The Moon Tarot Card Meaning

Jan 17

The Moon Tarot card from The Standard Rider Waite Tarot

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The Tarot is divided into two main groups; the Major Arcana and the Minor Arcana. The Moon Tarot Card is part of the Major Arcana in the standard Tarot.

The Major Arcana is a set of 22 cards inside the 78 card Tarot deck that begins with Card 0: The Fool and ends with Card 21: The World.

It is often thought that cards within the Major Arcana portray major life events and lessons, whereas the Minor Arcana is more about the day to day details of living.

The Moon, Card 18, is wedged in between Card 17: The Star and Card 19: The Sun, which come after Card 15: The Devil and Card 16: The Tower.

Because The Moon is part of a group of three celestial bodies set after several cards that represent chaos and destruction, I often see The Moon as a redemption card, like the sunny day that comes after a storm.

Learn what it means when The Moon appears upright, reversed or in a love reading:

The Moon Tarot card from The Standard Rider Waite Tarot with text overlay The Moon Tarot Card Meaning

The Moon Card upright symbolizes:

Being on a path that leads to a new dawn, a time of rest and preparation, seeds of action are being planted, a reflection of the truth, psychic, feminine intuitive energy, poetry, romance and sacred women’s mysteries.

The Moon Card reversed symbolizes:

Blocked vision, uncertainty, disconnection, temporary cloudiness, confusion, deception revealed, illusions, hidden enemies, lies, denial, emotional imbalance and fearing the truth.

The Moon Tarot card from The Herbal Tarot

What The Moon card symbolizes in love:

The Moon Card can indicate love on its own, especially in the presence of Cups or Coins cards.

The Moon card can also represent a Pisces person who is ruled by Neptune or a person who has crossed over onto a spiritual path, but is still in a primitive state of learning.

It can also represent the dawning of a new, more spiritual phase of a relationship.

The Moon Tarot card from The Tarot Illuminati

The Moon card is the silvery path of illusion where everything shifts and flows.

When it shows up in a reading, it symbolizes time to accept that you are part of the tides of the Universe, as you even have them within you. It also symbolizes a time for embracing psychic energy and the hidden mystery in all that is.