Today we’re going to be talking about the meaning of the Moon in astrology: What it represents and the important symbolism that it is connected to. This article is going to be the second in our planetary series where we discuss in depth the relevant themes and observations that are connected to each of the planetary bodies. If you’d like to see the first article that discusses the meaning of the Sun in astrology, you can do so here: https://sarahafrance.com/the-sun-in-astrology/. So, without further a due, let us discuss the Moon and Her significance.
The Moon, by nature, is a soft, feminine, and nurturing planetary energy. She is the receptive counterpart to the Sun and represents among many things the Divine Feminine. The Moon rules over all things cyclical; The tides, the months, and even the menstrual cycle of women. Despite her inability to shine on her own, she is nonetheless one of, if not the most important celestial body within the natal chart.
The Moon.
Whenever we want to think about how a certain planetary body will function within the context of human experience and behavior, we must look to its behavior in the natural world to understand its core symbolism. With that being said, these are the 5 most important significations connected to the meaning of the Moon in astrology:
1. The Meaning of the Moon as the Mother and Child
If we turn our attention to the Moon in the natural world, She is the celestial body that is closest to us here on Earth. Furthermore, She is the only celestial body that is attached to Earth itself by the force of gravity. As such, it is the Moon that was given the meaning of Mother & Child. In the same way that Mother & Child are inseparable, so too are Earth & the Moon united forever. Two separate entities, yet in many ways they are a unit; orbiting the solar system separately, yet together.
Another reason for which the Moon was given the meaning of Mother & Child, is due to the Moon’s formation itself. It is widely believed that millions of years ago after a collision with Earth from another dwarf planet, a massive chunk of Earth’s crust broke off and went flying out into space. Eventually, however, it was caught in Earth’s gravitational pull and began to orbit around the Earth itself. Just in the way that a child is born from the body of its mother, so too was the Moon born from Earth itself. Through a climatic and some would say shocking experience such as childbirth or a planetary collision, something beautiful was born from a moment of chaos. And thus, the Moon was given its meaning of Mother & Child.
2. The Meaning of the Moon as Our Early Childhood Conditioning
In correlation with the Moon’s meaning of Mother & Child, She also represents our early childhood experience and conditioning. It is the Moon in the natal chart that describes the social-emotional conditioning that the Mother gave the Child. She represents the kinds of values and behaviors that were demonstrated throughout early childhood within the home. She also represents the conditioning that we received as far as how to nurture and how to be nurtured. As such, the Moon in astrology is frequently connected to our understanding of self-care through diet, exercise, and physical/emotional cleansing. It governs areas of life like our relationship to food, shelter, and self-soothing. The Moon, therefore, represents how we were cared for, and in turn how we now care for ourselves as adults.
3. The Moon as Our Attachment Style
Another special meaning of the Moon in astrology is that She represents our attachment style. If you’d like to find out your attachment style, take the brief quiz at the link here: attachment style quiz.
In this way, the Moon was given the meaning of our approach to bonding and intimacy. The sign and aspects that are made to someone’s natal Moon will describe whether or not they struggle to maintain healthy boundaries in relationships – like whether they are too clingy or whether they are cold, and detached. Things like codependency or an inability to connect with others on an emotional level are most times found in the condition of one’s natal Moon.
4. The Moon as Our Subconscious Needs
Because the Moon possesses the meaning of our early childhood conditioning, in this way She also represents the formation of our subconscious mind that occurs before the age of 6. Researchers say that around 95% of our cognitive and emotional processes develop before the age of 6, as they are the meanings, feelings, and behaviors that come from the subconscious mind. In this way, the Moon receives the meaning of our subconscious needs and desires. She represents the things or experiences that we crave at a deep, subconscious level to feel safe and secure.
Many times we might be aware of our conscious goals and desires, and yet we self sabotage in the pursuit of that which will instantly quell our anxiety, sadness, or feelings of vulnerability. This can be described in the natal chart as someone who has the Sun and the Moon in conflicting signs. It happens so frequently that it is understood as a common theme of the human experience: The Head versus The Heart. The heart, in this context, is the domain of the Moon.
If you are interested in learning more about the formation of the subconscious mind, you can check out this article here: https://medium.com/invisible-illness/the-subconscious-mind-inner-child-explained-511b1ef93c7f.
5. The Moon as the Celestial Body that Manifests Ideas into Physical Reality
Last but not least, I want to discuss a more nuanced meaning of the Moon, which is that the Moon represents the way ideas, thoughts, feelings, etc. manifest themselves into physical reality. To understand this concept, we must look at how the Moon behaves in the physical world. Despite her beauty, the Moon does not possess a light that is all her own. If it were not for the light of the Sun, She would be invisible to those of us here on Earth. She can reflect the light of the Sun that brings her into our awareness. The meaning of the Moon in astrology speaks to the way that the physical world that we perceive here on Earth functions in the very same way.
The material world that we perceive is only ever an illusion itself. It is an illusion of source energy itself that filters through our subconscious mind, forming the illusion of the physical reality that we see. This signification speaks to the principles and properties of the Law of Attraction or Manifestation and is the reason why traditionally certain manifestation rituals are performed according to the Lunar cycle. Because it is She who rules over the process of turning ethereal into the physical.
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