Should the moon have a name?

[C1ay]

Mars has Phobos and Deimos.

Jupiter has Metis, Adrastea, Amalthea, Thebe, Io, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto, Leda, Himalia, Lysithea, Elara, Ananke, Carme, Pasiphae, Sinope and more.

Saturn has Pan, Atlas, Prometheus, Pandora, Epimetheus, Janus, Mimas, Enceladus, Tethys, Telesto, Calypso, Dione, Helene, Rhea, Titan, Hyperion, Iapetus, Phoebe and more.

Uranus has Cordelia, Ophelia, Bianca, Cressida, Desdemona, Juliet, Portia, Rosalind, Belinda, Puck, Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, Oberon, Caliban, Sycorax, Prospero, Setebos, Stephano, and Trinculo.

Neptune has Naiad, Thalassa, Despina, Galatea, Larissa, Proteus, Triton and Nereid.

And even Pluto has Charon, S/2005 P1 and S/2005 P2 yet....

Earth has only "the moon". Should we at least give it a name?

[Zilali]

Barry

[CraigD]

Originally Posted by C1ay

... Earth has only "the moon". Should we at least give it a name?

It already has a few good Greek goddess names, with good Greek goddess histories & family trees – Selene, Cynthia, & maybe Artemis, though one could argue that all 3 names are referring to the same goddess. She’s still a perfectly good goddess. Appropriately enough, she and Helios, god of the Sun, are sister and brother, and titans, the big, old, pre-Olympian type of gods. Their Latinized names are Luna (or maybe Diana) and Sol, the usual astronomical names for the 2 bodies.

[Racoon]

I had no idea of all the moon's names across our solar system Clay!
I should memorize that list.

Isn't Moon a name in and of itself? "Moon". the Moon ?
Cuz' English can be tricky with wordings, and double meanings.

Great mention by the by....
The same could be said of "Sun". we call it Sun, but shouldn't we name it like the star it really is??

[orbsycli]

the moon intertwines her transmission within us all
once deceiphered;
Orbsycli
is the name
she truly desires.

[Boerseun]

The sun's name is Sol, as far as I know, and we've been referring to the moon as 'Luna' for a while now. "Solar" and "Lunar" exploration, etc.

But I prefer George.

[orbsycli]

Have any of you ever talked to the moon?

you WILL receive a transmission not in the form of language.

[Boerseun]

Originally Posted by orbsycli

Have any of you ever talked to the moon?

The chems, Orby, the chems!

Gotta lay off the chems!

[orbsycli]

oh boerseun, yes our lifestyles definitely clash in contrast
but seriously now
the moon is a very symbolic and spiritual object.
hell, it shows everything under true light, shows us what things really are!
havnt you seen all of the supermarkets dead in the night?
everybody ran inside to sleep,
and everything is still.

with that said, i believe the moons energy can be harnessed in thought.
and O it may feel like we are connecting, me and luna
but im just standing in the wade pool
feeling her breathe back and forth against the coast

Mr. Boerseun, most of my antics are metaphorical.
made with imagination FOR the imagination.

I do not TRULY speak to the moon,
only on full moon nights.
I have my rituals, as im sure you have yours.

Back on track+
im in tune with the universe!
i buzz and hum just like everything else
if i believe i can feel the moon
i can.

Everytime i look up at her i imagine something different.

The metaphorical transmission receieved bounces around my poet corridors
until i end up HERE
to spit jazz
all over the moon thread.

Name it orbsycli
NOT AFTER ME
but because Orbsycli was intended for patience

[C1ay]

Originally Posted by Boerseun

The sun's name is Sol, as far as I know, and we've been referring to the moon as 'Luna' for a while now. "Solar" and "Lunar" exploration, etc.

But I prefer George.

Ah yes, but we still simply refer to it as "the moon". It seems so bland for the neighbor our lives depend on.