Daily Card - Queen of Cups and The Moon

Today I drew the Queen of Cups, which is my card, not only because she’s the queen I most relate with, but astrologically, she represents the water signs, and I’m a Scorpio. Tonight is also the full moon in Libra. And in my astrological chart, my Moon is in Libra. This seems to be my day.

According to astrowisdom.com, this is the full moon to celebrate togetherness, love and peace. Sounds like the Queen of Cups to me!

This card features Guinevere, from the King Arthur/Camelot times. When I drew this card, I had an overwhelming feeling of love. Pure, heartfelt, consuming and all-encompassing love. I thought of the love I have for my children and for my passions in life. It reminded me of who I truly am inside, and the need to bring more of that to my outer world. To extend more love and light to those around me, and to love myself unconditionally as I do my children.

Yesterday I drew the Hermit, and also did an oracle reading which pointed to a new spiritual dawning for me. Today seems to emphasize everything lining up for just that purpose. The full moon is a great time for aligning with the metaphysical world. I think I'll meditate outside tonight, under the full moon, and/or perhaps do an outdoor reading with my Tarot of a Moon Garden deck.

(The beach scene in the card also reminded me of a dream I had last night, but unfortunately I can only remember a glimpse of it, and not enough to be significant.)

Update: Just minutes after writing this post, I got out my Tarot of a Moon Garden deck. While I shuffled, I asked the deck what it wanted me to know today. And I drew The Moon! I couldn't believe it! I was actually expecting the Queen of Cups to surprise me with a repeat appearance, but The Moon was just as delightfully synchronous!

The accompanying book to the Tarot of a Moon Garden features rituals to go with each card. The ritual for the Moon card just so happens to be one to be done on the full moon.

There are two faces of the moon in this card, one on top of the other. A single tear is falling from one of the faces. This reminded me of a moment I had yesterday with my 5 year old daughter. We were just laying together in bed mid-day, snuggling, with our faces together. I was staring into her eyes, thinking of how much I loved her and I started to tear from sheer happiness. She didn't say a word, just continued looking at me with eyes of love. It was an overwhelmingly beautiful moment. When I drew the Queen of Cups earlier this morning, I also thought of this moment.

Drawing both the Queen of Cups and The Moon on the day of the full moon indicates to me a deep, emotional and spiritual force working in my life today. And this is something I predicted this morning before drawing any cards, by reading a crane in the distance beyond our yard. A mile or so away, they are doing some building. There is a gigantic crane at the work site which I can see above the trees in our yard. The top of the crane was hanging in such a way that I instinctively "read" it. I found myself doing a mental reading for no one in particular, but now it's apparent it was for myself. The reading of the crane indicated a rush of spiritual force bringing about change on the physical plane. I need to draw a picture of the crane, along with my interpretations, and see how that reading, along with my daily cards play out in my life.

Next Day Update: I did spend some time meditating and doing a reading under the light of the full moon... details posted here.

Deck: Whimsical Tarot and Tarot of a Moon Garden