EVERYBODY
LOOKS UP.
The young crescent accompanies Eid al-Fitr. At Karva Chauth, many observers end their fast at moonrise. Different faiths, different meanings, the same celestial rock.
THE ORIGIN / A SMALL LEAP FOR MOONKIND
TWO MOONS.
ONE BAD IDEA.
GREAT COMPANY.
“Bro, what if we just put them together?”
AND THUS, THE PACK WAS BORN.EID CRESCENTISLAM / A NEW BEGINNING
KARVA CHAUTH MOONHINDUISM / A SHARED SKY
ONE PACK. NO SIDES.
AN EMBLEM OF TOGETHERNESS. NOT AN ASTRONOMICAL EQUATION.
EVERYBODY
BRING BOTH.
ERASE NEITHER.
United Moon imagines Hindu and Muslim moon traditions meeting in one emblem. Neither needs completing. Both belong. So does anyone else who wants a place in the pack.
THEN THE
WOLVES ARRIVED.
A shared Moon became a pack. A pack became a howl. Someone suggested capes. Someone else bought the domain. No gods were consulted.
THE ASTRONOMY DEPARTMENT WOULD LIKE A WORD. +
Eid al-Fitr is associated with a young waxing crescent. Karva Chauth falls on the fourth lunar day of the waning fortnight, generally a waning gibbous Moon. These are not exact complementary pieces. Combining photographs does not reliably create a full moon. This interaction is a symbolic union.
Sources: London City Hall: Eid moon-sighting · University of Michigan: Karva Chauth.