Mythological Story about waxing & waning of Moon’s
In Vedic times, the sky was divided into 27 parts. These were occupied by stars who were goddesses known as Nakshatras. These were the daughters of Daksha Prajapati and he gave them all in marriage to Chandra.
Chandra, however, preferred only the Nakshatra called Rohini and he spent so much time with her that the other neglected wives, her sisters, complained to their father.
Enraged, Daksha cursed Chandra that he would suffer from the wasting disease. Instantly, the Moon began to disappear. Not knowing what to do, Chandra prayed to Shiva who placed the wasting Chandra on his head. Instantly, Chandra started to wax again.
From that day, Shiva came to be known as Soma-shekhara, one who had saved the wasted (crescent) Moon by placing him on his head.
Daksha then decreed that Chandra would have to spend one day with each of his 27 wives. As a result, Chandra began to wax every day as he approached Rohini’s house and wanes everyday as he moved away from her.
On new Moon nights, when he is not seen, it is considered as he was with no wife. The sisters once again complained that their husband was showing his most handsome form only to his favourite Rohini; so frustrated Prajapati Daksha decreed that the sky would keep moving in opposite direction of Moons. Hence today, on full Moon days, the Moon is in different houses, not just in the house of Rohini.
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