posted October 27, 2013 11:16 AM            

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Without plenty of space and time to daydream, Pisces Moons easily get overloaded with life. Give them room to be alone with themselves, and they're generally able to take on the world—even if their style when they do so is not always conventional or understandable.

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^cafeastrology

Definitely. I feel very high maintenance Need a LOT of time to myself in order to just feel okay.

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With the Moon in Pisces the sign of the emotions lies in the most sensitive of the signs. People with this combination have an intrinsic and deep understanding of other people and their pain and problems. It is as if their feelings are heightened an magnified. The positive side of this is the ability to feel what others are feeling and to sympathise and be understanding to their problems. In this way people with the Moon in Pisces are likely to be well liked by others and not seen as a threat. On the negative side since these people can feel the pain and troubles of the world they may find it all too much and wish to escape in to their own less painfull world. This may take the form of any kind of escapism including drugs , solitude , gambling or any othe pursuit in which they can escaoe from the pain which they feel in everyday life. Indeed people with this combination may need to periodically withdraw from society to recharge themsleves as they are constantly open to all the feelings of those around them and they may become overwhelmed by them and lose their core sense of self.

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What I put in bold is so true, it's like I am constantly uneasy and just trying to take the edge off however I can. Thankfully I am not a drunk or a gambler, my main addiction lately is to the computer and astrology.

On the other hand, while I love being with my kids, as an individual I am happiest when dealing with supernatural phenomena like synchronicity, mind-boggling scientific ideas, psychic communication, and music that hits the spot. All of that is my soul food; I find my "authentic self" in there. And whether or not these are actually escapist interests is a matter of debate; one could say that the spiritual world is where people truly belong, but they escape to the real world out of weakness.

posted October 27, 2013 11:24 AM            

Maybe it's my progressed Moon in the 12th, or my natal SN in the 12th... But I definitely know where you're coming from, Faith.

I need tons of time alone and can't deal with the harshness of life... I'm definitely an escapist (which is too bad since I have to deal with the world out there - 6th house stellium).

posted October 27, 2013 12:56 PM            

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Originally posted by Doux Rêve:
I can relate 100% but I don't have a Pisces Moon... ha!

Maybe it's my progressed Moon in the 12th, or my natal SN in the 12th... But I definitely know where you're coming from, Faith.

I need tons of time alone and can't deal with the harshness of life... I'm definitely an escapist (which is too bad since I have to deal with the world out there - 6th house stellium).

You're not alone. =)

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Thats exactly like me! And I'm a virgo with cancer rising - so my pisces moon is also my chart ruler! Combined with stellium in 6th house!

posted October 27, 2013 01:00 PM            

I have no pisces but a cancer sun and sun opposite neptune

Hmm i know a few negatively escapist pisces suns and i just never understood how drugs or gambling could be escape. If ur stressed out and feel like u lack control over ur life wouldnt u want to escape to a world where u do have control over your life? Not to gambling or drugs where u have NO control?

posted October 27, 2013 01:05 PM            

I have to try to juggle my time for myself and my time with family. It can make me curmudgeony.

posted October 27, 2013 01:20 PM            

Faith I know you and I are both snakes. We're supposed to need lots of alone time, even from very young. i bet even when you were little you loved playing by yourself, huh.

Ive found Monkeys to need lots of alone time, too. And to a much lesser extent rabbits and pigs

posted October 27, 2013 02:14 PM            

I don't appreciate my pisces moon as much as family members and close ones do. What i'm saying is that I don't see in myself, what others see in me. I can't understand why people who I see as strong and "well put together" choose to have consistent private moments with me that discloses total weakness and chaos. What hurts me the most is that this openness and pacts causes these individuals to hurt me in public situations.

I feel the undercurrents of my public and domestic life way more than I want to. I can look a calm person in the eye and see their hidden tears. I can feel pain and chaos in situations where there aren't any.

I cannot go without an hour, day, or days to myself without feeling overwhelmed. My happiest moments are when I'm alone in my room with no lights, and stimulation, beyond my laptop and good music on youtube. As a child up until my late teens. i would waste post school hours on video games and music tapes/cd's.

posted October 27, 2013 02:40 PM            

Add in the Pisces Moon in 8th and you probably get even more of a liking for recharging on your own. No particular emotion sponging here that I'm aware of. I may simply have high capacity defences against other people's emoting though, can't say.

