The Natal Moon
Our Moon sign can point us toward how we can feel most nourished, safe and emotionally heard. It can also help us to realise–or remember–our own feeling nature and how to best harness and accept the truth of what we feel at any given moment.
It is through the experience of deep emotional security that we can open up to the Soul. Its only source of light being the Sun, the Moon is entirely responsive. Yet it’s gravitational pull is nothing short of profound. It is an essential part of our existence here on Earth as it moves the tides and sets the seas. The Moon makes our home planet more livable through equalising any wobble on our axis, leading to a more stable climate. In fulfilling her function, she allows us stability.
This is also how the Moon functions energetically in Astrology. It’s in working through the reflective emotional landscape we all have and honouring our feelings that we can find a grounded stability and embodiment within ourselves. Within her shift on the tides–setting the daily rhythm–she has also created a rhythm for us. The vibrational pull in our lives manifests into our field of awareness as the instinctive urge we call emotion. The biggest teaching from the Moon in guiding us through our own emotional landscape–and becoming more effective at being supported and supportive within our relationships–is that she receives before she responds.
If we translate this into our relational life at large and how we go about communicating the tenderness of our hearts with those we love and hold space for, we can come to better understand others and any external unfolding as a reflection of what is happening within. The world is our mirror to the level of consciousness we find ourselves in at any given moment. In order to truly understand we must first truly listen, to ourselves and others. And as human beings in this mind-dominated and identified world, we perhaps forget this–or have to circle back to learn this.
The Moon is driven by our need for emotional security and her energy exists and thrives in a place far beyond logic or mental labeling. For the heart to truly step forward, we must receive the feelings and respond to ourselves with tenderness and compassion. This energy manifests itself in habit, gut feeling, instinct and through changing moods.
The Moon is feminine and represents the mother archetype. Our mother nurtures us, dedicates her life force to us to ensure that we are comforted, protected and cared for. We are completely vulnerable and dependent on our mother or mother figure. This energy also translates into how we become this to ourselves; how to comfort, mother and nurture our innermost feelings.
The Moon is the only planet circulating and gravitating around the Earth, making her vibration subjective and personal. It’s about personally owning our feelings, separate from action and ego. The Natal Moon carries soul memories and identifies with the past, both in this lifetime and in lifetimes before. This taken a little deeper can point toward working with our Moon as a key to unlocking our subconscious limiting beliefs about ourselves, carried or inherited through the generations. Unlocking our natal moon is the first powerful liberation into our greatest freedom.
When we nurture our Moon, we feel safe and comforted. We are at home in our bodies, our relationships and our life through the ability to reflect, listen to and own our feeling nature. When our Moon is neglected and we struggle to accept our feelings and reflections, we can feel threatened, defensive and scared.
We all have the natural urge to protect what we feel or hide it out of fear of how it may be received and reflected back, and in the process we do not speak up and take ownership of what we feel. We all walk around with different emotional wounding and we all have different survival strategies to protect ourselves from that wounding being repeated.
I hope that you feel nurtured and at home in re-discovering your feeling nature.
