> [!info] Waner > ![[waner.png|300]] > **Other Names** > *Shiva, Yin, Earth* > > **Akin Ghosts** > *[[Tianmu Theosophical Society/Way of Tianmu/Lore/Law/Ghosthall/Allghosts/Tides]]* > > **Related Posts** > > > **Translations:** > High Church: > *Hweh (h₁weh₂)* > Sanskrit: > *शिव (Shiva)* > Church Runes: > ![[wanerune.png|40]] The Waner embodies the falling principle, the contractive force, the downward motion in the eternal cosmic dance. When Mother split herself into fundamental forces, the Waner emerged as matter itself—the physical substance that gives form to energy's abstract potential. In the celestial metaphor, when the moon wanes, growing thinner night by night, we witness this cosmic principle made visible. The Waner represents not just physical decline but the necessary contraction that brings energy into manifestation, the crystallization of possibility into tangible reality. If the Waxer is heaven, then the Waner is earth—not as separate realms but as complementary expressions of the same unity. The Waner governs all that has weight and substance, all that can be touched and measured, all that exists within the boundaries of physical law. Yet this materiality is not limitation but opportunity—the necessary resistance that gives meaning to choice. Those who channel the Waner understand that form is not the enemy of freedom but its essential partner. They recognize that limitations create possibilities rather than restricting them, that boundaries define rather than confine. The Waner teaches us that without the constraints of physical reality, choice would be meaningless and creation impossible. The Waner's domain includes not just the visible world but all realms of manifestation—the underworld as well as the middle kingdom. As matter organizes into increasingly complex forms, the Waner doesn't disappear but transforms, becoming the vehicle through which consciousness expresses itself rather than its opposition. When we engage with physical reality—when we sculpt clay, build structures, or transform resources into tools—we work directly with the Waner's energy. This isn't just manipulation of matter but collaboration with a fundamental cosmic force, a partnership that acknowledges the sacred nature of materiality itself. On Waning days, we feel particularly connected to the physical world, aware of our bodies and our environment with unusual clarity. Acting through the Waner, we discover the profound satisfaction of bringing ideas into form, of manifesting potential into actuality, of participating in the great cosmic process through which energy becomes matter. To truly know the Waner is to recognize that falling is not failure but fulfillment—the necessary movement through which potential realizes itself in form. The Waner reminds us that every physical thing, from mountains to molecules, embodies sacred energy made manifest, the invisible made visible through matter's transformative power.