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Moon

Recorded on Moon
Origin Period2
100 BCE to 200 CETradition: Hellenistic astrology in Greco-Roman Egypt 1Well-attested1000 BCE to 300 BCETradition: Babylonian celestial omens and horoscopy 2Well-attested
Associated Color2
Amber 3Well-attestedSilver and White 4Well-attested
Place of Origin1
Mesopotamia 2Well-attested
Origin of the Name1
The Latin name Luna renders the Greek Selene, identified in Mesopotamian astronomy with the moon god Sin 2Well-attested
Language1
Latin 1Well-attested
Meaning in the Attesting Source1
Chiefly humidifying, because it is close to the earth and to the moist exhalations from itTradition: Ptolemy, Tetrabiblos 5Well-attested
Associated With23
11PMType: hourHoldsWell-attested4PMType: hourHoldsWell-attested9AMType: hourHoldsWell-attestedBathingType: activityHoldsWell-attestedThe Moon governs the moist, the cold and whatever moves on a cycle, and fixes the moment of a bath in the electional tradition.CarmaraType: heptarchicroyaltyHoldsWell-attestedAssigned to Monday and, by the Heptarchia day and planet correspondence, to the Moon (Sloane MS 3191).GabrielType: archangelHoldsWell-attestedHagonelType: heptarchicroyaltyHoldsWell-attestedShares King Carmara assignment to Monday and the Moon (Sloane MS 3191).LotusType: plantHoldsWell-attestedCulpeper files the lotus under the Moon, cooling and moistening.Malkah be-TarshishimType: planetarymagicHoldsWell-attestedNamed as the planetary intelligence of the Moon, with its own kamea, in Agrippa's Three Books of Occult Philosophy.MindType: characteristicHoldsWell-attestedThe Moon is the receptive part: impression, memory, imagination and mood.MondayType: dayHoldsWell-attestedMorning GloryType: plantHoldsWell-attestedCulpeper files the morning glory under the Moon, cooling and moistening. Cunningham's later magical herbalism gives the same plant to Saturn, and the atlas carries both.MotherType: personHoldsWell-attestedPtolemy gives the mother the Moon, the luminary of the night sect.PhulType: olympicspiritHoldsWell-attestedNamed the Olympic Spirit governing the Moon in the Arbatel de Magia Veterum.PoppyType: plantHoldsWell-attestedCulpeper places the poppy under the Moon, cooling and moistening. The atlas records the planetary attribution as his; nothing here is a preparation, a quantity or a use.SandalwoodType: plantHoldsWell-attestedCulpeper files sandalwood under the Moon, cooling and moistening.SeaWater PearlType: gemstoneHoldsWell-attestedVedic astrology Navaratna: the nine gems for the nine grahas. SeaWater Pearl stands for the traditional natural pearl (moti).SensualityType: characteristicHoldsWell-attestedThe Moon governs the body's appetite and its rhythm.SilverType: metalHoldsWell-attestedSilver is the metal of the Moon in the classical seven-metal planetary scheme.SoulType: characteristicHoldsWell-attestedPtolemy governs the sensitive or irrational part of the soul by the Moon.SpouseType: personHoldsWell-attestedPtolemy reads marriage from the Moon in a man's chart.The High PriestessType: tarotHoldsWell-attestedIn the Golden Dawn Kabbalistic attribution, The High Priestess is assigned to Moon by way of its Tree of Life path.White RoseType: plantHoldsWell-attestedCulpeper sets the white rose under the Moon, cooling and moistening, where the red rose belongs to Venus. The split is the herbal's own and is taken from the colour of the flower.
Corresponds To3
PopulusType: geomancyConnectedWell-attestedSinType: deityHoldsWell-attestedSin (Sumerian Nanna) is the moon itself in Mesopotamian theology, his waxing and waning crescent measuring the month and the calendar; his symbol, the crescent, is likened in the tradition's own art to the horns of a bull.ViaType: geomancyConnectedWell-attested
Exalted In1
TaurusType: zodiacsignHoldsWell-attestedThe Moon is exalted in Taurus, and the tradition reads the emotional nature at its most settled here - feelings that are steady and slow to disturb, an instinct for comfort, and a deep need for security and the reassurance of the senses. Astrologers describe a calm inner life that is hard to unsettle and equally hard to shift.
