THE BIRTH CHART AND YOUR MOON SIGN

Your birth chart indicates the position of the moon on the date and at the time and place of your birth. Just as the situation of the sun in one of the 12 zodiac signs can reveal many aspects of your personality, the situation of the moon sheds more light on your emotions. Find out how to determine your moon sign and discover what this placement says about your life path.

What Is a Moon Sign?

Most people know their sun signs. These signs refer to the situation of the sun at the time of their birth. Sun signs indicate broad personality traits. Some astrologers suggest that sun signs suggest what people want, while moon signs reveal what they really need.

Moon signs change rapidly and can be more personalized than sun signs. The moon only spends about two days in each sign. For this reason, your exact time of birth is necessary to accurately identify the sign in which the moon was situated.

How Can You Identify Your Moon Sign?

You can find out your sun, moon and rising signs by creating a birth chart. An online calculator only requires your date, time and location of birth. A complete birth chart will identify your sun, moon and rising sign as well as the positions of planets in houses.

Once you know your moon sign, you should note relevant aspects in horoscopes for this sign along with predictions for your sun sign. The information of your birth chart goes much deeper than these three placements to include planetary placements and details such as aspects and nodes. An experienced astrologer can account for the full significance of this sign given the rest of the placements on your birth chart.

What Is the Meaning of Your Moon Sign?

Astrologers associate moon signs with inner life, emotions and the subconscious. Familiarity with the characteristics of the sign in which the moon was situated at the time of your birth can help you come to grips with your emotional needs. This sign can help you identify ways to feel nurtured and safe as you progress along your life path and can be helpful for identifying blockages that could otherwise restrain you from self-acceptance and true happiness.

Synastry, or the comparison of birth charts on the basis of compatibility, also involves checking moon signs. In relationship readings, moon signs indicate the instinctive nature, emotional needs and overall suitability of both partners. As an astrologer and psychic, I factor asteroids, fixed stars, and lunar nodes into your natal chart interpretation.

How Do Your Moon and Sun Signs Interact?

Your sun sign expresses the most visible parts of your personality and life path trajectory. Your moon sign, on the other hand, reveals aspects of your inner life that may not be immediately apparent to you or others, including potential or current partners.

If you have noticed that you have some of the traits associated with your sun sign but differ in significant ways, you should check your moon and rising signs. Odds are that these signs are modifying the expression of your sun sign. Having a psychic skilled in astrology explain these and other placements on your birth chart can have far-reaching implications for your life path.

Where Is Your Moon Sign on Your Birth Chart?

Moon signs are typically indicated on the outer edge of your birth chart with a crescent moon symbol situated near the relevant sign. This placement is calculated based on the position of the moon on a map of the sky for the date, time and place where you were born. Providing your precise time of birth is important, as people who were born at different times on the same day in the same place could have different moon signs.

Sun and rising signs are also indicated on the boundaries of a birth chart. The sun symbol is a circle with a dot in the center, while the rising sign is represented by the abbreviation “AC” or “ASC,” which are both short for "ascendant." Planetary placements on Western birth charts appear in the houses represented in the circle on your birth chart with indications for aspects and degrees.

When Is Your Moon Sign Important To Consider?

Moon signs inform life path and relationship readings as well as any readings that cover emotional topics. Your inner life, emotions and subconscious have the potential to affect your attitude toward any people and situations in your life.

The three core astrological placements are your sun, moon and rising signs. While casual astrology enthusiasts tend to only look up horoscopes for their sun signs, recognizing and considering the interplay between these signs can make predictions based on the stars more meaningful. Planetary placements also hold great significance for skilled astrologers, as does other celestial data indicated on birth charts.

Why Is Moon Sign Compatibility Important?

Some astrologers refer to moon signs in terms of love languages. You are more likely to speak the same love language as someone with the same or a compatible moon sign. Of course, it is also important to consider the sun and rising signs of both partners.

A love psychic reading based on synastry, or the comparison of birth charts, could start with an analysis of these placements. A skilled astrologer will proceed into more detailed observations based on the positions of planets in the houses on both charts, including the first house which rules the outer personality and attraction, the fifth house which rules pleasure and romance, the seventh house which rules partnerships and the eighth house, which rules intimacy.

Once you know your sun, moon and rising signs, you can get more out of reading horoscopes or studying astrology. Through a session dedicated to natal chart interpretation, I can help you identify inborn tendencies associated with your moon sign and determine how this and other birth chart placements guide your life path. To whomever is reading this, I look forward to supporting you in your quest to deepen your understanding of your inner self.