Aquarius Moon sign
An Aquarius Moon sign means the Moon was in Aquarius when you were born. It crosses the sign in about two and a half days, roughly once a month. This page says what the tradition makes of it, how it mixes with each Sun sign, and when the next six crossings are.
- Ruled by Saturn, and by Uranus in modern astrology
- No dignity for the Moon here
- About two and a half days a month
The Moon in Aquarius
Alan Leo, Astrology for All, 1899. Public domain, and the full text is readable online.
Aquarius Moon personality
Friendly with everyone, close with few, and drawn to whatever is unusual.
- GiftsHumaneBroad, humanitarian sympathies, sociable and imaginative, with sharpened intuition. Leo links this Moon with astrology, dreams, visions and anything original or novel.
- StrugglesTornWants the good opinion of others, yet can be very independent and unconventional. Leo also counts it slightly unfavourable for the health, especially the nerves.
Leo connects this position to astrology itself, and to dreaming, visions, mysticism and the occult generally. Subjects that are unusual, original, eccentric and novel attract the native, who may join a secret or mystical society, or a brotherhood of some kind.
He calls the sympathies broad and humanitarian. Such a person fraternises easily with congenial people and is usually found inside some club, society or group of the like minded, with an inclination for political, educational and scientific work. He notes the contradiction plainly: sociable and wanting the good opinion of others, and at the same time very independent and unwilling to do things the ordinary way.
The Moon is one placement among many. See your whole birth chart, free, on Natal Chart Maker.
Alan Leo, Astrology for All, 1899, the chapter on the Sun and Moon combined
An Aquarius Moon with each Sun sign
Alan Leo read the Moon together with the Sun. Find your Sun sign below.
Aries Sun, Aquarius Moon
Brings out the best of this Moon: original, at times eccentric, clear minded and well spoken. Independent yet good with people, and fortunate with groups, public bodies and help from friends.
Taurus Sun, Aquarius Moon
A practical pair: careful, prudent and reserved, honest and refined. Industrious, persevering and successful, though it leans towards eccentricity and can turn very self-centred.
Gemini Sun, Aquarius Moon
A very good pair, both air, with much mental and physical activity. Good judges of character, easy with strangers and drawn to metaphysics. Success comes through cooperation, science and art.
Cancer Sun, Aquarius Moon
Not very harmonious, but tactful, careful and diplomatic, with ability for associations, public life and painting. Leo says it fits the life for outward things more than the inner world.
Leo Sun, Aquarius Moon
Equal to the Moon opposite the Sun: the personality reaches out to many people without much discrimination. Intuitive, a quick judge of people, refined and strong willed, with marked occult leanings.
Virgo Sun, Aquarius Moon
Sharpens intuition and psychic impressions, yet works along practical lines, with a head for trading with large companies. Discriminating, reserved, a good judge of people, and curious about psychic matters.
Libra Sun, Aquarius Moon
A very harmonious pair, both air. Kind, gentle and humane, with fine foresight in humanitarian work, large businesses and public companies, and a mind able to concentrate.
Scorpio Sun, Aquarius Moon
Suited to government work and large concerns. Conservative and proud, with keen desires, a love of appearances, wealth and grandeur, and some love of the mysterious.
Sagittarius Sun, Aquarius Moon
Quickens the intuition and gives ability with crowds, associations and public bodies. Good for commerce or any role in the public eye, though there is a risk of overwork.
Capricorn Sun, Aquarius Moon
Splendid organising ability and success in very large undertakings. Perceptive and intuitive, reading character accurately, and getting on in life through careful forethought.
Aquarius Sun, Aquarius Moon
Refined, discreet and careful in thought, with a clear, bright intellect. Leo says it tones down the self-centredness of having both lights in one sign.
Pisces Sun, Aquarius Moon
Intuitive, with ability for business on a large scale where intuition can be used. Quiet, retiring and harmless, and in many ways a good pair.
Alan Leo wrote this in 1899, and a whole chart says far more than two placements. See your Sun and Moon together, free.
The doctrine of dignities, standard in Western astrology since the Hellenistic period
Where the tradition places it
The tradition gives the Moon no special strength or weakness here.
There are only four signs where the Moon has a formal dignity. It rules Cancer, is exalted in Taurus, is in detriment in Capricorn and is in fall in Scorpio. In the other eight, including this one, the tradition treats it as a guest that takes the colour of the house it is standing in.
So the reading of these days comes from the sign itself rather than from the Moon's standing in it, which is what the section below sets out.
The doctrine of the elements and the modes, and habit built on top of it
What these days are used for
Friends, groups and the unusual idea.
- AirBetween peopleAir moves between people. The tradition gives these days to talking, writing, arranging and deciding, and warns that nothing feels settled while they last.
- FixedHoldingA fixed sign sits in the middle of a season, so the days are read as holding: the impulse is to keep what is already there.
The tradition gives these days to company that is chosen rather than inherited, and to problems that want an odd solution.
This is tradition and habit, not a measured effect. It is here because it is what the sources say, and each part carries the name of the source it came from.
The next six Aquarius Moons
| Enters Aquarius | Time | Leaves for Pisces | Time | Stays |
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The three that come up most
Questions people ask
What does an Aquarius Moon sign mean?
That the Moon was in Aquarius at the moment you were born. In astrology the Moon stands for feelings and instinct, so an Aquarius Moon is read as a sociable, humane and independent emotional nature, drawn to the unusual.
How long is the Moon in Aquarius?
About two and a half days each month. The exact length changes a little because the Moon's speed changes, and the table above gives the real figure for each crossing.
Is an Aquarius Moon the same as being an Aquarius?
No. An Aquarius Sun means the Sun was in Aquarius at your birth, which is late January to late February. An Aquarius Moon can happen in any month of the year.
Does the Moon sign depend on where I was born?
The sign itself is the same everywhere at the same moment, because it is measured from the centre of the Earth. What changes with your place is the local clock time it starts and ends, which is exactly what decides your sign if you were born near a crossing.
Positions and times are calculated in your browser with an open astronomy library and match published ephemerides to the minute. The birth chart reading is written from Alan Leo, Astrology for All, 1899, which is in the public domain. The dignities and the doctrine of the elements are standard traditional astrology. Tradition is labelled as tradition throughout, and the sources page sets out what is calculated and what is not.