The Moon
The Moon (XVIII) symbolizes confusion, hidden forces, and the realm of dreams and intuition. It depicts a moonlit scene between two towers with animals howling, a rising beetle, and distant mountains, indicating emergence from the unconscious and the pull of primal instincts. Upright, it urges introspection, facing fears, and seeing past illusions; reversed, it warns of lack of clarity and blurred boundaries between fantasy and reality. The card calls for careful discernment and attention to nocturnal messages and dreams to navigate uncertainty.
Keywords
Title
XVIII - The Moon
Description
Two towers frame the light of a full moon onto the grounds below. A feminine face appears inside the moon, eyes closed. Half of each tower is light, half is framed in the shadows. A black and white spotted dog howls from its spot on the left side of the river. A fuzzy white wolf stands on the right side of the river, also howling at the moon. A crab-like beetle rises up from the water, its wings spread out under the light. Eighteen yods hover in the space between the towers just under the moon. The river meanders from the slopes of the land up into sharp mountains in the distance.
Keyword
Mystery
Hebrew letter
Qoph, meaning the back of the head
Correspondences
Pisces, Jupiter, Neptune
Upright
deal with uncertainty; night-time dreams; look past illusions; introspection; face your fears.
Reversed
lack of clarity; decipher shadows; inability to separate fantasy from reality.
Visual Description
A large luminous moon with a woman's profile occupies the sky between two tall stone towers, radiating light and small teardrop-shaped sparks falling downward. Below, a narrow winding path runs from a calm pool in the foreground toward distant jagged mountains. A dog and a wolf stand on either side of the path, both looking up toward the moon. At the water's edge a scarab-like insect (or crustacean) is emerging on a flat stone near reeds and low plants; the palette is muted and mostly monochrome.
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