selene
1st October 1971
![[Selene]](/imgs/astro/selene.il_570xn.469254639_6uwr.jpg)
| Hymn to Selene | Hymn to Selene |
| Muses, sweet-speaking daughters of Zeus Kronides and mistresses of song, sing next of long-winged Moon! From her immortal head a heaven-sent glow envelops the earth and great beauty arises under its radiance. From her golden crown the dim air is made to glitter as her rays turn night to noon, | The air, unlit before, glows with the light of her golden crown, and her rays beam clear, |
| whenever bright Selene, having bathed her beautiful skin in the Ocean, put on her shining rainment and harnessed her proud-necked and glittering steeds, swiftly drives them on as their manes play with the evening, dividing the months. | whensoever bright Selene having bathed her lovely body in the waters of Ocean, and donned her far-gleaming raiment, and yoked her strong-necked, shining team, drives on her long-maned horses at full speed, at eventime in the mid-month: |
| Her great orbit is full and as she waxes a most brilliant light appears in the sky. | then her great orbit is full and then her beams shine brightest as she increases. |
| Thus to mortals she is a sign and a token. | So she is a sure token and a sign to mortal men. |
![[Becky]](/imgs/bettie_page/portrait/2012-12-10-003.png)
![[Goddess Silhouted against Full Moon]](/imgs/portrait/screenshot_20170817_212326.png)
![[Selene]](/imgs/astro/moon.png)
Faery blessings -- celeste