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Topic: How Do Moon Signs Work Exactly?
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goatcat
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posted December 24, 2012 02:03 PM
  
I understand that Moon signs are your emotional needs, but do you also embody the traits of the sign your moon is in?What about the ascendant? IP: Logged |
StarlightSmileSupreme
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posted December 24, 2012 02:09 PM
The ascendant is your personality. It's how you cope with life. for instance, if you have Capricorn rising, you cope with life the way a Capricorn would. You approach life from a practical, realistic, ambitious point of view. It's similar with other signs. How do you approach your life? The moon sign describes your emotional nature and what you need to feel secure. Let's say you have moon in Sagittarius. You are likely a pretty happy person most the time. You need to have a good time to feel emotionally fulfilled. IP: Logged |
goatcat
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posted December 24, 2012 02:23 PM
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Originally posted by StarlightSmileSupreme:
The ascendant is your personality. It's how you cope with life. for instance, if you have Capricorn rising, you cope with life the way a Capricorn would. You approach life from a practical, realistic, ambitious point of view. It's similar with other signs. How do you approach your life? The moon sign describes your emotional nature and what you need to feel secure. Let's say you have moon in Sagittarius. You are likely a pretty happy person most the time. You need to have a good time to feel emotionally fulfilled.
Then what's the point of your sun sign?
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StarlightSmileSupreme
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posted December 24, 2012 02:34 PM
Sun sign is your purpose in life 
What are you here to do? Also, it indicates the ego to a certain extent. What is your ego like? Is it strong? Weak? If you are a sun Capricorn, chances are you will experience a rise in life. You are here to direct people and build your reputation. If you are born while sun is in the opposite sign, your purpose may be a bit different. Cancer is concerned more with making sure others are taken care of and is more concerned with the home and private life than the outer one and reputation. It depends on other factors in the chart. The sun can either realize it's purpose or be blocked by circumstances or people and it will be more challenging to get anywhere in life. IP: Logged |
goatcat
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posted December 24, 2012 03:52 PM
So how do your sun, moon, and ascendant worj together? IP: Logged |
Got Gemini??
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posted December 24, 2012 04:02 PM
Uhhh, the rising sign isn't your personality. Its more your shell or first impression. Like, when you first meet someone, they tend to come off more as their rising than their Sun sign. However, after a while, you'll notice their Sun more than their rising.Another way the ascendant works is how you first view something. I'm Virgo rising so any problem I encounter, I will analyze the crap out of it paying attention to all details. A cancer rising may approach the same problem from more of an emotional standpoint. Another way to put it is, you approach a situation like your rising, and you handle and deal with the situation like the rest of your chart.
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violet7887
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posted December 24, 2012 04:18 PM
if you were to walk into a party or room full of people...ASC - your view or first impression of yourself and what you expect of others. It is odd but I dont think people give the Ascendent enough importance. It is the sign that was on the rise of the horizon when you were born, which relates it directly to EARTH( which we live on and energize with most closely). The easiest way to guess someones ASC is this...ask them "whats your view on life?" Their response will most likely always give you a hint.
MOON - This would be what you express after your walls decide to go down. So if you were to meet someone who harmonizes with your moon energy you would feel comfortable and relax with them..if not your front will have remained up. Your Moon is your comfort Zone.
When there is moon-moon harmony, the effort made to feel comfortable is a lot less. atleast, this is what i've gotten out of it so far. ------------------
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ail221
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posted December 24, 2012 07:33 PM
It depends, ex. my moon is conjunct my ascendant in different signs so I project more of my emotional state.IP: Logged |
StacyLewis
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posted December 25, 2012 02:40 PM
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Originally posted by goatcat:
I understand that Moon signs are your emotional needs, but do you also embody the traits of the sign your moon is in?What about the ascendant?
The ascendant is not your personality. It's the initial impression people get when they first meet you, or don't know you well. Sun is your ego. Moon is your emotions. IP: Logged |
StarlightSmileSupreme
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posted December 25, 2012 02:54 PM
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Originally posted by Got Gemini??:
Uhhh, the rising sign isn't your personality. Its more your shell or first impression. Like, when you first meet someone, they tend to come off more as their rising than their Sun sign. However, after a while, you'll notice their Sun more than their rising.Another way the ascendant works is how you first view something. I'm Virgo rising so any problem I encounter, I will analyze the crap out of it paying attention to all details. A cancer rising may approach the same problem from more of an emotional standpoint. Another way to put it is, you approach a situation like your rising, and you handle and deal with the situation like the rest of your chart.
