The Far Side
The Far Side
The Moon rules the sign of Cancer
In astrology the Moon stands for emotions, instincts, sensitivity, and the unconscious. It is often called the feminine principle.
The Sun signifies your individuality and the Moon signifies your personality. In essence, the Moon represents the side of you that reacts before you have time to think.
The distinction in astrology between the influence of the Sun and the Moon is a forerunner of Sigmund Freud's theory of the ego and the id in human personality. According to Freud, the ego is a person's consciousness (in astrology - the Sun), and the id represents a person's instinct (the Moon).
The Moon tells the desire of your life. When you know what you mean, but can't verbalize it, it is your Moon that knows it and your Sun that can't say it.
The wordless ecstasy, the mute sorrow, the secret dream, the esoteric picture of yourself that you can't get across to the world, or that the world doesn't comprehend or value-these are products of the Moon.
When you are misunderstood, it is your Moon nature, expressed imperfectly through the Sun sign, that feels betrayed.
Things you know without thought-intuitions, hunches, instincts-are the products of the Moon. Modes of expression that you feel truly reflect your deepest self belong to the Moon: art, letters, creative work of any kind; sometimes love; sometimes business.
Whatever you feel is most deeply yourself is the product of your Moon and of the sign your Moon occupies at birth.
Why does the Moon have a far side? Gravitational tidal forces within the Earth-Moon system have synchronized the Moon's period of rotation around its axis with its orbital period at about 28 days. So, as the Moon moves around its orbit its rotation exactly compensates, keeping the same face toward the Earth.
Page born 12 Sep 2000
Last Here 3 January 2010
Reference from:
The Only Astrology Book You'll Ever Need
by Joanna Martine Woolfolk
Llewellyn's 2000 Sun Sign Book
Astronomy Picture of the Day Archive