Rising quietly amidst black curtains of clouds, the Moon is the ultimate celestial representation of feminine energies on Earth and is also the yin counterpart of the Sun’s yang and radiating energy. While the Sun symbolizes our ability to identify ourselves with some kind of individual purpose and consciousness, the Moon offers us the ability to identify ourselves subjectively and unconsciously with our surroundings.
The Moon’s feminine or yin characteristics start with the basic fact that she acts as a mysterious, silvery mirror for the Sun’s confident rays. When the Moon glows in our skies, she can only do so by reflecting sunlight. This is a powerful symbol of the Moon’s receptive capabilities, which are transposed into all humans on Earth in some way or another.
For example, as children, we were very much unable to react to external stimuli at first. Emotionally, children soak in their surroundings, absorbing emotional information of what’s projected onto them and reflecting other people’s sunny lights, like the Moon does. The Moon’s placement by sign and house, then, describes one’s emotional structure, which manifests in adult life as inexplicable and repetitive emotional reactions and habits. Inexplicable, because the origins of all emotional links and identifications are long lost in the watery memory of a time when there was no emotional consciousness. Such is the reasoning behind the Moon’s correlation to the emotional realm, memories and the past. And this is also why conditions of the 4th house, analogous to Cancer, which is ruled by the Moon, symbolize one’s upbringing and emotional environment at infancy.
Conditions of the Moon and of the 4th house also correlate to one’s ability to adapt. Through the Moon’s ever-changing nature, moving rapidly around Earth and reflecting various amounts of light on her way, we discover the ability to receive and accept change, an important yin attitude that allows us a more flexible path on our way to our Sun’s final purpose. This can be easily analyzed through the modality of the sign you’re looking at, in the sense that fixed signs are much more resistant to big changes than the mutable signs, for example, which are on the other side of the spectrum.
Ruling over the sign of Cancer, the Moon also describes where one finds emotional security, mimicking the child’s need to feel protected, loved and cared for. I’ll talk more deeply on emotional security on an upcoming post on Cancer Moons.
This planet’s correlation to intuition and sensitivity can also be better understood considering the Moon’s association with childhood. Babies cannot perceive themselves as individuals with an unique force of will and an unique body. Under the weak and warm moonlight, it becomes impossible to recognize the boundaries that separate their minds from the minds of those around them, and so they become one with the world they live in; their needs become those of whoever’s around and vice-versa, until, through their relatives or guardians, they finally perceive their needs are different from anyone else’s, producing an internal Sun… Watery Moons mimic this primal mechanism through which we, as adults, may discover intuition: knowledge and information from unconscious sources hidden behind the hard structures of the material and tangible Capricorn world.
I’m hoping this helps in understanding where all those meanings come from~
This links post is being added to my “Your Placements” page which I wrote/sourced for people getting into astrology. You can find it here if you would like information on finding your chart, dominants, or a quick understanding of some key parts of the chart when starting astrology!
This post will provide the more detailed information for the page.
Note: Posts linked are not all mine! They are, however, my favourite posts for learning and understanding! All links go to the original post and blog so you can read more of their excellent posts.
Signs:
Intercepted and duplicated signs by @astrology-addict
Signs, houses, and how to start out by @astrology-addict
Ascendent/Descendent element axis by @lupuslupercalia
Signs in the personal placements by @universalstrology
Signs in the Sun and Mercury by @seraonthestars
Basics on the signs (and everything) by @gothicastrology
The Rising signs by me
Cardinal signs in the natal chart by @astroalive
Fixed signs in the natal chart by @astroalive
Mutable signs in the natal chart by @astroalive
The Modes by @ayyries
The Moon signs by @astrollusion
Luminaries and Planets:
What the planets mean within us posted by @astro-paradiso
What the planets represent by astrotheme.com
Falls and detriments by @transcendicalprosperity
Exaltations and falls by @acaipsychelife
Luminaries and planets in astrology by @aesthetics-astro
The Sun by @aesthetics-astro
The Moon by @aesthetics-astro
Mercury by @aesthetics-astro
Venus by @aesthetics-astro
Mars by @aesthetics-astro
Jupiter by @aesthetics-astro
Saturn by @aesthetics-astro
Uranus by @aesthetics-astro
Neptune by @aesthetics-astro
Pluto by @aesthetics-astro
Saturn and its houses by @ayyries
Jupiter and its house potential by @astrologylunarfish
Saturn and Uranus Brotherhood by @astrawrlogy
Neptune and its houses by @ayyries
Natal Saturn by @acaipsychelife
Learning about the natal chart by @astrology-addict
Blathin’s planetary masterpost by @astrollusion
Dominants:
How to find your dominants [VIDEO] by @astrology-addict
Dominant planets by me
Dominant houses by @astrawrlogy
Sign dominants posted to tumblr by @astroasteria
Calculating element percentage by @astroalive
Calculating dominant signs by @geministereo
Houses:
Sun in the houses by @zodiac–signs
The 12 astrological houses by astrolibrary.org
The 12 houses by astrostyle.com
The 12 houses by astrotheme.com
Introduction to houses by @astrology-addict
Houses of astrology by @astrolocherry
Importance of the Ascendent (1st house cusp) by @ayyries
The 10th house by @astrollusion
The 12th house by @isastrobitch
The 10th house planets by me
The 5th house planets by @imstuckinarut-astrology
What the houses mean in short by @gothicastrology
The 12th house planets by @cutestrology
Chart shapes by @astrollusion
