Astrology Moon Sign Definitions
 for the Natal   (Birth) Chart

 

Moon Signs

 

The sign in which the Earth’s Moon was in at the moment of your birth shows your emotional nature and how you react and deal with emotional issues.  The Moon moves rather quickly through the signs, approximately one degree per day.  The natural ruler of the Moon is Cancer.  Aspects made to the Moon in your chart influence positively or negatively the way you deal emotionally in various areas of your life.

 

 

*Moon in Aries

You have an emotional need for action and independence. Under stress you will seek a challenge and time on your own. You may have experienced your mother as independent and possibly impatient.  You may have a volatile and emotionally impulsive nature.  You may not think about possible consequences due to your actions.  You have a tendency to dominate others emotionally and take the reactions of others personally.

 

*Moon in Taurus

You have an emotional need for stability, financial and material security and steady routines.  Your emotions are steady and composed.  You use common sense to handle financial and household affairs.  This is also the "green thumb" position.  You attract wealth and the comforts of the 'good life'.  You have a love for good food, but because you fear change, you may eat  when under stress.  You may have seen your mother as traditional and reliable.  If the Moon is afflicted in Taurus, there can be an unwillingness to change established emotional attitudes.  Often this affliction can indicate a tendency toward laziness and an excess attachment to material comforts. 

 

*Moon in Gemini

You have a basic need for mental stimulation. You are curious and seek answers to many questions. You are a chatterbox, quick-witted and resourceful.  The telephone is your friend.  You are restless and fidgety, with frequent changes of residence and many short trips.  You are full of many ideas, but may not be able to see them through.  You spread yourself too thin.  When young, you may have called upon your mother to provide stimulation and activity.  If the Moon is afflicted it may indicated confusion, superficiality and excessive indecisiveness.

 

*Moon in Cancer

You need nurturing. Under stress you may want to retire to the comfort of your home. You will form a strong bond with your mother, the family and the home.  You may be a good cook, parent.  Your well-being depends on domestic security and marriage.  Bordering on the psychic, you are very sensitive to how others are feeling and their moods.  You can be brooding, due to imagined slights.  You may have difficulty in breaking away from home later in life.  If the Moon is afflicted, you may be overly emotional and have a tendency to smother your children to the point of wanting to dominate their lives.

 

*Moon in Leo

You have an emotional need for praise and attention and will seek center stage.  You need romance and affection.  You love parties, sports, art, children and all forms of entertainment.  You may be self-centered and domineering on the home front.  You can be overly susceptible to flattery.  Under stress you may show off in order to gain attention, or become arrogant.  You may be proud of your mother, or she may be very proud of you.

 

*Moon in Virgo

You will experience a strong link between the emotions and the body.  You will likely desire neatness, and cleanliness in your home and personal hygiene.  Health is great concern, especially regarding food and diet.  You are  usually a good cook.  You may be shy and desire to work behind the scenes.  You may become ill when under stress. You have a need for perfection. Your mother may be critical or a perfectionist. She will provide you with structure and order.  If the Moon is afflicted you may be preoccupied with insignificant detail, while overlooking the larger issues.  You can be quite critical.

 

*Moon in Libra

You have a need for harmony and peaceful surroundings, and will seek peace when under stress. Your mother may be social and harmonious. You have a strong sensitivity to the attitudes and reactions of others.  You despise vulgarity.  You are charming, elegant, courteous and gracious to nearly all you come in contact with, because you depend on their approval for your emotional well-being.  Troubled relationships will have an adverse effect on your physical health.

 

*Moon in Scorpio

You have an emotional intensity, and a strong need for drama.  Under stress you will create drama and intensity in your life.  You may have been born at a time when your mother experienced a crisis, or your birth may have been traumatic. Your mother may have been possessive and intense.  You have a tendency to be possessive and extremely jealous, holding grudges and plotting revenge.  You do not easily forget perceived ills that have been done to you and are inclined toward brooding and seeking revenge.

 

*Moon in Sagittarius

You have an emotional need for adventure and independence, and an instinctual urge for travel and exploring. Under stress you will want to go on an adventure. Your mother may be seen as fun-loving and independent. You may have a strong attachment to religious beliefs instilled in your early years by your parents.  You are usually optimistic and cheerful.

 

*Moon in Capricorn

You feel secure when life is structured, or you are working hard.  You may be emotionally distant or cold. Your mother's love may be limited in some way. Your mother may have been strict or cold.  You identify emotionally with material values instead of the spiritual.  You may be an ambitious, hard working individual whose ambitions tend toward financial security and social status.  Often shy and insecure, you can be oversensitive to any real or imagined slights.  If the Moon is afflicted there is a tendency to strive for power at any cost.

 

*Moon in Aquarius

You feel secure with intellect rather than emotions. You may be aloof from emotions, or distrust emotions as irrational and unpredictable.  You may have the capacity to sympathize with the needs of humanity.  You are likely to be friendly to all you meet, but in an impersonal way.  You demand freedom to come and go as you please, thus you are likely to have an unusual family relationship.  Your home is likely to be a gathering place for friends and group activities.  You may have viewed your mother as emotionally erratic.  You may fear personal emotional attachments fearing that they may impose on your personal freedom.

 

*Moon in Pisces

You feel emotions deeply.  Having a supersensitive emotional nature, you pick up the thoughts and feelings of others in a very psychic way. You may seek reclusion when under stress or psychologically vulnerable.  You can easily be hurt.  You have a strong empathy with your mother, and need to learn your own emotional boundaries.  You have a vivid imagination which can make you quite musical, poetic or artistic.  If the Moon is afflicted, you can have psychotic tendencies and irrational dominance by the unconscious mind.  You can also be excessively shy.

 

Definitions above are from Solfire^® 5.0 computer program

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