Moon in astrology
The Moon is in Scorpio today.
- Cycle
- About 27.3 days round the zodiac; about 29.5 days from New Moon to New Moon
- Time in a sign
- About 2.5 days
- Rules
- Cancer
- Turns retrograde
- No, never
The Moon is the Earth's natural satellite and the fastest body in a chart. It travels once round the zodiac in about 27.3 days and spends about two and a half days in each sign. The cycle of its phases, from one New Moon to the next, takes about 29.5 days.
In tradition the Moon stands for feeling, habit, memory and the rhythm of daily life. The traditional keywords are mood, instinct, need, comfort and the past. It is the ruler of Cancer. The Moon never turns retrograde. Because it changes sign so often, an unknown birth time can leave a person's Moon sign uncertain, and the chart calculator then shows the range the Moon covered on that day.
The computed sky on the horoscope pages gives the Moon's sign and phase at midday in Nicosia for a single day, and the exact times of its main phases for a week, a month or a year.
Moon through the signs
- Moon in Aries
- The Moon in Aries is read as feelings that arrive fast and pass fast: a need to act on a mood rather than sit with it, and a short road from upset to over it.
- Moon in Taurus
- The Moon in Taurus is read as a need for calm and comfort: steady routines, familiar food and people who stay, and a slow fuse once settled.
- Moon in Gemini
- The Moon in Gemini is read as feelings that want words: talking a thing through is how it is felt, and silence or boredom unsettles more than conflict.
- Moon in Cancer
- The Moon in Cancer, its own sign, is read as deep tides: a strong memory for how things felt, a need for a safe place, and care given the way it was once received.
- Moon in Leo
- The Moon in Leo is read as a heart that needs warmth and acknowledgement: generous when appreciated, wounded by being overlooked, and loyal to the end.
- Moon in Virgo
- The Moon in Virgo is read as comfort through order: feelings settle when things are sorted and useful, and worry is the usual way of caring.
- Moon in Libra
- The Moon in Libra is read as a need for harmony: discord is felt in the body, company restores it, and the hardest feeling to voice is a plain no.
- Moon in Scorpio
- The Moon in Scorpio is read as emotion at full depth: trust given rarely and completely, a long memory for betrayal, and a privacy around feelings.
- Moon in Sagittarius
- The Moon in Sagittarius is read as a need for room: moods lift with movement, humour and a change of scene, and sink under anything that feels like a cage.
- Moon in Capricorn
- The Moon in Capricorn is read as feelings kept in order: a need to be competent and self-reliant, with warmth shown through responsibility more than words.
- Moon in Aquarius
- The Moon in Aquarius is read as emotion at a cool distance: a need for space and for friends, and a habit of understanding a feeling before allowing it.
- Moon in Pisces
- The Moon in Pisces is read as the most absorbent Moon: moods caught from others, a need for retreat and imagination, and compassion as a reflex.
Moon through the houses
- Moon in the first house
- The Moon in the first house is read as feelings on the face: moods visible to everyone, a responsive manner, and a need to be met emotionally.
- Moon in the second house
- The Moon in the second house is read as security through things: comfort in possessions and routine, and moods that follow the state of one's resources.
- Moon in the third house
- The Moon in the third house is read as a need to talk feelings through: a changeable, curious mind, and comfort found in the everyday and the familiar street.
- Moon in the fourth house
- The Moon in the fourth house, its traditional home, is read as deep roots: a need for a private place, strong family memory, and comfort in the past.
- Moon in the fifth house
- The Moon in the fifth house is read as feelings expressed through play and creation: romance, performance and the pleasure of making things as emotional needs.
- Moon in the sixth house
- The Moon in the sixth house is read as comfort in routine and usefulness: moods tied to the state of daily life, and care shown through small services.
- Moon in the seventh house
- The Moon in the seventh house is read as emotional life lived in partnership: a need for a close other, and moods that mirror the person one is with.
- Moon in the eighth house
- The Moon in the eighth house is read as feelings that run deep and private: intimacy as a need, intense bonds, and comfort in what others find uncomfortable.
- Moon in the ninth house
- The Moon in the ninth house is read as a restless, seeking heart: comfort in travel, study and belief, and a need to understand why one feels as one does.
- Moon in the tenth house
- The Moon in the tenth house is read as feelings in public: a visible emotional life, a need to be recognised, and moods tied to one's standing.
- Moon in the eleventh house
- The Moon in the eleventh house is read as comfort among friends: emotional life lived in groups and causes, and a need to belong to a circle.
- Moon in the twelfth house
- The Moon in the twelfth house is read as a hidden emotional life: feelings kept private even from oneself, a need for solitude, and a deep compassion.
Astrology is a tradition of interpretation. What is written here is traditional, offered for reflection and entertainment, not advice and not a prediction.