The Moon?

[322]

I always get confused on how to read the Moon card. Especially when it comes to a future outlook. I recently pulled the moon surrounded by several typically positive cards. If anybody has experienced similar or has advice on how I can look at this card that would be amazing ❤️ 

[Arania]

What is the moon to you? To me, it is secrets, the hidden half of the High Priest, the Mother, the other side of ourselves. It is almost always a positive card for me, unlike what is said in some guide books. Most cards are what we associate with it at least as much as traditional meanings.

 

In the future, the Moon to me is spirituality, discovery of new information, or a new outlook on things. But depending on the reading it may as well be the deception of someone else that gets discovered.

[DanielJUK]

When the Moon is out at night, it shines a little light (or a little more on a Full Moon and Supermoon), it illuminates a small area, compared to everywhere in the daytime with the Sun. What is there which we cannot see, the darkness, the strange creatures, Crayfish and howling Dogs, our fears and anxieties? Things are more certain in the shimmering areas of more light. This represents that the future is uncertain, we don't know everything or can see everything to know for sure, it's a beautiful mystery! All we can say is this card represents cycle and often we have cycles in our lives, things repeat and patterns occur that we need to learn from.

 

A negative take on this is that it gives us anxiety and fear, we don't know for sure! Also the future might seem like it is full of illusions and shadows but maybe sometime we get a glimpse in the light. I think a positive take is that we understand the darkness, we are not meant to know how everything will turn out in the area we want to know. The Moon is wonderful for creativity, divination and dreams, it can really help future paths in those areas. But this is not easy if you want to know exactly what is going to happen in future. I think it's an energy to sit with and wait to get more facts and knowledge, more light on the subject.

[Raggydoll]

What Dan said. Also, the moonlight casts shadows and distort things. Is it a wolf or is it a dog? There is the sense of uncertainty which keeps us open minded. We see things in another perspective, and even though it might not be the ‘correct’ perspective when compared to the clarity of the daylight, it is still a very potent time and it can give us profound insights simply because of the fact that we see things differently. More magical things are possible in the night, the veil is thinner and there is more activity in the spirit world. 

[Laurelverse]

I liked the answers above.  Like a lot of readers, I have a vast collection of decks and which deck I'm using changes some of the interpretation for me.  But in a RWS-inspired deck, with the kind of art that depicts the moon like this?   I usually vibe things based around feeling afraid, the temptation to either tell lies or having lies told to me, paying attention to any kind of vivid dream or strong intuition, and needing to stick to a practical path or risk getting lost and overwhelmed.  

[2dogs]

It’s a very mysterious looking card. I’d love to see where that path leads to over the horizon.

[Raggydoll]

29 minutes ago, Serpentwand said:

It’s a very mysterious looking card. I’d love to see where that path leads to over the horizon.

I’d be tempted to pull a separate card for that, and place it right above the Moon card, so it literally shows where the path leads 

[2dogs]

28 minutes ago, Raggydoll said:

I’d be tempted to pull a separate card for that, and place it right above the Moon card, so it literally shows where the path leads

Oh cool! It leads to the Moon itself, but in the form of a beam of light which reflects back down providing information 🌛.

 

[Raggydoll]

55 minutes ago, Serpentwand said:

Oh cool! It leads to the Moon itself, but in the form of a beam of light which reflects back down providing information 🌛.

 

Yes! 😀

[FindYourSovereignty]

Something that also comes to my mind, along with everything shared here already, is the cycle aspect of the moon. The path or journey to be able to see what is being illuminated doesn’t necessarily happen instantly.

[322]

14 hours ago, DanielJUK said:

When the Moon is out at night, it shines a little light (or a little more on a Full Moon and Supermoon), it illuminates a small area, compared to everywhere in the daytime with the Sun. What is there which we cannot see, the darkness, the strange creatures, Crayfish and howling Dogs, our fears and anxieties? Things are more certain in the shimmering areas of more light. This represents that the future is uncertain, we don't know everything or can see everything to know for sure, it's a beautiful mystery! All we can say is this card represents cycle and often we have cycles in our lives, things repeat and patterns occur that we need to learn from.

