posted November 21, 2015 01:09 PM            

My mother was a gemini, very talkative, very into pop-culture, gossip, etc.

My parents were pretty well-off. My mom was able to quit her job and become a stay-at-home mom. She had great support from my father (virgo/leo cusp with LOTS of saturn). From the time I was 1, my parents had a full-time housekeeper/nanny. From then on, the nanny took care of all the "grunt work" i.e., changing my diapers, cleaning me, etc. My mom's job was to do fun stuff with me, read to me, take me to the park; which she did everyday!
Because my mom had so much support, she was really able to do what she thought was "perfect". Being that it was essentially 3 parents to one child, it was very easy for them to discipline me. Everything was "perfect". I was groomed perfectly, fed perfectly, disciplined appropriately, had a schedule full of "appropriate" activities- soccer, preschool, playdates (didn't matter if it was what I wanted or not- I was to be a balanced child!)

My parents had extremely high standards for me. Only As and Bs were permitted. I HAD to play sports. No video games allowed in the home. No soda allowed in the home. Only healthy snacks. Only friends over if I did all that I was supposed to do for the week.

I was also raised in a pristine environment. To the extent that even the water and air was filtered to be the highest quality. This was great, until I discovered that being in ANY other home that was not so filtered, made me INCREDIBLY sick.

posted November 21, 2015 04:22 PM            

*cries*

That's the kind of childhood I really wanted!!!

Sigh. Okay I'm done whining.

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posted November 21, 2015 04:30 PM            

She babies him, cooks for him, still to this day does his laundry, and now is pretty much raising HIS child lol

As for me, she has been that showy, party animal Leo mom. As a kid, she was always trying to get me out of my shell. And as an adult, she is more of a friend. I remember during a holiday party she thought I was acting too stiff, so she held me down (with help, of course) and literally forced me to drink a shot of vodka. This was MY version of mom.

posted November 21, 2015 05:38 PM            

Moon Trine Jupiter
In conjunct North node
Moon quintile Mercury
Moon Semisquare Uranus

Saturn in 4th house in Taurus

Airies on the IC at 25 Degrees

My moms a libra

I have a libra MC conjunct Acturus and Spica

posted November 22, 2015 07:38 AM            

For the most part, my childhood was great. I remember it fondly. My mom worked several jobs and my dad worked one. They both took very good care of us. They were never very affectionate but they spoiled us with gifts and have always been SO supportive.

During my early childhood I did have issues with my mom, though. We fought a lot. She took a lot of her anger out on me and slapped me across the face if I talked back..which I did a lot lol. She was a little crazy and could fly off the handle at anything. Sometimes my dad would take me away from the house while she cooled down.

She would always apologize though and get super emotional about it. Despite that stuff, which I tend to forget about, she was always there for us and worked her ass off for us. My dad was the fun goofy hard working guy..sometimes his anger would hurt us though, through the form of verbal abuse.

Something happened to me around the age of 8. I cant remember it though. But it was the catalyst for anxiety that manifested as trichotillomania and OCD. I obsessively pulled my hair out..my parents thought I had a disease or something. I never admitted I was pulling out my hair. I dont know why I did it, and I still have a hard time talking about it. My parents are still in the dark about it. I have no clue what happened to me to make me start, all i know is I would stay awake at night, pulling out my hair, obsessing over a fear of my mom getting murdered at work because she worked at a grocery store late at night. Still cannot explain that fear or anxiety.

posted November 22, 2015 11:16 AM            

For references:
I'm a Leo moon, 10th house (Midheaven).
Moon Conjunct MC (Exact)
Moon opposite 4th house (Exact)
Moon trine Pluto (exact)
Moon opposite Uranus (1 orb)
Moon opposite Mars (2 orbs)
Moon opposite Mercury (2 orbs)
Moon quincunx Jupiter (exact)

posted November 22, 2015 11:42 PM            

My parents split when I was super young. My father peaced out, and I haven't seen him since. My mother is histrionic, unstable (mentally ill), and dependent - our entire relationship is predicated on my sacrificing for her benefit. Any step forward in life is perceived as an attempt to abandon her. No accomplishment of mine is EVER actually mine, and every failure of hers is ALWAYS mine.

