18 - The Moon

The glow turns out to be moonlight and The Fool emerges to see that he is standing on a cliff ledge overlooking a bay.

He has no idea where the other travellers have gone and realises he is lost.

The moon has risen well above the horizon and casts a long reflection which seems to point directly at him.

A heavy door swings shut over the tunnel opening to block him from returning the way he has come.

He senses that he has been deceived. This is not the way. It is a dead end.

Tired and fearful he falls asleep among the rocks.

 

The Journey Chronicle

0 - The Fool sets out

1 - The Magician

2 - The High Priestess

3 - The Empress

4 - The Emperor

5 - The Hierophant

6 - The Lovers

7 - The Chariot

8 - Strength

9 - The Hermit

10 - The Wheel of Fortune

11 - Justice

12 - The Hanged Man

13 - Death

14 - Temperance

15 - The Devil

16 - The Tower

17 - The Star

18 - The Moon

19 - The Sun

20 - Judgement

21 - The World

 

 

© Mel Bray