In esoteric traditions the moon represents the subconscious or the human mind. The sun represents God’s. The light by which the mind sees is borrowed from God.

Sitting outside last night, I saw the full moon cast the entire sky alight. Clouds were bright and everywhere and I could not see a single star. I realized something, then.

When I cast my focus on the clouds within my world, I cannot see the stars beyond it.

We truly are a microcosm within a macrocosm.