I spent most of my childhood oscillating between feelings of abandonment and suffocation. My emotional needs were either ignored and shrugged off completely or were analyzed, sanitized, and re-fed to me in a more "acceptable" form. Even as an adult, my mother frames every choice I make as a reflection of how much I love or hate her (and of course my choices are never actually about me).

My home/family life was cold, austere, and unforgiving (Saturn in 4th). The only family I've ever actually had came in the form of friends. As an adult, I'm not on good terms with either parent.

My mother is an Aries/Leo/Pisces and my father is a Cancer/Aries/Virgo.

posted November 23, 2015 03:19 AM            

Grew up with heroin addicted mother and father I don't really know in prison for murder. Spent most of my time in my imagination. Sometimes my mum would be gone for days we'd have no food. There'd be random people smoking crack in my house. Neglected. Saved myself through living in my imagination. Mum chose her boyfriend who beat her up over me when I was 13. Was living with friends from the age of 16. Didn't see any of my family for 3 years until recently , still not in the best of terms..

posted November 23, 2015 07:37 AM            

Moon in Cancer, 7th House
Square Venus
Square Chiron
Trine Mars
Biquintile Pluto

My parents have both tried their hardest to make my childhood appear more rosy and idyllic than it actually was. In fact sometimes [i]I[/i} do it still. Parts of it were wonderful...and parts of it were really, really bad. My dad was very abusive, both physically and emotionally, especially towards my mom. I'm insanely close to her (well, all of my siblings and I are) because as a kid I felt like it was my job to protect her from him.

As a kid I was very sensitive, independent (a bit bossy), dreamy, intelligent, and discerning. The smallest things would upset me, particularly when it came to relationships. My mom was always sympathetic of my moods (she's a Pisces Sun)...but my dad would berate me for being sensitive (he's a Cancer Sun so not sure where that comes from). I came off as shy and quiet...but that's only because I was always worried about how people saw me. I was actually quite talkative and ambitious. I liked to do things on my own and have other people follow my lead. But I always worried about my appearance. My parents put a lot of emphasis on my appearance; my mom loved dressing me and picking out my clothes and my dad was always incredibly critical of how things looked.

I didn't have a ton of friends and the ones I did have either drove me insane or I clung to like saran wrap. Depended on my mood. ;-) I couldn't stand anyone that was too boring, over emotional, unintelligent, or obnoxious. I hated feeling like I had to compete with others; I simply just wanted to be better and leave it at that. But on the other hand if I found someone I *did" like then I would do everything I could to make sure that they were SO IMPORTANT TO ME and that they knew since I had picked them they were special and that we were going to be friends for ever and ever and ever and ever and ever....until I got tired of them. I had quite a high opinion of myself. I have no idea why. Maybe because my Sun/Moon midpoint is Leo :-P

posted November 23, 2015 11:13 AM            

My mother has sun in Aquarius.

When it comes to my mother I have had a very good childhood. She gave me everything that I have needed but most importantly she gave me the unconditional love. To her, her children are the most important thing in the world till this day. She took me to school, paid for my out school activities and thanks to her I have descovered the thing that I love the most to do in life, which is my art.
However she has been very strict with me when I was younger. I knew exactly what I could and couldnt do. I was not allowed like many of my friends to go out and stay until 4am in clubs lol but she did it so she can protect me and I am very greateful for that. Now we have the most perfect relationship, I couldnt have asked for better mother and better friend, even tho we are very different we always understand each other and accept our differences <3

As for my father. He is cold, distant, my parents are divorced and I dont really have a close relationship with him.

posted November 23, 2015 12:12 PM            

As for me, I am Pisces moon in the 8th house. My aspects are:
Moon conjunct Sun
Moon conjunct Mercury
Moon square Saturn
Moon sextile Neptune
Moon trine Pluto

My childhood was pretty good. I'm good friends with both my mom and dad. They wanted the best for me. I played a lot of sports and made pretty good grades. I'm a military brat so I lived overseas for the majority of my life and had to meet new friends every year as a lot of them left as usual.

