Moon

The Moon governs the emotional life and the inner world. It represents feelings, instincts, needs, moods, and the sense of what makes a person feel safe and cared for. If the Sun is who we are becoming, the Moon is who we already are underneath, the automatic responses formed early in life. It rules the sign Cancer and moves faster than any other body, changing sign every few days. By sign, the Moon describes how a person feels and what they need for comfort. By house, it shows the area of life where they seek security and where emotions run closest to the surface. A supported Moon gives emotional steadiness, warmth, and the ability to nurture oneself and others. When the Moon is strained, feelings can become overwhelming, changeable, or hard to settle. The Moon is also linked to the mother and to early home life as the root of our emotional habits. Its work is to recognize and care for genuine needs, building an inner base of safety that the rest of life can rest on.