posted December 23, 2008 12:58 PM           

I also read somewhere that when you have a Cancer rising, it makes your moon more importent in your chart or something because Cancer is ruled by the moon ... Is this right?

posted December 23, 2008 07:49 PM           

http://www.san.beck.org/Astro-Moon.html

From Astrology-Numerology:

~ The Moon in your first house suggests that your feelings are hypersensitive and play a significant role in the definition of your personality. This is a personality that is very malleable. You make easy and quick adjustments to the demands of the moment. It's hard for you to be sure just what to do, because you are continuously in a restless state. It's also hard for you to make long-range plans because of the fluctuations in feelings. Frequent mood changes mark your personality. If you are not busy revising your goals and objectives, you are probably procrastinating and unsure about what you want to do and where you want to go. You are both sensitive and responsive to public opinion, so you are easily influenced by those around you.
http://tribes.tribe.net/26c8155e-311c-47f0-b23f-b1eb6e478100/thread/1c14c033-1f2a-4afd-b944-02b7a7b30719

there's a longer interpretation here:
http://juliedemboski.wordpress.com/2008/05/07/natal-moon-in-the-1st-house/

I have an Aqua Moon in my first house. I know I've also read that the intelligence may fluxuate, that the person is frequently restless (but less so if the moon is in a fixed sign),
that its a good placement for writers, and, that, as with all first house planets, the house with the sign it rules (in this case, Cancer) on the cusp will be important. Cancer's on my 7th.

posted December 26, 2008 01:02 PM           

"Dont be cruel."

The best revenge is living well.

And holding on to your virtue.

posted December 27, 2008 12:05 AM         

I understand how being a Cancer rising might, in this case.

If your 1st house Moon is conjunct your ascendent, it intensifies the force of that sign in your chart, not the force of Cancer (unless the moon is in cancer.) But it sounds like your Moon and Rising are in different signs?

But in general, a Moon in the 1st house means that your emotional life (Moon) is very much tied to your First House issues (the self, body, assertion of personality.) Just like a Moon in the 7th house would mean your emotional life (Moon) was very tied to your 7th house issues (partnerships), or 5th house (fun), or 3rd house (communication)...and so on for every house placement.

I don't think a Moon in the 1st/Aries house would make you any more Cancerian than a Moon in any of the other houses other than the 4th, unless your Moon was in Cancer.

posted December 27, 2008 12:10 AM         

Yeah, but her Moon is in LEO, right? I don't see how that would make her more Cancerian.

And the 1st house is Aries-an, not Cancerian.

In this particular case, she'd be Cancerian to the same degree as any Cancer rising, but no more than that, with a Leo moon.

posted December 27, 2008 08:20 PM         

What I'm disagreeing with is the idea that that placement would make her more CANCERIAN (beyond the Cancer rising, which is a separate issue.)

I totally think that with a first house moon, the particular qualities of the moon in whatever sign it's in are expressed in 1st house areas of life--the personality, body, etc.

It's this comment I'm disagreeing with: "Cancer moon, moon in the 1st house..All the same..The moon rules cancer its right at home when its there..Moon in the 1s house is a cancer trait/feel if you will.."

Cancer Moon, moon in the FOURTH house would be "all the same." The Moon is at home in Cancer, or the 4th house. It's NOT at home in Leo, or the 1st House (Aries.)

I've read for a few people with first house moons. As I described above, the first house placement means that they express the emotional qualities of their particular Moon sign in their personality very strongly...it comes across in first impressions, etc. If it's a Sag Moon, their SAG emotions will be a clear part of their personality...which does not make them more Cancerian.

posted December 28, 2008 01:17 AM           

Yes..If you are a Cancer or have Cancer rising...the moon's influence is heightened. Just like if you are a Libra...Venus becomes more important in your chart.

posted December 28, 2008 10:48 AM           

So the general opinion is that while my Cancer rising would give me Cancer traits (obviously), the fact that my moon is in the first house and cancer is ruled by the moon doesn't mean that one generally affeects the other. With my Leo moon in the first house, it would heighten the Leo-ness in my emotions ... ? Is that right?

Sorry, I'm still reading over everything thats been posted ... I would say though, I am very Leo and very, very pridful in my emotions.

posted December 29, 2008 11:36 PM         

Moon Pixie, so does a Cancer Sun and/or Scorpio Moon, in any house.

I think it's very important to isolate the exact role of the house placement in and of itself...the first house has to do with your sense of "self", how you come across to others, your body and how you experience your body image, your independence (as opposed to the 7th house of one-on-one interdependence, in contrast to the 11th house of groups.)

I don't think a 1st house moon placement automatically equals extreme sensitivity, any more than having a moon (emotions) equals exteme sensitivity...and every human has a moon.