 The
Moon
XVIII – Here
we see dogs barking at the Moon, one is light and
one is dark, the crab comes from the water to join
them. Two towers in the background, the creek running
through the land into the mountains. Quite a lovely
and calming scene, this describes what the Moon brings
us. The quiet calm, the Moon and the water both reminds
us of the tides and the fact that we are all of us
very dependent on the ebb and flow of life, as well
as the polarities such as negative and positive. The
Moon is a reminder of these things and how they are
necessary in life.
The
Moon is also a reflection of the Sun; it is the reflective
or the female side. Often the Sun is thought of as
masculine and the Moon then represents the feminine.
The Moon is said to be associated with dreams and
the night. It also indicates a sensitivity that can
be very psychic or intuitive, particularly when it
comes to emotions. With this energy there is a mediumistic
or psychic ability. We all have this in us, but there
are times when each of us will be more sensitive then
others.
In
the right side up position, the Moon can indicate
that the person being read can count on their gut,
that their own intuitive ability could be very clear
at this time. This is when you can assure or be assured
that you already know on a visceral level what is
going on or what it is that you need to do.
Upside
down, you would have the opposite situation. Here
the person being read is going through some kind of
storm or turmoil and as a result they have no intuitive
ability, they cannot trust what they are feeling inside,
if they even feel anything of any clarity at all.
These are usually those times when we feel that there
is no clarity to what is happening to us. We feel
like a ship that has done a drift and how things will
work out is beyond our understanding.
This
is a great card for meditation to deepen your clarity
or understanding. It can be a great meditation to
work on your dream life, (the ones you have while
sleeping.) This can be a good card for understanding
not only the cycles of life, but also how the unconscious
level or the intuitive level of ourselves can have
a greater strength in our evolution as humankind.
To understand the power and the greatness of what
can sometimes be called the darker realms of our existence.
How being reflective and sensitive can greatly enhance
our lives and help us to remain even more conscious
an awake in our daily lives.
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