WAXING AND WANING
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Moon and XXVII Wives Picture Courtesy: Photo by Brittani Burns on Unsplash The concept of constellations in the Hindu religion is the most important and illustrative concept which explains a lot about other factors. The Chandra (Moon) has 27 wives [27 Nakshatras (constellations)]. According to Hindu astrology & mythological references, Daksha Prajapati had created these 27 wives of the moon and are called daughters of Kashyap. The famous spiel says that the Moon was much biased towards Rohini (one out of 27 Nakshatras). She was his favorite wife & he spent a lot of time with her. That resulted in ignorance for the rest of them. Daksha Prajapati had lost his calm by this bias & hence cursed the Moon that he will slowly perish & lose all his splendour. Basically, in other words he'll lose the shine and glory that he radiates all the time. Moon got utterly shocked by this because that was the ultimate attribute for him. Later on, Moon along with his wife ...