The Moon
The Moon represents illusions, deception, and distorted perceptions in the querent's life. This complex card warns of being either deceived or deceiving others, with hidden truths and secret enemies lurking beneath the surface. In relationships, work, and finances, the Moon indicates confusion, betrayal, and the need to see through false appearances to discover reality.
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Symbolism
Our girl gazes through the water, barely touching it—this serves as a unique prism of emotions that she touches with her left hand, known as the giving hand. Therefore, we can easily judge that she is giving away her feelings. With her right hand, she leans on a water lily, her material support in this world. The cup of water reflects a distorted moon, representing distorted perception of certain moments and feelings. In the reflection of the water's surface are the beautiful girl's fears of seeing herself as a skeleton, possibly ugly, but also seeing her essential nature. The small crabs crawling along the muddy bottom also show the fear that these feelings will 'bite' her, depersonalize her. The water lilies grow from the mud, elevating our moon. The crab is also a lunar symbol—it periodically sheds its shell to find a new one, reminiscent of the moon's phases. It also signifies withdrawal from a situation.
Card's Message
This complex arcana in the querent's life foretells illusions, deception, and disappointment. The person is either deceiving or already deceived, with someone leading them astray. There is an illusion in the perception of reality. Something is being hidden. In relationships—deceptions, illusions in relationships, self-deception in the style of 'no, he's good, he's just going through a tough period.' Delusion about a partner; the partner may be a secret enemy. Relationships may be destructive for the querent. In work—danger of dismissal, fear. Confusion at work. Secret enemies—colleagues who are just waiting to take your place or knock you down from your work status, pursuing their specific interests. They can easily set you up or deceive you. If the querent says one thing, the arcana shows the opposite, both for better and worse. With money—deception, illusions; what they're counting on won't come true, they'll be cheated. If planning a business, everything will burn out.
Advice
The advice from this card is to trust your intuition and continue observing what's happening around you in order to understand the true nature of the world and people.
Visual Description
A woman viewed from behind leans over a pool of rippling purple water, her hands stretched toward the surface. Pale moonlight creates a bright, elongated reflection across the water while several green lily pads float nearby. A ghostly, skull-like face is visible beneath the water’s surface, and a round luminous orb sits at the pool’s edge. Colorful flowers and foliage frame the lower foreground.
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