Alright, let’s talk about this. I was sorting through my main deck the other day, just getting a feel for the cards again, something I do pretty regularly. You know, shuffling them, laying a few out, not really doing a reading, just connecting.
And I started thinking about the connections between the zodiac signs and the Major Arcana. It’s a common thing people ask about, and honestly, sometimes I just rely on what I’ve learned over the years, but I wanted to really trace it back for myself, right then.
So, Pisces. I put the deck down and just thought about the feel of Pisces. What comes to mind? Watery, dreamy, intuitive, emotional, sometimes a bit hard to grasp, boundaries can be blurry. Stuff like hidden depths, illusions, maybe even escapism. That’s the vibe I get.
Then I picked up the Major Arcana cards specifically. I started thumbing through them, looking for that feeling.
- The Empress? Too grounded, too earthy-mother.
- The Hierophant? Too structured, too traditional.
- Temperance? Getting closer with the flow and balance, but not quite the mystical, hidden aspect.
- The Star? Hopeful, healing, but maybe too clear, too direct compared to the Piscean fog.
And then I landed on The Moon. Yeah. That felt right. Instantly. When you look at The Moon card, what do you see? Often it’s got water, a crayfish emerging (the subconscious), two towers (representing known and unknown, or structure vs wildness), and the dogs or wolves howling. It screams intuition, dreams, the subconscious mind, illusion, fear, hidden things coming to light (or staying hidden).
That matches up perfectly with my sense of Pisces. That deep, sometimes confusing, intuitive, emotional, swimming-in-the-subconscious feeling. It’s not always clear skies with Pisces, there’s a mystery there, just like with The Moon card.
I double-checked with a couple of old notebooks where I jot down correspondences I’ve worked with. Yep, The Moon was consistently the one I, and many others I learned from, associate with Pisces. It’s not just a mental exercise; I’ve seen it play out in readings for Pisces folks plenty of times. That card often shows up to reflect their inner world or situations involving hidden elements or strong intuition.
So, through my own handling of the cards and reflecting on the energies, I confirmed it for myself again. For Pisces, the tarot card representation I work with and that resonates most strongly is The Moon.
