Sun, Moon, Stars
Published on Nov 20, 2015
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the worship of stars and other heavenly bodies as deities, or the association of deities with heavenly bodies
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"To lose your mother, well, that is like losing the sun above you" (p141)
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Surya
Hindu Sun God
STARS IN CHRISTIANITY
four-pointed star
- Star of Bethlehem/natal star
- Jesus' birth and purpose
- Church decoration
- Advent and Christmas seasons
five-pointed star
- Star of Bethlehem
- Shaped like a human being
- Jesus' incarnation
Pagan Pentagram
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six-pointed star
- Creator's star
- Six days of creation
- Power, wisdom, majesty
- Love, mercy, and justice
- Star of David - modern day Israel
seven-pointed star
Seven gifts of the Spirit
Moon in Islam
new moon
- First phase of the moon
- New beginnings
- Fresh starts
- New experiences
“Darkness came. There was no moon. Clouds hid the stars. The contours of things became hard to distinguish. Everything disappeared, the sea, the lifeboat, my own body” (p131).
crescent moon
- Known as Hilal
- Start and end of Islamic months
- Precise time
- Pi counts the days lost at sea
- Estimates the date of his mother's birthday
“The moon was a sharply defined crescent and the sky was perfectly clear”
“No! No! No! My suffering does matter. I want to live!” (p196)
“The poor lost soul
had arrived on the
terrible shores before me” (p313)
Photo by Paolo Margari
