The Moon and (18/9)

The archetypal system of Tarot is ancient. Although records link its beginnings to the Middle Ages, there are indications of its origination occurring much earlier – perhaps even by thousands of years and from distant civilizations. The Tarot represents and reflects (it is) the story of life: each card is a micro-story of the profound, deeply-embedded and commonly-lived experiences of our human journey. Your core Tarot encoding is unveiled by adding your individual birth numbers together and reducing them down: in this case, your encoded Tarot archetype is #9 The Hermit. Expounding on this archetype, your birth numbers have also been added in such a way (a system developed by the Amberstones) as to bring forward one (and sometimes two) other major arcana archetypes that also live within you. Together, these symbiotic fields of energy create an additional dynamic and unveil the complexities of your Soul Print’s distinct journey. ______

You are the energetic archetypal combination of (#18 in the Tarot) and The Hermit (#9 in the Tarot). As such, you represent a dynamic quality-set and a duality that emerges from its coupling and its energetic feedback loop.

This emergent archetype and energy signature is one that represents your life story and your specific path to navigate. As with all encodings, inherent with Moon-Hermit lies an undeniable soul-growth journey.

In addition to the data below, please absorb the imagery on each card – the similarities and the differences – as the symbols provide infinite information about your encodings.

Written by Ruth Ann and Wald Amberstone: ”The Moon and The Hermit share extreme qualities — low and high, vague and precise, yearning and ambitious, obscure and clear, far and near, many voices and one voice, fluid and solid. For both, the journey's the thing. For both, the heights are the objective. For both, illumination is the essence, while darkness is the matrix. One faces the darkness of the untraveled path ahead, while the other faces the darkness of the heights beyond reach. The light available to each leaves their darkness intact.

“The Moon is the uncertainty at the heart of things, the unrealized and phantom possibility, the power of mutation and transformation. Shape-shifting unconsciousness and identity offer multiple realities that reflect inner rather than outer landscapes. The job of The Moon is to evolve, to move forward by inhabiting ever more subtle and elaborate forms, to

www.TheAlchemyofHolism.com experience challenge, growth and renewal with each new version of itself. The Hermit is the finished, final clarity that shines at the center of things, the distillation of knowledge gained through effort, persistence, intelligence, and courage. Perfect faith and endless labor are rewarded by being lit from within. He becomes a steady, continuous, living light, a beacon to those who seek the outermost boundaries of personal growth. For those on the upward journey, the way is lit by those who have gone before.

“Unintegrated and imperfectly realized, The Moon can be filled with nameless terrors and subject to depression. It may not trust what it sees or what it hears, and it is prone to believing the worst. It can be gulled into believing fantastic claims and stories, and may be drawn onto false paths with little or no reward at their end. It is subject to nightmares, and may come to fear sleep.

“The Hermit can be ambitious, and lose sight of or never see how perfectly he can serve a higher power, or how pure he can become himself. He can be immersed in detail, careful of every step on the way to serving his own interests. He may be so practical and down-to- earth, that mysterious and unlikely paths are rejected out of hand. He can become so absorbed in making his own way that he has little time or patience for anyone else, and thus becomes isolated and emotionally barren.

“Together, they travel from the depths to the heights, exploring the shadows and precipices that wait for every traveller on the path to knowledge. They promise faithfully that the great journey of personal evolution can be completed, and they will show you the way.”

You are an embodiment of the “both-and” of these archetypes, as well as the pinnacle point and “in-between” of them – the resultant entity – created by their relationship. You are here to evolve the cooperative, symbiotic relationship between these archetypes.

When understood, accepted and allowed to flow naturally, the Moon-Hermit will lead your soul where it wants to go - toward fearless delving into the journey of soul so to evolve it and become the light for others. It is when you see, understand and approach this path from your natural place of wholeness that your journey will able to be harnessed so it can unfold optimally and with least effort.

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