The Moon

What the card means

Upright

Not everything is being called by its real name, and right now the feelings are worse than the facts. The card is about a road at dusk: you can walk it, but check with your eyes rather than your instincts. The anxiety in it is real and nearly always larger than whatever caused it.

Reversed

The fog lifts: the fear is named, the deception opened, the dream over. Sometimes the self-deception is knowing, which is harder than not knowing.

Love and relationships

Upright

Things unsaid, jealousy with or without cause - and from here the two cannot be told apart. Not the time for conclusions: check before believing your own version.

Reversed

It came out as it is. Or the anxiety let go, and it turned out not to have been about your partner.

Work and business

Upright

Incomplete data, vague agreements, somebody not saying everything. A poor time to sign. A good one to ask the direct question.

Reversed

What was hidden has come out. Or you have finally stopped filling in other people's reasons for them.

Money

Upright

Figures that cannot be taken on trust. Check the terms twice and do not agree under time pressure.

Reversed

The deception has been found. Unpleasant, and better than continuing.

The card's advice

Check facts, not feelings. Ask the direct question instead of building a version. And remember that everything is larger at night than it is - leave the decisions until morning.

As the card of the day

A day on which it is better to decide nothing. Good for sleep, and for writing the worry down to look at tomorrow. Poor for signing and for conclusions.

What is depicted

A moon with a face in profile drips; below, a dog and a wolf howl and a crayfish crawls from the water. A path runs off between two towers. There is a road, and it is lit exactly enough not to see where it goes.

Zodiac sign and correspondences

Pisces - what has no firm outline.

With other cards

• The Moon + The Hermit — walking in the dark with a small light; slow, but you can see.
• The Moon + The High Priestess — two cards of unclarity at once: decide nothing until it gets light.
• The Moon + The Sun — fog and then light: what tormented you at night turns out smaller by day.