The Ruler of Your Moon Shows You The Way To Emotional Maturity
Not every planet in your astrological birth chart influence you to the same magnitude, but if you are looking to super speed your emotional journey here on earth, look to the ruler of your Moon. Here’s everything you need to know about your astrological chart ruler.
how do i know the ruler of my moon?
Each zodiac sign has a ruling planet, which influences how you “do” that area of life. The Moon is a fast moving light that changes zodiac signs every 2.5 days or so.
Thus, you need an accurate time of birth, and full birth details, to calculate your rising sign and discover your chart ruler. As the planet that governs your Moon, your Moon ruler offers clues through life, revealing the best way for you to access and nourish your mind, including letting go of the hidden self-sabotaging habits and mindset that impair your fulfillment in life.
is my the ruler of my moon more important than that of my Sun sign?
Your Sun sign, commonly referred to as your star sign, is the zodiacal placement of the Sun in your birth chart, reflecting the cosmic season in which you were born. It’s your overt sense of self and shows the strengths you grow into this lifetime, your Sun sign speaks to how you view yourself and who you aspire to be.
On the other hand, your Moon reflects your inner landscape that colours your perspective of the world; as ephemeral and subtle as its energies are, it’s incredible powerful as emotions can direct, behind the scenes, our entire life as a whole.
As the governing planet of your Moon, your chart ruler shows how you may have been wired in a primal, subconscious manner, as an individual, which is why this planet and its connection to your rising sign should not be overlooked.
Modern astrology counts 10 planets (counting Pluto and the sun and moon), some signs also share the same ruling planet. For example, Scorpio is traditionally ruled by Mars, but ruled by Pluto in modern astrology. Aquarius: traditionally ruled by Saturn, but ruled by Uranus in modern astrology. Pisces is traditionally ruled by Jupiter, but ruled by Neptune in modern astrology.
In this article, however, I stick to the traditional rulers to confine the personal interpretations of each zodiac sign.
Moon in Aries and Scorpio
In Greek mythology, Mars is associated with the god of war. Astrologically, Mars is the planet of drive, motivation, and masculine attributes. Fuelled by instincts, people with Aries and Scorpio experience emotions akin to battle-ready Mars.
Martian Moon people are masters of action, especially in emotional matters. It’s tricky getting a Martian Moon to “sleep on it”; they have an active and impulsive energy, although you may never be privy to it if they have more stoic or sedate placements.
But ask their spouse and other housemates, and you’ll find them recounting the times when they were scorched by a Moon in Aries or Scorpio. They make their emotions known in their actions and words, and are willing to fight to be heard.
Relationships can seem to be a regular bout of overcoming barriers. Until Martian Moons cool their hatchets and realise relationships are a long game requiring edurance, of the mindset sort. To deal with emotional matters, however, you benefit when you find activities that help you develop physical and emotional resilience, and learn the art of appropriate assertion.
Martian moons are learning to rest, recharge, and relax instead of quitting when life triggers them.
Their headstrong and confrontational attitudes attract people who challenge their growth and try to one-up their achievements and failures. Their greatest life lessons will come through tests of patience and pressures to cultivate an awareness of the motivations that drive them forward. There is a careful and conscious method to navigating conflict, which Aries and Scorpio risings are integrating in this lifetime.
They may be the pioneers of stirring up drama at home and they must learn that not everything is a winning or losing battle.
Moon in Taurus and Libra
Venus is the planet of love and attraction.
Venus-ruled Moons find comfort and security in the sensual, romantic and sensitive energy. Their minds naturally focus more on unity rather than independence, triggered by Venus’s desire for partnership and connection, which really helps fosters the warm fuzzies any close relationships requires.
Molded and shaped by their pleasure-seeing ventures, financial pursuits, and platonic, professional, and amorous partnerships, the life path of a Taurus and Libra rising delivers impactful lessons on love, attachments, and self-confidence.
These Moons find it relatively easier to scale happy heights in relationship, as they readily count their blessings, and easily manifest more opportunities. They have a natural appeal to persuade others to do them favors.
The Venusian Moons, especially in Libra, are born knowing the art of appropriate assertion. Their ruler Venus wants to love without possessiveness, want without jealousy, own without greed, and care without people-pleasing. This ruler empowers the Moon to pursue freely pleasure and harmony.
