Card 18: The Moon - Mister Tarot
Some writers consider The Moon card to have meanings such as confusion and deception. They say this because they think danger lurks in the darkness of this card. But this image is all about illumination. Freud said the subconscious is like a waiting room, where thoughts remain until they “succeed in attracting the eye of the conscious”. When primal forces involving sex, guilt, and fear are repressed and locked away and don’t catch the attention of the conscious mind, they fester and are ultimately projected into a person’s conscious world in unhealthy ways. Card 18 is about bringing these underlying forces into the soft light of the full moon.As darkness arrives and the moon appears, primitive instincts surface within the body and mind. In card 18 of the Tarot, we see a dog and a wolf looking at the moon.Some writers consider The Moon card to have meanings such as confusion and deception. They say this because they think danger lurks in the darkness of this card. But this image is all about illumination. A full moon is shown, not a dark moon. And the Yods falling to earth are blessings.The path from the waters of the unconscious to the mountain represents the journey to a higher state of awareness. This is a card of the Divine Feminine and Her mysterious ways, but a mystery doesn’t necessarily mean danger; feeling the mystery of life is one of its greatest joys!