YOUR MOON SIGN
YOUR EMOTIONAL SELF
In reality the only reason we have a calendar sitting on our wall is simply to be able to connect to the calendar as the world knows it. Each and every one of us works on a totally different calendar. A calendar that changes every 28ish days.
At the moment of our birth…the planets were in a particular line-up. We call that our Natal Line up. We call it our blueprint of life.
It tells us our basic makeup….our Authentic Self. Who we REALLY are on the inside. Not who someone else wants us to be! Or…someone we think someone else wants us to be. It is the TRUE self! It is the self we have come to live out.
Many of us fall off track of our authentic self for various reasons: perhaps trying to live up to Mom/Dads expectations, trying to make our boyfriend/girlfriend love us, trying to be the perfect parents, trying to fit in the perfect job so society would be happy. There are various ways in which we lose ourselves. On an intuitive, inner level though, I believe we all know when we have lost ourselves. Some of us choose to go looking for the Authentic Self...some of us choose to stay lost. And perhaps with all fairness.....perhaps some people may not know how to go about finding any help with the Authentic Self.
When we fall off track of our Authentic Self, we sometimes go through a state of depression as we feel this inner void…..we feel something is ‘missing’ somehow. What is missing is our Authentic Self!
But I digress a bit…….so lets get back to talking about our Natal Chart / our Blueprint. (whether astrologically or numerologically)....
If you were walking down the street and someone asked you what ‘sign’ you were…..it would be an easy answer for you. Most people know what astrological sign they are. That is the planetary sign the SUN was in at the moment of your birth. Our sun signs designates how we are “When we are by ourselves”. … But there are more planets in the sky then just the Sun……. it is the ‘combination’ of those planets that make us our Authentic Self…..
Another important planet is the MOON…..and where the Moon was at the moment of our birth shows us ‘how we deal with EMOTIONS”……so its important to know what sign the moon was in at the moment of your birth as not all Aries…or not all Leos…or not all Cancers deal with emotions the same way…….why? Because they would have a different Moon sign. Let me give you an example:
Person A born October 2nd 1949
Sun sign = Libra Moon sign = Aquarius
Person B born October 4th 1949 (just 2 days later than the first person)
Sun sign = Libra Moon sign = Pisces
Person C born October 6th 1949 (again just 2 days later than person B)
Sun sign = Libra Moon sign = Aries
As we see above all 3 people are Libras……but all of them have a different Moon sign which means each of them would handle emotions extremely differently….
Person A with their Moon in Aquarius…would handle their emotions very ‘realistically’. They would perhaps have difficulty in crying as they would simply trying to rationalize (Aquarius is a very ‘mental’ sign) every bit of emotion.
Person B with their Moon in Pisces - - would be EXTREMELY emotional. They would cry at the drop of a hat. Because Pisces is a water sign which is all about ‘water works’….the emotional persona.
Person C with their Moon in Aries…..would use ‘frustration’ as their tool of emotions…and perhaps even go into somewhat of a rage….being angry because they could not make their dreams come true.
As we can see….all three people are Libras…so they all would be concerned about creating that balance in their life (Libra trait)….but emotionally (because of their Moon sign) they would handle it very differently.
This is why Sun Sign astrology really doesn’t work. You are the make up of your 12 full planets and all of them together create the true you! (not just the Sun).
As we look up to the heavens on a day-to-day basis….the Moon changes signs every 2-3 days…..which means that it goes around the whole zodiac in about 28 days. (connecting to a females menstrual cycle)…..
As it comes back to line up with YOUR moon sign at the moment of your birth…..it starts a whole new calendar for you for the next 28 days. The look of the planetary alignment in the sky when it comes to line back up will tell us how your next 28 days will look. We call them LUNAR RETURNS (the return of the Moon to where it was at the moment of your birth)….
When people come for Astrology readings (after their first consultation with me)…..we now look at their upcoming Lunar Returns….and the different things to concentrate on for each 28 days as they complete the next full year….
It’s an amazing tool to work with…..
Being our Authentic self means getting in touch with our Moon sign – our emotional well-being……filling up that hole that has been missing for years!
Holly Poole
Professional Astrologer
