Card of the Day for August 28 - The Moon
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Attributions - Pisces; waning moon,
from three days after full to three days before new.
The Moon is represented by the number
18 or 9, which suggests the need to master a high level on the
psychic realm.
Rider-Waite Imagery
A dog and a wolf bay at the moon eclipsing the sun. The wolf represents our animal nature. The dog tamed instincts. The Crayfish crawls up from the muddy depth of the mundane world believing there has to be something more.
The path of the moon is dark and full of dangers. It is difficult
to see in the light of the moon. A rope could look like a snake.
http://tarotjourney.net/tarot-cards/major-arcana/18-the-moon/
The Pictorial Key to the Tarot by Arthur Edward Waite (1911)
Part I: The Veil and its Symbols
18. The Moon. Some eighteenth-century cards show the luminary on its waning side; in the debased edition of Etteilla, it is the moon at night in her plenitude, set in a heaven of stars; of recent years the moon is shown on the side of her increase. In nearly all presentations she is shining brightly and shedding the moisture of fertilizing dew in great drops. Beneath there are two towers, between which a path winds to the verge of the horizon. Two dogs, or alternatively a wolf and dog, are baying at the moon, and in the foreground there is water, through which a crayfish moves toward the land.
Part II: The Doctrine Behind the Veil
The distinction between this card and some of the conventional types is that the moon is increasing on what is called the side of mercy, to the right of the observer. It has sixteen chief and sixteen secondary rays. The card represents life of the imagination apart from life of the spirit. The path between the towers is the issue into the unknown. The dog and wolf are the fears of the natural mind in the presence of that place of exit, when there is only reflected light to guide it.
The last reference is a key to another form of symbolism. The intellectual light is a reflection and beyond it is the unknown mystery which it cannot show forth. It illuminates our animal nature, types of which are represented below, the dog, the wolf and that which comes up out of the deeps, the nameless and hideous tendency which is lower than the savage beast. It strives to attain manifestation, symbolized by crawling from the abyss of water to the land, but as a rule it sinks back whence it came. The face of the mind directs a calm gaze upon the unrest below; the dew of thought falls; the message is: Peace, be still; and it may be that there shall come a calm upon the animal nature, while the abyss beneath shall cease from giving up a form.UPRIGHT
Magic, enchantment, mystery.
Crone.
Encounters with magic or delusions.
Weird experiences, upsetting visions
and dreams.
According to tradition, the Moon warns of deceit, lies, dishonesty, confusion, peril and self-deception.
That which wanes will grow full again.
Cycles of good fortune and bad.
Embrace that which is dark and the light will come all that much sooner.
It is the card of wildness,
restlessness and change.
Trickery, illusion.
Seek the truth – deceptions and manipulations can be understood when you see them clearly.
Become aware of what lies beneath the surface or is buried in the past.
Gut feelings may be more reliable than logical awareness.
This is a time of intuitive dreaming, mystery, the collective unconscious.
The Moon can also signify mothers, women, psychics, mediums, creative writers, poets and dreamers.
That which was invisible or secret is coming to the surface.
Deep instinctual forces are at work.
The Netherworld is calling.
The trappings of the civilized world look unfamiliar and confining.
The veil between the worlds is thin – step away from the conventional and mundane and experience the other-worldly.
Probabilities, possibilities, dreams, desires, maybes.
Imagination.
Brainwashing.
Ultrasounds, mammograms, x-rays,
menstruation, menopause.
REVERSED
Lost in darkness.
A secret will be exposed.
Misunderstandings will be cleared.
People will tell you what they are really thinking – without the theatrics.
Avoid taking risks.
Overcoming temptations.
A minor deception.
Witchcraft being used against you.
Storms will be weathered.
Clearing your mind.
Learning the truth.
Greater serenity is at hand and fatigue and stress are ending.
End of illusions.
Now you will know who to trust.
Alcoholism, drug abuse, dysfunctional family patterns, excessive bleeding, poisons. (E Hazel)
Amnesia, forgetfulness.
1. Phantasmagoric
2. Margarete Peterson
3. Wheel of Change
4. Amber
5. Karma
6. Gill