ALMUTEMAscendant Opposition Moon
Ascendant represents your body, your make-up and how you present yourself and begin things; Moon, your emotions, your instincts and what makes you feel safe.
The Moon opposing the Ascendant makes feeling come through the other: affectionate partners, or ties to the public, and an identity reactive to the mood of those around. The native knows themselves in the mirror of their relations and dependencies.
In the opposition the Moon sits beside the Descendant, in the Seventh House, and emotional life comes to depend heavily on the bonds of partnership. Tradition links this position to marriages with sensitive, nurturing people or people tied to the public, and to a life that changes as relationships change. The Moon is the luminary of variation, and here it is the other who brings the tides. Balance comes when the person recognises what they feel as their own, not merely as a reflection of whoever is beside them.