18  -  T H E   M O O N

The symbolism on The Moon is very interesting.  The Moon, itself, is shining above a dark scene, it is shown in three facets, half, full, and crescent. A face looks down at the ground in the half-moon phase.

At the bottom of the picture is a small body of water; a crayfish crawls out of the water onto a trail on the shoreline. Behind the crayfish, from our point of view, there are two canine figures, a dog and a wolf. They are standing, one on either side of the pathway looking up at the moon.  The trail winds its way up through the hills, between two gray stone towers and up into mountains far away in the distance.

The figures we see at the bottom of the picture represent our physical and spiritual evolution, by showing a water creature in its progression into a wolf and, making another evolutionary step, into the dog. It is remarkable to see that this last step in evolution was engendered by man, as is his own spiritual progress.

The Tower gave us the flash of understanding which began our route to higher spiritual growth. From The Star, we got enough spiritual light to show us that the enlightenment is available. Now, The Moon gives us a brighter enlightenment. Meditation is starting to pay off for us and the illumination becomes brighter. But, we need to remember that moonlight leaves dark shadows. Within these shadows, we may at any time be easily deluded, misled.

We now know, that we are spiritual beings but, at this early stage ot our spiritual growth, it's easy to slip back into our old belief pattern that we, in actuality, are actually material beings. When things are good in the material world, it is relatively easy to "know" we are spiritual beings but, when life becomes more of a challenge, oops! back to being physical beings again!  We are deceiving ourselves again and, because of the limited light, we can quickly descend into old "insufficiency" thought patterns.

It's time now to really put our spiritual achievement to the test. If we can get through to our old fears and feelings of inadequacy, those old "shadows in the light", that we actually are spirit-beings, this "material stuff" just can’t hurt us. We all need to keep moving toward the light, in spite of the shadows in our thinking.

When you meditate with The Moon, let it jog your memory that, although we are likely to regress in our belief now and then, we will be able to conquer this.

More light is on its way! We just have to
keep going with our spiritual efforts...
 
And The Spiritual Light Will Come!

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| 3 - The Empress | 4 - The Emperor | 5 - The Hierophant | 
| 6 - The Lovers | 7 - The Chariot | 8 - Strength | 9 - The Hermit |
| 10 - Wheel Of Fortune | 11 - Justice | 12 - The Hanged Man | 
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