Wednesday, October 28, 2009
I have a lot of trouble with this card. A LOT. OF. TROUBLE. In fact, I drew this card a few days ago for my card of the day, researched it, and gave up. I ended up heading to the Aeclectic Tarot forum to ask for help; those brilliant people, between them, know everything there is to know about tarot.
The Moon is a very feminine card, dealing with Intuition and Spirituality; this card is closely related to the High Priestess.
It's ironic that I have so much trouble with this card- as one person said, that itself is evidence of the Moon in action.
The moon symbolizes confusion. Things that are actually mundane look scary and mysterious in the moonlight; the everyday becomes mysterious.
This card can be about secrets, deceptions; it can be about our own imaginations getting the best of us; it can be about our journey from confusion to enlightenment. Some people have said that the moon is about romance; I can see that; after all, having romantic feelings for someone tends to keep us from seeing their flaws!
Reversed, the meaning of this card becomes clearer. I see this card reversed as confusion fading away; reality becoming apparent. When the moon fades, the sun rises, and your path becomes clear again. Looking at it that way, though, it could also mean the opposite- when the moon is new, there is no light at all, and it's far too easy to get lost in the woods.
If this card comes up reversed, I would advise taking a flashlight with you when you go out. :D
Image used with permission. Copyright 2007 Ciro Marchetti.
1 comments:
We were just discussing this card yesterday at our tarot breakfast and I thought I would add my interpretations.
I find the meaning of the moon card in most traditions to be sexist. The moon is generally seen as a symbol of femininity, and to make the case that the moon symbolizes fear, confusion and danger is just... well sexist as hell.
I prefer to see the moon as opposing the sun. The sun is constant, ever unchanging and predictable. Overbright and active and in your face and burning your skin. The moon shifts, grows and shrinks, symbolizes the cycles--changes are a part of life, nothing to fear. Things wax and wane, the tides come and go and the sand may shift beneath your feet. However, even when you can't see the moon at all, she's there. She's an ever present, Mystery-filled force in your life. Change is the only predictable constant (unless you count death and taxes) in life. To fear change is folly, for it will come for you again.
When the moon comes up for me it is a time of sweet shifting, feminine power and mastery, and otherwise silvery good things to come. No change isn't always pleasant, but it is always necessary and fearing it is... just a waste of good energy.
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