The Moon & The Sun which is Male and Which is Female?

Answer 1

It depends on which region you are in, and which century.

Because most written records only go back about 5,000 or so, by which time matriarchal societies were on the wane, many of the accounts of gods were slowly being re-written from a male perspective.

This is because the sun and moon were classified hierarchal. The sun, being the brightest and closest star, was given precedence over the diminished, but no less inspiring, presence of the moon. Thus, the religions that were matriarchal first had a woman as a sun/star goddess while a man was the lesser (hidden) moon god.

Of course, by the time the Greek state came into being, most of those 'societies' had been reduced to shadows (there is a hint of such in the account of the Amazons, but few ever knew of what connection such a society meant.) Thus, when it came time to assign deities to the planets, Apollo was given the sun and his sister Diana/Artemis given the moon.

Think of the sun and moon god's as being 'positions', like President of the U.S., rather than eternal aspects. Like another poster said, the sun and moon are, in and of themselves, neither male nor female and the designation thus depends upon a culture's place in history.

Answer 2

In most cultures the Moon is female and the Sun is male, the reason behind it is that the Moon protects and inspires at night like a mother and the sun guides the men in hunting and war during the day. The moon being a mother can show her face in various colors, there is the Red, Yellow or Gold, Black when new, white moon, the Blue moon is rare but it can be seen at times. The moon also guides men at night during harvest and hunting, hence you have the Hunter's moon, the Harvest Moon. The moon can be seen during the day at dusk if you look in the summer yet the sun never shows its face at night...

Answer 3

Depends on your religion. There are peoples who believe that the Sun is female, and you've heard of the 'man in the moon' no doubt. In Wicca, the Sun represents two aspects of the male energy, and the Moon represents three aspects of the female energy. The seasons of women are closely related to those of the Moon, so it is natural that it was believed to be female. The light from the Moon is soft and gentle, but that from the Sun is bright, energizing, and often harsh. What else but male?

Answer 4

The Sun is male. The Moon is female. Remember the Greek Gods Apollo and Artemis; Brother and sister, they represented the Sun and Moon.

Answer 5

The Moon is the Feminine (female) Planet.
The Sun is the Masculine (male) Planet.
Mars-- Male/ Masculine.
Venus- female /Feminine.

Answer 6

In the Greek and Chinese the moon is a woman and the sun is man. Artemis is the goddess of the moon and of women. Apollo (her twin brother) is the god of the sun and arts, and men. The Greek twins are said to be the symbols of Gemini, and that the moon and sun represent the twins being very different and very the same.

In Chinese Yin and Yang, opposite and complementary forces in Chinese thought, from Chinese words meaning “shaded” and “sunny.” Yin became associated with everything dark, moist, receptive, earthy, moon,and female.
Whereas yang was bright, dry, active, heavenly,sun, and male. Yin and yang were believed to combine in various proportions to produce all the different objects in the universe.
Together they are symbolized by a circle divided into black and white sections, with a dot of white in the black portion and a dot of black in the white portion.

Answer 7

The Moon tends to me female as in Mother Moon, Moon G_ddess, Selene, Phoebe, Diane, Lunar and Artemis


That would leave the Sun to be male - such as Helios, Apollo, Ra and Sol

Answer 8

the sun is typically male, and the moon female.


Edit: this is because the sun is represented with fire, which is always male. The moon is a factor in the tides, which is water, and water is usually represented as female.

Answer 9

the moon is female & the sun is male.

Answer 10

the moon is female and the sun is male
the Mayan sun god is male and Mayan moon goddess is female

i hear there is a Japanese Kami of the sun (sun goddess)

in Wicca the moon symbolizes the goddess and the sun symbolizes the god

in women mysteries menstrual periods are in rhythm with the lunar cycles

there are numerous sun gods like Ra and sol