Your rising sign is your personality also. As for them all working together? They work together better if the signs are compatible. LIke, if earth is sun, ascendant and moon. Or, if earth is sun, moon and ascendant are water. If sun is earth and ascendant air, they won't work together as easily so the personality could clash with the soul's purpose. IP: Logged |
goatcat
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posted December 25, 2012 03:19 PM
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Originally posted by StacyLewis:
The ascendant is not your personality. It's the initial impression people get when they first meet you, or don't know you well. Sun is your ego. Moon is your emotions.
You basically just restated what I originally posted. IP: Logged |
goatcat
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posted December 25, 2012 03:31 PM
My question is:Do you embody the traits of your ascendant and your moon sign? Let's say you have a Capricorn sun. Capricorns are typically introverted. Combine the Capricorn sun with an extroverted Aries rising and a sensitive Pisces moon? Aries is masculine, fire, and Cardinal.
Capricorn is feminine, earth and Cardinal.
Pisces is feminine, water and mutable. What would this individual be like? IP: Logged |
goatcat
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posted December 25, 2012 03:33 PM
Or we can use my own signs for example:Virgo Rising
Capricorn Sun
Scorpio Moon IP: Logged |
Got Gemini??
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posted December 25, 2012 03:39 PM
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Originally posted by StarlightSmileSupreme:
Your rising sign is your personality also. As for them all working together? They work together better if the signs are compatible. LIke, if earth is sun, ascendant and moon. Or, if earth is sun, moon and ascendant are water. If sun is earth and ascendant air, they won't work together as easily so the personality could clash with the soul's purpose.
Really? I've never seen it explained that way. Most all sites I've been to say its about first impressions and how we first react to things. If you don't mind me asking, where did you learn the ascendant is your personality? Im always open to learn something new.
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StarlightSmileSupreme
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posted December 25, 2012 10:02 PM
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Originally posted by Got Gemini??:
Really? I've never seen it explained that way. Most all sites I've been to say its about first impressions and how we first react to things. If you don't mind me asking, where did you learn the ascendant is your personality? Im always open to learn something new.
I've read it in various books and online websites. Ascendant is the first impression and outer shell like you said. When people first notice you, they see your personality. You could be talkative or quiet, cheerful or melancholy, friendly or standoffish. It's all part of the personality/first impression/outer shell. These are all connected and I have read it's why the sun signs have such variety instead of all the Gems being exactly alike or Virgos, Leos, etc, all being alike and instantly recognizable. Theoretically, without the ascending sign, all the members of the same sun sign would resemble each other strongly. They do to some extent, but there's elements of other signs, too. IP: Logged |
goatcat
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posted December 25, 2012 10:52 PM
My question is:Do you embody the traits of your ascendant and your moon sign? Let's say you have a Capricorn sun. Capricorns are typically introverted. Combine the Capricorn sun with an extroverted Aries rising and a sensitive Pisces moon? Aries is masculine, fire, and Cardinal. Capricorn is feminine, earth and Cardinal. Pisces is feminine, water and mutable. What would this individual be like? IP: Logged |
somethingexcellent
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posted December 25, 2012 11:35 PM
The Moon is the majority of the mind that you don't have control over. Emotions, subconscious behaviour, reactions, security and needs, your psyche...Mercury rules the part of the mind that you can control, such as thinking processes and ways of communicating and interacting.The Ascendant is a sort of...frontal behaviour. Immediate reactions, demeanour, general behaviour. The Sun is the personality itself. The Sun and Ascendant often carry the most weight in the chart. IP: Logged |
hannaramaa
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posted December 26, 2012 12:10 AM
I agree with others who say your ASC is someone's first impression of you. It's your appearance to the external world. As for the Sun, I've read that it's how we feel about ourselves and how we get things done (different than Mars. Mars is ...how bad we want things done? And what we want to DO.) Your Moon is how you behave at home, with close friends, and family and what makes you comfortable or puts you at ease. For example, my signs: Gemini ASC
Aries Sun
Taurus Moon My ASC isn't aspected that strongly except being conjunct to my Mars. So, it's no surprise that I unintentionally intimidate people (Mars in the 12H - can't see it.) They also see me as a social butterfly who isn't shy at all. However, then you meet my Aries sun and you realize I actually do a lot by myself. I like to get things done by myself because it's faster. But doing everything by myself stresses me out (leads us to The Moon) so for comfort and relaxation I like food or sleeping. (Taurus moon, to be exact.) People think I'm flexible because of the Gemini ASC, and I'm actually quite stubborn (I'm not sure who to attribute that to - Sun or Moon since I have two stubborn signs there lol.) It's a haphazard explanation but hopefully that helps. Another way is this: ASC - appearance
Sun - Action
Moon - REaction. They all work at the same time but you have to break it down to figure it out. IP: Logged |
StarlightSmileSupreme
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posted December 26, 2012 10:40 AM
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Originally posted by goatcat:
My question is:Do you embody the traits of your ascendant and your moon sign? Let's say you have a Capricorn sun. Capricorns are typically introverted. Combine the Capricorn sun with an extroverted Aries rising and a sensitive Pisces moon? Aries is masculine, fire, and Cardinal. Capricorn is feminine, earth and Cardinal. Pisces is feminine, water and mutable. What would this individual be like?
