MOON

The Moon represents our emotions and the need for security. It represents our early environment and particularly the way we experienced the mother. It shows our ability to be sensitive to the environment and to both give and receive emotion. The Moon is related to instincts, and is profoundly connected to the personal unconscious, and all the habitual behavior that is looked after by this mysterious part of ourselves. The Moon shows how we instinctively react to protect ourselves and others.

Moon-Aries

You will thrive in relationships which give you the freedom to take independent action. Some of your most painful memories are connected with times when you were robbed of this freedom. To enjoy a harmonious relationship you need to establish control over your temperament. You have a tendency to be short-tempered, and this comes from frustrations or a tense atmosphere in your childhood. You tend to use the threat of creating a bad atmosphere through your temper or through being huffy to get what you want. With time you learn patience. As a partner, however, you are fun to be with and you know how to create an exciting atmosphere in which things happen.

1ST HOUSE INFLUENCE The bond to your mother and family has a powerful influence on your development for good or ill, and some of the major developments in your life will arise in connection with the family. You instinctively know how important feelings are to your personal development. Some people may see you as over-emotional or sentimental, but you know how to provide a truly nurturing environment for others to grow in. You have a powerful impact on your surroundings through your moods; indeed there may be a childish immaturity in this area. You may exhibit too much dependence on others, and are too attached to the past. Nevertheless other people will experience you as caring and giving.

Moon-Taurus

Generally speaking, you are a very giving person on an emotional level. You like to express your feelings through touching. You have a deep need for security, comfort and stability in your life, and this can manifest as a reluctance to adjust to the changes which go on around you. There is no doubt that you form powerful attachments to the things which represent security for you - not least your partnership - but in the process of maturing you will learn the importance of letting go of those attachments to material things, as they tend to keep you in a rut. Some of the deepest memories of hurt in your life are connected with times when you lost security, and this is why you cling to the status quo.

2ND HOUSE INFLUENCE You are very attached to the things you own, as they represent important emotional connections for you. You really do tend to hold on to things from the past, and they can clutter up your home. Your children and family connections are major values for you, and it is a traumatic process when upheavals come in this area, and when bonds have to be cut. Some people may view you as materialistic and possessive, but you are a very giving person, just as long as you feel secure. Sometimes you eat just to feel secure. However you may be too fixated on security, and there will come periods in your life where you will lose the things that you are most attached you. Learning to adjust to economic fluctuations is part of a process of maturity for you.

Moon-Gemini

Childhood friendships and sibling relationships have had a tremendous formative effect on your life, as do the first experiences in school. Painful recollections connected with communication problems, and a feeling of being misunderstood will have left their mark on you. Part of the maturing process for you is connected with being more selective about what you let yourself get distracted by. However, curiosity and interest are the food of life to you, and you can find meaning in small things other people might think of as insignificant. You are more an ideas person, than an emotional being, and you are most comfortable in partnerships which are not too emotionally demanding, and which allow you time to pursue your mental and social interests.

3RD HOUSE INFLUENCE You have a tendency to cement very powerful emotional bonds to a sibling or sister-figure in your life, or perhaps to a schoolmistress. Your mother, too, will have had a powerful effect on your mental development, and she may well have been strongly involved in your education. Trying emotional experiences in your life result from strong differences of opinion, perhaps in sibling relationships. You have a tendency to attach yourself uncritically to a set of ideas more through loyalty than conviction, and when you argue your case you are easily swayed by irrational arguments and emotions. You are however an extremely communicative person, and enjoy building up a warm network of contacts in your local environment.

Moon-Cancer

Your deep feelings are a powerful driving force for you - many of your actions are motivated by a need to protect yourself and those closest to you. Family bonds - particularly to the mother, home and family - are of the utmost significance - and it is in the nature of things that you will experience a good deal of emotional pain as you mature and close bonds are broken. You can be very moody and this has a powerful effect on your emotional environment. Overcoming possessiveness based on dependence, and resisting the tendency to make others dependent on you through emotional manipulation and over-protectiveness, are essential stepping stones towards developing a greater inner self-sufficiency.

4TH HOUSE INFLUENCE You were profoundly influenced by the emotional atmosphere as a child, and you were very sensitive to parental moods, especially your mother's. This has made you into a sensitive and rather vulnerable person, and you will be strongly motivated to create a caring and secure family environment later in your life. It would be wise to view the ups and downs of family life in a more objective way, rather than allowing your own mood to be constantly affected by changes. Your home is a haven for you, and you become very attached to it. When radical changes effect your home however, you will discover that you have a remarkable capacity to adjust. You need to spend a lot of time at home, and may find great pleasure in looking after your children, cooking, making home improvements etc.

