The Moon
The card depicts a conflict between shadow and light—Hotherus and Balderus—fighting over Nanna, with a rose symbolizing their love, and Máni driving his chariot across the sky while Hati chases to swallow the moon. It signals a clash between darkness and light, urging introspection, facing fears, and looking past illusions and uncertainty often present in dreams. Runes Elhaz and Othila emphasize protection, maintaining purity, overcoming limits, and exploring beyond ordinary consciousness and experience. Reversed, it points to lack of clarity and a need to examine details, decipher shadows, and look for the light when something feels out of place.
Keywords
Title
XVIII · THE MOON
Description
Two warriors appear locked in conflict under a lunar eclipse. The warrior on the left is called Hotherus and is almost completely engulfed in shadow. His body stretches long and thin as he attempts to get the upper hand on his opponent. He holds a short sword in one arm and is ready to drive it into the chest of his light opponent. The Rune for Elhaz glows on his chest. The other opponent is Balderus, and wears all white. He is a demigod, and has a shield carrying the Rune Othila. They fight for the love of Nanna, symbolized by a small rose that appears between them. Darkness and light are bound to clash. Máni, the god of the moon, can be seen in the sky riding his chariot, pulled by a horse named Alsvider. The wolf, Hati, chases him across the sky to swallow the moon.
Upright
Locked in a battle for survival, reveal your dark side, deal with uncertainty, dreams, look past illusions, introspection, face your fears.
Reversed
Lack of clarity, look for the light, decipher shadows, examine the details of your life, something is out of place.
Rune
Elhaz and Othila. Protection, overcoming the limits, maintain purity, explore beyond consciousness and experience.
Visual Description
A large luminous moon dominates the sky beneath the Roman numeral XVIII. Two humanoid figures duel in the foreground: a dark-haired figure kneeling with a glowing sword and rune on his chest and a pale, blonde figure lunging with a spear and a round shield bearing a rune. Two wolf-like animals leap or howl near rocky spires under a starry sky. At the bottom a single rose blooms in a small illuminated patch of ground, and the words "THE MOON" are written along the lower edge.
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