April’s Moon is called the Seed Moon. The equinox has already heralded the birth of spring, and the Earth
is taking the first steps in it’s new life. It is a time of beginnings. The world is born anew and is filled
with the fascination of the feeling of life that flows throughout its being. The child steps out into the
light and begins to regard every wondrous miracle in the world, without and within.
Today, the wrinkled sages of the hills and farmlands, the wise folk of the countryside, regard the
Seed Moon as it rises in its season. As they gaze at the beautiful silver-blue torch in the nighttime sky,
they quietly remember the tales of life, and the seeds of life the Moon both gives and protects.
Chinese Seed-Birds
China
Each child knows of the man in the Moon. According to Chinese legend, however, he did not always live
upon the Evening Star. He was once a greedy neighbor.
Once there were two neighbors. One was a kind and gentle man, beloved of both human and beast. The other
was a jealous, greedy man. So compassionate was the kind man that, when he found a bird with a
broken wing, he not only helped to mend the wing but also kept the bird under his care until it was
well enough to fly again.
When the bird was healed, the kind man released it to its home in the air. Greatful for the tender care, the
bird dropped a magic seed in the gentle man’s hand and told him to plant it. The man did as he was
instructed. When he did, a green vine sprung from the seed. It was large and beautiful and heavily laden
with ripe luscious fruit.
The kind man’s jealous neighbor heard the tale of the magical seed. Thinking that he too might prosper from
the bird’s magic, he went into the woods. Finding a bird, the greedy neighbor broke the creature’s
wing. He then cared for the creature until the wing was healed.
As with the good neighbor, this man was also rewarded with a seed and given instructions to plant it.
But the planted seed did not grow along the ground like a common vine. This magical growth grew straight
up into the air, farther than anyone could see.
The greedy neighbor, anxious to gain his reward from the magic vine, climbed straight up the vine into the
sky. When he reached the top, he found that he was standing upon the Moon and the vine had
disappeared behind him. This unfortunate soul can still be seen upon the face of he Moon.
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