The Moon continues its travels through Scorpio where it will remain until tomorrow morning. The Moon describes the general emotional tone that surrounds us and in Scorpio our desire is to get to the bottom of things, clean out what has outlived its usefulness or is impeding us.
But to me, both the Moon in Scorpio and The Moon Tarot card, today's #amtarot card, are associated with diving down into the psyche, down into the place where the rational mind gives way to the older instinctual self.
This is one reason that the card's image depicts no humans, only animals. This card can be best understood by reading it from bottom to top. In the lowest quadrant a scorpion-like creature rises out of the water. As the water meets the land, a path begins that takes one out for a long journey eventually scaling up the distant mountains.
At the beginning of the path, near the water's edge, we see a wolf and a dog baying at the Moon which stands directly in front of the Sun, blocking its light--in other words, a total solar eclipse.
So this journey to enlightenment begins in the very depths of our primitive, animal selves. To master ourselves - to really get to know ourselves - we have to begin by bringing out the hidden, primitive aspects out to be examined.
It is appropriate that the light of the Sun is blocked by Mother Moon. These aspects of ourselves need to be examined with the tools of instinct rather than clear logic and analysis. It is a right-brain exercise and the light of the Sun, the left-brain realm of intellect and logic would only distract us from the necessary work to be done here.
Perhaps the use of a solar eclipse also speaks to the occurrences during actual total eclipses, where the momentary darkness brings out nocturnal creatures.
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