Significance of the Moon in Ancient Civilizations

by Radhakrishnan. P | 2017 | 51,158 words

This study analyzes the Significance of the Moon in Ancient Civilizations and it’s contribution to modern astrology. This thesis also aims at integrated scientific explanations on New and Full Moon and their influence of Geo-physical phenomena and also analyzes how significant a role the moon plays in keeping the life on earth. Astrology is the or...

2. Inception of Civilizations

The great civilizations had been distinguished Moon as the most adjacent brightest object of the sky. It formed the part of Astrological belief that locational manifestations and routine changes of moon influence the living organism from time to time. The exact period about the discovery of moon is not recorded in the history. About 7000 years ago, the first civilization derived from the fertile land of Mesopotamia known as ‘Fertile Crescent’ is having resemblance to the hemispherical moon. Mesopotamians contemplated Moon as the God, fixing the name Nanna—the illuminator of primeval darkness and cosmic pointer of time, as contemplation of eternity shaping the meaning of life with ups and downs similar to waxing and waning of moon. The moon was never actually discovered and that always has existed lives before. Currently, the team of research scientists belongs to University of California in Los Angeles assume that the moon formed more than 4.5 million years ago as against the previous estimates ranged from 100 to 200 million years after formation of solar system. Modern research renders advanced inferences about evolution of earth and solar system as a result of Apollo missions.[1] The lunar astrology gets new dimensional information from the modern Astronomy enabling the former to update several aspects.

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ABC Online News dated: 11th January 2017.

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