Colorful vignettes painted softly with inspiration in hope of recovery blending light humor into adult life confounded by misdiagnosed ADD leading to child abuse drenched under cloudbursts of PTSD.

Complex PTSD is psychological injury resulting from continual abuse. There’s no escape because the abuser is often a parent.
Abusers may have Sadistic Personality Disorder. The hallmark of SPD is that the person enjoys inflicting cruelty upon others.

Dedication: Gazing At A Face In The Mind


The Moon card of the Tarot represents
fertility of imagination and dreams.
It is Major Arcana number 18 of
important animal symbolism
with no human figures.
A wild wolf and a
domesticated
dog are
depicted
howling at
The Moon...



The crayfish embodies an
emerging subconscious wresting
influence over the conscious mind.


The Moon symbolizes our sense of
belonging and security on the
longest journey into the
darkest night.




The Moon can
portend we may wander
from what is important in life
and follow a different path altogether.
The world around us may have secretly
transformed and the structures
that long brought comfort
suddenly appear
absent.


Mystery permeates
all aspects of our lives
and we would be wise to understand

that things are not always as they seem.


In the stygian depths of the soul we can no
longer tell what is real or an abstract
of our fears and desires.
Keen perception
and constant

vigilance
are necessary
to find that which is hidden.

There is no sunlight for guidance,
nor words; just impressions and notions.
The Moon does not exude its own light but mirrors that of the Sun.



The same light shines upon us all,
but what is seen when that light
 reaches our eyes depends upon
who we are, not
what we see.


The way forward is revealed under The Moon's illumination.
Now is the time to believe in ourselves.
Don’t let fear block our path.


Descriptors of the Moon:

The Moon lights the gateway between the physical
and metaphysical, and the conscious and subconscious realms.
Entering the Moon’s world can be frightening, but also revealing and inspirational.
Mystery, secrets, dreams, and fears that grow in the dark can become nightmares.
The Moon suggests creativity, intuition, and possibly psychic revelation.
Seek the subtle wisdom that hides from the harsh light of day.
The Moon is the cool, silver, reflective mirror of the Sun.
That which is hidden will become revealed.


Utilize inspiration; perhaps write or paint.

Nature cycles ceaselessly.
Subconscious desire.
Sophisticated passion.
The heart’s aspirations.
Compassion or altruism.

Dedicated humanitarian.
Mature emotions ease the

journey to our expanded sense of Self.

In tune with surrounding environment and nature,
the Self experiences greater joy yet more pain through a large heart.
Individual boundaries dissolve as the heart yearns universal love
to parallel with a maturing, seeking, universal mind.
We see emotions grown up, capable of intelligent
love and compassion as the self
begins to merge with
the other.


Passions
are intricately
and harmoniously
woven into the overall
fabric of lifestyle and life's purpose.
Floodgates move in concert to
the ebb and flow of
The Moon’s
attractiveness.
We must be very
careful to avoid hiding our
fears behind alcohol or drugs.

The Moon indicates increased vulnerability

to self-destructive behavior.
It gives us the ability to
see ourselves and our
effect on others.

Beware of
deceptions
and phony people.
But also respect the
dangers lurking in the dark.


According to Waite's 'The Pictorial Key To The Tarot':
The card represents life of the imagination
apart from life of the spirit.
The face of the mind
directs a calm gaze
upon the unrest
as the dew of
thought
falls.


Intellectual
light is merely a
reflection and beyond it
the unknown mystery which it cannot reveal.

The dog and wolf are natural fears of the mind in the
presence of a place of exit; there is only reflected light to guide it.
It strives to attain manifestation, symbolized by crawling from
the abyss of water to the land, but as a rule
it sinks back whence it came.
It illuminates our animal
nature, represented
by the dog, the wolf,
and that which comes up
out of the deeps, the nameles,
hideous tendency which is lower
even than the savage beast.


The Moon {Reversed}:

The upright Moon is an uncomfortable card,
but its reversal is more frightening in other ways.
Over-identifying with humanity’s suffering becomes a pitfall.
Lack of awareness of emotions indicates an emotional Achilles’ heel.
It can indicate incomplete or inadequate accommodation
of elemental subconsciousness.
Behavior will possibly be
vague, erratic, illusive,
impersonal, confused,
unpredictable, or
uncertain.

Perhaps
overly emotional,
even delusional intense and

irrational fear may preclude psychological problems.
When looking at health issues, The Moon represents sleep disorders,

mental illnesses, drug overdoses and coma.

Although it indicates less danger of
external hidden enemies and
deceptions, it suggests
heightened fear,
denial, intuition
ignored,
dreams
dismissed.

It is said to
sometimes portend
Astral Travel, the experience of
consciousness traveling outside of the body.
Our subconscious may be trying to tell us something
and it’s time for us to listen.
The wildness and chaos
of the dark may be
getting out of
control.


Secrets may soon be exposed.


Oracles:

hidden enemies,
deception, illusion,
danger, terror, plots,
dreams, tension, doubt,
fantasy, deception, lunacy,
psychological conflict,  illusion,
imagination, obscured vision, fear,
confusion, lack of clarity, worry, anxiety,
romanticism, apprehension, unrealistic ideas.




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