Tarot · Major Arcana · XVIII

The Moon — tarot card XVIII

The Moon lights a path between two towers, a dog and a wolf howl, a crayfish climbs out of the water. Linked with Pisces, the card is read as uncertainty and imagination: things look different in half-light. It is a prompt to separate what you know from what you fear.

Upright: keywords

  • uncertainty
  • illusion
  • dreams
  • subconscious
  • anxiety
  • intuition

Reversed: keywords

  • clarity emerging
  • fear releasing
  • confusion lifting
  • self-deception
  • secrets surfacing

Symbolism

Golden Dawn: sign — Pisces; Hebrew letter — Qoph.