Major Arcana · XVIII
The Moon Tarot Card Meaning
- Arcana
- Major Arcana
- Number
- XVIII · No. 18
- Yes or no
- Maybe · Reversed: No
Upright meaning
Anxiety · confusion · the unconscious
Nothing feels certain, like walking through fog. What you see isn't everything, so hold off on hasty judgements.
Reversed meaning
Misunderstandings cleared · truth revealed · easing fears
The fog slowly lifts and hidden facts come out. You are leaving vague fears behind.
In a yes-or-no reading
- UprightMaybeIt isn't settled yet. It could depend on conditions or timing.
- ReversedNoThe card says it won't be easy as things stand.
Its place in the Major Arcana
The 22 cards of life's big currents and turning points. They are read as one person's journey from 0, The Fool, to 21, The World, and the more of them in a spread, the more the matter goes beyond personal choice.
Cards 15 to 21 are the stage of becoming one with a larger world through collapse and awakening, arriving at hope, rebirth and completion.
The 22 Major Arcana
- The Fool
- The Magician
- The High Priestess
- The Empress
- The Emperor
- The Hierophant
- The Lovers
- The Chariot
- Strength
- The Hermit
- Wheel of Fortune
- Justice
- The Hanged Man
- Death
- Temperance
- The Devil
- The Tower
- The Star
- The Moon
- The Sun
- Judgement
- The World
Draw your own
Now that you know the card, think of one question and shuffle the deck yourself. Which of the 78 cards comes up is decided the moment you shuffle.
Meanings follow the widely used Rider–Waite tradition, and the pictures are simple designs drawn for this site. Please treat tarot as a light-hearted aid to reflection.