My analysis is very basic, of course. But if you thoroughly analyze Sun, Moon and ASC, you've already covered about 2/3 of a chart. To analyze the other 1/3 takes more time, sometimes a lot of time, but no matter how those 1/3 may turn out, they are not important enough to change the general pattern of a chart, they can only modify it. Sometimes a chart doesn't show a clear pattern in the beginning. Then we have to look at some more factors, of course. In your case, the pattern is very clear right from the start. That's why I don't see the point in spending extra time on Venus and aspects. But it seems you've already made up your mind anyway.
I can tell you from experience, that analyzing your own chart can be very deceiving. I was using the wrong rising sign for quite some time. It somehow made sense, not fully though. Later I discovered that I didn't consider daylight saving time. When I recalculated the chart, I had a different rising sign, and I was skeptical at first, but after further analyzing it, I began to really like it. And now I find it awesome. And that's what's amiss here. You don't really like your chart. I say it's because it's not calculated correctly. It's not really your chart. That's why it doesn't resonate 100%. You say it's because it hasn't been analyzed thoroughly. Well, you've got a point there, too. But if you can't even really identify with something as basic and essential as your Moon sign, then that's reason for concern.
I'm definitely a Gemini Ascendant, not a Taurus Ascendant... if you knew me in real life, you would be able to see that I've got "Gemini" written all over me and I already said that I identified with both my Venus in Scorpio and my Sun in the 5th house (self expression, creativity). I identify with my 6th house Venus as well, although I think our interpretations are a little bit different (my high standards aren't what I'd consider "practical" but besides that, I think we agree). I never said I didn't identify
at all with my moon sign. I just don't consider it to be the #1 most important factor in my personality, which a lot of people do. I identify more with the fixed, stubborn, steady, strong-willed nature of Taurus more than I do it's earthiness and materialism, for better or for worse, and I think this is because 1. water house... I think this is the main reason 2. water dominant 3. air sun/ascendant/very airy personality 4. the aspects it makes.
That's the other thing about my sidereal chart that doesn't make sense... aside from my Ascendant in Taurus and my Descendant in Scorpio, there are
no fixed signs and my understanding is that the Descendant is more about others than it is about you. Being both a fixed dominant and a water dominant makes sense to me.
I really don't want this conversation to drag on and and on and on and on though because as you can tell, I am stubborn and you seem stubborn too, which tends to make debates (whether we intended this to turn into a debate or not) like this one difficult. I just want to explain myselfff
Anyway, I did agree with what you said about my Taurus moon being passive. Something about waiting around for things rather than chasing after them. Whatever you said exactly, I don't remember but I remember it was very accurate. I also have a very strong sense of smell, which I've read was a Taurus thing, and I tend to be very sensitive to my surrounding environment. I don't consider this to be the defining part of who I am, more just something in the background, but it fits. Also, I looove food, which is also a Taurus thing, but again, if that was my defining personality trait, I'd be a very boring person. Who doesn't like food to some degree? The point is, if I'm really being brutally honest with myself, I can see that I am a slow and steady Taurus deep down, but if asked to describe what kind of person I am, "Taurus" isn't going to be the first thing to come to mind, nor will any traits associated with the sign. Personally, I think this is more due to the moon being in the 12th house rather than it being in a completely different sign. 12th house planets are often said to be hidden from us.
As for being attracted to fire signs, being attracted to something and actually
being something are two different things. It's the lack of fire that draws me to fire. Plus, my Descendant is in the fiery sign of Sagittarius. I might act like a fire sign on paper (impatient, combative, etc.) but in person, I don't have that energy or that enthusiasm or that sense of self-confidence that seem to be apparent in fiery types. Yes, I
do wish I had it but I don't, so naturally, I gravitate towards fiery types to balance myself out, especially being a Libra and all.
My supposed combativeness makes me think Mars in Leo (a fire sign) is a much better fit for me than Mars in the watery sign of Cancer. What gets me more angry than anything else? Being talked down to, or in this case, having someone act like they know me better than I know myself, or maybe from your point of view, being told that I'm wrong (I admit when I'm wrong when I'm wrong but I don't think I'm wrong about my chart), and these are very Leonine themes of pride and ego. Mars in the 3rd house makes sense too, since the 3rd house is communication and I seem to communicate in an aggressive Mars-like way, whether I intend to or not. The 3rd house being the ruled by my Ascendant also makes sense and my mars is square to my moon regardless of what sign it's in.
You say it's difficult for people to analyze their own birth charts, but what makes you think it's not difficult to have someone else's ideas about who you are stubbornly imposed on you? I'm sorry, it's nothing personal but I'm just really wary of anyone thinking that they know more about me than I do myself. I'm sure that's not your intent, but that's how it comes off, when I say something doesn't resonate and you keep repeating it anyway. I mean, you're right...no one can be 100% objective about themselves...but no one is a mind reader either. Other people might better able to describe how you
act, and how you
communicate, but you know more about how you
think and how you
feel. I think this is especially true in this case. You can't know someone well enough to tell them their chart is wrong when you've never even met them once. That's difficult because even if you have met me, I act differently around different people, so differently that one would be unable to imagine how different I could be in another setting, and it's not a choice. It just happens.
To be fair, it makes sense why you'd see me as an Aries moon. It's more the other parts that don't add up, especially if we're going to be using the sidereal as my one and only "real" chart. The Gemini Ascendant, for example, fits me like a glove...except for the fact that I'm reclusive and introverted, but all that can be determined by other factors in my Western chart, like the planets in 12th house/6th house, Taurus/Scorpio axis.
