# Moon ☽ — The Mother

> The inward tide — how one is nourished and what one needs to feel at home.

**Luminary** · Keywords: feeling, memory, belonging

## What does Moon govern in the psyche?

Moon governs instinct, emotion, and what you need to feel secure.

## The archetype: The Mother

The nourishing, holding, containing source.

## What is the shadow of Moon?

moodiness and dependency; being run by feelings instead of informed by them.

## Rulership

- Rules: Cancer
- Exaltation: Taurus

| House | Sign | Role | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 (“the Subterranean”) | Cancer | ruler | The root — home, ancestry, and the private foundation of the soul. |

## The astronomy

- Body: Earth's single natural satellite — the only body of the ten that orbits us, which is why it outruns everything else in the sky.
- Orbit: 27.3 days sidereal · 29.5 days new moon to new moon
- Time per sign: ~2.5 days per sign
- Retrograde: Never retrogrades — it only ever advances, though its nodes regress, completing their backward circuit of the zodiac in 18.6 years.

## Visual motif (School of Aesthetics)

a silver crescent, tidewater, soft reflected light

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