21 days: Moons, Mothers

Looking at my Luna Press Calendar, I noticed something startling.

November 5th, World Premiere day of Migritude I: The Mother, is a full moon (very auspicious in Indian tradition).

Dec 1st, the evening of our San Francisco show at the ODC Theater, is rising moon at perigee (when moon is closest to earth).

Both days, the moon is transiting Taurus, my mother's birth sign.

My mother's name, Chandrika, means Moonlight. She's always had a special relationship to the full moon. When I was growing up, we went for drives on full moon nights to watch it rise over the Great Rift Valley. One of the most powerful dreams I've ever had involves the full moon and the Rift Valley.

A friend of mine, powerhouse supporter of my work, sent me an email this morning. She said:

I need at least ten mothers. And when that fails, there is always garlic! Garlic is as good as ten mothers. (a film title, by Les Blank)

The moon is definitely one of Migritude's mothers.