The Moon rules the days, years, and passage of time, and its surface is dusted with memories and overflowing with emotional residue. When activated, this body may recall a wide variety of experiences from its vast archive of recordings. It has the power to consign us to a bygone era by manipulating our reminiscences, dreams, and feelings of belonging. It separates our conscious and subconscious minds and is the source of our memories, emotions, and past. The Moon is a symbol of our unconscious, feelings, reactions, and our essential soul nature; its phases occur at night. It reveals the most fundamental aspects of who we are and how we operate, including the needs at the core of our psyche. Some astrologers believe that the dark side of the moon is home to a monstrous creature that feeds on life on Earth.
Moon, the dark, passive side of the night sky, is more potent than Sun in many circumstances, especially in the beginning of one’s life. There’s a profound understanding of our roots and the places that will always feel like home, as well as a deep appreciation for the past, on play and rewind there. In her role as queen of our old selves, the Moon presides over the spectres of times past that are yet vividly recalled within the soul. The Moon has a deep-seated craving for love and acceptance, and a yearning to be part of a close-knit group. Yet, the Moon has its own set of vulnerabilities, such as uncertainty, timidity, and fear, which can lead us to act in irrational ways out of a feeling of unease.
Memory works strangely on the passage of time, however, for to remember is to make past moments present. If time’s passage is like a line, then memory bends the line into a circle, or rather into a spiral, for we know very well that when we revisit the past in memory we are not in the past but have only made the past present for a while. And we know that our reliving of the past is imperfect: we have forgotten some of the details, or repressed them, or polished them up with the glamour of delusion, hope, or love…Memories are imprecise and conceptual, faded not lived; the experience of an art work corrects these limitations. So does the apprehension of a ghost, and so too do dreams where the encounter with revenants most often occurs. Thus dreams—which typically also offer rooms or landscapes in which the repeated, beloved past can be enacted. Compacting time
Based on the Moon’s sign, house, and aspects, our horoscope will show where and how we tend to behave habitually, especially in times of anxiety and fear. How can we determine if our reactions reflect emotional deprivation? This condition is characterised by compulsions such as excessive reliance, clinging, and anxiousness. As our feelings and the onset and end of our lunar cycles depend on the Moon’s placement, this is the realm in which we experience the most variation and the strongest sense of cyclicity. As the place of habitual reactions and conditioning, it is of paramount importance to the functioning of the human body. As a result, the Moon’s sign and aspects reflect the sensitive parts of the emotional self, which are heightened due to the manifestation of unsatisfied desires.
The Moon symboloizes our emotional undercurrents, and it can be where our dependencies reveal themselves, attachments form, and fluctuation of feelings occurs. The Luminary in one month travels through all twelve signs of the zodiac and has a close relationship to our fluctuating moods. According to Isabel Hickey, Cancer is ruled over by the Moon and it is ”The most subconscious of all the signs, everything being latent and hidden. Cancer is at the mercy of their moods one day up another day down, with difficulty cutting the umbilical cord that binds them to the past. The personality is an unlit room.” Astrology, A Cosmic Science: The Classic Work on Spiritual Astrology
Also, while describing the Moon, we like to use words like “comforting” and “familiar,” because those are the things that we associate with it. It’s very normal to feel anxious occasionally, but it’s a problem when a person’s moon hunger consumes their entire identity. In general, the Moon appreciates it when others are intrigued about how it is feeling “on the inside.” Insufferably starved Moons display needy, regressive, and clingy tendencies, whereas a Moon that is in high psychological health encourages independent, assertive, and loving actions. Reflecting the Moon’s shimmering light from within can do wonders for your emotional well-being, illuminating you like a lovely ocean illuminated by the Moon’s reflection. In order to feel happy and lit from inside and to have a sense of emotional serenity, which will assist your psychological life in countless ways, you need to take care of your own needs before focusing on anything else. Determine what stresses the Moon out and take steps to alleviate them by examining your Moon sign, planetary aspects, and house placement.