Summer
Solstice Tarot~The Moon
By Claire Coleman, Art by Robin Ator
Following on from the hope given by the Star, you might expect the next card in our journey to be one of joy and acceptance. It isn’t, I’m afraid--it’s going to get a bit more spooky before we get there. The Moon is a card denoting experiences that can be good or bad, depending on how you approach them. This is where the message of the Star comes in. The more you hope, the better they will be.
The Moon signifies a time when you have stilled your mind enough that more subtle information gets through. Your intuition takes over. This could happen within your dreams, late at night when you are alone or in the middle of the street on a wet Thursday. What could happen is that your intuition suddenly tells you, STOP! Now, do you listen and react instantly, or do you carry on? It could be that you suddenly remember someone you know from school and a moment later you get an email from them. You could be singing a song, turn on the radio and it’s being played. Things, basically, get a bit weird.
Some peoples' entire lives are like this. They either learn to accept it, or they deny it and thus lose a bit of themselves in the process. For others it happens rarely. Some people act on these messages and thus avoid accidents that might have happened or people that they would have regretted meeting. They also have incredibly fortuitous events happen too because they took the time to listen.
Intuition is, I believe, another way in which your unconscious mind and a higher power tries to communicate with you. For example, sometimes your unconscious might pick up small clues in a person’s body language that make you feel that the person is very unpleasant indeed. This could explain those times when you meet someone and instantly dislike them. Your unconscious is trying to tell you something. I suggest you listen. If it says "run away," then please run (you may also get positive messages too!).
Sometimes also it is a higher consciousness softly trying to move you towards a beneficial experience. You might be in a book shop and have a strange urge to look in a section you never normally enter. You might be drawn to someone you have known for a while but never spent time with or towards a new hobby. You may well meet someone or something that can change your life.
So the message of the Moon is try to quiet things down so you can listen to your sixth sense. The Moon’s light is not as bright as the sun, but can still illuminate your life. What is it trying to tell you? The Moon advises you that the sixth sense is as vital as your other senses although it doesn’t always communicate as clearly! If life is always a bit strange for you in the way I have described, then perhaps its time to find a mentor to help you manage your talent. If life is only rarely this way for you then when it is please listen! If it’s talking to you--it’s important!