Moon Aspects: 45 Combinations with the Other Nine Planets

The Moon is who you are in private: how you look after yourself and what you need to feel safe. The people closest to you often see your Moon more than your Sun. When the Moon forms an aspect with another planet, the two forces have to be read together. Below, a table first lists the Moon’s aspects to the other nine planets with how often each occurs, followed by a one-line reading for every combination; each has its own detailed page.

Moon aspects table

Percentages are the share of 8,401 charts of people born in Taipei between 1960 and 2005 with random birth times that have the aspect, using this site’s orbs.

Moon aspects need a birth time more than any others

The Moon crosses a sign in about two and a half days and moves twelve to fifteen degrees a day, so two people born on the same day, one in the morning and one at night, can have different Moon aspects. In our calculations, when the birth time is unknown and the chart is cast for noon, the Moon’s aspects differ from the real ones in 66.5% of charts; a birth time one hour later changes the aspect list in 23% of charts. The Moon’s aspect to the Sun is simply the Moon phase at birth: the conjunction is the New Moon, the opposition is the Full Moon, and the squares are the first and last quarters.

When the Moon is unaspected

Now and then the Moon forms no major aspect with any of the other nine planets; it is then called unaspected. In our calculations, the Moon is unaspected in about 1.5% of charts. Tradition holds that an unaspected planet works more on its own: what it stands for may come and go, or only become obvious at a certain stage of life.

The Moon’s aspects to each planet, in one line

The Moon and the Sun

• Sun Conjunct Moon: With the Sun and Moon side by side, your will and your emotions speak the same language. You are direct and single-minded, and you find it harder to step back and see yourself from the outside.
• Sun Sextile Moon: With the Sun and Moon two signs apart, what you want to do and how you feel are different yet on speaking terms. Put some thought into coordinating them and they work together very well.
• Sun Square Moon: With the Sun and Moon at cross-purposes, what you want to do and what makes you feel safe point in different directions. You often hear two inner voices, and that is exactly where your drive comes from.
• Sun Trine Moon: With the Sun and Moon in signs of the same element, what you want to do and how you feel line up on their own. You are steady and at ease, and less inclined to push yourself past your limits.
• Sun Opposite Moon: With the Sun and Moon facing each other across the zodiac, what you want and what you need stand at opposite ends. You often meet your other half through a partner or the people close to you.

The Moon and Mercury

• Moon Conjunct Mercury: With the Moon conjunct Mercury, feelings turn into language the moment they arrive. You speak with warmth and remember well, and your mood tends to spin along with your thoughts.
• Moon Sextile Mercury: With the Moon sextile Mercury, two signs apart, what you feel and what you think can help each other. As long as you’re willing to speak up and write, your expression keeps getting more exact.
• Moon Square Mercury: With the Moon square Mercury, what your heart feels and what your head thinks often don’t line up. Your words come out too sharp or too flat, and that pushes you to make your expression more precise.
• Moon Trine Mercury: With the Moon trine Mercury, in signs of the same element, feeling and thinking connect smoothly. You speak naturally and kindly and understand quickly, and because it’s so easy you seldom refine it.
• Moon Opposite Mercury: With the Moon opposite Mercury, feeling and reasoning stand on opposite sides. You often see this tug-of-war in your conversations with others, and it trains you to take another person’s point of view.

The Moon and Venus

• Moon Conjunct Venus: With the Moon conjunct Venus, emotional needs and a love of lovely things merge into one. You’re gentle and likable, and you dread a sour atmosphere and being given the cold shoulder.
• Moon Sextile Venus: With the Moon sextile Venus, two signs apart, feelings and tastes are compatible. You have potential for tending relationships and enjoying life’s pleasures, and it grows the more thought you give it.
• Moon Square Venus: With the Moon square Venus, your emotional needs and your way of showing love don’t line up. You long for closeness and often feel unsatisfied, and along the way you learn to be good to yourself first.
• Moon Trine Venus: With the Moon trine Venus, in signs of the same element, feelings and tastes connect naturally. You’re mild, well liked, and good at enjoying life, and comfort can make you unwilling to change.
• Moon Opposite Venus: With the Moon opposite Venus, your own emotional needs and the wish to be liked stand at opposite ends. You often see the gap in a partner and learn to look after both sides.

The Moon and Mars

• Moon Conjunct Mars: With the Moon and Mars side by side, there is almost no gap between what you feel and what you do. You react fast, defend your own, say what you mean, and can overshoot in the heat of the moment.
• Moon Sextile Mars: With the Moon and Mars two signs apart, mood and initiative lend each other a hand. When you are willing to turn what you feel into something concrete, life has real energy to it.
• Moon Square Mars: With the Moon and Mars locked against each other, the heart that needs calm and the drive that wants to charge ahead rarely line up. It makes you restless, and it also forces out a real talent for solving problems.
• Moon Trine Mars: With the Moon and Mars in signs of the same element, what you feel and what your body does work together naturally. You have energy and nerve, and you easily take that spark for granted.
• Moon Opposite Mars: With the Moon and Mars on opposite sides, the heart that wants to be cared for and the drive to fight for things stand at two ends. Conflict keeps finding you in relationships, and through it you learn to speak up for yourself.

