About the Moon: A New Perspective

Before I lost the card, I never really thought about the Moon. I just thought it was about intuition and dreams so I never really understood what the card was trying to say. When I lost the card, I reevaluated the meaning of the card.

The Moon rules Cancer and cancer is "symbolic of innermost fears forcing their way to the surface of consciousness. As the crab crawls up into consciousness, we often try to push him back down in the unconscious. However, if we do this, he nevertheless continues to exist there, still giving rise to vague fears and unacknowledged anxieties until such time as we allow the crab, that is our fears, to come right out to be faced" (Sharman-Burke, 116).

The Moon is Missing

I first realized that I lost my Moon on 4/03/09. I was just thinking about the missing Moon and pulled five cards. Two were in one group and three in the other group.

Why it was the Moon that went missing:

Five of Pentacles
"The news isn't good. You've reached an unlucky impasse that produces financial crisis, temporary hardship, and insecurity. Unemployment or heavy debts pull you down. A costly illness may be involved. Your world feels shaky right now. You keep wondering when the whole thing is going to collapse completely.

This five reflects those growth situations where outsiders can't help you and you must stand or fall on your own. Your mind is focused on survival issues. Inertia threatens. Stop worrying. Mobilize your energy toward positive goals" (p. 159).

The Sun
"This card is a portal, an opening in your life. It brings exuberance, enthusiasm, attainment, success, material wealth. All things associated with the Sun are indicated: tropical climates, enlightenment, empowerment, and the joy of creativity and rebirth. This card's work is to cleanse , to purify, to enhance, to improve, to illuminate.

You feel empowered because your goals seem clearer than they've ever been. You embrace your destiny and realize you've created it. By saying yes to opportunity, your life opens into new vistas" (p. 73).

Why it went missing:

Eight of Swords
"You're holding yourself back from living life to the fullest. You project your fears and inhibitions into your surroundings, then you view them as obstacles. The limitations you perceive don't lie in the outer world. They are projections of your own inner apprehension and anxiety. Paralyzed by fear of the unknown, you're afraid to break the chains that bind you.

You feel as if you're in a mental prison, unable to find your way out of a situation. All exits seem to be blocked. You're eaten up with dread and insecurity. However, it's your fear of the unknown that holds you back. You've boxed yourself in and convinced yourself that you have no options.

Although you feel you're in an impossible situation, there is a way out. Remove your blinders and expand your ideas of what is possible" (p. 179).

The Hanged Man
"Think transition, postponed plans, a life in suspension, stagnation, and frustration. You need to do a one-eighty in how you perceive something. After all, a person hanging upside down doesn't see the world in the same way as someone standing on the ground.

This marks the point in the Fool's journey when he begins to question the deeper meaning and purpose of his life. The old beliefs and ideas have lost their meaning and no longer satisfy him, be he is confused about his new direction.

Adjust your point of view, reverse your established order of doing things. The decision you're waiting for is delayed. Make an effort to avoid victim consciousness; this standstill isn't permanent. You're stuck in a rut because of rigid ideas and fixed concepts. Release ideas and associations that are obsolete.

Spirituality: Events in your life force you to look within. You realize that the inner reality creates the outer reality" (p. 61).

The Star

I did another spread and asked what the main lessons to be learned are. I pulled the Five of Rods, of course, and then The Moon. Interesting, huh?

The Star

This card fell out of the deck 4/03/09. I was feeling scattered and stressed out. This card is about calm, renewal and healing. I really liked the feeling of the word healing at the time. I mentioned that I was so stressed out and focused on work/internship etc that I forgot to take care of myself first.

I also noted that I had to put my energy toward a more balanced outlook.

The Emperor

This card was pulled on 3/26/09. I wrote what I felt at the time I pulled the card. I wrote that it was a positive feeling, like a calm. I wrote that I felt that things were looking up because I felt an energy/focused intent to succeed and follow through.

This card also says that "part of the Emperor's work is to organize clusters of our root beliefs into conscious frameworks."

Now that I look at the journal entry again, (I have a pretty journal that I was writing in for a while when not posting), I realize that this card was all about me finding harmony and balance. My conscious mind had to catch up with what was going on deep inside me spiritually and it does take some work for a conscious framework to form.