Talk:Lumen Sages/@comment-24258693-20141111145556/@comment-348642-20141116183725

Because this is inspired by medieval/post-hellenic perceptions of masculinity = light and feminity = darkness (which mimic chinese notions of Yin and Yang, by the way), probably derived from the fact that the roman gods of the Sun and Moon (Sol and Luna) were male and female, respectively.

It's for the same reason new agers and neopagans think about the Sun as God and the Moon as Goddess, even though countless historical religions worshipped the Sun as the goddess and the Moon as a god.