Dreams and Choreographing

From the Navigators of the Mystic Sea Tarot, the Moon; from the Celtic Lenormand, the 'Cross:'

          Turk's Moon seems like a bizarre dream: an owl over a moon that has turned into a bleeding uterus; a harp with strings crossed like a loom; a woman with a vessel as a part of her head; and a monkey handmaiden. The open vessel is like the mind that takes in information during the day and leaks information through the unconscious at night as we dream. The booklet mentions an oscillation in one's emotional state that causes mood changes that don't always fit the circumstances. Kathleen Dowling Singh writes:

No matter how savvy and independent and self-controlled we may presume ourselves to be, without mindfulness, chaos is what we discover when we begin to look under the hood. Chaos is replete with tension, with ruses, with exhausting attempts to keep the self [ego] safe and to choreograph circumstances to optimize illusory promises of happiness or to sidestep all that we do not want. All of our efforts in this regard are futile.

No wonder humans have such weird dreams. The Cross from the Celtic Lenormand implies a spiritual burden of sorts. McCracken writes that this can represent an engaged approach to morals and ethics: "you have to think about what you are doing, why you are doing it, and what the consequences might be." While such an approach might be considered a hardship, it is at least more liberating than letting the ego hold the reins.