in a moon garden, although they usually
meet the other criteria as well.

A moon garden is a wonderful idea for night owls, for people who work
long hours during the day and only get to enjoy their gardens at night,
and, of course, for moon-worshipers!


Design Elements
To fully enjoy your moon garden, you will want a comfortable bench or
perhaps a wooden swing to rest on in the cool of the evening.

The sound of a waterfall trickling through your plantings will provide a soothing backdrop to your evening meditation.

Consider adding a few (but not too many) glow-in-the dark garden
decor pieces to help you navigate your way through the garden in the
darkness and also to add a bit of magical flare. Consider creating
stepping stones with glow in the dark pebbles or solar mason jars along
your path to light your way.


Suggested Plants
Please note that many of these plants are poisonous and some are
invasive. It is up to you to decide whether and where to plant them and
to manage them responsibly. Please read the individual plant’s page
carefully and do further research from other sources before purchasing
and planting any of these.

Flowers that Open at Night:
Evening Primrose, Night-blooming Cereus, Night Phlox “Midnight
Candy”, moonflower, Night-blooming Day lily “Moon Frolic” or “Toltec
Sundail”, Night-blooming Water Lily, Night Gladiolus, Casablanca Lily,
Nottingham Catchfly, Four O’Clock, Dragon Fruit, Dutchman’s Pipe cactus, Night-blooming jasmine, Angel’s trumpet, Evening
Stock, Nicotiana/ Flowering tobacco.

Flowers that Smell Their Best at Night:
Night Phlox, Night Blooming Jasmine, Evening Stock, Four O’Clock,
August Lily, Moonflower, Tuberose, Garden Heliotrope, Mock Orange,
Honeysuckle.

Plants that Look Great in the Moonlight:
Yucca, Lily of the valley, Magnolia, Dogwood, Lamb’s ear, Sage.

Plants that resonate with lunar energy:
Alder, Evening Primrose, Lemon, Maple, Marsh mallow, Monarda, Mugwort, Poppy, Rosemary, Water Lily.

And the full moon, herself, is a flower in full bloom about to experience loss. Every month she grows in shininess until she is full and then lets go of that light. Does the moon trust that the light will return? Has millions of years of these 28 day cycles taught her something?

Dori Midnight