18-The Temptress – Upright Salem Deck

Your Chosen Card – The Temptress Upright Salem Deck

When upright, the Moon suggests that circumstances may be elusive, unclear, confusing, fluctuating, or unsteady at this time. The Moon has a dark side, always hidden from human view. Individuals under the influence of drugs or alcohol can cause problems. Important information may have been misunderstood or may not yet be within your grasp. Unseen influences may be at work, and matters are likely to look different in the light of day. You may be in one phase of a cycle, and only with the passage of time will the next phase reveal itself. Don’t jump to conclusions or act on impulse. Be sure you have accurate and verifiable information before making a major decision.

Keywords Upright: Illusion, mystery, haziness, unseen influences, intuitive knowledge, things are not what they seem; voluntary change, phases, cycles, dreams, imagination, psychic awareness, unconscious knowledge, introspection, gut instincts, the menstrual cycle, facing one’s fears.

Key XVIII: The Moon
Myths/Archetypes: The Moon Goddess. Hecate, gatekeeper between the worlds and the Queen of the Night. Diana, goddess of the moon, birthing, and the hunt.
Dates of Pisces: 18 February–19 March (tropical); 14 March–13 April (sidereal)
Astrology: Pisces, the Fishes (a Water sign ruled by Jupiter and Neptune)
Numerology: 9 (The Hermit) = 1 + 8 (The Moon)

Hebrew letter: Quph or Qoph (the sun on the horizon; a Hebrew word meaning the sun, revolution, a compass, circuit, cycle, circular motion, going around, behind, the back of the head, horizon, a revolution of the sun, time, or to condense). The moon is known for its dark side (back of the head) hidden from our earthly viewpoint and for its phases that resonate with natural cycles on earth.

When The Temptress is upright you can pretty much take it that life is going well but that’s when life takes us by surprise.  If The Temptress is unclear it may help to choose a card from the Major Arcana to provide more insight into what it is The Temptress is trying to tell you.  If you had a particular issue in  mind, or want to seek clarification on something else, you can also choose again to get more guidance.

This chosen card is part of your upright card reading for The Temptress using cards from the Salem Tarot Deck. You will find many more tarot pages that will be of great help if you need tarot card meanings. Use the search at the bottom of the page. We have some amazing tarot books for you to browse. Please see below.


Here are some snippets from a few of my favorite books

Portable Magic
Book Details
Portable Magic: The details of Tarot suit symbols do not remain absolutely constant throughout their history, but vary from place to place and from deck to deck. These minor differences are reflected in the names given to the symbols. Wands are sometimes called Rods of Staffs. Cups are sometimes called Chalices or Goblets. Swords are sometimes known as Daggers or, more rarely, Pins. Pentacles are also called Disks or Coins. The names for the suits employed here are those used by both the Golden Dawn and by the popular Rider Waite Tarot.

Tarot Books

Complete Book of Tarot: The lunar energy myth: you must leave your cards overnight in the moonlight so they can absorb psychic lunar vibrations.

Portable Magic: Above the three bands of the active elements that surround the unmoving earthly realm are the seven bands of the astrological planets, nesting one inside the other. These circular bands are best conceived as transparent spheres, but are represented in two dimensions as rings in ancient drawings and woodcuts of the cosmos. From the lowest to the highest, they are the spheres of the Moon, Mercury, Venus, the Sun, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn.

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Portable Magic: Above the three bands of the active elements that surround the unmoving earthly realm are the seven bands of the astrological planets, nesting one inside the other. These circular bands are best conceived as transparent spheres, but are represented in two dimensions as rings in ancient drawings and woodcuts of the cosmos. From the lowest to the highest, they are the spheres of the Moon, Mercury, Venus, the Sun, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn.