Year of Practice 2023 begins March 20th. Here is an example of one of the daily emails that you’ll receive throughout the entire year, along with live Zoom classes/discussions, and access to a group Discord server.

The Moon, like all cards in the Tarot, has a wide, wide range of interpretations. Some folks really welcome and relish the energy of the Moon, delighting in its associations with dreams and psychic abilities, and the “women who run with the wolves” vibe. I think that’s wonderful AND the Moon has only ever shown up for me personally to represent depression, ennui, a feeling of deep doubt, listlessness, a kind of generalized sorrow, melancholy, PMS…..you get the picture.

In fact, when I was pulling for “opposites” at some point, I drew it for “What is the opposite of trust?”

One time, when I was in a real morose grump, Abi and I pulled it for card-of-the-day on Instagram. While seeing the Moon is never my fave, I was also somewhat relieved, because it meant I was just in the FOG, or the BOG of the Moon, and it was something I could travel through.

In fact, on that live I said “Well, ok, I’ll just wait it out, then.” But my enunciation was poor, and it sounded like I said “wade it out”. And I liked that so much. Yes, the Moon is something we have to wade through. It’s a bog, it’s a swamp. We may doubt our ability to make it to solid ground. But as long as we keep MOVING, we won’t get sucked in for good.

That’s why I like to refer to the Swamp of Sadness scene in the movie ‘The Never Ending Story’ when this card comes up. As you travel through the swamp, you will begin to lose hope, you will get so sad, and if you give in to those feelings, you will sink and be lost forever. But if you stay focused, if you keep trudging, you will make it through. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsKu3Jh5IAs )

(The idea of ‘wading it out’ also brings to mind the connections of the Moon to the Hermit (18 reduces to 9), a card that teaches us about moving through darkness, about taking things one step at a time, about slow and consciously made journeys.)

Let’s ask today

What am I being asked to “wade out”