Ascendant Square 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 square the Ascendant disturbs the expression of self with mood: too much sensitivity, reactions that waver, and a life exposed to the ups and downs of the temper. Well lived, it gives tenderness and an intuition that shelters.

The square takes the Moon near the Midheaven or the Imum Coeli. Near the Midheaven, emotions are exposed in public life and reputation follows the person’s moods; near the Imum Coeli, home and mother take up an enormous and not always peaceful place. The tension lies between what is felt and what is shown. Tradition suggests looking at the Moon’s condition: well placed by sign, instability becomes adaptability; poorly placed, it asks for routines that hold it steady.

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