Is Moon in Aquarius a bad placement in a womans chart?

Haizea said:

I know an Aquarian Moon who is very good at expressing feelings, but has a Cancer Ascendant.

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I also have Aqua Moon and Cancer Asc and I am rather emotional, expressing my feelings and only occasionally shut off emotionally when there are stressful emotions involved, so this detachment serves as self protection. But I am very easy on tears and typical feminine reactions regards to emotions.

Although I tend to have rather dry sense of humor, and can be sarcastic, in mental area and communication.

Baha said:

I'm Libra, Aqua moon and it trines my venus.

I think/feel very warmly but have been told that I'm not. However, I have limits and tend to feel suffocated easily.

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It is interesting that you say think and feel together. That is very telling. Air signs tend to intellectualise everything and an air Moon in particular with the emotions. Can be detached and cool. However Aquarus is an erratic and often cranky and unpredictable Moon when challenged by hard aspects . Family members are sometimes beset with mental problems and can be seen as eccentric. Mother figures in particular can be strange and quirky but interesting and bright.

A trine with Venus gives a more loving and socially adept influence and I imagine you are charming and friendly. Aquarius Moon needs space and a sense of freedom and does not commit easily is my experience. Too much emotional display by others is unsettling.

As a male with an Aquarius Moon, I think Curtis Manwaring described it best:

http://www.zodiac-x-files.com/signs/aquarius-moon.html

The Moon is a wanderer here, peregrine, with no essential dignity. Because this sign has to do with relationship with the masses, this individual usually seeks to belong to a group and draws emotional support from such alliances. Friendships are very important and give the native a feeling of security. Because Saturn is not relenting with regard to emotional matters, this individual may develop a level of detachment after experiencing a lack of emotional feedback in their early years. This is usually a defense mechanism against rejection. Ironically, this individual often attains a state of uniqueness without wishing for it because the Moon is dyadic (contrarial) in nature.

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In a diurnal chart, the heat and dryness create both greater activity with organizations and because of the dryness, a nagging feeling that he/she doesn't truly belong. Emotional detachment is more likely in this case.

In a nocturnal chart, the cool and moistness of the night limits activity and involvment in organizations to just a few important causes. This individual is generally more content with his/her friends and is not as likely to feel shut out or slighted.

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That's why I'd just call the Moon in Aquarius, a sign of the Moon's traditional opposite Saturn, flat out in detriment, though I don't get why the ancients didn't.

I have an Aquarius moon but it conjuncts my Venus and Saturn in the 8th house and squares my Pluto in the 5th house...so no matter how hard I try to hide my emotions, they always come out in this weird emotional verbal vomit or tears or anything of that nature. Though I generally get the whole emotional vomit thing around my male friends, oddly. I'd say my female friends rarely know anything about how I feel but rather what I think about a situation. I tend to only tell all my feelings to male friends. I don't know why, but I'm much more comfortable with having them know than having my female friends know.

I also occasionally tend to be neurotic, thanks to the Pluto/Moon square and my Moon's placement in the 8th house, but usually only in matters of relationships. I'm pretty calm about everything else, or so I'd like to think.

I do sometimes come across as being distant and insensitive, but mostly to friends and family or people I just don't feel like talking to. Not sure why my friends or family would think I'm insensitive. Hah. I don't consider myself insensitive at all, though. I generally think good things about most people I know and try to relate to everyone. I guess I just don't want to let them know that I have feelings too. Haha.

Please bear in mind that women are encouraged to be more expressive and emotional, to reveal their feelings. Quite interesting it is the male infant (before such social programming has kicked in), which is more sensitive to touch and climate change, and much more verbal and his expressive with his needs... it is pretty limiting to both genders/sexes (and to anyone in between), that we continue to operate as if social conditioning is completely predicated by a supposed biological reality.

Anyway,

I guess I'd rather look at this as: "Is an Aquarius Moon a difficult placement? And, given what is expected of women, is having an Aquarius Moon even more difficult for a woman to have?"