I think the two biggest things that were emotionally difficult for me to handle was my mom's bipolar disorder, her threatening to always divorce my dad, and I felt the need to be the counselor for her.
And second, I stutter so growing up it was a constant battle of trying to hide it. I didn't want to be different, I hated that I couldn't say everything I wanted to say, and not participate in presentations in class. I would have a million excuses as to why I couldn't speak up or do things like a normal kid. I hid a lot from speaking, or changed my words so much to the point where I was a walking thesaurus, saying only words I could say without showing my stuttering. It was mentally and physically exhaustive. It caused low self esteem and social anxiety. People don't understand the emotional side effects of having a disability. But my parents were always so supportive of me and protective of me.

posted November 23, 2015 12:22 PM            

My first memories were of my parents fighting and eventually divorcing due to cheating. Then, my dad's girlfriend was obsessed with me to the point where it had to be taken to court. (she wrote for the paper and would write about how much she loved being my mom). Mom was bipolar and abusive towards me. Nobody even told me she was bipolar, I figured it out myself when I was 16 from taking a high school psych class. The two sides of my family were like night and day, it was weird to switch back and forth between them every week because of the drastically different way I was treated in each home.

posted November 24, 2015 03:45 PM            

My mom is a Sagittarius or Scorpio/ she has two birthdays and her parents do not know which one is right. It was common in her days I guess.

Anyhow, my childhood was mostly AWESOME. My mom told me I was easiest baby to look after. She could give me a few toys to play with and I will be happily playing with them for many hours without crying. I also laughed & giggled a lot!

My mom started working again when I was going to preschool and that kind of made me sad as a child. I was always staying at my neighbor's house after school until she got home. Maybe that's where the Aquarius part comes from. That is probably the saddest part of my childhood.

My family was not well-off but my parents tried to provide me with the best they could. I never felt I was lacking anything essential. And I'm really thankful for that.

posted November 25, 2015 12:40 AM            

She herself is a natural teacher (Sun is in Sag/Jupiter in Pisces). So I remember her getting involved in my Maths homework- a subject that I rarely enjoyed.

Moon in Cancer in 3rd.
Moon opposite Mercury
Moon square Mars
Moon trine Venus
Moon trine Saturn

posted November 25, 2015 05:27 AM            

Mom is the controlling type but got better with the years. I never had a right to privacy. It only got better when I turned....20! She's a Virgo Sun/Mercury and ASC so hahaha

I can see how the Saturn sextile worked out. She didn't even let me kiss/hug her before showering. She chose my clothes until my mid-teens despite all my protests.

Moon sextile Neptune probably describes my mother's artistic interests. She paints very well. I might still convence her to go to arts faculty when she retires from work.

I'm not sure about the Venus trine. But I was always raised to have a love of nature and animals...don't know lol

I was always alone reading somewhere because others kids didn't invite me to play -_-
I was never pressured to have good grades because I did a pretty good job being a perfectionist since I entered school at 4. I scolded myself for not having a certain grade, and my parents were like: "But you had a great grade!" -- that Saturn OMG

Pluto didn't help me much. I thought other kids weren't deep or interesting enough. I see that's stupid now...but back then...

I should have been a child but I never was I guess
I have a Scorp Moon in the 8th

posted November 25, 2015 03:46 PM            

My Moon is in Libra, in the 5th. I had some parts in my childhood that were really great (like traveling to many far away places before the age of 10) and some that were horrible. My mother was in her late 30's and my father in his mid-40's when they had me. I've always felt like the "extra" kid/person in our family, but at the same time, I've been somewhat "special". I was the first in our family to finish high school and get a proper education and I've always been able to get good grades with little effort. But as I grew up, I held opposing political beliefs, opinions, been attracted to the unconventional and sought to rebel and shock my parents, who grew up in the 50's.

--- SOME OF THIS MAY BE TRIGGERING --- PLEASE BE CAREFUL ---

My mother is technically a Libra, her sun is at 29 degrees so she's a Libra/Scorpio cusper. Her Moon is in Aries, opposing my Moon. I love her, although she's kind of infantile in some ways.. At some of our worst time, she needed me to comfort her and to make decisions, life and death decisions. But she's always taken care of my basic needs, and I've always admired her for her strength. She's very much a self-made woman and despite her difficulties in life, she maintains a very cheerful disposition and is involved in many charities and organizations. In her later years, she's also appeared in TV shows and movies (not in speaking roles but in the background) It's quite astounding, actually. Our relationship is complex - at the same time she's distant but I know that she loves me in her own way.

