New Moon on Monday Astrology

The Moon changes signs every two and a half days.  As it goes through each sign, it makes a series of contacts to each of the planets in your birth chart.  Since the planets in your birth chart are stationary, every time the Moon is in a specific sign, it will make the same aspects to your chart, in the same order.  

If you pay attention, you might start to see that when the Moon is in Aries you feel frustrated but when it’s in Scorpio you feel super energized and social. You might to see that when the Moon is in Aquarius you have really intense dreams, or when it’s in Taurus you turn into a homebody.  Follow the Moon, and you start to pick up on the weather.  The Moon through the signs won’t always have the exact same manifestations, but you’ll definitely start seeing patterns in just a few months. 

When you have an idea of how the Moon affects you through each of the signs, you can start planning things according to the weather.  If you know you usually feel frustrated under a certain Moon, you can plan for giving yourself more space and time alone.  If you know you get inspired under another Moon, you can plan to be out and about.  

If you’re studying astrology closely, you can go one step further and look at the aspects the Moon makes to your chart as it travels through each sign and contacts the planets in your chart.  When the Moon conjuncts your natal Saturn, you might feel particularly lonely or sad.  When it opposes Pluto you might start feeling super interior.  Remember though - the Moon moves fast - so these transits last for one day at the most.  

Here are some absolutely oversimplified ways the Moon might affect your Sun while travelling through the signs:

If your SUN is in ARIES. you might feel challenged when the Moon is in the other Cardinal signs (Libra, Cancer and Capricorn), but energized when it’s in fellow Fire signs (Leo and Sagittarius). 

If your SUN is in TAURUS. you might feel challenged when the Moon is in the other Fixed signs (Scorpio, Leo and Aquarius), but energized when it’s in fellow Earth signs (Virgo and Capricorn).

If your SUN is in GEMINI. you might feel challenged when the Moon is in the other Mutable signs (Sagittarius, Virgo and Pisces), but energized when it’s in fellow Air signs (Libra and Aquarius).    

If your SUN is in CANCER, you might feel challenged when the Moon is in the other Cardinal signs (Capricorn, Aries and Libra), but energized when it’s in fellow Water signs (Scorpio and Pisces). 

If your SUN is in LEO, you might feel challenged when the Moon is in the other Fixed signs (Aquarius, Taurus and Scorpio), but energized when it’s in fellow Fire signs (Aries and Sagittarius). 

If your SUN is in VIRGO, you might feel challenged when the Moon is in the other Mutable signs (Pisces, Gemini and Sagittarius), but energized when it’s in fellow Earth signs (Taurus and Capricorn). 

If your SUN is in LIBRA, you might feel challenged when the Moon is in the other Cardinal signs (Aries, Cancer and Capricorn), but energized when it’s in fellow Air signs (Gemini and Aquarius). 

If your SUN is in SCORPIO, you might feel challenged when the Moon is in the other Fixed signs (Taurus, Leo and Aquarius), but energized when it’s in fellow Water signs (Cancer and Pisces). 

If your SUN is in SAGITTARIUS, you might feel challenged when the Moon is in the other Mutable signs (Gemini, Virgo and Pisces), but energized when it’s in fellow Fire signs (Aries and Leo). 

If your SUN is in CAPRICORN, you might feel challenged when the Moon is in the other Cardinal signs (Cancer, Aries and Libra), but energized when it’s in fellow Earth signs (Taurus and Virgo). 

If your SUN is in AQUARIUS, you might feel challenged when the Moon is in the other Fixed signs (Leo, Taurus and Scorpio), but energized when it’s in fellow Air signs (Gemini and Libra). 

If you SUN is in PISCES, you might feel challenged when the Moon is in the other Mutable signs (Virgo, Gemini and Sagittarius), but energized when it’s in fellow Water signs (Cancer and Scorpio). 

Remember: your Sun is only one of the planets in your chart - the Moon will affect all of the other planets in your chart as well and this will affect your personal “weather”.

It’s a marvelous night for a moondance, 

Adeline