The power of life causes the snake to shed its skin, just as the moon sheds its shadow. The serpent sheds its skin to be born again, as the moon its shadow to be born again. They are equivalent symbols. Sometimes the serpent is represented as a circle eating its own tail. That's an image of life.
Life sheds one generation after another, to be born again.
The serpent represents immortal energy and consciousness engaged in the field of time, constantly throwing off death and being born again. The serpent, the moon, and woman are interwoven themes. If you bring together the concepts of mother earth, mother nature, death and rebirth, and the power of sacred places, then you will understand the mythology of my experiences that evening. From what I can gather in the growing darkness, Amaru Muchai is a large hill of stone. Steps have been carved into the hill, leading up to stone benches, also cut from the living stone.