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The Moon

The Moon Tarot card contains many meanings in its nocturnal glow. The Moon card represents dreams, intuition, strangeness, intensity, confusion, illusion and cycles. I am always drawn to the cyclical nature of the Moon.

Whenever the Moon Tarot card appears, it is a reminder that whatever the issue at hand, it will ebb and flow – just like the moon itself.

We can easily understand how cyclical nature can be, the change of seasons, even the cycle within a day – but what about cycles within us?

What cycle are you experiencing at this very moment?

Do you sometimes find yourself in a creative period? Bursting with ideas, inspiration and massive productivity. Other times, are you hot under the collar for sex? On your mind for days on end? Some weeks do you feel withdrawn and quiet while at other times want to get out and socialize?

Perhaps, you are a freelancer. Do you notice days where work comes like gangbusters? Job attracts job until you are so busy you are turning people away. Then – you’ll enter a dry spell where you are begging for clients.

Do you ever have intense, crazy dreams for consecutive nights in a row and then – nothing?

These cycles are all indicative of the Moon Tarot card.

Once you become aware of your cyclical nature, you can use these cycles to your advantage. Sort of a Jamba Juice Boost to your internal psychological state. Only this time – YOU decide what cycle you are in rather than it randomly happening.

Take out your Moon Tarot Card and take note of the cycle of the actual moon. Then decide what sort of power boost you’d like.

If the Moon is waxing (growing bigger) decide what you want more of. Vibrant beauty, astonishing creativity, superb sex, mountains of money, satisfying work – whatever you want. If the moon is waning (getting smaller) decide what you’d like a deeper understanding of or less of. Ask for profound introspection, deeper internal peace and meditation, release of negativity or bonus weight loss.

If you find yourself in a dreaming cycle – ask for answers, visions in your dreams. When you find yourself in a “blue” period you can rest assured an end is in sight. It won’t last forever.

With Tarot in hand and conviction in heart – you have the power to create whatever you want in life!

The Moon

I write under a full moon.

In Tarot as in life, The Moon is smoky, tempestuous. Why is The Moon tarot card so slippery? Why is the moon itself so very unnerving? Some nights, I sit on the back deck, bathed in the moon’s velvety glow. I’ll flip through my tarot cards and feel as if the moon is energizing my deck and me. The moonlight feels soothing, restorative. I look up smiling. The moon is our common human denominator. Shakespeare, Dante, Einstein gazed at this very same moon and pondered life’s greatest mysteries.

Then unexpectedly, next night, the very same milky moonlight turns eerie and spooky. The shadows get longer. I see vampires clinging to the eaves of my house. They are upside down, peering through my window. Stephen King vampires. Salem’s Lot vampires. Ravenous vampires. I can’t sleep. Can’t concentrate. Wish I were back in the confines of my cozy NYC apartment. Give me a mugger, an angry cabbie, an old man returning soup in a deli, a yuppie – I can handle any of those – but not vampires.

There is a pool at the bottom of the Moon Tarot card. What surfaces from this deep pool can be unnerving because it is your subconscious. The creatures, figures, emotions that emerge are based entirely on your personal history.

We have all experienced Moon energy turning things upside down. Soon enough, things will balance out. Remember, it is only temporary. The moon is in constant motion, cyclical in its nature. A werewolf regains human form soon enough, so will you.

When you receive the Moon card in a Tarot reading or notice a full moon on a warm summer’s evening – let it nudge you toward the unexpected, to the deeper aspects of yourself – even if it is a little frightening. Journey to your subconscious pool. Take a glimpse at what lies just beneath your surface. Thrill you or spook you, you’ll be surprised at what you discover. You also might walk away knowing a little more about yourself than you did before.

Moonlight is sculpture; sunlight is painting.

             -Nathaniel Hawthorne