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The Moon The towers are back (see The High Priestess etc) and here with a big fat macho Sun between them. What has happened to the secret, or the sacred knowledge of the High Priestess? Can it still be trusted? The Sun god has replaced the Moon goddess - or is it an uneasy union? The card depicts an eclipse of Sun & Moon - the union of male and female, and much ribald fun has been had by poets and playwrights using the idea of the Man in the Moon. The Moons tidal influence and the monthly cycle is symbolized, and the howling dogs are a reminder of the madness associated with the moon (lunatics). Crab is barc backwards but I think this goes way too far down the da Vinci code road - here it symbolizes the Moon's astrological link with Cancer. The crayfish of earlier cards is interesting and there is some evidence of association with renewal (the ability to regrow missing limbs), and with hoarding - a curious feature of this creature. |
Hero
and Villain, the Moon. It is the card of
dreams, intuition, sensitivity and empathy – but it is also the card for loss
of control, excess, lethargy. Frequently
it describes people prone to both sides of its nature and is often readable as
a sense that something is not as it seems - or someone. Where this is the case, the questioner will
be certain to either have or to lack the degree of intuition which will help
them see through things. Context and
placement will indicate this, but in any event the questioner should ask
themselves if all is definitely as it should be. Moonlight can be deceptive.
The Moon card leads us into the mysterious realm of
darkness and night; into the image world of the soul; to our premonitions,
desires, and dreams. The bright side of the Moon means romantic dreaminess,
lively fantasies, and a strong sensitivity. Yet this card tends to show the
dark side, the depths of the soul, gloomy foreboding, and the dread of the
invisible and intangible. It is the terror that we feel when we walk through a
deserted forest at night, although we don't think twice about crossing it
during the day. It teaches us the nature of fear in the dark. Or it is the
ancient dread of the demons that have now received new names in our enlightened
times: bacteria, viruses, millirems, becquerels, lead-polluted air, and acid
rain. |
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