Moon-Leo

You have been brought up to feel that you are worthy of respect and you are strongly motivated to live up to high parental expectations. Your winning manners and romantic nature can lead to fairly dramatic experiences in love. Dealing with the consequences of romantic involvements will be very formative for you. You have considerable charm and expect a good deal of attention, but on the path to emotional maturity your identity will often be bruised, as you learn how energy-consuming it can be to win the admiration of others. You are a creative person, you like to live the good life, and you expect to have an impact on others. Children can come to mean a great deal for you, and give you the joy you are constantly striving for.

5TH HOUSE INFLUENCE You are profoundly attached to the pleasures and pains of childhood, and strongly motivated to bring your own children up in a very individual way. You have a deep emotional need for romantic attachment. Your tendency to yearn for the security of love stems from unresolved unconscious issues from your own childhood connected with security. Love affairs rarely bring lasting happiness, though it may take you some time to discover this. A more lasting satisfaction comes from creative achievement. You know how to nurture and maintain the romance in a relationship, although you may have a rather mothering style. Perhaps you get too attached to your children at the expense of your partnership.

Moon-Virgo

You have a talent for analysis and for working hard and efficiently. You are a busy and conscientious person, with a love of detail and an ability to organize your daily life. There may be a trace of self-criticism, perhaps due to the atmosphere in which you were brought up. This leads to a tendency to analyze yourself and others and as such you are constantly aware of the imperfections around you. You do not feel comfortable when there is disorder around you, so you tend to occupy yourself a lot of the time trying to create a comfortable and efficient environment. Generally however, partners benefit from your kind, concerned and helpful nature. Learning to relax and avoiding criticism would help you enjoy life more.

6TH HOUSE INFLUENCE As a very helpful person you like to make yourself indispensable through being of service. You are excellent at tuning in to the physical needs of others, and generally happy take on a lot of tasks - both in your career and around the house. If you are not careful however, other people will take advantage of you. You may be reluctant to say no because of your dependence on the goodwill of others. You may also waste too much energy on menial tasks, thus getting distracted from the broader visions in your life. As you are very sensitive to your working environment, you tend to worry too much about how other people are feeling. Learn to tune in to your own needs, so that you can set limits in relation to the imagined demands of others.

Moon-Libra

You are most content when you are firmly ensconced with friends, or in a secure partnership. And you are willing to make considerable compromises to ensure that things function smoothly in this area. Injustice can make you lose your poise, and you are very concerned about fairness and equality. However you are eager to please, and unwilling to take a controversial role. On the other hand you are rather romantic and easily led astray by matters of the heart. On the road to maturity there will be radical developments in partnership matters which force you to re-evaluate your dependence on others. You will often bring an atmosphere of peace and harmony to your home and family life.

7TH HOUSE INFLUENCE Most of your emotional life revolves around your partnership. You form a strong bond at an early age when you are still emotionally immature. You are strongly motivated by security and stability in your relationships, and will be attracted to a partner who can provide this. Men in particular have a tendency to choose a mother figure. Women tend to take on the role of mother in partnerships. Despite the need for stability, marital life will fluctuate wildly. These emotional ups-and-downs are a result of your over-sensitivity to the emotional state of your partner. You have difficulty distinguishing between what you feel and what your partner feels. Your concern for the partner's feelings paradoxically evokes exaggerated reactions from him or her. Learn to tune in to what it is you really feel, and allow your partner to have his or her moods without constantly imagining they have something to do with your actions. When you integrate your emotions in this way, your partner will be grateful to be able to express emotions in peace without always having to have consideration for how you will react.

Moon-Scorpio

Deep inside you are very vulnerable, but few people are admitted to the inner chamber where your emotions dwell. You are driven unconsciously to fiercely protect the things which are dear to you, and any hint of insecurity in this area evokes strong defensive emotions, jealousy and anxiety. Trust is an essential ingredient in emotional relationships, and it is only when you feel completely secure, that you can finally commit yourself in this area. When this happens, you consider that the bonds that are created are made for life. In the process of maturing you will learn a more relaxed attitude to relationships. This will only come after a deep sense of loss, which leads you to transform your emotional values in the sense that you learn not to invest all your emotional security in another person.

8TH HOUSE INFLUENCE You have a deep, deep, emotional nature. Early childhood experiences - in which the fear of death or destruction played a role - undermine your ability to find emotional calm. A complex relationship to the mother - who may have had some acute but perhaps unspoken fears herself - has given you a deep but frustrated desire to belong, to feel secure. No matter how hard you strive for some kind of guarantee that you will be protected, you will never get one. Experience will teach you that you must not rely on other people to provide emotional security for you. A turning point will arise in your thirties in which you discover how much more rewarding it is to give than to demand. Anxiety has taught you to map out and understand the deepest and most hidden emotions. The resources you unearth in your own nature will be of great help to everyone you contact on an intimate level. Before this transformation relationships can be rather painful because of fear of loss, jealousy or extreme emotional experiences. Later your relationships acquire depth and understanding.

