Apollo and Artemis

[sdi]

It occurs to me that our NASA Moon programs match the geomantic figures of their mythological namesakes. The Apollo program is Fortuna Minor, a figure of the Sun denoting swift-but-ephemeral-success; while the Artemis program is Via, a figure of the Moon denoting growth-for-growth's-sake (with completion always deferred somewhere in the future).

Comments

[thinking_turtle]

Thanks, interesting links. Another aspect of Apollo is the herdsman, who beguiles the flock with music. Beguiling is also the meaning of the Moon (the 18th major arcana) in the Tarot. There are synchronicities everywhere!

[k_a_nitz]

And they used Saturn rockets on the Apollo program.

Interesting too that the Space Shuttles received fairly humdrum names - no gods or demigods - like a turning away from the western heritage.