Moon in Gemini and Virgo
These Moons are ruled by Mercury, the planet of information and communication. Associated with the messenger of the gods in Greek mythology, Mercury has a pulse for learning. Mercury-ruled Moons thus easily open their minds and absorb and process information more quickly than any other zodiac sign. With their Moon in this sign, these people are infused with a curious, inquisitive and intellectual energy.
An endless source of information, Moon in Gemini and Virgo prefer to have answers, ideas, explanations, and solutions… They have a high aptitude for seeing both the intricate details as well as overall vision and understanding how to get from A to Z, which can get rather tiresome for their poorer partners, unless of course, they pick up their skill of communication with emotional awareness.
Any chance for confusion breeds emotional insecurity for them. Their knack for prying and prodding for information can irritate other Moons. In relationships, mercurial Moons must learn to recognise their power to influence and to wield their talent wisely.
moon in Cancer
The Moon is a feminine force associated with fertility and creativity. As Moon in Cancer is ruled by its own planet, the realm of emotions and domesticity hold special sway over the Cancer lunarian. Cancerians notoriously moody, and this is more amplified for a Cancer Moon.
Just as our emotions become more intense with the phases of the Moon and more intuitive at night, Cancer Moons can experience incredible psychic ability and powerful instinct to nourish and protect. As children , Moon in Cancer people often are cherubic and have a profound emotional empathy for all creatures and people around them. They like to get in touch with the heart of the matter
Mature Cancer Moons learn to release over-attachments and exaggerated sentiments. They must take stock of dependency on others, clinging to belongings, and pesky memories that seep into the peaceful present.
Moon in Leo
The Sun is crucial element of our chart that discerns ego and our core identity, and obviously the life-giving force of our entire solar system. For Leo lunarians, this imbues their emotional responses with a sense of ego, that they eventually recognise, not after dramatic clashes with other partners in life.
These honorary children of the Sun can do nothing else except to lead with their hearts during their life path. They are attuned to pursuit of rewards, accolades, and feel the hard impact of not achieving their ambitions. the Sun is the most brilliant and radiant force we can see.
They are devoted in relationships and can become the most protective spouses. When immature though, they rely on their partners to fan the flames of their inner fire, continuously dependent on another’s applause and approval.
Moon in Leo people have to recognise when they are entering the territory of childish and performative behaviour. They become emotionally mature when they recognise that they are on a journey of re-discovering who they are and the person they want to be, learning lessons of detaching from ego and a singular identity. Regardless, themes of pride and supremacy runs through Moon in Leo’s emotional encounters. Their talent is to harness this energy for their own creativity, vitality, and power — and in partnership, be pro-active and lead the way, for the better good.
Moon in Sagittarius and Pisces
The ruling planet of the signs Sagittarius and Pisces, Jupiter, is classified as a highly spiritual planet, which cements these Moons’ reputation for creative abilities and instincts.
Regardless of the person’s emotional propensities, Jupiter gives optimism and hope, so these Moons aren’t quite able to remain in the doldrums for long.
However, people with these Moons may make too many and too long of escapades into fantasy, when life proves too hard.
Every time a Jupiterian Moon relies on exaggerations to make their point or inflate their knowledge and capabilities, they lose sight of truth and reality. Interactions that put their unconscious judgments, dogmatic attitudes, and illogical contradictions on full display will facilitate their growth.
These are the Moons who grapple with the interesting problem of biting off more than what they may be able to digest at a time. They’ll find their restless spirits soothed when they inhabit the role of humble teacher and guide and appreciate being authentically themselves.
Moon in Capricorn and Aquarius
These are Moons ruled by Saturn, and their emotional life path is under the governance of Saturn – the overseer of karma, discipline, responsibility, and restriction.
Their childhood supply of nourishment was met by delays, rejections, and restrictions. Tough love is second nature to them. These brutal teachings can cause their emotions to harden to protect themselves; on the other hand, they can become profound adepts at transmuting their emotional burdens into insight and wisdom into the human condition.
Whilst still immature, however, they become self-critical. They’re easily accused of seeming permanently dissatisfied with efforts despite obvious markers of success.
They take life very seriously, and persevere through the harshest conditions, making them most consistent, ambitious, mature, and self-accountable partners in a relationship. Relationships often become better with age, as they embrace the hard work of relationship. These are the Moons who age like fine wine, and they often become wonderful, capable companions to their loved ones.