The Moon (when it is visible) is the second brightest
object in
Earth's
sky, and, thus, to the
ancients represented the second most powerful
planet in
astrology. The Moon
reflects light from the sun, and undergoes a cycle of
lunation from
full to
gibbous to
half to
crescent to
new and back again. The Moon represents an individual's
unconscious self.
The Moon was most frequently associated with goddesses rather than gods: Diana, Artemis and Selene were all Moon goddesses.