In Detriment In1
CapricornType: zodiacsignHoldsWell-attestedThe Moon is in its detriment in Capricorn, and the tradition reads a feeling nature that keeps itself in check - needs met through self-reliance rather than shown, emotions disciplined and held at a distance. Astrologers describe a reserved inner life that seeks security in structure and duty and is slow to admit its own wants.
In Fall In1
ScorpioType: zodiacsignHoldsWell-attestedThe Moon is in its fall in Scorpio, and the tradition reads a feeling nature of great intensity that guards its depths - needs held secret, emotions that run to extremes, and attachments that are total. Astrologers describe a powerful inner life, slow to trust and slow to release, that transforms through what it feels most deeply.
Namesake Of1
MondayType: dayHoldsWell-attestedMonday is dies Lunae, the Moon's day; English kept the planet name directly.
Originates in Language1
LatinType: languageHoldsWell-attested
Placed in House11
10th HouseType: houseHoldsWell-attestedWith the Moon in the tenth house the emotional life is exposed to public view, and astrologers read a person whose feelings and need to nurture are expressed through career and reputation. The tradition notes a standing that fluctuates, a responsiveness to the public mood, and often a vocation of care.11th HouseType: houseHoldsWell-attestedThe Moon in the eleventh house seeks emotional belonging in friendship and the group, and astrologers read a person who treats friends as family and whose feelings are engaged by shared hopes. The tradition notes comfort found in community and a nurturing instinct extended to the collective.12th HouseType: houseHoldsWell-attestedWith the Moon in the twelfth house the feelings withdraw into the hidden, and astrologers read a rich, private emotional life easily overwhelmed by the world and in need of retreat. The tradition notes deep compassion, unspoken needs, and moods drawn from sources below the surface.1st HouseType: houseHoldsWell-attestedAstrologers read the Moon in the first house as a feeling nature worn openly - moods visible in the manner, a presence that responds to and reflects the emotional weather around it. The tradition notes sensitivity, changeability, and a self met first through its receptivity.2nd HouseType: houseHoldsWell-attestedWith the Moon in the second house emotional security is tied to material security, and astrologers read a person who needs the reassurance of resources and comfort to feel safe. The tradition notes fluctuating finances and a habit of seeking in possessions the steadiness the feelings crave.3rd HouseType: houseHoldsWell-attestedThe Moon in the third house colours thought and speech with feeling, and astrologers read a mind that needs to talk through its moods and stays close, emotionally, to siblings and the immediate surroundings. The tradition notes a changeable, impressionable intelligence and comfort found in familiar exchange.5th HouseType: houseHoldsWell-attestedThe Moon in the fifth house ties the feelings to pleasure, romance and children, and astrologers read a person whose emotional life is expressed through play and creativity and who loves warmly and demonstratively. The tradition notes moods bound up with the joys of self-expression and a tender devotion to children.6th HouseType: houseHoldsWell-attestedWith the Moon in the sixth house emotional wellbeing is tied to the daily round, and astrologers read a person who nurtures through work and service and whose moods register in the body and health. The tradition notes comfort found in useful routine and a tendency for feeling to affect the constitution.7th HouseType: houseHoldsWell-attestedThe Moon in the seventh house seeks emotional security in partnership, and astrologers read a person who needs a close relationship to feel settled and is drawn to nurturing or to being nurtured. The tradition notes a strong instinct for union and a domestic warmth carried into marriage.8th HouseType: houseHoldsWell-attestedWith the Moon in the eighth house the feelings run deep and hidden, and astrologers read an intense emotional nature drawn to intimacy, crisis and what is shared or concealed. The tradition notes powerful attachments, emotional extremes, and a capacity to be transformed through what is felt most privately.9th HouseType: houseHoldsWell-attestedThe Moon in the ninth house ties feeling to belief and the far horizon, and astrologers read an emotional need for meaning, movement and the foreign. The tradition notes moods lifted by travel and philosophy and an instinctive rather than reasoned faith.
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Rules the Sign0 of 1
Symbolized By0 of 1
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  1. A History of Western Astrology Nicholas Campion, 2009
  2. The Heavenly Writing: Divination, Horoscopy, and Astronomy in Mesopotamian Culture Francesca Rochberg, 2004
  3. The Golden Dawn: The Original Account of the Teachings, Rites, and Ceremonies of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, 6th edition Israel Regardie, 1989
  4. Three Books of Occult Philosophy Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, 1533
  5. Tetrabiblos Claudius Ptolemy, 1900

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