Kabbalistically The Moon stands at no. 9 and is the Astral which is close to Earth. Moving from Netzach or Hod we can come to terms with the shadow feminine before grounding our situation or we don’t have to. The Moon, like the Feminine offers an Experience of Birth that is like peering into the unknown. The very cycle of Life and Death is available through the Feminine, while the Sun can only look on. The subtle illusory light of the Moon allows the nocturnal life cycle of much of the Earth’s inhabitants. Full Moons illuminate what lurks in the shadows.
For a psychoanalytical Psychologist/Astrologer the Moon Tarot might reveal a stirring of the subconscious archetypes that endear us to certain sensitivities we may normally be too reserved to acknowledge in ourselves.
For practicing Witches the three faces of the Moon are living entities that bring Birth, Harvest and Endings. Scrying under different phases of the Moon yeild very different results. It is as if the changing Moon not only changes what our World looks like, but She changes the very substance of it.
When the Moon appears in your spread it may be a warning to you that you are lost in illusion. Or it may be an encouraging window to knowledge that has not yet been shown to you. Either way the terrain is not for the faint at heart and many who have sought to understand the Goddess have lost themselves in everything from divine Love to Dionysian illusion. From an Occult point of view the Astral is a changing sea that taunts, caresses, tricks, deceives, loves, and more. It is always in the state of flux. It is as if all the bits you require to create reality reside here waiting, in no particular order or congruance.
This card showing up in your spread has as many ‘mundane’ meanings as there are perspectives, but the common denominator across all meanings of this card is the open door to that which you don’t current understand or acknowledge in your life. If this frequency is too close to so that it overwhelms you you will already be aware of the danger and this card showing up in your spread is just further confirmation of what you already know. Time to kick that habit! If you have ignored this part of your life time to get ready for something very different, something you cannot control, to appear in your life. If you are a male it may appear through a woman. The Moon is feminine energy, like the oceans. You cannot predict or control but the gifts are beyond your current recognition. Time to open your eyes and wait to see what you are about to see. Don’t try to logify it. It won’t fit. Just look. It will be a while before you will be able to place this time period in your life but when you do it will reveal its significance for you.
