This is a repost of Julie Herman‘s most recent b.read.crumbs post.

In the labyrinth of a difficult text, we find unmarked forks in the path, detours, blind alleys, loops that deliver us back to our point of entry, and finally the monster who whispers an unintelligible truth in our ears. — Mason Cooley

Not withstanding the fact that all of the photos in the banner above are daylight, I would like to point out our tagline: what is a path, really? For the Moon card always shows us a path, even when it leaves a big of mystery about exactly where it might lead.
Words associated with the Moon are:
Intuition * Uncertainty * Complexity * Secrets
The really good questions I have about life pop up on a reoccurring basis. Each time, I see them from a slightly different vantage point, as though climbing a giant spiral staircase. (Circling around them, as it were.) Each instance presents a view altered just enough to spark my intuition, where I can grasp more of the complexity of the problem. Another bit of the secret answer is unlocked, making me less uncertain. (Though often leading to more questions, as they do.)
If you pull a story spread and find the Moon in the structure position, then consider a circular story structure.
(If you have such a thing as a story spread… if you do not, consider this post by Margaret McNellis from Jane Friedman’s blog.)
I’m going to stretch a bit here and connect the pathways that the Moon card shows us with circular storytelling. After all, who doesn’t think of the reflection of a full circle of light reflected in the water below when someone mentions the moon?
Not you? Well, stop reading now, because this post is not for you.
The now-classic children’s picture book,If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff, uses a circular form of storytelling. The first line: “If you give a Mouse a cookie…” then circles back to (or, if you’re still looking at it metaphorically, reflected) in the last line, “…he’s going to want a cookie to go with it.”
Knowing that a cookie correlates to milk, messes, creativity, play, and naps, and back again to milk and cookies (because of course it does!) Even when you are a mouse.
The story has wound around, risen to a new level, where things are reflective of the opening reality, but the characters have learned a bit about life, and are the better for it.
So, if you pull a Moon card, let it show you that winding path, the one where you cannot quite see the end because it’s around a bend. Discover something. About the world. About life. About yourself.

One Good Thing:
PostCrossing: Want to grow some good will in the world? Want it not to be politically connected? Consider reaching out to someone you don’t yet know. Postcrossing connects people one postcard at a time. Sign up and you’ll receive a name and address for someone with whom you might just have something in common–or not, but you might learn a thing when you get a postcard in return — from yet another random stranger. October 1st was International Postcard Day, but it’s never too late to send one!