The Moon: Gus Porter
Upright: Illusion, anxiety, intuition, uncertainty, complexity, secrets, the subconscious
Reversed: Release of fear/anxiety, revealing secrets, clarity, self-deception, repressed emotion, misunderstanding, misinterpretation
Who better to fit the Moon’s themes of illusion and secrecy than Gus the Illusion Master himself! The Moon card represents your fears and anxieties from past experiences clouding your understanding of the present and future, making it difficult for you to trust your own intuition. Gus is shown to struggle with false impressions of other people, from his misplaced trust in Mattholomule and in Bria’s gang, to his inability to see past an illusion of Willow, his first and best friend. Gus tends to take people at face-value and give them the benefit of the doubt, but when his trusting nature blinds him to others’ deception, it deals a heavy blow to his self-esteem—especially since a lot of that esteem is based on his talent for illusion magic. His trauma from being taken advantage of by his peers for his academic talents leaves him with such severe anxiety that his subconscious has created a defense response that dredges up other people’s subconscious fears and secrets—a power he eventually learns to weaponize.
We eventually see Gus work through his difficulties with illusions; Through the Looking Glass Ruins challenges but then reaffirms his passion for his illusion magic by forcing him to use it to defeat his deceptive peers, and by allowing him and Matt to resolve their mutual misunderstanding. In Labyrinth Runners he is able to release his anxiety through Willow’s breathing technique, and to see through Adrian Graye’s illusions. Later he uses his powers to force Belos to reckon with his suppressed guilt by dragging his secrets up out of his subconscious. Because Gus gets a glimpse at these memories, he is allowed a clearer understanding of Belos’s past and Hunter’s status as a grimwalker. In a small moment in For the Future, his guess for what Luz’s palisman will be is the closest, suggesting that his intuition about others’ true natures is maturing.
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The Chariot. Art by Ryolie, from the Moon Prism Tarot.
Conquest
The Chariot is about relentless pursuit of your goals, regardless of obstacles. Minako, the first of the inner senshi to receive her abilities, is our Chariot. She fought alone, with odds stacked against her as Sailor V to keep those around her safe. Even when she was exhausted and bruised she kept forging forward.
Upright: The Chariot is about willpower and boldly forging ahead to win your fight, defeating everything that stands in your way. This is the pursuit of a goal, as well as the drive and power needed to attain it. The cards may be telling you to reconnect with your willpower and drive. This is a time for conquest, accomplishment, and energy.
Reversed: The Chariot Reversed is about struggling to face challenges, lacking control and direction, and being overly aggressive. Perhaps you have a goal or dream but you aren’t making any movement or actions to attain it, simply daydreaming and waiting passive for it to come to fruition. Alternatively you may be seeking your goal with too much force, paying no mind to the damage and destruction you are leaving behind you. What are you sacrificing to reach your goal? Is it worth it?
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I really think G5 should've been a PREQUEL to G4, instead of a sequel. It could've been about the pillars, or Celestia and Luna as kids, or the founders of Equestria, etc.
That's actually a really great idea. G5 being in the same universe as G4 was most likely a last minute decision made by Hasbro in order to get G4 fans to care about G5, which would explain a few things.
But if they really wanted to do that, why not make it a prequel that doesn't completely destroy the established world, and make everything blander by having it take place in a modern society with smartphones and social media? Lol
The prequel G5 could've shown any number of things:
The founders of Equestria bringing the three pony kinds together and creating Equestria.
The Pillars of Equestria, who were brought together by Stygian to defeat the Sirens. It could've focused on their adventures.
Celestia and Luna as kids. It could've shown their backstory and how they became separated from the other alicorns. Starswirl finds them and takes them in, training them to be the rulers of Equestria.
Luna's descent into Nightmare Moon over the course of the show.
The backstory behind Alicorns and where they came from. BTW, they gave away where Alicorns come from in a THROWAWAY LINE in G5.
They could've adapted some of the Fiendship is Magic issues that showed how certain villains came to be (Tirek, Chrysalis, Sombra). Some other villain backstories too, how they rose to power, and their defeats.
Princess Cadence and Spike's origins. Their parents, how they became separated from them, and them being found and brought to Equestria.
I could go on, honestly. But you get the point.
Hasbro doesn't actually own all of the rights to G4, they share it with Discovery Family. So whenever G5 shows or talks about something from G4, Hasbro has to pay royalties to Discovery Family…
So instead of having the prequel G5 be exclusively on a streaming service, or YouTube Kids, they could've just… made the show on Discovery Family, the same as G4. That way they don't have to pay extra money for no reason…
Whatever 😅 I'll stop b**ching
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