In Europe generally and in tribal societies in early Europe such as teh Goths, the Celts, the Vandals etc, and certainly in the German language at least today the Sun *is* female ("die Sonne") and the Moon is male ("der Mond"). Darkness is seen as male and light as female.Patrick Booker said:I recently listened to an online interview with Patrick Valenza, in which he stated that the Deviant Moon Tarot was lunar and male. He added that the new deck he is working on will be solar and female. Not something he planned, but the way they emerged through his imagination, as I understood him. I would guess users generally develop a sense of a deck's personality.
In older Finnish culture this certainly is so. There is also the Sun Maiden (Päivätär) and the Moon Maiden (Kuutar) who act as helpers of the actual celestial bodies and both are female.nisaba said:In Europe generally and in tribal societies in early Europe such as teh Goths, the Celts, the Vandals etc, and certainly in the German language at least today the Sun *is* female ("die Sonne") and the Moon is male ("der Mond"). Darkness is seen as male and light as female.
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