The Moon is the teacher of feelings, needs and habits. The sign it sits in is the energy you bring to them, and it shows what you need in order to feel safe.
Moon in Aries
Cardinal fire
Feels first and fast. Emotions arrive quickly, burn bright and pass. Needs independence and action to settle, and can be short on patience when upset.
Lesson: Staying with a feeling long enough to understand it.
Moon in Taurus
Fixed earth
Needs steadiness. Feels safest with routine, comfort and familiar people, and is slow to be moved and slow to let go.
Lesson: Telling comfort from holding on.
Moon in Gemini
Mutable air
Works through feelings by talking and thinking. Needs variety and something to be curious about, and moods shift quickly.
Lesson: Feeling a feeling, not only describing it.
Moon in Cancer
Cardinal water
At home in the Moon's own sign. Feelings run deep and close to the surface. Needs a safe base and close people, remembers everything and protects what it loves.
Lesson: Letting go of the past, and letting others care for them too.
Moon in Leo
Fixed fire
Needs to be seen and warmly welcomed. Generous, loyal, dramatic feelings, and hurt shows as pride.
Lesson: Feeling secure without applause.
Moon in Virgo
Mutable earth
Settles through usefulness and order. Shows care by helping, and worries when uneasy.
Lesson: Letting a feeling be imperfect without fixing it.
Moon in Libra
Cardinal air
Needs harmony, company and fairness. Uneasy in conflict and quick to smooth things over.
Lesson: Voicing their own needs, not only keeping the peace.
Moon in Scorpio
Fixed water
Feels intensely and privately. Needs trust and honesty, and is slow to open and loyal once they do.
Lesson: Letting someone in, and letting go of old hurts.
Moon in Sagittarius
Mutable fire
Needs freedom, honesty and meaning. Hopeful and restless, and feels better moving or learning than sitting still.
Lesson: Staying with closeness instead of escaping it.
Moon in Capricorn
Cardinal earth
Reserved with feelings. Feels safe when responsible and in control, and shows care through reliability.
Lesson: Letting themselves be looked after.
Moon in Aquarius
Fixed air
Needs space and friendship. Steps back from a feeling to understand it, and is warm towards causes and groups but cooler in close emotion.
Lesson: Letting closeness in without losing independence.
Moon in Pisces
Mutable water
Absorbs other people's feelings. Empathic, intuitive and imaginative, and needs quiet to recover.
Lesson: Telling their feelings from other people's.