Talk:The Moon (Tarot card)

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[edit] Revision 05:51, 8 April 2006 incorrect

A wild dog and a wolf, howling at the Moon. Waite describes this event as representing 
"the fears of the natural mind in the presence of that place of exit, when there is only 
reflected light to guide it." 

Incorrect phrase editing. Quoting Waite's complete phrase from The Pictorial Key to the Tarot:

The dog and wolf are the fears of the natural mind in the presence of that place of exit, 
when there is only reflected light to guide it.

Clearly his phrase associates the dog and the wolf themselves to be "the fears of the natural mind", and not as the edited phrase says - "this event" (interpreted as the howling event). The edit should be undone.

--Nathanael Bar-Aur L. 18:38, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Unverifiable and unbalanced content

The article is just personal opinions from occult enthusiasts about the nature and meaning of a particular tarot card. No peer reviewed books or journal articles are cited. No references or footnotes are given. When a new statement is added, the source needs to be cited, and the source needs to be verifiable, and reliable. Waite is not an unbiased, factual source on the history or evolution of tarot cards. The work can be cited properly, however: "Waite's opinion in his book The Pictorial Key to the Tarot ... etc"

The card in question has a history of over 500 years in European card games in which it is used as trump card (see Tarocchi). The article is unbalanced in that it only features the recent uses of the card for divination. This makes the article biased due to its recentism. Since the article ignores use of the card for game play in Europe and other parts of the world, it offers an anglo-american perspective that raises NPOV issues. There are academic sources and sources from international organizations discussing the history and evolution of the "Moon" card as well as its use in games. These need to be utilized. - Parsa 06:02, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

For a class I am currently in I am going to edit this document and try and add more information that will make this page reliable. —Preceding unsigned comment added by L.graham21 (talk • contribs) 18:33, 26 February 2008 (UTC)