Cartomancer
What is the Moon?
I conjecture that the Moon card in the Tarot is associated with the constellation Cancer because of the crustacean forms on the card. The Gates of Mem are even seen on some variations of the Moon card, which is a clue because the constellation Cancer is one of the Gates of Mem. The other Gate of Mem is in the constellation Sagittarius.
The reasons for this hypothesis of the Moon card having a connection with the the constellation/sign of Cancer have been expounded upon by many authors who have pointed out the obvious. Hopefully their reasons are acceptable.
Many of the mythical meanings of the constellation Cancer have been transferred to the sign Cancer and can be used in interpreting the Moon card, and authors who associate the Moon card with the sign of Cancer are also right.
Search for term such as: “constellation Cancer crab myth images” for links to images of the constellation Cancer, some which have a resemblance to the iconography of the Moon card. Here are some links to the constellation Cancer myths:
Cancer the Crab
http://www.constellationsofwords.com/Constellations/Cancer.html
Star Lore of the Constellations
Cancer: the Crab by Deborah Houlding
http://www.skyscript.co.uk/cancer_myth.html
- Cartomancer (Lance Carter)
I conjecture that the Moon card in the Tarot is associated with the constellation Cancer because of the crustacean forms on the card. The Gates of Mem are even seen on some variations of the Moon card, which is a clue because the constellation Cancer is one of the Gates of Mem. The other Gate of Mem is in the constellation Sagittarius.
The reasons for this hypothesis of the Moon card having a connection with the the constellation/sign of Cancer have been expounded upon by many authors who have pointed out the obvious. Hopefully their reasons are acceptable.
Many of the mythical meanings of the constellation Cancer have been transferred to the sign Cancer and can be used in interpreting the Moon card, and authors who associate the Moon card with the sign of Cancer are also right.
Search for term such as: “constellation Cancer crab myth images” for links to images of the constellation Cancer, some which have a resemblance to the iconography of the Moon card. Here are some links to the constellation Cancer myths:
Cancer the Crab
http://www.constellationsofwords.com/Constellations/Cancer.html
Star Lore of the Constellations
Cancer: the Crab by Deborah Houlding
http://www.skyscript.co.uk/cancer_myth.html
- Cartomancer (Lance Carter)