Glossary

Moon in Astrology

Emotions, instincts, needs, home and mother: what Moon represents in a birth chart.

Moon in Astrology

Meaning

The Moon describes your emotional life: what comforts you, how you react, what you need to feel at home. Its sign is your Moon sign, central in Vedic astrology.

Symbol☽
RulesEmotions, instincts, needs, home and mother
Ruling signCancer
Exalted inTaurus
Detriment / fallScorpio
Orbit through the zodiac27.3 days
Vedic nameChandra

Moon by sign and house

The sign Moon occupies shows the style in which these themes express themselves; the house shows the area of life where they play out; aspects show which other drives they work with. Astrool's birth chart interprets your Moon by sign, house and aspect.

Moon transits

Where Moon is moving today, and which of your houses it is crossing, is in cosmic weather.

See it in your own chart

Astrool calculates your full birth chart, not just your sun sign, and writes your daily, weekly and monthly readings against it.

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Common questions

What does Moon represent in astrology?

Emotions, instincts, needs, home and mother.

Where is my Moon?

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