MOON SIGN
“The moon is a loyal companion.
It never leaves. It’s always there, watching, steadfast, knowing us in our light and dark moments, changing forever just as we do. Every day it’s a different version of itself. Sometimes weak and wan, sometimes strong and full of light. The moon understands what it means to be human.”
― Tahereh Mafi
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The Moon Sign
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The Moon in astrology represents the mind. Specifically, how we respond to events in the external world, consciously & unconsciously. Our emotional responses guided by the way we think & react. Including our impulsive, instinctive nature.
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The Moon mediates between the internal & exterior world.
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Whereas your Ascendant and your Sun sign tell us about the personality you project outwards, often brightly, into the world, the Moon tells us about how the mind operates. The private, interior life. What bubbles below the surface. Moon also reflects all that we hold in shadow. Including longings, fears, passions & obsessions.
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The Moon is feminine according to classical astrology. As the moon changes shape throughout a lunar month, so the feminine is associated with that which cannot be fixed. Rather shifts, escapes definition. The Moon also affects the tides and so the dynamic ocean is also associated with the unbounded feminine.
All individuals contain a combination of masculine & feminine energies as the planets are masculine, feminine or neutral!
As such, the feminine Moon is at home in the 4th House. The house that represents home, nourishment, early childhood experiences, our mother. The houses lying in the lower portion of a birth chart beneath the horizon represents our private lives. Internal & personal motivations.
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Unlike a planet that is Self-motivated, intentional & rational, like Mars & the Sun, the Moon is an introspective, shy, receptive planet. Moon wants to receive as well as give. Hence Moon also represents the relationship with the mother, our early childhood experiences when we received our nourishment to grow.
Moon is at home in Cancer, a sensitive, nurturing, feminine water sign. Moon is exalted in Taurus where as well as receiving beauty, nourishment & luxury, it receives the stability & strength to persevere against all odds. The moon that shifts is challenged to remain steadfast.
Being a receptive planet, the Moon is known as a "benefic" in tropical Vedic astrology. In that sense, the Moon does best placed in a benefic house.
As well as the 4th house of family & home, the Moon is classically well placed in. the 7th house (romantic relationships & marriage). This gentle planet can also give favorable results in the 1st House (ascendant house) and the 2nd house, being the house of Taurus where it is exalted. Houses 10 & 11 do well for both malefic & benefic planets
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Moon is in detriment within the rules & inflexible structures of Capricorn. In Scorpio, its fall, it is aggravated by Scorpio's intense need to eliminate. In this placement, Moon seethes & is dissatisfied, over analyzing to the point of self sabotage. After all, Scorpio is a sign unearthing complexity which is at odds with the Moon's harmonious, gentle nature.
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As ever, any Moon or other placements are affected by the dignities of other planets and aspects formed in an individual birth chart. A Scorpio moon will operate very differently in one person's chart to another person's chart. As will a moon in Taurus or any other sign. The whole chart needs to be looked at to arrive at an accurate picture, not one isolated element!
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I am a Dublin astrologer using the Placidus system of astrology, based in Blackrock. I am now giving birth chart readings, based on the time, date & location of your birth.
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The birth chart readings provide insights into your character, your challenges to overcome. And above all, your unique gifts. A glimpse into your precious life path
If you are interested or would like to find out more about birth chart readings, please contact me
