Cicero - Self Initiation into the Golden Dawn Tradition_Part 01

The Theoricus Grade 287
full Moon, he was said to correspond to a gelded bull. As the crescent
Moon, Khonsu shined his heavenly Light so that all female
creatures would become fertile and conceive. He was thus the
source of generation and reproduction. The god is sometimes portrayed
with a hawk's head, buthe is usually represented swathed
in mummy cloth like Osiris and holding the scepters of crook,
scourge, phoenix and djed. His head is shaven except for the
heavy tress of a royal child on one side. He also wears a skullcap
surmounted by a disk in a crescent Moon. Later he became
known as an exorcist and a healer.
AAH-DJEHUTI: A form of the Egyptian god Thoth who was
revered as a Moon god. He is the measurer of the seasons and the
calculator of the different phases of the Moon. In the narrowest
sense, this god symbolizes the new Moon (since Lunar calculations
are based on the new Moon) but in truth he represents the
Moon in all its phases. Aah-Djehuti is portrayed as a humanheaded
figure wrapped in mummy cloth holding the ankh, the
djed, the crook, the scourge and the phoenix wand. He has the Khonsu
crescent and disk on his head, in addition to a lock of hair symbolic of youth. His
head has two faces which represent the waxing and waning of the Moon.
Other Egyptian Deities associated with the Moon include the Great Mother goddess
ISIS and the goddess QETESH.
ARTEMIS (equivalent to the Roman Diana): At first a Greek Moon goddess associated
with Lunar light and the crescent Moon, (waning and waxing) she was later
known as the goddess of the hunt and protectress of women who assisted in childbirth.
Artemis is the goddess of untamed nature, "Lady of the Beasts." Fundamental
to the worship of this goddess were vivacious dances and the Sacred Bough,
which was probably derived from worship of the ancient Moon tree, considered a
source of knowledge and immortality. At times she is
depicted having many breasts, a reference to her powers of
fertility. At other times she is depicted flanked by lions,
dancing with a stag, or holding a slain deer in each hand.
SELENE (equivalent to the Roman Luna): The primary
Greek goddess of the Moon, sister of Helios, the Sun. Particularly
associated with the Full Moon, she was also called
Mene, and her bright crown illuminated the dark night.
Every evening, after the journey of Helios across the sky,
Selene began her own excursion after bathing in the ocean.
Then the broad-winged goddess would dress in fine robes
and fly across the sky in a chariot drawn by radiant steeds
or oxen. In early depictions, she is shown as a cow with the
ancient horns of consecration-the crescent Moon. Selene
is sometimes shown mounted on a horse, a bull or a mule.
Artemis