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No, I don't think so. In fact, I've noticed that a lot of beautiful women have Moon in Aquarius. Even when they are not especially beautiful, they are still attractive.
And the kind of cool beauty they project is usually very attractive to men, if you ask me.
Aquarius is the sign of popularity, so Moon in Aquarius, in both genders, makes them very fun to have around and appealing etc.
The emotionalism issue would depend on the rest of the chart.

Marilyn Monroe was one, also Vivien Leigh, Diane Keaton, Uma Thurman, Britney Spears, Princess Diana, Sandra Bullock, Jessica Alba, Audrey Tautou, Sophia Loren, Ursula Andress, just a few I found at astrotheme.com

I also know three girls personally, one of which is my mother, all Moons in Aquarius, and all strikingly beautiful.

I used to think that appearance is purely determined by the Ascendant, but now I realized I was wrong.

Aquarius Moon usually produces striking features, like high cheekbones, prominent noses, interesting eye colors. The mouth is small, and normally thin-lipped, though.
It also produces a perfectly oval face, and typically, a slim body, unless the Moon's aspects changes that.
So, overall, the women with this placement may not be the most feminine-looking, but they just might be striking.

Thank you Mantis! Like a true Libra, I read your post and now I'm all full of myself

ooh. Libra, like my mom.

here is a pic of my mom, although she'd probably kill me if she thought I showed her pic on the net, it's in the name of research:

http://www.tribe.net/template/pub,PopPic.vm?picURL=http://images.tribe.net/tribe/upload/photo/da1/f56/da1f5666-032c-4d25-b10b-5973a3967db1&altText=my%20mom

This was at college graduation, when she was 22 or 23.

She is a Libra Sun, Aquarius Moon, Sagittarius Ascendant.

As I said, all the Aqu Moon women I have seen have especially defined cheeks, and relatively bony noses. My mother happens to have a very pretty nose, and a pretty smile, as well.
And, although you can't see it in this pic, she has greenish-blue eyes.

hehe,you look a lot like your mom.
I am also Libra Sun Aqua Moon, but Cancer rising and have to say that I not quite fit the description of this Aqua moon, I am more typical Cancerian look - round face, no cheekbones at all. Even at 110lbs my face looks plump
But how's your mom in those 'motherly' areas - caring, emotional bonding etc... I think that was the question raised in this thread, how does expected emotionality of a woman translates with this Moon position. I have real fears about what type of mother I'm going to be one day, since I can switch my emotions on and off and get very detached easily.

I'm a woman with Moon in Aquarius and Sun in Leo.

I don't think it's necessarily a bad thing. Everyone is different when it comes to their emotions. Guys have preferences in different kinds of women as well.

I'm not really good at comforting people. I REALLY do care, but I can't seem to express it. :| I definitely have problems showing my emotions. I give off a pretty cold vibe. I've been told I look mean and unapproachable. I hate that because I really don't mean to give off that vibe. I am not touchy feely at all, and I am have problems showing affection. I think this partially has to do with my upbringing as well; no one is particularly affectionate at home either. I've never seen my parents hold hands? -__- But, when people get to know me, they usually really enjoy my company. I'm really warmhearted, but it just takes time for people to discover it.

I do like the way I am though. I'm not quite a nurturing female. In fact, I act pretty guy-ish (I assure you I have my womanly side though). BUT, I don't feel like I'm disadvantaged as a woman. I'm just different.

And, I do have somewhat prominent cheekbones. No bony nose though; that's something I want. LOL

MantisReligiosa said:

ooh. Libra, like my mom.

here is a pic of my mom, although she'd probably kill me if she thought I showed her pic on the net, it's in the name of research:


This was at college graduation, when she was 22 or 23.

She is a Libra Sun, Aquarius Moon, Sagittarius Ascendant.

As I said, all the Aqu Moon women I have seen have especially defined cheeks, and relatively bony noses. My mother happens to have a very pretty nose, and a pretty smile, as well.
And, although you can't see it in this pic, she has greenish-blue eyes.