 

A negative take on this is that it gives us anxiety and fear, we don't know for sure! Also the future might seem like it is full of illusions and shadows but maybe sometime we get a glimpse in the light. I think a positive take is that we understand the darkness, we are not meant to know how everything will turn out in the area we want to know. The Moon is wonderful for creativity, divination and dreams, it can really help future paths in those areas. But this is not easy if you want to know exactly what is going to happen in future. I think it's an energy to sit with and wait to get more facts and knowledge, more light on the subject.

I love your interp... especially when you talk about how not everything is meant to be revealed to me right now... lol I have a bad habit of getting too wrapped up around the meaning of "future" or outlook cards and sometimes I just need to accept that I can't predict everything right away haha

[322]

8 hours ago, Raggydoll said:

What Dan said. Also, the moonlight casts shadows and distort things. Is it a wolf or is it a dog? There is the sense of uncertainty which keeps us open minded. We see things in another perspective, and even though it might not be the ‘correct’ perspective when compared to the clarity of the daylight, it is still a very potent time and it can give us profound insights simply because of the fact that we see things differently. More magical things are possible in the night, the veil is thinner and there is more activity in the spirit world. 

I like your interpretation of how moonlight "distorts" things that's a great way to look at it 

[Arania]

For me, moonlight adds to clarity, but I'm a moonchild.

[DanielJUK]

I've moved this thread to Individual Card Meanings 🙂

[RunningWild]

19 hours ago, 322 said:

I always get confused on how to read the Moon card. Especially when it comes to a future outlook.

You sort of answered your own question here.  Confusion/things not being clear is one of the meanings of the card. 😉

 

[Yola]

Hello @322, how are you? 🙂

Although their meanings may vary depending on the context and energy of other cards, here are some of my insights about the moon in its positive aspect and the position of future prospects it may indicate:
- An inactive, still, dormant, silent situation.
- An inspiring circumstance.
- A variable, unstable circumstance.
- Something that becomes hidden, secret, discreet.
- Something that happens at night or in a month.
- Something that happens during menstruation.
- A fertile circumstance.
- An escapist, imaginative situation.

- A circumstance that favors/benefits women, the feminine.

 

I hope it helps!

[zadey]

According to what I have experienced, the Moon is about confusion and uncertainty of where we're going, that is , the future. We know what happened in the past and where we're coming from but we don't know how we landed in the current situation. This may be because our plan (in the past) didn't include the current path. And now, we're not sure where to go because we don't have the information or facts based on which we can find the path to future. This creates the fear, coming from confusion (because of the lack of information) and uncertainty of the future. 

It's like, all I wanted was to be successful in achieving my goal but the fate had other things planned for me and now, I'm not only confused about how I landed in this situation, I'm also worried about how will I ever get out of this situation in order to get to my original goal. 

 

In this case, I think, digging all the information that we need to plan the future of the situation or to take an action may be helpful.

[322]

1 hour ago, RunningWild said:

You sort of answered your own question here.  Confusion/things not being clear is one of the meanings of the card. 😉

 

Omggg the answer was right in front of my face🤯 (it often is, lol!) thank you!!

[322]

44 minutes ago, zadey said:

the Moon is about confusion and uncertainty of where we're going, that is , the future. We know what happened in the past and where we're coming from but we don't know how we landed in the current situation. This may be because our plan (in the past) didn't include the current path. And now, we're not sure where to go because we don't have the information or facts based on which we can find the path to future. This creates the fear, coming from confusion (because of the lack of information) and uncertainty of the future. 

This is a great way to put it... I think based on many of the answers here, other card pulls i've done, and my own intuition, my main message is that I need to stop obsessing over the future and accept that I can't know everything right now lol

[November]

Hi, when I happen to get The Moon as outcome, it often means that things are still too confused to get a clear answer, so it's as if you get "I don't know" as message. Thus in these cases it's better to ask later or at least when you have more information about the matter. 

[Grizabella]

I haven't seen anyone point out the "luna refers to the moon"and "lunatic" means very disturbed and negative stuff so that's what this card can mean---a caution that all is not right with the person or situation.  I specialize in relationship readings, both existing and possible new ones and I'm an old-fashioned reader who does predictive readings.  I've almost never seen the Moon card mean anything except a caution.  I have a pretty decent track record as a reader, so I catch it when I see it.  It all depends on the question, the positions and the other cards in the spread, of course, so that matters a lot, too.