Aries moon: feelings at full speed

What an Aries moon needs to feel okay

The Moon describes the private self: what you need when nobody is watching and how you react before you have time to think. In Aries, the reaction comes first and fast. Anger, excitement, hurt and joy all arrive at full volume and leave almost as quickly, which can baffle people who take a week to process an argument.

Aries moons need movement and autonomy. A run, a hard workout or simply fixing the problem in front of them settles them far better than talking in circles. Being told to wait, calm down or see how things go is the fastest way to make an Aries moon feel trapped.

• ✦Soothed by: action, sport, a decision made
• ✦Upset by: waiting, being managed, passive aggression
• ✦Shows care by: defending you, loudly

Aries moon in love

An Aries moon falls in love quickly and says so. It wants a partner who is a bit of a challenge, someone with opinions and energy, and it gets bored in a relationship that runs only on routine. Arguments are frequent and short; the Aries moon would rather have a loud honest fight than a silent cold week.

What partners need to know is that the heat is not the whole story. Aries moons are protective, generous and loyal, and they forgive as fast as they flare. The growth edge is noticing that other people do not recover at the same speed.

The Moon in Mars's sign

In traditional astrology the Moon has no special dignity in Aries; it is a guest in the house of Mars, which becomes its dispositor. That means the sign and house of your Mars shape how an Aries moon expresses itself. Mars in a water sign turns the quick temper inward into moods. Mars in an earth sign gives it patience and makes the feelings work toward a goal.

Aries moon with each sun sign

The phase column follows from astronomy: the Moon gains about one sign on the Sun every two and a half days, from new moon (same sign) to full moon (opposite sign) and back.

Living with an Aries moon

Families of Aries moon children often describe tantrums that end in minutes and a child who wants to do everything themselves. As adults the pattern holds: Aries moons need space to act on their own and rarely ask for help. They are good in a crisis, quick to step in, and the friend you call when something needs doing at two in the morning.

How to find out if you have a Aries moon

The Moon crosses a sign in about two and a half days, a little faster when it is near the Earth and slower when it is far away. So your birth date settles a moon sign most of the time, and the hour only matters if you were born on the day the Moon left or entered Aries. The moon sign calculator takes the time when you have it and says when the day is a borderline one.

Every sign holds the Moon for about the same share of each month, so a Aries moon comes up in roughly 1 in 12 births: neither rare nor common. The phase ties it to your Sun. Born at a new moon with a Aries moon, your Sun is in Aries too; born at a full moon, it is in Libra. And a moon sign is not your ascendant: that placement has its own Aries rising page.

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