The importance of
Moon in the birth chart
S N Rao
The Moon is in a new constellation every couple of days, and its
location on the Zodiacal wheel at the moment of your birth is your Moon sign.
The Moon's position when you were born sheds light on the interior life of a
person. The Moon in a chart can explain why two people with the same Sun sign
can be so different. The Moon's sign, house and phase can tell you a lot about
the person's emotional instincts and habits. While the Sun is the core self
through which you find expression in the world, the Moon is the inner life that
only close companions get to experience. In astrology, the Moon is the
instinctual self, and because of that, some might not feel comfortable with its
full expression. In times of great stress, these qualities could be exposed and
make the person feel strangely out of control. If you’ve ever completely lost
it, you’ll know what it's like when the Sun is eclipsed by the Moon and you
become a full-fledged “lunatic.” But in daily life, the Moon is what you fall
back on to restore your sense of emotional security. It’s the little private
habits that are comforting. For some this means reaching out socially, but for
others this could mean retreating to a solitary corner of the mind. It also
speaks volumes about how you handle your intimate life. Some Moons have a
detached air, while others cast a welcoming luminescent glow.
A key relationship in astrology is that between the Sun and the
Moon. If someone has an ongoing tug-of-war between the will to act and the
emotions, it often shows up there. When you understand the essence of the Moon,
you’re no longer “in the dark.” This is valuable information for understanding
the interior life of family members, friends and of course, potential romantic
partners. The Moon represents the more impressionist side and the inner
feelings and emotions portraying us from within. It indicates how we express
our nurturing instinct and the style of immediate emotional-feeling response to
experiences. With an altogether mysterious side, Moon shows our hidden aspects.
The moon can symbolize the mother, your mother, your own parenting style. The moon loosely represents the feminine and more pointedly how we feel. So it’s no surprise that it is a representative of how we feel about the parenting we experienced as children. How we feel in general shapes how we feel about everything. Saturn with moon is going to feel differently than Jupiter with moon. Similarly a 7th house moon will have a different experience than a 12th house moon.
Someone who grew up in your place, someone with a different chart, a different moon, would likely feel very differently about experiencing the same household. There’s still the question, which is more important nature or nurture? I think it’s both. Imagine this, the household is the same but the kid is different. People are going to react differently to a different kid. Their experience will be similar but not the same. The reactions set off a chain of new circumstances. Our environments shape us and we shape our environments.
This is of particular
use when you look at this from the parenting side of the equation. Look at your
child’s moon to see how they emotionally perceive the parenting they are
receiving. Having a greater understanding of their emotional body gives you a
better base for empathy in your reactions. This is particularly helpful if your
moon is not in sympathetic aspect to theirs. When you understand where your
child is coming from emotionally and react based on empathy (how THEY feel),
you raise the quality of your child’s interaction with their emotional
environment. You improve the odds of your child growing up with the perception
of having had a happy childhood.
The Moon goes through the Zodiac within
its 28 day cycle and enters a new zodiac sign approximately every 2 1/2 days.
The position of the transiting moon (moon's current position) helps determine
the general moods of people. The moon sign positions greatly influence the
outcomes of events involving human interactions. When the Moon is in certain
zodiac, the characteristics of that zodiac sign color the moon's expression. The moon
rules over issues related to family and interaction among family members,
social gatherings and general proceedings in the home environment. All the
above incidents are greatly affected by moon's sign position. The moon
sign, when taken in combination with the Sun sign, tells about a person and is
an essential part of learning about oneself. The best way to find out about the
moon sign is to visit an astrologer for a private reading.
