tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post4560766675170573868..comments2024-03-29T10:24:20.171+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: The moon in daylightBruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-37952745945313200652021-11-30T18:51:39.513+00:002021-11-30T18:51:39.513+00:00Yeah, the way the crescent moon is often drawn wou...Yeah, the way the crescent moon is often drawn would actually be more accurate if it was an eclipse rather than a crescent. The moon is always (other than during eclipse) lit on exactly one half, and so the boundary line between light and dark is always a circle, like a longitudinal line. The points of a crescent moon are always at the poles, on a line that bisects the moon, not nearly touching, as shown in that tarot card.<br /><br />It may seem inconsequential (or "artistic license" as I was once told--no, revoke that license!), but it is an example of how people tend to think of things one step removed, symbolically. If someone wanted to draw a crescent moon they could think about a sphere lit from a single point, or they could even just look up. But instead they draw a symbol that is meant to represent the moon, not depict it.Joehttp://m0k.ca/writing/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-63895867394404622762021-11-28T15:40:40.022+00:002021-11-28T15:40:40.022+00:00@Wm - Well, it is impossible, in the sense that if...@Wm - Well, it is impossible, in the sense that if the sun is above a thin-crescent moon then it would be broad daylight - and the crescent would be invisible. <br /><br />The moon depicted - https://www.tarot.com/tarot/cards/two-of-swords/rider - is an new moon (because the bright side is on the right); which is seen to the west just after the sun has set - so the sun is below the horizon with the curve pointing downward, at the sun. <br /><br />The thin-crescent new moon is in the sky for many hours before sunset, but not visible due to its being against a much brighter background. However... this being Tarot, and the depicted figure being esoterically blindfolded - perhaps what is invisible is some-how made visible?<br /><br />Or maybe it is meant to be a partial solar eclipse? The sun peeping above and around the obscuring moon? Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-37262867924246395332021-11-28T15:10:22.159+00:002021-11-28T15:10:22.159+00:00I was just thinking about this earlier today, by c...I was just thinking about this earlier today, by coincidence. The Rider-Waite Two of Swords features a crescent moon with the convex side up, and my first thought was that that was impossible — but then I realized I had forgotten the possibility of a daylight moon.Wm Jas Tychonievichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07446790072877463982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-6491420465198952942021-11-28T14:22:51.489+00:002021-11-28T14:22:51.489+00:00@Wm - Yes - a kind of astronomical pun, I suppose....@Wm - Yes - a kind of astronomical pun, I suppose. <br /><br />The sun is on the bright side of the moon, pointed at by a line at right angles (as it were): the convex curve of a crescent moon "points at" the sun. Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-21774336588235327592021-11-28T14:06:22.272+00:002021-11-28T14:06:22.272+00:00In fact, I think a “sunny side up” moon can *only*...In fact, I think a “sunny side up” moon can *only* be seen during the day.Wm Jas Tychonievichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07446790072877463982noreply@blogger.com