The Moon Major Arcana XVIII · tarot card meaning
- Sign
- Pisces
- Hebrew letter
- Qoph
- Yes or no
- No
The Moon upright
The Moon signals what you cannot see clearly yet. A fear that grows at night. A situation still underwater, a dream you cannot name. Waite is blunt about this one. His list runs: hidden enemies, danger, calumny, darkness, deception.
Yes or no: No, the picture is not clear enough. The Moon answers through what is still hidden from you.
The Moon reversed
Reversed, the Moon points to instability, silence, and a lesser degree of deception or error. Some fog may thin without making the path reliable. The picture becomes less distorted, not fully clear.
Yes or no: Not yet. Some deception may lessen, but instability and silence still keep the picture uncertain.
The card at a glance
- Attribution
- System
- First printed
- Themes
- intuition, thought, truth
What is shown
A moon with a human face hangs above two towers. Its disk contains both a full circle and a crescent. Thirty-two rays alternate around it. Drops shaped like Yod fall through the sky. A dog and wolf howl beside a winding path. A crustacean climbs from the pool toward land.
- Number
- XVIII
- Yes or no
- It depends
The Moon upright
La Lune lights a strange landscape of animals, towers, water, and a rising creature. It represents deep feeling and hidden reality.
Yes or no: It depends. La Lune reveals depth, but the full situation remains partly hidden.
The Moon reversed
Reversed, feeling becomes vague, disturbing, or difficult to navigate. The path retreats beneath fear and uncertain signals.
Yes or no: Not yet. Reversed, uncertainty and submerged risk obscure a reliable answer.
La Lune is read in its Marseille title, image, and position; its RWS link is a structural cross-reference, not permission to replace the card's identity.
The card at a glance
- Printed title
- LA LUNE
- Printed number
- XVIII
- Pattern
- Edition
- Themes
- intuition, thought, truth
- Deck
- Tarot de Marseille: The Moon (La Lune)
What is shown
A profile face fills the moon inside a radiant disk. Coloured drops hang beneath it. Two canine animals face each other between distant towers. A large red crustacean rises from a striped pool in the foreground.
- Attribution
- Lentulo (18)
- Yes or no
- Yes
The Moon upright
Lentulo leans toward a burning lamp while a blue vessel lies cracked or overturned below. The scene contrasts maintained light with visible damage.
Yes or no: Yes. Lentulo supports the answer after damage and living resources are both assessed.
The Moon reversed
Reversed, attention stays on the flame while the broken vessel is denied. Hope becomes avoidance when damage receives no practical assessment.
Yes or no: No. Reversed, hope is being used to avoid the visible break.
The Sola Busca sequence gives Lentulo its own standing, separate from any RWS major it might resemble.
The card at a glance
- Attribution
- Lentulo (18)
- Workshop
- First documented
- c. 1491
- Themes
- intuition, thought, truth
- Deck
- Sola Busca: Lentulo (18)
What is shown
An elderly bearded Lentulo leans toward a tall burning lamp or torch set on a ledge. Below, a blue globe or vessel appears cracked or overturned, with a red drape falling into the corner.
Questions
What does The Moon mean?
Not everything in the situation is clear. The Moon signals what you cannot see clearly yet.
What does The Moon mean reversed?
Reversed, the Moon points to instability, silence, and a lesser degree of deception or error.
Is The Moon a yes or no card?
No upright, not yet reversed. The picture is not clear enough.
What is shown on The Moon?
A moon with a human face hangs above two towers.
