posted May 19, 2014 07:34 PM            

I pasted the below from astrology.com:

You are not always open with your feelings. Although you have a strong urge to share your innermost emotions with others, you have a simultaneous desire to control what others know about you, which likely stems from fear. You crave a deep feeling of belonging and intimate connection with others, and yet your approach to realizing these desires is often self-defeating. Attempts to control situations as you strive towards this goal generally backfire. Fear of loss and betrayal can consume you, and manipulating others so that you can keep them attached to you leads to empty satisfaction at best, and hopelessness at worst. At times you come across as emotionally distant and self-protective (and even cold in expression), and other times you are expressing an intensity of feeling that can go so far as intimidate, overwhelm, and scare off others. As much as you want to share yourself emotionally with others, you rarely reveal your vulnerabilities. When angered and hurt by a loved one, you can express yourself with such intensity that it comes across as hostile and even hateful. You might sulk, but more likely you brood or even lash out. You may not even be aware of how strongly you express yourself in these instances, and you might come across as far more dangerous or hateful than you actually are. Alienating others can actually baffle you, as your goal is to become closer. Game playing is something that you should try to avoid. Even if you do "succeed" at keeping a person in your life through emotional manipulation for the time being, you will never know that they are with you of their own accord, and this only serves to refuel your fear of rejection. Learning to accept your emotions for what they are, and more importantly, to express them in a manner that allows others "in" rather than scares them away, is an important challenge in your life.

Some people with these aspects are more in touch with their feelings than others, and as a result, enjoy tackling problems and learning about emotional complexities, both in themselves and in others. Others with these aspects are hell-bent on burying rather than digging up their deepest feelings. Either way, they are intense individuals!

Women with this aspect (from the Astrology Profile for Women report): With your Moon in opposition to Pluto, you feel everything at a deep, intense level. You rarely wade in the shallows, since immersing yourself in whatever you're doing is much more gratifying. Your intensity can also stimulate compulsive or obsessive levels of behavior. You can also be an intimidating woman, especially when you're focused on something (or someone!), and can become completely absorbed in your own feelings. This energy is wonderful for healing, since you have the capability of penetrating into the depths and releasing blocks; although it may be easier to direct this energy toward someone else than it is to direct toward yourself.

posted May 20, 2014 11:15 AM            

Having the conjunction (especially in Scorpio), I think it's easier for me to own my dark side and Plutonian stuff. I feel like, with the square/opposition, it feels more so like the Plutonian stuff is coming from the outside, even though, of course, it's coming from the inside. As insightful and powerful as they can be, I feel like Moon square and opposite Pluto don't really identify as much with the Pluto.

Just in my experience, as my mom also has the square.

posted May 21, 2014 12:49 PM            

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Originally posted by hannaramaa:
I have the Taurus Moon, and I definitely feel the Pluto. What I think it is is the conjunction accepts Pluto more readily whereas the opposition you can literally be struggling with acknowledging your dark side to the point of wondering if you're turning into something evil anytime you express it.

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Ah, that makes sense. With both cases, there does seem to be a recurring "I'm not like that" pattern, especially when it comes to their mothers. But, I just sort of wonder how much they believe that.