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==Rider-Waite Depiction== | ==Rider-Waite Depiction== | ||
In the [[Rider-Waite Tarot]], artist [[Pamela Colman | In the [[Rider-Waite Tarot]], artist [[Pamela Colman Smith]] depicted The Moon as a meadow feebly lighted by the moon. The meadow is bounded by a tower on each side. Drops of blood are falling from the moon. The drops of blood represent the descent of the Spirit into Matter. A path sprinkled with drops of blood loses itself in the horizon. In the centre of the field a dog and a wolf axe howling at the moon, a crayfish is climbing out of the water between the two animals. | ||
==Symbolism== | ==Symbolism== | ||