Attune Magazine April 2013 1 | Page 71

The Moon is the place where I find the courage to face the Goddess herself. Wiccans have a ritual called "Drawing Down the Moon" where the Goddess is invoked. That is the essence of this card for me.

Here is a poem I wrote about the Moon.

The Moon

Mistress of the dark is She, and keeper of the light

Emerging from the water's depth, I stumble in the night.

Howling wolves and baying dogs echo in my ear

Behind each rock and shadow lurk treachery and fear.

Moving through the midnight land as one moves in dreams

Nothing under moonlit skies is just the way it seems.

Spirit rains in droplets that dance before in my eyes

Intuition is the enemy of treachery and lies.

Her gift is in the dreamtime, when anything may be,

Her light shines down from blackened skies, and shows my path to me.

Christiana Gaudet