Your Moon Sign

If you’re learning about astrology as a beginner, you’ll want to know that the Moon reflects the part of you that reacts automatically (from force of habit) to experiences in the world. In fact, you’ll be able to identify very strongly with this part of yourself and sense that it’s 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.

The part of you described by your Moon sign is composed almost entirely of emotional energy. Whether you let it show on the outside or not, you are very aware of this energy. It operates in all areas where matters of family, security, and your feelings are involved. It is likely the self you most often show to people you are comfortable with and "familiar with" yourself.

Information based on your Moon sign is essential to creating a more complete and well-rounded picture of you as an individual spirit. Forecasts based on your Moon sign will tell you what is happening in your inner world where you really live based on things that are very important to you personally. You will quite likely relate to readings involving your Moon sign energy much more directly than those based on your Sun sign alone.

As you read, both are important in describing experiences in your world and with you as an individual spirit; however, the only way to figure out your Moon Sign for sure is if an astrologer (or computer program) can casts your horoscope and tell you. The Moon changes signs every 2 1/2 days, and depending on the day you were born, its power will influence the qualities of your Sun sign in a really big way.

When the Moon is in:

• Aries: you have an emotional need for action and independence. You’re the emotional "pioneer" and "motivator" of the Zodiac, and you may get easily bored when things seem to get a wee bit too dull.

• Taurus: you dislike change in your surroundings. You may have seen your mother as being earthy, traditional, steady, and very reliable.

• Gemini : you have a strong need for mental stimulation and communication. You have an insatiable, irrepressible sense of curiosity, and you seek answers to many questions.

• Cancer : you feel the safest when being emotionally nurtured and cared for or (on the other hand) when emotionally nurturing and taking care of others.

• Leo : you are emotionally generous and very warmhearted. You have a strong emotional need for praise and attention.

• Virgo : you will experience a strong link between the emotions and the body. You have a need for perfection (that you can never quite achieve).

• Libra: y ou have a need for harmony and peaceful surroundings, and you’ll often seek out peace when under stress.

• Scorpio : you like to keep a close watch over your environment. You tend to be quite wary and suspicious of the hidden workings and motivations of others.

• Sagittarius : you may have seen your mother as being fiery, fun-loving, adventurous, and independent. The Moon is the "place" where we go for comfort when scared.

• Capricorn : you generally feel more emotionally secure when your day to day life is structured and/or when you are working hard. You may not feel valuable to others unless you're pulling more than your own weight?

• Aquarius : you tend to feel secure with intellect rather than emotions. You may be aloof from your emotions and/or distrust your emotions as being way too irrational and unpredictable.

• Pisces: you feel and experience your own emotions deeply. You also tend to empathize rather deeply with and intuitively (sometimes almost psychically) "pick up on" the emotions of the people around you.

Unlike their Sun Sign, most people don't readily "identify" with the characteristics of their Moon Sign. So consequently, you just have to mull it over a tad and let your Moon Sign description grow on you. Also, there are many other factors contained in the birth chart which could alter how you experience your Moon Sign.