The Moon
The Moon is an Old Energy Archetype from the Masonic Tarot Deck. In the Book of Slavery and Book of Power, the archetype is used to reinforce the idea that we are fallen fools in school.
List of Old Energy Archetypes from the Masonic Tarot
Chariot, Death (archetype), Duality, Hermit, Hierophant, High Priestess, Judgement, Justice, Star, Strength, Sun (archetype), Temperance, The Devil, The Emperor, The Empress, The Fool, The Hanged Man, The Lovers, The Magician, The Moon, The Tower, The Wheel of Fortune, The World (old energy)
Related Terms
Old Energy Archetypes > Book of Slavery
Notes
Book of Power
THE FALL "We have now traversed the steps which the spirit descends in its gradual and utter fall towards the material world. All is now ended; the spirit is completely materialized, and the change is indicated by the eighteenth card."[1]
"It symbolizes Twilight, Deception, and Error."[2]
Book of Slavery
View of human nature -> an animal inside that needs to tamed: "The dog and the wolf represent the 'animal self' roused by the Moon...we go beyond this 'super ego' repression; in the process the 'id' wildness comes to the surface...Here no such direction is given; as we come back from the Star the beast returns in all its wildness"[3]
Fool in School: "These symbols show that as you travel the highway to higher consciousness (the path heading to the distant mountains), you must evolve through all states of consciousness--nothing can be skipped."[4]
Footnotes
- ↑ Papus, The Tarot of the Bohemians (Wilshire Book Co, 1978), https://sacred-texts.com/tarot/tob/index.htm.
- ↑ Mathers, S. L. MacGregor. The Tarot: Its Occult Significance, Use in Fortune-Telling, and Method of Play, Etc. Kindle Edition, 1888.
- ↑ Pollack, Rachel. Seventy-Eight Degrees of Wisdom. Harper Collins, 1980. p. 126.
- ↑ Jayanti, Amber. Tarot for Dummies. New York: Hungry Minds, 2002. p. 101
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