My father is a Taurus with Cancer Moon - he's always liked to drink but at some point it just spiralled out of control. He took his anger out on everyone, my mom, me, our dog (bless that dog's heart, he always tried to protect me from my father - true Leo). I have a very problematic relationship with my body and my sexuality, partially because of his treatment of me - he would call me names like w***e and sexualize my behaviour and body when I was just a child. He's a very, very sick man. :S

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It's been a very difficult thing to internalize, because we have also had our good times. My father is the type that loves to learn about everything. His bookshelf is full of dictionaries and language-learning books and I would say he knows at least the basics of about a dozen languages. I don't know if it's genetic or if I've just picked it up, but I'm the same way, I learn languages easily. My father used to play chess with me every week, and take me outside to look at the stars and the Moon with a telescope. Those are the things that I've tried to treasure. I'm kind of distant with him these days and I absolutely refuse to spend time with him if he's drunk. Setting boundaries has helped me immensely, I didn't have that chance as a kid. Btw, my father's Moon is in my 3rd house, would explain all the intellectual pursuits.

On the other hand, I had the chance to go to a small village school where everybody knew each other. The first years weren't great - I was slightly overweight and bullied because of that (and probably because I had learned to be a "nice girl" and to never say no or resist) but eventually I found my place and I actually became a bit of a class clown, although I also excelled in most subjects. One of my teachers became a bit of a father figure to me, and he was one of the few safe adults I had in my childhood. I look back on those times fondly.

Throughout my childhood, we had some sort of animals - chickens, budgies, dogs, cats. I've always felt that I have a special bond with dogs, although I'm not the type that wants to pet every dog she sees. I also managed to persuade my parents into letting me to go to a special horseback riding camp every summer - I was kind of afraid of such big animals but deep inside I loved them very much, and I still do.

All in all, I had a lot of difficult experiences, but also positive ones. All of them have helped me become who I am today, I wouldn't change anything and I wouldn't re-live any time period again. I've gone through severe mental illness, and at age 27 I believe I've defeated my worst demons and the golden age of my life is yet to come!

My Moon is aspected as follows:

square Sun, Chiron & AC
trine Mercury & Venus
square Saturn, Uranus & Neptune
trine MC (I like to think this means that things will get better as I grow older and become a whole person in my own right in the society

posted November 25, 2015 06:35 PM            

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Originally posted by missblyss:
I have a moon in virgo in the 3rd house trined by saturn.

My mother was a gemini, very talkative, very into pop-culture, gossip, etc.

My parents were pretty well-off. My mom was able to quit her job and become a stay-at-home mom. She had great support from my father (virgo/leo cusp with LOTS of saturn). From the time I was 1, my parents had a full-time housekeeper/nanny. From then on, the nanny took care of all the "grunt work" i.e., changing my diapers, cleaning me, etc. My mom's job was to do fun stuff with me, read to me, take me to the park; which she did everyday!
Because my mom had so much support, she was really able to do what she thought was "perfect". Being that it was essentially 3 parents to one child, it was very easy for them to discipline me. Everything was "perfect". I was groomed perfectly, fed perfectly, disciplined appropriately, had a schedule full of "appropriate" activities- soccer, preschool, playdates (didn't matter if it was what I wanted or not- I was to be a balanced child!)

My parents had extremely high standards for me. Only As and Bs were permitted. I HAD to play sports. No video games allowed in the home. No soda allowed in the home. Only healthy snacks. Only friends over if I did all that I was supposed to do for the week.

I was also raised in a pristine environment. To the extent that even the water and air was filtered to be the highest quality. This was great, until I discovered that being in ANY other home that was not so filtered, made me INCREDIBLY sick.

I see the virgo/saturnian aspects SO pervasively, I don't even feel that it's necessary to explain because it's so obvious, lol. I would love to hear your moon aspects and your childhood stories too!

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