Moon-Sagittarius

You are a freedom-loving person, who does not take kindly to any form of emotional limitation in your personal relationships. You are inspired by wide horizons, and this will lead to a good deal of travel in your life, or a drive to absorb the culture of the world through the media. This may result in a period of time spent traveling or living abroad. Some of the great difficulties in your life arise when circumstances force you to accept limitations on your freedom and the need to form stable emotional bonds. Major transformations also happen in connection with disillusion when you outgrow old beliefs and convictions, as you most surely will. You need intellectually challenging partnerships, but things would function better if you avoided strident discussions.

9TH HOUSE INFLUENCE You have a strong need to have a belief to hold on to. You will have been powerfully affected by the convictions and values that your mother held, and though she may have been intellectually dominating, her opinions will continue to have a strong moral effect on you. You are very attached to your beliefs, but rather irrational in your defense of them. Your convictions about life will undergo periodic change. Being a very intuitive and mentally receptive person, you can become a channel for ideas from higher sources. You are attracted to a God with whom you can find safety and refuge. You will almost certainly have interests in philosophical and spiritual areas, and you will benefit greatly from going on courses to increase your self-knowledge. During the course of your life you are likely to travel a lot, and there is a good chance that you will live abroad for a period of time.

Moon-Capricorn

You were born serious, and you have a tendency to seem more mature than your age suggests. You have been deeply affected by the experiences of childhood, and you probably felt a frustrated kind of responsibility to one of you parents - in all likelihood your mother. You are so eager to play a mature role in society that you forget how it is to be carefree and enjoy life. You feel deeply, but are reluctant to express these feelings in intimate relationships. Love relationships would benefit if you were more willing to show your vulnerability. However you strive hard to make relationships work, you have a strong sense of family responsibility, and you are very sincere in your feelings.

10TH HOUSE INFLUENCE Your mother had a profound effect on your personal development and you probably still look up to her, or see her often. She was most likely the dominant parent and will have influenced you strongly in your choice of career. A lot of your unconscious professional motivation is aimed at living up to her expectations. Later in your life partners will find themselves competing with either your job or your mother for your attention or your affection. But you have a strong sense of duty, and you may feel that your role is primarily to live up to family expectations. Having children really mobilizes all your resources, and you will make a good parent, but true fulfillment will be found when you can manifest your caring energy beyond the limits of the family.

Moon-Aquarius

You were brought up in an unusual parental environment characterized by rather special family relationships. You probably learned at an early age that it did not pay to be too dependent, and neither does it suit you, as you prefer friendships based on equality and shared interests. As such it is likely that your family relationships were characterized by intellectual principles of equality or liberation, whilst you may have missed the emotional supportiveness most children take for granted, although you may well have had a very friendly relationship to your mother. As many of the deepest bonds in your life are to true friends or groups, some of your greatest difficulties are experienced when these attachments are broken.

11TH HOUSE INFLUENCE You form very strong bonds to your friends and are extremely sensitive to how they treat you. You are both caring and concerned as regards their personal development, and easily hurt if they let you down in any way. You need to belong to a group, and your experiences in this area are strongly influenced by your school years. You tend to become too attached to a particular friend at this time, and this can bring problems when you both develop the need for change. During the course of your life you learn to develop a greater emotional detachment, so that you are not so easily hurt or disappointed by others. You may be over-sensitive as regards your social position.

Moon-Pisces

In comparison to many other people, you are extremely sensitive to the emotional atmosphere around you. You are no stranger to sadness, and there was probably a unhappy quality in your family relationships - particularly in regard to your mother. You tend to take on the vibrations of others just as a chameleon changes color, so it is important to be discriminative as regards who you are with, and what you do. As you mature, you learn to be watchful of your own moods, as they change with the least stimulus. By cultivating an emotionally positive attitude, you can avoid the negative energy states that made you feel helpless in the face of adversity when you were young. In relationships it helps to know that there is no dignity in martyrdom.

12TH HOUSE INFLUENCE In your childhood you probably experienced long periods of isolation in which you were removed from everyday life in some way. Perhaps, too, you were profoundly influenced by the dreams, longing or loneliness of your mother. At any rate, you now have a need to withdraw from the world from time to time and commune with nature or your inner feelings. Really you ought to have a room of your own which is sacred to you, and where you can be alone. You are extremely sensitive to your environment and spend a lot of time enveloped in a very private emotional world where other people have difficulty getting into contact with you. In this private sphere you have many dreams and longings. Perhaps it would be wise for you to work more consciously with the inner world of your imagination through creative work or meditative practice.

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