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The Moon Tarot Card Meaning
The Moon tarot card means uncertainty, illusion and intuition. Not everything is clear yet.
Upright
- Uncertainty
- illusion
- intuition
Reversed
- Confusion lifting
- fear released
- truth coming out
Yes or no
No
The Moon is card XVIII of the 22 major arcana.
What the card shows
A full moon with a face looks down as drops fall from it. A dog and a wolf howl up at it, a crayfish crawls out of a pool, and a path runs between two towers into the distance.
This is the card as drawn by Pamela Colman Smith for the 1909 Rider-Waite-Smith deck, which is in the public domain.
Upright meaning
The Moon is read as uncertainty. Things are not what they seem, and fear or imagination may be filling the gaps. It points to dreams, instincts and walking on without being able to see the whole road.
The Moon reversed
Reversed, it is read as confusion clearing, a fear losing its grip, or something hidden coming to light.
Yes or no?
In a yes or no question, The Moon is usually read as a no, often in the sense of not now or not this way. Readers differ on some cards, so treat this as one common reading. You can ask a yes or no question and draw a card for it.
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