(Moon)

The moon represents the mind and the Sun, the intellect. Both must be balanced in a disciplined man; it should not be one or the other, emotion or intelligence, but, emotion held back by intelligence. Then you will accept bravely whatever happens-fame or shame. (SSS Vol.7, p. 407)

The moon is the presiding deity of the mind; it must shine cool and comforting, eternally, in fullness, in the Hridayam akasha, the inner firmament. The external material moon waxes and wanes but the mind should be trained to stand up against modifications and moods. The internal moon has no marks on it; it is ever full, it is always Pournami for the victorious Sadhaka. (SSS Vol.2, p. 210)

Moon is the presiding deity of the mind. Before Rama lifted the Shiva’s bow in the court of King Janaka, Sita’s mind was not at peace. When Sita went to Ayodhya after her marriage with Rama, one day she confided to Him how the moon of her mind was clouded before Rama lifted the Sivs’s bow. Rama then told Sita that at time of His birth, thick clouds covered the moon; So, it could not have His Darshan at the time of His birth. Rama then promised to the moon that He would add Chandra (moon) to His name to make it happy. Rama further told that in His next incarnation in Dwapara Yuga, the moon would be the first to have the Darshan of the Lord and to pay salutations to Him. True to His words spoken by Lord Ramachandra, the moon had the good fortune of having the first Darshan of Shri Krishna when His father Vasudeva was carrying Him across the river Yamuna. Thus the moon was the first to do Namaskar to the Lord in His incarnation as Krishna. (SSB 2002, pp. 8-9)