The Moon and Jupiter

• Moon Conjunct Jupiter: With the Moon and Jupiter together, your emotions are generous and optimistic. You are openhanded with people and easily content, and with a heart this wide you often do not know where to stop.
• Moon Sextile Jupiter: With the Moon and Jupiter two signs apart, emotion and confidence get along. The more you reach outward to learn and mix with people, the wider your heart grows.
• Moon Square Jupiter: With the Moon and Jupiter at cross purposes, emotions get magnified, and hopes and promises often run past reality. Once you learn a sense of proportion, that enthusiasm becomes a real skill.
• Moon Trine Jupiter: With the Moon and Jupiter in signs of the same element, your emotions are naturally sunny and generous. You are easily content and often helped, and because life goes smoothly you can lack a little fight.
• Moon Opposite Jupiter: With the Moon and Jupiter facing each other across the chart, the comfort you want to protect and the urge to expand stand at two ends. You often see yourself in other people’s generosity or exaggeration.

The Moon and Saturn

• Moon Conjunct Saturn: With the Moon and Saturn together, emotion is wrapped in a sense of duty. You are steady, reliable, and enduring, yet used to carrying things alone and not good at asking for comfort.
• Moon Sextile Saturn: With the Moon and Saturn two signs apart, feeling and discipline are compatible. Put some thought into building routines and you can grow a grounded, lasting sense of stability.
• Moon Square Saturn: With the Moon and Saturn at odds, the heart that needs care is often pressed down by duty and self-demand. The early years are hard, and long wear makes you a person who can carry real responsibility.
• Moon Trine Saturn: With the Moon and Saturn in signs of the same element, emotion and responsibility fit together naturally. You are composed, practical, and patient, and you can get used to safety and stop seeking change.
• Moon Opposite Saturn: With the Moon and Saturn facing each other across the chart, emotional needs and real-world duties stand at two ends. You often feel demanded of or left out in the cold, and through that you learn to set boundaries.

The Moon and Uranus

• Moon Conjunct Uranus: With the Moon and Uranus pressed together, emotions arrive fast and change fast. You need a great deal of freedom to feel safe, and a life that is too fixed makes you fidget.
• Moon Sextile Uranus: With the Moon and Uranus two signs apart, security and the taste for novelty can help each other. As long as you are willing to try things, change is something you find interesting.
• Moon Square Uranus: With the Moon and Uranus colliding, one side longs for someone to lean on and the other cannot bear being tied down. Your moods turn suddenly, and that pushes you to walk your own road.
• Moon Trine Uranus: With the Moon and Uranus in signs of the same element, independence and security do not conflict in you. You quite naturally live a little differently from others and feel no need to explain.
• Moon Opposite Uranus: With the Moon and Uranus far apart and face to face, you want steady company yet keep meeting people who will not be held, or become the one who leaves first. The lesson is to claim your own freedom.

The Moon and Neptune

• Moon Conjunct Neptune: With the Moon and Neptune merged, your sensitivity is extremely strong. You can feel moods that people cannot put into words, and you often cannot tell which emotions are your own.
• Moon Sextile Neptune: With the Moon and Neptune two signs apart, sensitivity and imagination are yours to use. With some practice, thoughtfulness and creativity can both become abilities you can actually draw on.
• Moon Square Neptune: With the Moon and Neptune interfering with each other, your emotions are often veiled in fog. You tend to lose yourself in caring for others, and through repeated disappointment you learn to see reality clearly.
• Moon Trine Neptune: With the Moon and Neptune in signs of the same element, sensitivity and imagination flow naturally. You are gentle and a little otherworldly, and when life is too comfortable you tend to float in midair.
• Moon Opposite Neptune: With the Moon and Neptune far apart and face to face, you long to be fully understood and cared for. You tend to idealize the people near you or shoulder their problems, and the lesson is to see them as they are.

The Moon and Pluto

• Moon Conjunct Pluto: With the Moon conjunct Pluto, you feel things intensely and deeply. You love and hate all the way, you let few people in, and once you commit, you give your whole heart.
• Moon Sextile Pluto: With the Moon sextile Pluto, two signs apart, you can face deep feelings without being swamped by them. When you choose to look inward, you turn setbacks into growth.
• Moon Square Pluto: With the Moon square Pluto, your emotions carry a pressure and insecurity that are hard to name. You tend to grip too tightly or hold it in until you blow, and that also gives you the chance to transform completely.
• Moon Trine Pluto: With the Moon trine Pluto, in signs of the same element, deep feeling flows through you smoothly. You can weather heavy storms, and you often underestimate this strength of yours.
• Moon Opposite Pluto: With the Moon opposite Pluto, you often meet forceful or hard-to-pin-down people in close relationships. The emotional tug-of-war is fierce, and the lesson is taking back your own power.

Other planets: Sun aspects, Mercury aspects, Venus aspects, Mars aspects, Jupiter aspects, Saturn aspects, Uranus aspects, Neptune aspects, Pluto aspects · Planet aspects overview