The Moon (tarot card)

The Moon (XVIII) is the eighteenth trump or Major Arcana card in most traditional tarot decks.

A wolf and a domesticated dog howl at the Moon while a crayfish emerges from the water.

The dog and wolf are the fears of the natural mind in the presence of that place of exit, when there is only reflected light to guide it...

'"[2] Waite writes that the Moon card carries several divinatory associations:[3] 18.THE MOON--Hidden enemies, danger, calumny, darkness, terror, deception, occult forces, error.

Reversed: stability, constancy, silence, lesser degrees of deception and error.In Astrology, the Moon card is associated with the mutable-water sign of Pisces and its ruling planet, Neptune.

The Moon (XVIII) from the Rider–Waite tarot deck
An original card from the tarot deck of Jean Dodal of Lyon , a classic " Tarot of Marseilles " deck. The deck dates from 1701 to 1715.