The Moon in Astrology
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The Moon
Ruler of Cancer
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Rebecca BrentsThe Moon, silvery, mysterious and reflective, is the astrological metaphor which symbolizes an individual's inner, feeling-based personality. Along with the Sun and the Ascendant (or Rising Sign -- the sign that was literally rising on the eastern horizon at the time of birth, the Moon is one of the three most significant components in a horoscope, traditionally considered to be the second most important, but this conclusion is extremely subjective.
The Moon travels through the entire Zodiac every month, changing signs roughly every two and a half days. Its variable location can be considered one of the "explanations" why people born under the same Sun Sign can seem quite different in characteristics and personality from one another.
The Moon represents a more "feminine" energy compared to the Sun's often overtly "masculine" energy. Moon energy is also more complex and varied in its shadings of expression than Sun energy, symbolizing its function as a possible counterpoint to the essential core identity of the Sun personality.
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The Moon -- Ruler of Cancer
Symbol of Your Inner Emotional Self

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Sheer Lunacy
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Rebecca BrentsThe Moon changes signs about every 2 1/2 days ... so it's impossible in many cases to know your Moon sign without a correct birth time ... and access to some of the materials you need to cast your Natal Chart. A good astrologer, of course, or a decent computer program can do that for you if you can provide the right information.
Because the Moon circles through all twelve signs in a little under a month, every year during the its travels through each sign, the Sun will be paired with all twelve Moon signs ... which is one very basic explanation why there are often noticeable differences between members of the same Sun Sign.
To an astrologer, the Moon symbolizes the part of you that reacts automatically and from force of habit to experiences in the world. In fact, you may identify very strongly with this part of yourself ... and feel it is who you really are on the inside. (If you feel the "common knowledge" about your Sun sign qualities often don't describe you completely ... this could be one of the reasons why. Your Moon Sign qualities could be very different from your Sun sign qualities -- and you may be responding to or expressing those.)
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The Moon
What Does It Mean in Astrology?

Your Moon Sign
What is it ... and why is it important?
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Born with the Moon in ...
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Rebecca BrentsIn Astrology, the Moon represents your emotions, your inner self, your instincts, habits, and reactions. The sign it occupied when you were born is your Moon Sign in your horoscope. Your Moon Sign describes character traits, feelings, and personal responses that are very familiar to you.
In fact, it's common for people to relate to their Moon Sign qualities far more than their Sun Sign characteristics when finally they learn, through research, by having their Natal Chart interpreted, or simply by accident what their Moon Sign IS ... and what it describes in their personality.
Astrologers consider the Moon one of the three most essential elements in any horoscope -- along with the Sun and the Ascendant. To some, the Sun is the most important citizen in the celestial map.
Others consider Moon sign information the missing dimension in Sun Sign Astrology -- and that its absence is a big reason why some people say Astrology doesn't work. But the Sun -- and Sun Sign Astrology -- continues to dominate pop culture, because it IS important and because its sign is usually easy to find.
Your Moon Sign
What is it -- and why is it important?
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The Dark of the Moon
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Racing with the Moon
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Rebecca Brents

Order from AmazonThe Dark of the Moon is considered an especially mysterious, fruitful, and flexible time of "molding" the creative experiences that will come forth in the weeks immediately ahead.
It is said that wishes made as the last sliver of the Moon's light fades on the left, and affirmed through the Dark of the Moon period until the first sliver of new light appears again on the right, have special support -- special empowerment -- to come true. Affirming them again at the moment of the New Moon itself gives extra push to their nourishment and initiative.
The Dark of the Moon is always best used to rest, recuperate, become quiet, invite calm and serenity into your world, and spend some time in personal reflection looking back over your life and personal history -- as far as you want to go into the past -- and playing with new intentions, new desires, new directions. It's a time to stay "at home" -- both physically and psychologically -- and tend to your private world and its circumstances.
The Dark of the Moon
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The Celestial Event of the New Moon
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The Zodiac Signs and the New Moon's Journey
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Rebecca Brents

Order from AmazonIn both astronomy and astrology, the celestial phenomenon known as the New Moon occurs at the exact moment the Sun and the Moon occupy precisely the same point in the sky-map of the Zodiac -- the same degree and minute of arc in a particular sign. In Astrology, this aspect of alignment is known as a conjunction.
We often speak colloquially of the New Moon as that tiny sliver of light in the night sky that will progress over the next month to create the bright circle of the Full Moon and then diminish gradually to a tiny sliver of light curving in the opposite direction before the process begins again.
In fact, at the moment of the New Moon, there is no light from the Moon visible in the sky at all. Reflected sunlight from the moon is completely blocked, and everything at that source is at its darkest point. The New Moon, then, forms at the literal moment of transition from light becoming less and less apparent to the instant of change when it starts increasing in availability again.
The Celestial Event of the New Moon
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Shadows in the Moonlight
The Full Moon and its Testy Temper
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Full Moon Rising
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Rebecca BrentsThe aspect of the Sun opposing the Moon is the classic celestial phenomenon the rest of the world calls the Full Moon. The Full Moon symbolically highlights tension between two conflicting desires, ambitions, requirements, or sets of values -- each a respected and necessary part of life, and each somehow problematic for the other.
In this situation, as in all oppositions, a compromise of some sort is necessary to meet the requirements of both elements -- in this case, ego desires, personal ambitions, and your wish to feel important and valuable on the one hand and emotional loyalties, private longings, and firmly ingrained habits on the other.
The balancing act, especially in this pattern, is often not an easy one since it places two different systems, personal desires, or inner parts of you in conflict with one another, requiring that new arrangements be found and new bargains struck with yourself about the way you handle life. Under the Full Moon, according to common wisdom -- and police and health care workers alike -- people go noticeably nuts ... perhaps because there are no conflicts as uncomfortable as those within ourselves.
Shadows in the Moonlight
The Full Moon and its Testy Temper
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The Void of Course Moon
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Sheer Lunacy
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Rebecca BrentsI know you've lived through days that seemed pointless, boring, unfocused, "blah," unproductive, devoid of action and excitement ... and when you seemed to just get nothing worthwhile accomplished. We all have. Days like that can be too frustrating to describe.
There can be many reasons for times like this ... but when they happen (and depending on the configurations in the sky at any given time they can happen frequently) there's a very good chance you're dealing with a phenomenon astrologers call the "void of course Moon."
When the Moon is void of course ... take my word for it ... nothing happens!! This can be much more aggravating than it sounds from those two simple words, as I will soon explain. The void of course Moon is somewhat difficult to understand for those who haven't at least a passing knowledge of astrology, but I'll try to keep things simple, and we'll all hope for the best.
The Void of Course Moon
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