MOON
MOON
Where
the face of the Earth is turned away from the light of the Sun, there the Moon
shines, reminding us of solar purpose by brilliantly reflecting the Sun's light.
The Moon moves about 12 or 13 times faster than the Sun; it travels through the
zodiac once every 27 and 1/3 days. The Moon is thus the trigger mechanism of the
solar system. It conjoins the Sun once each month in the Sun's zodiacal sign.
In
their subsequent cycle together the Moon waxes and wanes. As it waxes, it
symbolically carries out the unifying purpose of the Sun and conveys it to all
the other planets, including the Earth. As the Moon wanes, it symbolically
gathers in the harvest of experience and stores it as memory, precedence, and
tradition. As the Moon waxes and wanes it also regulates the tides on Earth, and
as feelings are symbolized by water the Moon's motion represents the rhythmic
ebb and flow of public moods.
The
motions of the Moon around the Earth also carry it alternately inside the
Earth's orbit toward the orbit of Venus, then outside the Earth's orbit toward
the orbit of Mars. This is a symbol of regular flux between introversion and
extroversion, between objective activity and subjective reflection.
Thus
the Moon represents our capacity to respond to life in a rhythmic way, to our
day-to-day and hour-to-hour capacity to flow with, indeed to dance with, what
life brings.
Keynote:
Original and unusual ideas arise out of the unconscious mind.
Symbol:
An intelligent woman conducts a panel discussion on television.
Those
with this placing are magnetically attractive, yet send out signals suggesting
they are cool and distant, and don’t want the rest of us to come too close. It
is only when we break through this brittle, bright but some-what frosty barrier
that we actually experience the characteristics of the Sun, and eventually the
Ascendant, sign. It is as if, in some ways, they are on the defensive, and want
to appear enigmatic and mysterious.
The
flow of emotion is very controlled, although if anyone needs help they are
likely to respond immediately and want to do as much as possible, just like
their Aquarius Sun sign cousins. The reasons for helping can be severely
practical, and they will at once see a way through any difficulties that may
cloud the issue for the person in trouble.
The
unpredictability of Aquarius will be seen when they are confronted with any
aspect of life that could be considered controversial. The reaction may be
totally unexpected, and quite different from what was anticipated. Similarly,
they may take an unexpected line of action, on the spur of the moment, that is
completely out of character with other areas of their personality. In
retrospect, they may have problems attempting to justify this to themselves.
Anything
glamorous will strongly appeal. Moon/Aquarius also have a romantic streak.
However, this is detached, and the way emotions are expressed, especially in
love (as opposed to strong feelings relating to worldly issues) must be assessed
from the positions of Venus and Mars.
Originality
and often a spark of genius are present. Sudden bright ideas should be acted
upon and carried through to completion. If stubbornness is shown in the
positions and aspects of the other planets, it could become a serious problem,
for it will not blend happily with a tendency to unpredictability. Nervous
tension can also cause problems, the likelihood of which will be affected by the
influence of Uranus in the birth chart.
The
humanitarian qualities of Aquarius, linked with kindness, will be very evident
and contribute much that is positive in this individual’s character.
People
having the Moon in Aquarius are endowed with the divine gift of imagination.
Their capacity to visualize can cause them to fear the worst, but it also gives
wings to their inventive genius. They understand the meaning of the axiom
‘Energy follows thought’, and instinctively respect the power of ideas to
produce changes in circumstances.
Many
of the lunar Aquarian’s most inspired insights come directly from the realm of
the unconscious. As they learn to plumb their own psyche, they may release
unsuspected creative forces. These images and concepts may take so powerful a
grip upon the mind that one begins to feel more like their instrument than their
originator.
In
the fixed sign Aquarius, the restlessness of the ever-changing Moon is
stabilized and its sympathies are broadened. Human inconsistencies can be viewed
in a broadly detached manner. Although lunar Aquarians themselves usually appear
to be sensible and well-adjusted, they can understand people who are not. Yet
they become deeply involved in the causes they espouse and will throw caution to
the winds when the necessity arises to voice their opinions.
They
are original, not because they say what no one has ever said before, but because
they say exactly what they think. Occasionally, they appear more radical than
they are, simply because people are not used to such plain speaking.
Since
these individuals like to vent unusual ideas, they are often found in
professions such as writing, film making, and public relations where they can
influence people’s minds. Every so often they like to surprise and shock an
audience in order to shake them out of their complacency. They want to jolt
others into an awareness of current happenings even though the process may prove
painful.
Lunar
Aquarians are as broad-minded as their solar counterparts and can apply their
scientific personality to the study of human problems. Men of this type tend to
hold themselves aloof and are frequently misunderstood. Women may be too
intellectual and independent to seem completely feminine unless other influences
compensate for the lack of softness in their nature.
Both
sexes are liable to suffer from physical and mental tension if they allow
themselves to be over-stimulated by the energies which course through their
nervous system.
This
combination often engenders an interest in astrology, metaphysics,
parapsychology, occultism, and all manner of arcane subjects. There is a
preoccupation with the strange and unusual, not for the sake of novelty seeking,
but because of a genuine desire to understand the whys and wherefores of
existence.
The
Aquarian seldom accepts the limitations that others take for granted. Their
fundamental faith in man and nature assures them that the human mind is capable
of uncovering the most startling secrets of the universe, and that nothing is
too amazing to be real.
The
lunar Aquarian seldom craves to be a master over men. They want to illumine
minds not dominate them. They value their liberty too highly to want to
interfere with the liberty of someone else.
The
Aquarian age has already demonstrated that modern scientific technology can set
man free from the drudgery of menial chores and provide the leisure to explore
the widening vistas of outer and inner space. It is also demonstrating that true
democracy is a system which cannot be sustained by Saturnian laws alone.
Each
citizen must undergo a Uranian transformation of mind and heart which enables
them, through the planetarization of their consciousness, to envision a society
of freely cooperating groups and nations. Only then can the Aquarian ideal
become a reality.