Moon
The Moon describes emotional needs: what soothes you, what unsettles you, and how you react before you have time to think. It is the inner weather beneath the Sun's sunlight.
- Rules over
- Emotions, comfort, instinct
- Orbit
- About 27 days through the zodiac
Finding It in Your Own Chart
Your Moon sign is the private self most people only meet once they live with you. Because the Moon changes sign every two to three days, a birth time can matter — the Moon switches signs on roughly a third of all days.
Its Home Sign
The Ten Planets
The Inner World
The Moon represents emotions, instincts, comfort and memory. It describes how you react before thinking and what you need to feel secure.
If the Sun is the self you show the world, the Moon is the self you are at home.
It is often the placement people find most personally accurate.
The Fastest Mover
The Moon passes through each sign in about two and a half days, making it much more individual than the Sun.
On roughly a third of days, it changes sign, so a birth time may be needed to know yours for certain.
The Moon Sign Finder shows whether your birthday is one of those days.
The Moon Through the Elements
A fire Moon needs excitement and freedom to feel good. An earth Moon needs stability and physical comfort.
An air Moon needs conversation and mental stimulation. A water Moon needs emotional closeness and security.
Understanding your Moon's needs can improve self-care and relationships.
The Moon's House
The Moon's house shows where you seek emotional security. A seventh-house Moon may find comfort in partnership; a ninth-house Moon in learning and travel.
House placement requires a birth time.
The Natal Blueprint shows your Moon's house.
Questions About the Moon
Which sign does the Moon rule? Cancer.
Why is my Moon sign so different from my Sun? They move at very different speeds, so most people have them in different signs.
How does the Moon relate to moon phases? The phase describes the Sun–Moon angle; your birth phase is also part of your chart.