The Mirror
Moon
Emotion · Luminary
The inner weather. What you need to feel safe, fed, and at home in a body.
Moon is currently in Aquarius 8.7°.
Archetype
emotion
Orbital period
~27.3 days sidereal (29.5 synodic)
Sign transit
~2.5 days per sign
Body rulership
Stomach, fluids, breast, parasympathetic response
Keywords
Dignity & debility
Where Moon performs at home, where it struggles, and where tradition says it sings. Click any sign to open its reference page.
Detriment
Opposite Moon’s rulership. Works harder, learns through friction what it couldn’t learn at ease.
Other luminary bodies
The two great lights — Sun and Moon. Every chart begins with these; they set the tone for everything else.
Pairs with
Tarot keys for Moon
In the Golden Dawn tarot tradition, each Major Arcana card walks a Hebrew letter path on the Tree of Life — and each path corresponds to either a planet or a sign. The cards below are the keys the tradition attributes to Moon, with their classical correspondence noted.
- MoonThe High PriestessThe High Priestess is the Moon — interior knowing, the lunar tide, the wisdom that does not announce itself.
- Moon in Sagittarius (10–20° decan)Nine Of WandsMoon in Sagittarius decan — the wounded but watchful guardian.
- Moon in Cancer (20–30° decan)Four Of CupsMoon in Cancer decan — the contemplative withdrawal, the offer not yet seen.
- Moon in Libra (0–10° decan)Two Of SwordsMoon in Libra decan — the suspended decision, balance held by refusing to choose.
- Moon in Aquarius (20–30° decan)Seven Of SwordsMoon in Aquarius decan — the strategic retreat, choosing what to take and leave.
- Moon in Taurus (10–20° decan)Six Of PentaclesMoon in Taurus decan — the giving and receiving that forms a community of care.
In progress
The long-form reference for Moon is being written.
The skeleton above is the reference: archetype, dignity table, rhythm, and keywords. Deeper sections — Moonthrough each sign, through each house, in aspect, in retrograde, and the common misreadings — are hand-written, not generated. They layer in as they’re finished.
In the meantime — your chart doesn’t wait. Run your birth chart and see where Moon lives in your sky.
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