Moon (☽) — Emotion, Instinct, Inner Life

The Moon is the second luminary, governing the nocturnal sect in Hellenistic astrology, with its domicile in Cancer and its exaltation in Taurus. It signifies the emotional body, instinctual responses, and the habitual patterns shaped by early life and ancestry. Astrodienst describes the Moon as the planet of receptivity and fluctuation, reflecting the Sun's light in ever-changing phases that mirror the native's inner tides. In natal interpretation, the Moon sign reveals how one seeks comfort and security, and Cafe Astrology identifies it as the primary significator of the unconscious emotional nature — the self one inhabits before thought intervenes.