The Moon tarot card from the Simply Tarot deck

The Moon Tarot Card Meaning

The Moonwatcher
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Illusion • Intuition • Uncertainty

You are confused; things are unclear and you sense not everything has come to light as yet. You feel sensitive, perhaps lacking in confidence and feel unable to act. This is a time for cleansing, a time to heal and to leave the past behind. Things will become clearer and a brighter future is available when you are ready for it.

The Moon appears when the Subject doesn’t know the full story. The Subject may be waiting for something to happen or for someone to be more open and honest with them but they should also be guided by their intuition. They will know what is right and wrong, what is worth waiting for and pursuing; and those things that are not what they seem and which need to be left well alone.

They should be careful not to fill gaps in their knowledge by dreaming about what may, or may not, be. They need to wait for more information before trying to determine the outcome.

The Moon can often represent a secret love affair. In this kind of relationship, the development of this liaison could be out of the Subject’s hands and, so, if the Subject wants to pursue the affair they’ll remain in the uncertainty of The Moon, with little control over the outcome. If the Subject chooses not to pursue it they can take control of their own destiny and move on. Of course, some things are worth waiting for and this is what the Subject and Reader will have to decipher together.
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Love & Relationships

Uncertainty wraps itself tightly around emotion here. Mixed signals, hidden fears or unspoken desires make it difficult to separate intuition from projection. Love becomes difficult to navigate when fear quietly disguises itself as instinct.
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Material Life

Uncertainty clouds practical judgement now. Fear, confusion or hidden information make it difficult to fully trust appearances, especially where security already feels emotionally fragile beneath the surface. Anxiety grows quickly when imagination begins filling the silence with worst-case possibilities.
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Notes from the Artist

At first this appears to be quite a romantic scene as The Moon shines its light on a couple engrossed in conversation. But on second glance certain things, like the fact they’re meeting at the dead of night, make us suspicious about what’s happening between these two people and why they need to meet away from prying eno and inquisitive ears.

The light of The Moon is dim compared to the sun and there are things in the shadows ready to come into light, just like the crustacean clawing its way up the jetty. There’s a sense that something is not quite right, or that not everything is clear and in the open, but this can’t be quantified as yet.

From the archive

The Original Artwork, Reimagined

Before The Moon became part of the Simply Tarot collection you see today, it was drawn and painted by hand for the original 2011 Tarot House Deck. The style has evolved, but the meaning and character of the card remain at its heart.

Original hand-painted The Moon tarot card by Patricia House from the 2011 Tarot House Deck
2011 Original 2011 artwork The Moon Hand-painted by Patricia House
A huge shining crescent Moon hangs in the dark blue night sky over a female and a male at the end of a jetty. Behind them on the wooden jetty a crustacean climbs unseen up from the water.
Today The Moon reimagined The current Simply Tarot artwork

The original first edition

Buy the Original 2011 Deck

The card shown above is part of the original 78-card Tarot House Deck. Every image was drawn and painted by Patricia House before the deck was professionally printed by Cartamundi in the UK. A limited number from the original print run are still available.

  • 78-card first-edition deck
  • Two tarot-spread cards
  • Short meanings leaflet
  • Brocade drawstring bag

£25.99

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