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you should NOT be posting other peoples chart without their permission OR photo's either

i have so much water in my chart i am glad i have moon in aqua
i can stand back and really look at things i think it is a saving grace for me

hermetic said:

hehe,you look a lot like your mom.
I am also Libra Sun Aqua Moon, but Cancer rising and have to say that I not quite fit the description of this Aqua moon, I am more typical Cancerian look - round face, no cheekbones at all. Even at 110lbs my face looks plump
But how's your mom in those 'motherly' areas - caring, emotional bonding etc... I think that was the question raised in this thread, how does expected emotionality of a woman translates with this Moon position. I have real fears about what type of mother I'm going to be one day, since I can switch my emotions on and off and get very detached easily.

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I don't think I look much like my mom. We do have the same smile, though.

I don't quite get how a face can be round without cheekbones. I believe the very definition of a round face implies "widest at the cheekbones", with the width of forehead and jaws closely following.
My mother has a round face, as well. Her cheeks are still high when she's not smiling, but not THAT high.
I believe my face shape is round, as well. Although, I read somewhere that very few faces have a clearly defined face shape. Most faces are in between face shapes. For e.g., Angelina Jolie has an overall oval face, but she has a square jaw, which makes her face seem square in the lower half.

I think I mentioned this in the initial post, anyway, but if I didn't, I'll say it here that I am convinced aspects to the Asc and luminaries make a great difference.
For instance, my chart is about 70% Mutable energy, my Sun is in Pisces, Moon is in Gemini, Asc is in Virgo.
You'd be inclined to think that makes me very fragile-looking and petite, maybe. But I'm not.
Well, one thing I am is short. But I not "petite" at all. Having a Moon-Mars-Jupiter multiple conjunction, nearly exact, plus Sun conjunct Venus, both opposite Asc give me a robust, nearly square body, with broad shoulders, wide hips, generally a robust body frame, plus a relatively wide face, with wide jaws. And, as a bonus, have had trouble keeping my weight down all of my life. Am struggling as we speak.
I blame all of those on the oppositions to my asc and conjunctions to my Moon.


But, anyway, about my mom..she was not your typical mom, I guess. But she was alright.
I resented her a long time because she chose to continue working after I turned 9 months old, so I'd only see her from 5 pm onwards.
I guess she was not very present emotionally/psychologically, but she did teach me some things that I believe typical mothers couldn't.
She taught me to think logically, basically, and develop my speaking skills. She did spend time explaining the world to me when I was a small child.
I spoke my first sentence when I was just 4 months old.
Her Moon is tightly trine my Moon-Mars-Jupiter conjunction in Gemini, so we get along quite well.

I don't quite get how a face can be round without cheekbones. I believe the very definition of a round face implies "widest at the cheekbones", with the width of forehead and jaws closely following.

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I'm talking *shape of face* not cheekbones...

Here is a link to someone who wrote about this Moon.


http://planetwaves.net/astrology/aquariusmoon.html


I am always rerminded by something poignant Temple Grandin said and yes you guessed it, she had this Moon too - she used to watch the way people interracted when socialising when in groups, she could see the way people linked, behaved - but she couldn't keep to the rhythm herself. She danced to a different drum.

She always called herself an anthropologist from Mars.

If she had known astrology, she probably would have said 'Uranus' of course.

It sounds about right anyway.

An old friend and my husband's daughter have their moon in Aquarius. Although I personally find them emotionally remote, they always seem to have lots of friends, and no trouble making new ones.

The thing about any Aquarius placement, though, is not to blame it for not being warm and fuzzy. Leave that to the Cancerians!

Having the soul (Moon) of Aquarius means being receptive to fast, "out there" frequencies. ... Those with the Moon in Aquarius seem to have access to the mysteries of the universe through their inner lives. Their emotional detachment keeps them cool in crises but can make them as remote as a distant galaxy.