From the Hoi Polloi Tarot, the Moon; from the I Ching Pack, Hexagram 9:
The unconscious stores all the memories of our experiences, some of which we've forgotten and others which have been suppressed (voluntary) or repressed (involuntary). Yet sometimes when we're exhausted or stressed, pieces slip out. Alternatively, an opening may be triggered by something we see or hear which unlocks the vault. We then suddenly find ourselves moody and out of sorts, often unaware that the past is affecting our present. Hexagram 9 is the combined trigrams of wind over dragon, suggesting a wind stroking the back of a mighty dragon and lulling him to sleep. It represents a time for patience and restraint, which fits well with the moodiness of the Moon. As Ajahn Chah explains "The mind gets lost, carried away by these moods with no idea what's happening. And as a result, we experience pleasure and pain accordingly, because the mind has not been trained yet." If the animal of the mind isn't fed, it will soon wander off on its own.
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