Late in December of 2018 I had a waking dream. It was more of a vision. A Red and a Blue moon together. I had not pieced together that it could mean a “blue blood moon”. There was a Super Blue Blood Moon earlier that year on January 31, 2018. The next one will happen on January 31, 2037.
In mid-to-late May of 2019, I had another waking dream about the breaking of the 9th Wheel, or Circle. Less than a month later, I took my 3rd Ayahuasca experience, which turned out to be the final lesson I would have to learn.
While I have researched deeply into the possible meanings, there are too many, and to pick one feels pretty arbitrary. However, from a purely fictional standpoint, it makes for great storytelling. For example, the red and blue moon together gives us a particular point in time. A when. And the 9th Wheel, or Circle gives us either an event and/or a location. A what and/or a where.
In Western mythologies, the 9th circle depicts either Hell, or Helheim. In contrast, the 9th circle for the Gnostics represents our Solar System. Pretty much meaning that where we are now, is Hell. This could mean that either hell breaks loose, or the end of the world.
In Eastern mythologies (including Native American myths), the 9th circle depicts the ending of a cycle and into a better one. It’s like an awakening, or ascension. Note that Odin in Norse mythology hung from the world tree for nine days before attaining knowledge of the runes. Jesus was hung from a tree. Both were wounded with a spear. Buddha attained enlightenment while sitting under a bodhi tree. Why didn’t I get a waking dream of a tree? It would have made more sense in a mythological standpoint.
What’s interesting is that Western myths depict events as worldly, whereas Eastern myths depict events as individual. Yet, they blend well together metaphorically.
So, what did my waking dreams mean? Nothing. We seek meaning, and in seeking meaning, we allow ourselves to be controlled. When meaning seeks us, then we control the narrative. “Seek, and ye shall find.” What you find, may not be what you’re looking for.