How the houses flow together by @transcendicalprosperity
Midheaven:
In Aries by @aesthetics-astro
In Taurus by @aesthetics-astro
In Gemini by @aesthetics-astro
In Cancer by @aesthetics-astro
In Leo by @aesthetics-astro
In Virgo by @aesthetics-astro
In Libra by @aesthetics-astro
In Scorpio by @aesthetics-astro
In Sagittarius by @aesthetics-astro
In Capricorn by @aesthetics-astro
In Aquarius by @aesthetics-astro
In Pisces by @aesthetics-astro
Retrogrades:
What to know about retrogrades by @coolastrology
Planets in retrograde by @isastrobitch
Natal retrograding planets by @astrolocherry
Retrogrades in astrology by @aesthetics-astro
Stelliums:
An introduction to stelliums by @ashwolfastro
House stelliums by @ashwolfastro
Sign stelliums, house stelliums, and what each planet means for them by @astrawrlogy
How to analyse a stellium by @astrologyisfrequentlyaccurate
How to master a stelium by @soulofsaturn
Decans:
The sign decans by @astroalive
Sun/Masculine and Moon/Feminine decans by @star-astrology
Decans by horoscopeswithin.com
Aries Decans posted to tumblr by @deathstrology
Taurus Decans posted to tumblr by @deathstrology
Gemini Decans posted to tumblr by @deathstrology
Cancer Decans posted to tumblr by @deathstrology
Leo Decans posted to tumblr by @deathstrology
Virgo Decans posted to tumblr by @deathstrology
Libra Decans posted to tumblr by @deathstrology
Scorpio Decans posted to tumblr by @deathstrology
Sagittarius Decans posted to tumblr by @deathstrology
Capricorn Decans posted to tumblr by @deathstrology
Aquarius Decans posted to tumblr by @deathstrology
Pisces Decans posted to tumblr by @deathstrology
Aries Rising decans by @aesthetics-astro
Taurus Rising decans by @aesthetics-astro
Gemini Rising decans by @aesthetics-astro
Cancer Rising decans by @aesthetics-astro
Leo Rising decans by @aesthetics-astro
Virgo Rising decans by @aesthetics-astro
Libra Rising decans by @aesthetics-astro
Scorpio Rising decans by @aesthetics-astro
Sagittarius Rising decans by @aesthetics-astro
Capricorn Rising decans by @aesthetics-astro
Aquarius Rising decans by @aesthetics-astro
Pisces Rising decans by @astrolofae
Aspects:
An introduction to aspects by @astrollusion
Oppositions to the ascendent by @totefee
Aspects to Pluto by @bythestarlight
Marina’s aspect masterpost by @astrologymarina
Jupiter to Saturn aspects by @astrologanize
Venus to Jupiter aspects by astrologymarina.com (@astrologymarina)
Other:
Glossary by @astrollusion
I have missed so many amazing posts, articles and sites off of here by accident and on purpose because this list would be endless! Other great resources include astro.com, astrotheme.com, cafestrology.com and astromatrix.com. Many books are also out there for you to purchase like Your Microcosm by @astrologymarina! Apart from these posts, some of my favourite blogs to learn from generally include @acaipsychelife, @ayyries, @astrolocherry, @astrology-addict, @scorpio-astrology, @astrologanize, @astrologymarina, @aesthetics-astro, @transcendicalprosperity and @astroalive!
I hope this is helpful, and you’ll be able to find this post on my placements page <3
Mars/Aries/Scorpio: The fire of the Godhead
Taurus: Natural Law
Mercury/Gemini: Consciousness Mercury/Virgo: Individual Christ Consciousness
Sun/Leo: Solar, Self Consciousness
Moon/Cancer: Embryonic Consciousness
Venus/Libra: Karmic Law
Jupiter/Sagittarius/Pisces: Divine consciousness
Pluto/Scorpio: The Unconscious
Saturn/Capricorn: Mineral Kingdom
Uranus/Aquarius: Blue Light Christ Consciousness
Moon/Neptune/Cancer/Pisces: Collective consciousness
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Rising signs are limited to the physical part? they don't have anything to do with our emotions or so?
rising sign is not just the physical body - its the layer between us and the world, which includes the outwards appearance and the physical incarnation but its also our view of the world, our mentality and attitudes and how we are perceived upon first sight beyond the physical appearance. its not our emotions, thats true, but it shows how they are filtered to the world so to say
Perhaps it’s not a coincidence that Jupiter being in someone’s 1st house or having Jupiter rule their rising is sometimes described to be a placement that can “bring luck wherever the individual goes”.
Let’s look at Sagittarius and Pisces (Jupiterian beings) separately to evaluate this.
Sagittarius is often pinpointed as an optimist. The Law of Attraction states that you attract what you think. Therefore, an optimistic Sagittarius will only attract good things to their life, appearing “lucky” to the outside world. In addition, many great philosophers (Philosophy is a Jupiterian subject) followed this law and believed in it.
Pisces, on the other hand, attracts fortune through fantasy. A Sagittarius will simply expect or hope for the best while a Pisces will fantasize about what they wish would happen/be happening. This channel of thought enforces the Law of Attraction and gives a Piscean what they desire. This ease of manifestation is also why Pisces may easily bring their own self-undoing. Pisceans are known to soak up emotions that are around them. Once this gets into their head and messes up their thoughts, then undesirable events happen; this chain of events falls within the Law of Attraction.
Of course, at the end of the day, Pisceans are still under the care of Neptune: a guide who will release Pisces to the clouds without a tie to bring them back to reality. This could be the difference in how Pisces and Sagittarius experience luck. Sagittarius is very grounded and eager to learn as well as initiate action while Pisces is busy dancing in the clouds.
The big difference between Aries’ egotism and Leo’s egotism is that Aries is full on confidence and Leo’s pride has insecurity behind it. Leos are usually looking for validation whereas Aries are quite literally full of themselves.
The equinox is activating the magnetic field of the heart chakra. Expansion, empathy, new understandings, divine wisdom, truth, compassion and forgiveness are all current energetic themes.
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