To demystify this card a bit, we dug into what it’s all about, plus what it means for love, your career, and more. Ready? Shuffle up and let’s explore. “It’s when the subconscious is reflected back to us and we get the chance to work with it,” she says. “There’s an element of diving deep into the depths of who you are and being willing to see and accept everything you find.” When you pull this card, Vanderveldt notes, it’s an invitation to “release the control you’ve held over your internal, emotional realm in order to access your innermost truths.” Relating to this card requires connecting deeply to—and accepting—all that you are. “There’s an urging to turn to your intuition and dreams during this time to assist you,” she adds. The Moon also has close ties with another card in the tarot deck, The Sun. While The Sun represents the evolution of your authentic self in the world, The Moon is the inner work it takes to get there. “We can’t fully be ourselves if we’re unable to face and accept our shadows,” Vanderveldt says. Doing this work then, will help your relationship, she adds. “Self-examination and healthy release within yourself will absolutely make it easier for you to communicate and relate to your love without getting defensive or triggered.” “It takes commitment to your own growth and well-being to really get into Moon energy. But the more you lean into it, the more you get out of it—and life on the other side is totally worth it,” she says. It’s a good idea to ask yourself how you can open up to the opportunity of this time, she adds, “by examining your motivations and unconscious beliefs, and letting your need to know the future fall by the wayside.” Accepting the unknown is important here, and it’s OK to not always have the answers. “Paradoxically, when you give up searching for answers and focus on coming back to your core self, that’s when the answers will start to emerge,” she notes. “In other words, use this time of uncertainty to go within rather than panicking about what you can’t control in the external.”
