The Moon is an Important Planet

In astrology, the Moon is not only considered one of the planets, but because of its proximity to the Earth, its importance is second  only to the Sun in a person’s horoscope chart. The Moon’s gravitational pull produces the ebb and flow of the tides. The enchanted astrologers of old associated the Moon with our emotions, our emotional intelligence, our intuition, and the communication of all of these things, which also ebb and flow. The rapid, regular passage of the Moon through the twelve signs of the zodiac is the reason it is related to our habits. Because the Moon changes shape from Full to New on a schedule so close to that of a woman’s menstrual cycle, the Moon is associated with women, fertility, planting, childbirth, mothering, and nurturing in general. It also rules the relationship between a mother and her children, symbolized by the Moon watching over the Earth.