This is a slightly simplified definition of Lilith, since, actually, the Moon and the Earth both move around their common centre of gravity, and the path of the Moon is not a neat ellipse, but a rather wobbly affair. One must distinguish between the mean orbit of the Moon, which is a slowly elongating ellipse, and the actual orbit, which vaccilates around the mean path, due to interference of various kinds. Just as there a mean and a true Lunar Node, so there is a mean and a true ellipse and a mean and a true Lilith. Lilith plays an important role in the world of astrology.
It is true in inverted commas, because the Moons Node is only true about twice per month, when the Moon is actually on it, for the rest of the time, it is as untrue as the mean Node. In fact, when working with a point so close to the Earth, one should also take the great parallax into consideration, i.e. consider, from which point on the Earth one is actually looking at a point in the heavens. Astrology observes the Lilith geocentrically, as if Lilith from the Earths centre, and not topocentrically, from the actual place of the observer. The Lilith has also been defined as the apogee of the Moons orbit, or that point in the orbit farthest from the Earth. Both these points, the apogee and the second focal point, lie on the long axis of the orbital ellipse, the line of apsides.
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The figure of Lilith represents one of the aspects of the Great Goddess. In ancient Babylon, she was worshipped as Lilitu, Ischtar or Lamaschtu. Jewish mythology already puts her into darker realms an evil Demon of the night, a fitting mate for Satan, lying in wait for men, and killing children. The Lilith travels along an elliptical path around the Earth. An ellipse has two focal points, and the other focal point, not occupied by the Earth has been called the Dark Moon, the Black Moon or Lilith.
The figure of Lilith represents one of the aspects of the Great Goddess. In ancient Babylon, she was worshipped as Lilitu, Ischtar or Lamaschtu. Jewish mythology already puts her into darker realms an evil Demon of the night, a fitting mate for Satan, lying in wait for men, and killing children. The Lilith travels along an elliptical path around the Earth. An ellipse has two focal points, and the other focal point, not occupied by the Earth has been called the Dark Moon, the Black Moon or Lilith.
