The Moon in Sagittarius
The Moon crosses Sagittarius in about two and a half days, roughly once a month. This page says what the tradition makes of that position and gives the exact local times of the next six crossings.
- Ruled by Jupiter
- No dignity for the Moon here
- About two and a half days a month
The Moon in Sagittarius
Alan Leo, Astrology for All, 1899. Public domain, and the full text is readable online.
In a birth chart
Restless indoors, and sincere to the point of bluntness.
Leo describes a quick, restless and unsettled manner in body or mind: active, fond of exercise, sport and athletics, a quick walker and worker, inclined to travel and to change address often. The disposition he calls sincere and honourable, kindly and good humoured.
He makes more of the religious side here than anywhere else. The native believes sincerely even when the belief is unorthodox, has a natural turn for teaching or preaching, and something of the prophet in them. He mentions increased intuition, a tendency to vivid dreaming, and a possible gift such as clairvoyance.
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
Travel, teaching, and saying the true thing plainly.
- FireOutwardFire moves outward. The tradition gives these days to starting things, to saying them out loud, and to spending energy rather than saving it.
- MutableTurningA mutable sign ends a season, so the days are read as turning: the impulse is to change, to sort, and to let go.
The tradition gives these days to distance and to open questions, and reads indoor confinement as harder to bear while they last.
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 Sagittarius Moons
| Enters Sagittarius | Time | Leaves for Capricorn | Time | Stays |
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The three that come up most
Questions people ask
How long is the Moon in Sagittarius?
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 a Sagittarius Moon the same as being a Sagittarius?
No. A Sagittarius Sun means the Sun was in Sagittarius at your birth, which is late November to late December. A Sagittarius 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.