The moon sign is what you need for emotional fulfillment, women in your life and upbringing. It is also reputation, popularity and emotional nature, generally. If the moon is in Pisces, you have a sensitive emotional nature prone to being overwhelmed. You need a lot of time to mellow out and you feel best when helping others out. If you have an Aries Ascendant and Capricorn sun, the aspect formed is the square and this could be a source of difficulty in your life. It's because the nature of Capricorn clashes with that of Aries. The good news is, Mars is exalted in Capricorn, so the person with this configuration could figure out how to make it work for them. Mars is not totally alien to Capricorn.IP: Logged |
Angel Cara
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posted December 27, 2012 09:54 PM
What would a Leo Sun, Scorpio Moon, Aries Rising be like? >.>IP: Logged |
Aquacheeka
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posted December 27, 2012 09:57 PM
I would like to know why I keep attracting Sagittarius moon men.Is there something in the natal that would indicate the same moon sign over and over or would it be a chart progression thing or a karmic thing like I don't understand. IP: Logged |
goatcat
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posted December 27, 2012 10:13 PM
I love how everyone wants to decode moon/sun combinations!IP: Logged |
hannaramaa
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posted December 27, 2012 10:20 PM
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Originally posted by Aquacheeka:
I would like to know why I keep attracting Sagittarius moon men.Is there something in the natal that would indicate the same moon sign over and over or would it be a chart progression thing or a karmic thing like I don't understand.
How does your Moon and Jupiter or Mercury and Jupiter aspect? Where's your Jupiter sign? What house do Pisces and Sag rule? What house is your Moon sign in? Hmm, what about Mars and Jupiter? IP: Logged |
Aquacheeka
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posted December 27, 2012 10:38 PM
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Originally posted by hannaramaa:
How does your Moon and Jupiter or Mercury and Jupiter aspect? Where's your Jupiter sign? What house do Pisces and Sag rule? What house is your Moon sign in? Hmm, what about Mars and Jupiter?
Well, my Mars sign is Sagittarius, I have sun conjunct Jupiter, my moon sign is in the 8th house, Pisces rules the 8th house and Sag rules the 5th house. Does any of this explain it? Sag moon men stick to me like white on rice. I had just gotten rid of one so you could imagine my horror when I realized my new bf was one as well lol.
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hannaramaa
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posted December 27, 2012 11:02 PM
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Originally posted by Aquacheeka:
Well, my Mars sign is Sagittarius, I have sun conjunct Jupiter, my moon sign is in the 8th house, Pisces rules the 8th house and Sag rules the 5th house. Does any of this explain it? Sag moon men stick to me like white on rice. I had just gotten rid of one so you could imagine my horror when I realized my new bf was one as well lol.
Yeah it explains a lot lol. I'm not an expert yet but have a fairly good grasp. Anyway, I think it's because your Moon sign is in a house ruled by Jupiter. So in a way a very long shot of a way, it's akin to have a direct Moon/Jupiter aspect. Since I believe women act like their moon signs then this could be one reason. But you also have Mars in Sagittarius, which is a simpler explanation too. Basically, all of what you wrote is a lot of "SAG" energy in your chart, and it's stronger since it's your Sun and Moon affected someway/somehow by Jupiter. IP: Logged |
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