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Today we’ll be looking at the importance of your astrological Moon, and will continue the lunar theme by discussing tomorrow’s Lunar Eclipse.
Your Astrological Moon
In astrology, the Moon represents our emotional reactions to people and events. It’s the part of us that responds even before we’ve had time to think; the part that decides if we like a person or not, the sudden flash of memory triggered by a scent or an old photo. It’s our emotional connection to our past and family experiences.
It can be helpful to remember that the Moon reflects the Sun’s light, and yet this light has its own characteristics and beauty. It is an extremely important chart factor that provides a lot of information about how we feel emotionally secure, and just as importantly, what can really unsettle our feelings. One example of this could be if a person has an eating disorder, since food can be seen as a symbol of how we nurture and support ourselves, and can thus be connected with the Moon.
Both the waxing and waning of the Moon and the Moon’s influence on the tides of the sea express the idea of time and tides. We know that our feelings can rise up and subside quickly or slowly. They have their own rhythm that can seem to function independently of what we’re thinking and can conflict with how we like to see ourselves. We might like to think we’re in control and distrust our feelings, but it’s important to recognise that they are part of us, and are trying to tell us something! So listening to and acknowledging them is very worthwhile, and studying your astrological Moon can give considerable information into this private area of your life.
This link with timing also makes the Moon very significant in forecasting work. The Moon’s swift motion can help to pinpoint the timing of major astrological trends, and also tell us about a person’s emotional development throughout their lifetime.
When young, we can often identify more with our Moon sign than our Sun sign. This isn’t too surprising, since the Moon also reflects our perception of our mother and motherhood generally, and our early experiences can influence our ability to bond with others. Our Sun sign indicates who we are and who we would like to be, and it can take us a while to work this out.
The Moon changes zodiacal sign roughly every two and a half days, so it isn’t possible to tell your Moon sign just by your date of birth. If you’d like to know your Moon sign, please contact me at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it with your date, time and town of birth and I’ll check it for you.
Lunar Eclipse 21st Dec 2010, drawn for Stourbridge, UK
Lunar Eclipse 21st December 2010
Eclipses are traditionally associated with change, and it can be helpful to think of them as highlighting a particular area of life.
For those of you familiar with your birth charts, look to see what features of your chart are contacted by conjunctions (0 degrees), oppositions (180 degrees) and squares (90 degrees) with planets and other factors in the eclipse chart for more information, and also note the houses that the eclipse highlights.
For example, if the eclipse’s Sun-Moon opposition falls across your 3rd and 9th houses, then issues around education and where you live, plus where you would like to be in the future are emphasised, so the eclipse appears to be asking you to look beyond your immediate concerns and become aware of new possibilities that you could pursue. It’s giving you an opportunity that you can choose to take further if you wish.
One of the outstanding features of this chart is the T-square based on the Sun-Moon opposition which forms the eclipse, that also draws in Mercury as it conjuncts the Sun and squares the Jupiter/Uranus opposition. In this chart these also conjunct the nodal axis (as would be expected at an eclipse) and Ascendant/Descendant axis, although this latter contact may not apply in your location.
Reading this simply, this indicates general tension between thoughts and feelings, conscious wishes and unacknowledged hopes, that could produce considerable and beneficial changes that appear to come from nowhere. If parts of this T-square contact your chart, then this general trend becomes relevant to you, allowing you to take advantage of this potential.
The Sun-Moon opposition is at 29 degrees 20 seconds of Sagittarius/Gemini. Again, change is indicated by the late degree of this opposition between the luminaries which are about to move into cardinal Capricorn and Cancer, and its placement in mutable signs indicates some last minute flexibility before committing to a course of action.
It is also close to the Galactic Centre at 26 degrees 55 seconds Sagittarius, in the heart of the Milky Way. Mercury is in exactly the same degree and the Jupiter/Uranus square aspects it tightly too. The Galactic Centre is orbited by the Sun, and, when aspected by planets, is associated with significant developments in world events and the evolution of new insights by humanity. It is this contact that makes this eclipse so significant, and its closeness to the Winter Solstice increases this even more.
Full Moons can be seen as a time of completion and fulfillment, so perhaps we can see this eclipse as a time of reviewing what we’d like to take with us into the new solar cycle and deciding what to discard. Give some thought to this over the next few days so that you can start the New Year in a positive frame of mind, and don’t forget to take note of what you’ve achieved so far.
As the photo below demonstrates, this eclipse has its stages and we can take the same approach to our lives by moving forward at our own pace. It is part of the astronomical process, the celestial dance between the Sun, Moon and Earth, that takes us out of ourselves and reminds us that we are part of a huge and beautiful Universe.
A Lunar Eclipse Over a City
A very Merry Christmas to you all
Deborah
nice post. thanks.