My progressed Moon is in 12th house Cancer ATM, too.

Pis Moon in 8th, Lib Pluto in 4th.

Moon trine 4H Uranus, 29 Lib. Moon and Uranus also Antiscia each other. Sun 2 opp Moon.

posted October 27, 2013 03:09 PM            

Pisces moons are just ahead of the crowd in that we know this from birth. I was an easy baby to put to bed! As a toddler and child I was happy to be by myself in the woods or anywhere.

My Leo sun is soothed and the stereotyped need for attention grounded by this moon. I love it and consider it extremely healthy.

Lately, undergoing the passage of Neptune, it got a bit much at times, but we have survived and thrived because of it too. My career suffered a slowdown because I just couldn't be bothered, but oh, the places I have seen!

posted October 27, 2013 03:19 PM            

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Originally posted by Catalina:
More and more people are realizing that "downtime" "solitude""meditation" and plain old escapism are essential if you want to a) know yourself and b) maintain your energy.

Pisces moons are just ahead of the crowd in that we know this from birth. I was an easy baby to put to bed! As a toddler and child I was happy to be by myself in the woods or anywhere.

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posted October 27, 2013 04:48 PM            

Faith, you might've liked the Pisces moon I was close to (and still exchange emails with from time to time). He definitely had a libertarian/anarchist bend though he thought modern politics and social problems were a symptoms of an OCCULT condition plaguing our species.

But he was a Libra (Virgo cusp) with some Cancer (including ASC, IIRC) and Pisces moon...he needed a lot of downtime. And until he started practicing occult techniques to fortify his aura against everyone else he just couldn't stand to be around people much at all...he sympathized deeply with them, even defied the law to help people in trouble (including me as a kid), but the pain of the world was so overwhelming to him. And he self-medicated with drugs until he he was inspired to follow an occult path of inner-development. Even then he had to keep at it or he'd start retreating from the world again unable to handle it, and he still needed his downtime (but not as badly).

He was such a paradox to me that I couldn't help but be fascinated by him. I first met him when I was very vulnerable and a street kid hitchhiking to Portland who went to sleep on the beach until the next day when he found me. Because of his criminal activities helping people in trouble (like street kids such as myself) he'd gained some scars from crossing the wrong people (dirty cops, pimps, etc) and he looked like a big, burly biker type with his long hair and bulked up muscles (he was a bodybuilder, too).

posted October 27, 2013 05:28 PM            

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Originally posted by Catalina:
More and more people are realizing that "downtime" "solitude""meditation" and plain old escapism are essential if you want to a) know yourself and b) maintain your energy.

Pisces moons are just ahead of the crowd in that we know this from birth. I was an easy baby to put to bed! As a toddler and child I was happy to be by myself in the woods or anywhere.

My Leo sun is soothed and the stereotyped need for attention grounded by this moon. I love it and consider it extremely healthy.

... but oh, the places I have seen!

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I believe downshifting is the word with careers, too. Can't keep going all the time without rest as well.

If being alone is part of Pisces Moon, I guess I qualify for that side as well. I'm an introvert and love me-time and certainly don't mind being alone. Sleeping is also appreciated. I never got people who call it a waste of time. Hi-five to another Leo Sun-Pisces Moon.

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posted October 27, 2013 10:38 PM            

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Originally posted by Doux Rêve:
Maybe it's my progressed Moon in the 12th, or my natal SN in the 12th... But I definitely know where you're coming from, Faith.

I need tons of time alone and can't deal with the harshness of life... I'm definitely an escapist (which is too bad since I have to deal with the world out there - 6th house stellium).

You're not alone. =)

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Doux

I admire Scorpio suns and also think they have it hardest of all; if I were a Scorpio yes I WOULD be an alcoholic, probably. Even now with all these planets in Scorpio, I feel like I'm being vivisected. Like all these issues I have been trying to avoid keep staring at me hard in the face saying, "And you're going to deal with this problem when?? "

I say this because I feel bad complaining about having a Pisces moon when I think a Scorpio sun is a much harder placement.

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Like you I have a progressed 12H moon, and I also have a 6H sun constantly nagging me to work more. It never shuts up.

At least we have some good times around here, they count for something.