The Moon: Your Emotions
| The inner you. Intuition. The feminine. The mother. The yin principle. Coupled with the Sun and the ascendant, the Moon is one of the *vital* parts of a chart. It describes our emotional reactions to situations, how emotions flow through us, motivating and compelling us .. or limiting us and holding us back. The Moon symbolizes a person's mother and the relationship between mother and child. In a man's chart, the Moon represents his wife; in a woman's chart, it describes pregnancies, childbirth and intuition. Symbolically, the Moon represents our capacity to become part of the whole rather than attempting to master the parts. It asks that we become whatever it is that we seek. As Earth's satellite, the Moon moves more swiftly than any of the planets, completing a circuit of the zodiac in less than twenty-eight days. It rules activities and professions dealing with children and those that concern the sea. Its natural house is the fourth and it governs the sign of Cancer. The stomach, breasts, mammary glands, womb, conception, and the body fluids in general are ruled by the Moon. |
Moon in Signs:
| Aries Your emotions are all fire. You are passionate, impulsive, headstrong. Your relationships, especially when you are younger can be impulsive. Your own actions ground you. You take pride in your ability to make decisions and to get things moving. Taurus You don't like to argue. You need time alone and thrive in your private spaces, whatever they might be. You enjoy your creature comforts and being surrounded by belongings that hold personal meaning. Your emotional well-being depends on the harmony of your emotional attachments. Gemini You thrive on change and variety. Your emotions fluctuate and sometimes you think too much, analyzing what you feel and why. Your capacity for adaptability, however, sees you through the many changes you experience. Cancer You have strong family ties and feel a need to nurture or nourish others. At times, you are very psychic; other times you are merely moody. When you are hurt, you tend to withdraw and brood. You don't like emotional confrontations and seek to sidestep them. Leo Your emotions are often dramatic. You feel cheerful and optimistic about life in general. You enjoy the limelight and being recognized for what you do and what you are. You take deep pride in your children and family. Virgo You tend to be somewhat reticent about what you feel. You are interested in health and hygiene and how these issues relate to you and the people you care for. You feel happy when you are of service to others and take pride in your meticulous attention for details. You can be overly critical of your personal relationships and of yourself. Libra Discord makes you feel anxious. You thrive on harmony in your personal environment and need compatible relationships for your emotional well-being. You go out of your way to avoid confrontations. Music, art, ballet, and literature lift your spirits. Scorpio Your emotions and passions run deep. You feel a profound loyalty to your family and the people you love. You possess great strength and are able to draw on it during times of crisis. Your dreams, premonitions, and many of your experiences border on the mystical. You rarely forget it when someone has slighted you. Sagittarius You need emotional freedom and independence. You need your own space so you can explore everything that fascinates you .. foreign cultures, inner worlds, or the distant future. None of this means that you love your significant other any less; you simply need your freedom. You enjoy animals. Capricorn You need structure of some sort to feel emotionally secure. This need can show up in any area of your life; it depends on what issues are important to you at a given time. You are not as emotionally aloof as some people think; you just don't wear your heart on your sleeve. Aquarius Your compassion extends to humanity .. the beggar on Seventh Avenue, the children dying in Africa, or the AIDS patients whose families have turned against them. You bleed for them. Your home life is important to you, but it is definitely not traditional. You do not recognize boundaries or limitations of any sort. Pisces When your emotions flow through you with the ease of water, you feel and sense what is invisible to others. Sometimes, you are a psychic sponge; you soak up emotions from others and may even manifest those emotions. Your compassion sometimes makes you gullible and impractical. Your artistic sensibilities are strong. |