The Moon
from the Anna K Tarot
Original Writing by Kathryn Ravenwood
Oh, the changeable Moon, the Queen of the Night. She
sails through the sky, playing with clouds as she hides among them and then
reappears, teasing us in her cosmic dance. Her cycle of change daily progresses
her from being dark and maybe not even visible, to revealing more of her body
each night, her light slowly increasing until she is finally fully exposed.
Then, she pulls the veils of darkness slowly back around her until she is again
hidden. All the time, she allows us, if we look, to see the form of her whole,
round body cloaked in darkness, illuminated by slivers of silver light. She
exposes herself so we can witness the ravages of time that she carries – the
craters created by crash landings of invasive space travelers who dared to mar
her beautiful surface. She is not ashamed of her imperfections and reveals her
scars for all to see. With no light of her own to offer, she takes in the sun’s
light, reflecting it back to us to illumine our nights and our dreams. The moon
also has her dark, unexposed side. The mystery of what is hidden there is topic
of endless songs, poems, and ponderings.
We are so like the moon. While we navigate the
cycles of our lives, we can feel hidden, exposed, vulnerable to surprise
attacks, and carry plenty of scars. We sometimes forget, that as in the picture
above, our wholeness is intact– we just cannot always see it. Our light is a
reflection of the Source of all Light; and in our own cycles, we let that light
shine from us, providing illumination and hope to others who wander in the
dark. Our navigation guides are our emotions and intuition. Logic offers little
use within these mysterious realms.
The Moon card reminds us we must allow our
subconscious to come up from the depths and be illuminated, through stages and
cycles of growth. In the picture above we see only the surface of a dark
expanse of water. What is hidden in the depths of those waters? Monsters of the
deep? Sunken treasure to be sought and
recovered? The moon shines from above
sending reflected light dancing across the surface, allowing us only the merest
glimpse of what lies just below the surface. Beyond the filtered light of the
moon is darkness and the unknown. The ocean is so vast and constantly changing
that we could never know it all.
The moon controls the tides using her powerful force
to entrain the oceans to her rhythms. If the oceans respond so strongly to her,
how can we, also made of water, resist her? After a full tide we can walk the
beach and see what has been washed up – sometimes trash, sometimes exquisite beauty.
Through the cycles of our lives we have different opportunities and conditions
to explore our own depths. Life’s storms
roil the waters of our subconscious, dislodging monsters, garbage, or hidden
treasure. Like on a warm summer night when we go skinny-dipping, we might jump
naked and vulnerable into the depths of our subconscious, ready to explore and
celebrate how it holds us. Or, we might placidly slip past the peaceful surface
allowing our Light to guide us in curious exploration of our own hidden reefs
and grottos. Sometimes, afraid and not ready, we stand on the shore perhaps
able to only slip a toe into the water and observe the ripples radiating from
even such a small disturbance.
We are ever changing, morphing, part of cycles
within cycles. More is continually revealed and even more is hidden as we
progress along our own dance across cosmic time. As our awareness emerges from
the dark of our subconscious and moves toward enlightenment, there is never a
void. Like any body of water, when you
pull something from it there is no hole; the waters simply swirl in to fill the
space. Sometimes our subconscious sends up a small message that we can’t quite
grasp as it surfaces; we can only ponder on lost meanings as that message once
again retreats into the depths. Not to
worry, it will eventually reappear and another chance at understanding will be
within our reach.
May the Moon bless you on your journey, bring you
light, heighten your intuition, and bring you peace.
... Kathryn Ravenwood 04/19/17
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