posted March 04, 2005 09:43 AM              

Moon in Aries see their mothers as Lively
Taurus see theirs as Down to earth
Gemini see theirs as Talkative
Leo see theirs as Proud
Virgo see theirs as Organised
Libra see theirs as Dizzy
Scorpio see theirs as Intense
Sagitarius see theirs as Judgemental
Capricorn see theirs as Strict
Aquarius see theirs as Eccentric
Pisces see theirs as mysterious
and Cancer don't see them as anything other than simply wonderful

posted March 04, 2005 10:11 AM            

and BR how interesting! My rising sign is gemini and guess what my mom is ... a gemini!

posted March 04, 2005 11:48 AM              

My Virgo moon describes how I saw my mother to a T. And it's interesting because my brother has a Sag moon, showing that each child really does percieve the same mother in their own way.

My mother was a good mom, did the best she could, I see the positive and definitely the negative side of my moon and how I percieve her. A very good caretaker (Virgo) when we were sick. Kept a very clean (Virgo) house, you could eat off the floors. She is the biggest health nut (Virgo) you could ever meet and she works in the holistic health field. Healthy living is her passion and she's always helping and educating others on it. She was a very hard worker (Virgo) and juggled two jobs to raise my brother and I growing up. Work is very important to her. All Virgo stuff.

But the negative aspects showed themselves strongly as well. She was supercritical (Virgo). An anal nagging perfectionist (Virgo). I could never live up to her standards and there was ALWAYS a negative comment to be made. She is high strung (Virgo), always had to be doing something. There was always work to be done (Virgo), chores, chores, chores. I felt like I could never relax as a child. Like I was walking on eggshells and like an employee instead of a child. She could be a very snappy, no nonsense kind of person. In the book I mentioned this says it perfectly; "order was valued over playfulness and spontaneity. This moon often represents a compulsive, supercritical parent who demanded perfection, then let you know you'd never get anywhere near that goal without her supervision. In this home the mother was either employed or occupied more than full-time whith her responsibilities.."
I can still hear that shrill voice screaming my name, that always made me jump out of my skin. LOL

It's interesting, she has a Capricorn moon and often talked about how her mother was very cold. Never complimented her or hugged her. Always had something negative to say. She felt very unloved by her own mother, an Aries. Who's Sun squared my mothers Sun (Cancer) and Moon (Cap). So you can see right there and understand what was going on there.

I really find this interesting. Especially how each child usually has a different moon, proving that we really are only seeing everything through our own eyes and everyone looks at things differently.

posted March 04, 2005 12:34 PM              

She has some "strange" quirks, for sure. Some people might think she's nuts. I thought so occasionally, for sure.

She's the person who introduced me to astrology, when I was 12 years old.

posted March 04, 2005 02:31 PM              

Scorpio/Pisces Moon/Venus in Scorpio/Gemini Rising Mom

Really talkative, jealous, insecure, and moody, we don't talk now at all, so there goes the Cancer Moon theory!

BTW BOTH my parents had a Pisces Moon, that's just too much for one family!

Natasha
Taurus

posted March 04, 2005 02:42 PM              

NOTHING pleased her…so I just switched off - I thought if I didn’t share my life with her, she couldn’t criticise it As a Piscean that’s really difficult - it’s sooo hard to turn cold towards someone you love. Perhaps that explains my emotional detachment as an adult.

posted March 05, 2005 08:32 AM              

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I really find this interesting. Especially how each child usually has a different moon, proving that we really are only seeing everything through our own eyes and everyone looks at things differently

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I also find it interesting how you can sometimes tell the way two people's relationship evolved.. through their kids. What I mean by that is, the sun is meant to stand for the father figure and the moon stands for the mother figure.. and the way they relate show the way your parents related at the time you were born or as they brought you up. So a couple who has 4 kids .. cancer/libra, pisces/libra, virgo/pisces, leo/pisces... in that order, might show the way their relationship and the roles they played in it changed throughout the yrs.

My moon's capricorn. There's two sides to my mum. A critical side and a warm hearted happy, optimistic side. She's a Leo/Gemini but Virgo asc does constantly criticize lol but it's not to bad.

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Moon in Capricorn said "would see the mother as not being very huggy, kissy"

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posted March 05, 2005 10:33 AM              

That's a good point re: paying attention to the aspects.

For example, my husband has his Moon in Taurus - good placement.
He then also has all of these aspects:
Moon Opposition Pluto
Moon Opposition Saturn
Sun Square Moon
Moon Trine Midheaven
Moon Trine Neptune
Moon Sextile Mars

Needless to say, he has quite a complex relationship with his Mom.

I then have an Aquarian Moon.
As with lioneye, my Mom's much more a friend to me than a "Mother", especially at this point in my life.
Given these aspects,
Moon Opposition Midheaven
Moon Square Ascendant
Moon Square Venus
Moon Trine Saturn,
I can also say that there had been a fair amount of push-and-pull between us as well when I was younger.

Does anyone out there have a good link explaining the aspects made to the Moon and their relationship to your Mom?
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A fun (slightly masochistic) excercise:
Try to guess how your child feels about you/will feel about you given their Moon's placement.
My kiddo (10 mos old) has a Gemini Moon in the 11th - funny, as my Aqua Moon's in the 3rd.
She then has the following aspects:
Moon Conjunct Venus
Moon Loosely Conjunct Mars (Same Sign)
Moon Square Uranus
Moon Square Jupiter
Moon Trine Neptune
Moon Sextile Ascendant

I can't say much regarding the aspects, but I did find it interesting that both Neptune (the ruler of my Sun's Sign) and Uranus (the ruler of my Moon's sign, situated in my 1st House, and trine my Sun) make appearances.

I don't know what to make of her Sun being in Taurus/Moon being in Gemini. I have something similar - my Moon's in Aqua and my Sun's in Pisces - and my early memories of my parents' relationship are good ones - lots of family hugs, few if any arguments.

Continuing on that line of thought (but diverging from Meg):
Compare that to my sister (Virgo Sun/Scorp Moon) - also a good time, seems like more conflict but also more "family activities) - and contrast with my brother (Cancer Sun/Cappie Moon) - by that time there was almost constant fighting and my father was a full-blown alchoholic.