posted September 30, 2008 01:24 PM         

He's really testing my Capricorn moon's patience; it takes all of my willpower to not beat the crap out of him. Any tips on how to deal with an Aries mooner?

No offense to people with Aries moons. I have met people with his placement before who exhibited the more positive qualities and I do admire the take-charge attitude of this placement. However, this boss is mostly exhibiting the infantile qualities, which I can't stand. It's like dealing with a two-year-old!

posted September 30, 2008 02:47 PM         

When Aries Moon gets free reign it cries powerful tears and yells ~ "no-one cares how I feel!"

If it is in a time of crisis and everyone else is getting on with it, putting their feelings to one side, this can be misplaced, and yes, childish and self-centred are words that spring to my mind. So I tend to say: you're right, it's not a priority right now. That tends to shut them up.

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One minute he's yelling at me for something I'm not responsible for and the next minute he worships the ground I walk on.

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That sounds exactly like one of them. Nice one day, evil the next. For an example, last week, this person shouted and yelled at me and said they never wanted to see me again. I said: you are being unreasonable. I'm going home.

In a different situation I would have said something stronger, but they are old and it would be disrespectful. Anyway, it only inflames the situation. Your boss, similar thing. Even if, like me, you are getting pretty aggressive because they are being impossible, saying something dismissive and walking away might be the best bet.

A couple of days later I called on the phone about something trivial. As they knew they were out of line, they were quite O.K and never mentioned the previous incident. Me neither.

On the positive side, this isn't a malicious Moon placement. Whilst they both say unpleasant things in the heat of the moment, they aren't intentionally cruel. If you think about all the comments about Pisces being able to understand emotions so well they know how to wound, here you have a very different story. Certainly with the two examples in my family, neither of them seem to really understand other people's emotional natures at all.

posted September 30, 2008 02:54 PM         

I show absolutely no expression or emotion of any kind, and I stare right into his eyes. Unfortunately, he's too immature to take a hint. He is aware of his temper problem and the only reason I know is because I confronted him about his temper. The problem is that in the heat of the moment, he is so angry that he loses his self-awareness and can't think straight.

Lara,

His moon is in the eighth house, which seems to add to his explosive temper.

Evander,

LOL. If only I could have his job now. The interesting thing is that my boss, my eight coworkers and I are ALL Geminis. Needless to say, the lab that we work at never has a dull moment! We all have either Scorpio or Capricorn moons except for my boss who has the Aries moon. There's often a conflict of egos...

Blue moon,

posted September 30, 2008 02:59 PM         

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I show absolutely no expression or emotion of any kind, and I stare right into his eyes. Unfortunately, he's too immature to take a hint

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Maybe he isn't interested in how you are feeling or reacting at that point, he is venting and it's all about him and how he feels. Walk off might be the best bet. Wait until he calms down.

posted September 30, 2008 04:47 PM         

My EX had his MOON in Aries in his 8th - and a VIRGO-ASC(like your unbearable boss, Astra!) And his Moon stands in a tight opposition to his Libra-Mars in his 2nd house. (HEARTCAKES: The opposing Libra-principle...)

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exhibiting the infantile qualities

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My EX did too! I also believe (in fact: I know) that he was quite aware of his temper problem - but just like your boss, he wasn't able to work on it - not at all! The opposite is true: It all increased during our 10-months-relationship - whenever he freaked out again I gave him the cool and detached and "not at all impressed" treatment - but this let his aggressiveness grow, I know now. And he freaked out even harder the next time! I always tried to "calm the situation down" ... but, in restrospect, I get the impression that this obvious "coolness" and "maturity" of mine heated up his unfair, cruel and aggressive tendencies even more. (He even was 5 years older than me - but childish as a toddler, it bordered to the ridiculous...haha.)

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so i think it probably frustrated HIM to be so self-oriented (when his libra wanted participation and diplomacy and harmony), and may have exacerbated his anger. like he was stuck in a loop, in a way. i think part of it, too, was sun opposite saturn in leo in the 12th which an astrologer friend of mine told me is the kind of guy who often ends up in jail, and this configuration can be very controlling and power-hungry.

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Heartcakes: There is definitely something about what you've written here! As I said, my EX's Aries-Moon was opposite his Libra-Mars - and I also got the impression that he himself was very (!) frustrated by sabotaging his own need for fairness and harmony over and over again. The bad thing is: He tended to lash that frustration out to others ("punishing" and accusing me, for instance - but also other people, like colleagues etc.)