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TWELFTH HOUSE MOON
The House of Drawn Shades - The field of unseen causes
Karmic liabilities. Behind-the-scenes maneuverings. Sacrificial service. Repressions, neuroses, and psychogenic complaints. Deception, secrets, and treachery. Hidden enemies. Prisons, asylums, and hospitals. Occultism.
The Moon in the twelfth house gives a love of introspection with a need for periodic retirement from the bustle and confusion of the world. The person with this placement will be extremely impressionable, reverberating to psychological influences of which others are only subliminally aware.
Regardless of the extent of your public activities, there is always a part of them which, like the dark side of the Moon, remains hidden. Frequently, home conditions are not what they seem and some cross must be privately borne.
In the twelfth house the Moon can indicate a psychic gift, or the general ability to reflect in the mind the whole meaning of the transition between an ending cycle and the birth of a new one. All depends on what is done with this faculty. It can be overwhelming and confusing. It can precipitate karma, leading to a sort of closing of accounts.
One must beware of a passive or defeatist attitude, and of too great an openness to the collective unconscious, or to one's personal complexes.
No matter how extroverted and out-going the subject may be, it is important for him or her to acknowledge that there is a strong need to withdraw and to spend some time alone.
This withdrawal is instinctive, and both psychologically and spiritually restorative. They must not ignore the necessity for peace and quiet, the best means of which they should decide for themselves. For instance, one person with this placing may take a spiritual retreat from time to time, while another will prefer to listen to loud rock music alone in their room.
There is natural kindness and an emotionally sensitive response and, according to the Moon sign, the instincts and intuitions will be powerful forces that can be directed charitably and beneficially towards others. The urge to make sacrifices is present and the Moon sign will indicate whether this is shown through hard work, contemplation or material help.
A tendency to deceive is possible, and negative escapism must be guarded against. The subject may have hidden depths and an instinctive secrecy that acts as protection from the outside world.