Tuesday 7th April
Today we see the Moon at its furthest point from the Earth, known as apogee, a moment that brings a sense of lightness and expansion to the forces streaming towards the Earth, gently overruling the Moon’s passage through Scorpio constellation and making the morning especially favourable for tending to flowers. The Moon is tidally locked to the Earth, meaning we always see the same face turned towards us, while the far side remains hidden from view. At this time, Artemis II is journeying around that unseen side of the Moon before returning to Earth, and so as we look up, we might hold the quiet awareness that human beings are moving within that same cosmic space, an incredible feat that we have already begun to take for granted. I hope that we do not reduce the heavens to mere resource or commodity, but meet them instead with reverence, humility, and a renewed sense of our place within the living cosmos.
