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The Wisdom of Uncertainty: The Moon Tarot Card

April showers—or snowstorms, in my case here in Edmonton, Alberta—is supposed to bring May flowers. Sure enough, a few of the trees and bushes are starting to show little green tips and there are a couple of hardy purple flowers popping up in my garden, but as I write, the green tips are frosted with a little morning snow. Snow! The new moon of early May, for me, brought some heavy feelings with it, old grief (certainly for the brilliant Vancouver Mays I used to enjoy before I moved here), and a strange mood of uncertainty. The tarot card I pulled this week is the Moon: 

The Moon card is all about feeling unsure, about being on a path that feels dark, strange, and unfamiliar. Spring isn’t supposed to be like that—it’s supposed to be all bright and shiny with the promise of wonderful new things ahead. 

But like most things, Spring isn’t really linear. It has ups and downs. Our life paths are like that too, and patches of uncertainty are normal—even useful. I have learned that there is real wisdom and value in being in a place where you just don’t quite know. There is something really important about hesitation: when you walk up to the door of something you thought you wanted and can’t quite bring yourself to turn the knob, you might need to pause. You might need to wait a moment longer, to feel truly ready, to process something about a past experience that you haven’t wanted to look at, or simply to look behind you and think about what you will be saying goodbye to when you walk through this new door. That’s where I feel myself to be: at the door of something, and not sure if I’m quite ready or able to walk through. There are a few moves I can make, but I have to wait until a couple of things fall into place before I can actually act. Sunshine and flowers await me on the other side, but, right now, it’s snowing on my head. 

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When the Moon card comes up (especially in the Dreamkeeper’s deck, above), I am also called to ask about grief. For me, this image is about waiting, about being in that twilight place in a long embrace with the past. What losses have I not fully processed? If I allow myself to change in the ways that I really want to, in the ways that I am really excited about, what will I have to let go of?

What I know about the cycles of the moon, the cycles of the universe (and yes, okay, the cycles of my hormones) is that there are natural dips and shallows before the swell. I often need a little visit with grief before I can get excited about something new. I also know that, for many of us, the true key to moving forward into positive change is to stop and sit compassionately with the parts of us that are resisting that change. When we can nod to our fears, embrace our losses, and remind ourselves of the reasons why it’s safe enough to change, that resistance will often melt away and let us glow in the warmth of the springtime sun. The buds will come through and find the sun. It will warm up. For now, it seems the move is to embrace the wait.

I’ve started adding a few short videos on Tarot to my YouTube channel. See the one about the Moon card here: https://youtu.be/NNYhDwJqd30