The Fairy Tale Moon
Lisa Hunt’s Fairy Tale Tarot features the lovely Sleeping Beauty. I love how the moonlight coming in the window is mirrored in the moonlight in the tapestry. This card highlights the idea of the moon representing the unconscious, comparing it to a dream state (since the princess is in a 100 year sleep, I assume she is dreaming during at least some of that time). The room looks comfortable and safe. All the dangers and fears, if there are any, are within her mind and inhabiting her dreams.
Reader Comments
on February 9th, 2010 @ 1:50 pm
This is wonderful! I can already tell I’m going to want this deck. The fact that we can’t see what she is dreaming underscores the sense of the “unseen” that I associate with The Moon.
on February 11th, 2010 @ 6:35 pm
I recently read the original version of the Sleeping Beauty story and it adds a whole other layer of menace to the interpretation of the card. Sometimes being an unstoppable truffle-pig for learning has its downsides!