title: The Light That Changes: The Moon in Astrology, Stories and Time
author: Rhea Wolf
description: Rhea Wolf is a passionate student and teacher of astrology, spirituality and creativity. Her genuine desire is to help people awaken their inherent creativity, activate their authentic selves and deepen their connections to the larger world. Rheas work is motivated by a vision of an emerging culture based on respect, beauty, justice and relatedness. Her writing has appeared in Alternatives Magazine, The Mountain Astrologer, hipMama and VoiceCatcher to name a few. She lives in the sublimely sumptuous Pacific Northwest with the sweet rain, a loving man, and two spunky daughters. And if youre wondering, her Moon is in Taurus in the 10th House conjunct Mars. She can be reached at rhea@turningwheelastrology.com.
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  ### **ENCOUNTERS**
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  The wolves of the Long Lake Pack, gorged on a careless mountain sheep, slept
  as they digested their meal. Only Brokefang, their chieftain, was awake to see
  the moon rise. He sat on a stone outcrop, thinking—an odd pastime for a wolf.
  In the last full moon of summer, on the advice of Old White, the wolf god, he
  had sent his best travelers, Fleetfoot and Russet, in search of a two-legger
  who once belonged to his pack, Their orders were to bring her to him, to speak
  to the local humans on his behalf.
  
  
  The sight of that nights full autumn moon reminded him that winter was coming.
  What if his messengers couldn't find Daine? What if something had happened to
  them?
  
  
  
  
  
  He did not like "what if" thoughts. Until he'd met Daine two winters before,
  he had worried about nothing but eating, mating, ruling his pack, and
  scratching fleas. Now he had complex thoughts all the time, whether he wanted
  them or not
  
  
  
  
  
  Soft chatter overhead made him look up. T