The Moon
The 18th card of the tarot Major Arcana brings up the inconstancy of the Moon and its dim glow.
Blessed be the inconstancy of the Moon — the charm, the astonishment, the strength of its concealing revelations; the shared variability and its shadow and its light.
For millennia the Moon has been the object of observation by many societies, composing several ancient mythologies. It wakes up the artist inside us, illuminating the somber unconscious. We see in it the reflection of our yearnings and desires: mystical, nocturnal, supernatural, the Moon guides us to the world of dreams. Its presence emanates in us an unknown force of submersion, transforming our fantasies into vivid and tangible images. Under the full moon our emotions and senses sharpen, discovering what was once hidden.
Most of us — artists, musicians, authors of any kind — find solace on the Moon’s surface. We dive into our dreams and ideas, submerge ourselves in imagination and thought, and quickly dissociate from our reality and walk towards what we call the muse, the creativity our subconscious seems so eager to offer. But just as it is able to shine light into our best ideas, the Moon can bring out our worst nightmares, blurring the fine line between illusion and reality. Differentiating both is key, they say.
How to do that, though? I have no idea. I have long lost myself into the midst of my own mind and can no longer recognize what is real and what is not. I can spend ours daydreaming and not even notice. My imagination and visualizations merge, in late nights, with my own dreams. Sometimes I am not even sure I am awake. Sometimes I am not even sure I mind to be awake, if there is really a difference between the conscious and the unconscious.
For me, the Moon is always full.
