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.

 

Leyla Rael

 

MOON IN PISCES 

Keynote: Needs of others call forth a sympathetic response.

Symbol: A sister of mercy tends hopeless cases in a hospital charity.

Having the Moon in Pisces one can be so receptive to the psychic emanations of all with whom they come in contact that they exist in a state of perpetual emotion. Owing to this hyper-responsiveness, there may be a tendency to want to withdraw from the competitive world of their socially ambitious contemporaries and become increasingly reclusive. They prefer to remain in the background and work behind the scenes where their energies are not depleted be mingling with others.

Despite the fact that lunar Pisceans are ill-equipped to brave the toilsome world of business and finance, they are not afraid of difficult work and are often found in hospitals, prisons, and institutions where they devote themselves to charitable endeavors. Many minister to the poor and downtrodden with a truly Christ-like sprit of compassion. In whatever capacity they function, they generally try to find someone less fortunate than themselves to serve and save.

Moon in Pisces can be self-indulgent sensationalists and are more liable to addictions than are those who have the Sun in this Neptunian sign. Redemption may be found in devotion to a religious doctrine or a charismatic leader.

Lunar Pisceans are seldom materially ambitious, although they appreciate beautiful things. Sometimes they are too shy or too lazy to promote their own best interests. This is not always a true shyness or laziness but may result from the fact that much of their psychic energy is absorbed by their fantasy life.

The fluctuating Moon in a Mutable sign produces a restlessness which undermines solid accomplishment so that even success may not last.

There can be a tendency to perceive events through a veil of sentiment. A fondness for seclusion seldom stems from any real dislike for people but reflects their ability to retreat into a private realm of feelings and draw upon the inspirations of books, music, and nature.

The individual may be ill-adjusted to this world because they are not convinced that it is the type of world they want to be well adjusted to. Their love of ideal beauty makes them loath to accept their environing conditions as anything more than mere exigencies.

Yet they may withstand harrowing circumstances simply because they can be psychologically detached.

The main problem posed by Moon in Pisces is ambivalence. Many of these enigmatic people do not know what they really want, yet they are goaded by ineffable yearnings which make it impossible for them to remain contented with their present situation.

They hang suspended between heaven and earth, able to grasp neither one nor the other, and driven by inchoate desires that know no means of gratification. They want to taste the pleasures of the senses and to provide abundantly for those they love.

At the same time they long to transcend the body and to sacrifice themselves for a cause beyond mere survival.

Their ordained task is to resolve this duality symbolized by the bound fishes, and thereby find their own center of serenity.

 

Astrology, the Divine Science

 

Mindfire