Moon aspects

What the tradition holds about the Moon at an angle to each of the other bodies. An aspect on its own is geometry; what the older sources actually discuss is a particular pair at a particular angle, and they treat each one as its own subject.

40 pairings curated here, each traced to a work and a page you can open for free. 40 also have a longer piece on what the pairing looks like in a life. Anything involving Pluto is absent and will stay absent: it was discovered in 1930, after every work this site is able to cite.

Moon and Sun

Sun conjunct Moon· also written Moon conjunct Sun: A Sun–Moon conjunction is the new moon, so this is a birth within about a day of one. One 1918 reading holds the sign the two lights share to be so strongly marked in the person that even a careful astrologer may mistake it for the rising sign.; What this looks like in a life; Alan Leo, How to Judge a Nativity (1912; pages from the 1928 printing at archive.org/details/howtojudgenativi00leoa), ch. IV, pp. 39–40Max Heindel, The Message of the Stars (1918, at archive.org/details/messageofstarses00heiniala), pp. 157–158
Sun sextile Moon· also written Moon sextile Sun: Sixty degrees apart — roughly five days past the new moon. A good aspect between the lights is associated with paternal harmony and the favour of the family, of superiors and of employers.; What this looks like in a life; Alan Leo, How to Judge a Nativity (1912; pages from the 1928 printing at archive.org/details/howtojudgenativi00leoa), ch. IV, pp. 39–40Alan Leo, How to Judge a Nativity (1912; pages from the 1928 printing at archive.org/details/howtojudgenativi00leoa), p. 153
Sun square Moon· also written Moon square Sun: Ninety degrees apart — a birth at the first or last quarter moon. One 1918 source reads a square or opposition between the lights as a vacillating, changeable disposition — rash to plunge into untried ventures, without the persistence or continuity of purpose to carry anything to a successful conclusion.; What this looks like in a life; Alan Leo, How to Judge a Nativity (1912; pages from the 1928 printing at archive.org/details/howtojudgenativi00leoa), ch. IV, pp. 39–40Max Heindel, The Message of the Stars (1918, at archive.org/details/messageofstarses00heiniala), p. 232
Sun trine Moon· also written Moon trine Sun: A third of the circle apart, about ten days past the new moon. A good aspect between the lights is associated with good home conditions and esteem in the community, and is said to favour a rise in life on the strength of the person's innate ability.; What this looks like in a life; Alan Leo, How to Judge a Nativity (1912; pages from the 1928 printing at archive.org/details/howtojudgenativi00leoa), ch. IV, pp. 39–40Max Heindel, The Message of the Stars (1918, at archive.org/details/messageofstarses00heiniala), p. 232
Sun opposite Moon· also written Moon opposite Sun: A Sun–Moon opposition is the full moon, so this is a birth at or near one. One 1918 source reads a square or opposition between the lights as a vacillating, changeable disposition — rash to plunge into untried ventures, without the persistence or continuity of purpose to carry anything to a successful conclusion.; What this looks like in a life; Alan Leo, How to Judge a Nativity (1912; pages from the 1928 printing at archive.org/details/howtojudgenativi00leoa), ch. IV, pp. 39–40Max Heindel, The Message of the Stars (1918, at archive.org/details/messageofstarses00heiniala), p. 232

Moon and Mercury

Moon conjunct Mercury: One 1918 source groups the conjunction with the parallel, sextile and trine, and reads the group as a receptive mind and a retentive memory — two qualities it calls very rare, and good indications of success in life, most of all in literary, clerical or travelling work. It rates the sextile and trine highest on that count. The same source holds that, without some steadying influence elsewhere, such people are not reliable, changing their minds repeatedly and in the most unexpected manner; it reads them as looking on the bright side of life, and as fond of pleasure and of travel.; What this looks like in a life; Max Heindel, The Message of the Stars (1918, at archive.org/details/messageofstarses00heiniala), p. 234Max Heindel, The Message of the Stars (1918, at archive.org/details/messageofstarses00heiniala), p. 234
Moon sextile Mercury: Sixty degrees apart. One 1918 source takes the sextile with the conjunction and trine as giving a receptive mind and a retentive memory, and singles out the sextile and trine as good indications of success in life — especially in what it calls the mercurial occupations, literary, clerical or travelling. The same source qualifies this: unless something steadier sits elsewhere in the chart, such people are not reliable, changing their minds repeatedly and unexpectedly. It reads them as fond of pleasure, and of travel in particular.; What this looks like in a life; Max Heindel, The Message of the Stars (1918, at archive.org/details/messageofstarses00heiniala), p. 234Max Heindel, The Message of the Stars (1918, at archive.org/details/messageofstarses00heiniala), p. 234
Moon square Mercury: Ninety degrees apart. One 1918 source treats the square together with the opposition, and reads the pair as a poor memory and an unsteady mind, with a tendency to indecision and worry. It holds that these characteristics make the person unpopular, and — in its own phrase — that the person is reckoned “unlucky”.; What this looks like in a life; Max Heindel, The Message of the Stars (1918, at archive.org/details/messageofstarses00heiniala), pp. 234–235
Moon trine Mercury: A third of the circle apart. One 1918 source reads a receptive mind and a retentive memory here, calling both qualities very rare, and counts the trine — with the sextile — as a good indication of success in life, particularly in literary, clerical or travelling work. It attaches the same caution it attaches to the whole group: without some steadying influence these people are not reliable, and change their minds repeatedly in the most unexpected manner. It describes them as looking on the bright side, and as fond of travel.; What this looks like in a life; Max Heindel, The Message of the Stars (1918, at archive.org/details/messageofstarses00heiniala), p. 234Max Heindel, The Message of the Stars (1918, at archive.org/details/messageofstarses00heiniala), p. 234
Moon opposite Mercury: A hundred and eighty degrees apart. One 1918 source treats the opposition together with the square, and gives the pair a poor memory and a lack of mental steadiness, with a tendency toward indecision and worry. It reads those characteristics as making the person unpopular, and reckoned “unlucky” in the ordinary phrase.; What this looks like in a life; Max Heindel, The Message of the Stars (1918, at archive.org/details/messageofstarses00heiniala), pp. 234–235

Moon and Venus

Moon conjunct Venus: One 1918 source groups the conjunction with the parallel, sextile and trine, and reads the group as oratorical ability with a fruitful imagination, and a love of pleasure, music and art. It describes an engaging personality — kindly, affectionate and sympathetic, and very attractive to the opposite sex — and counts the whole group as tending toward general success in life.; What this looks like in a life; Max Heindel, The Message of the Stars (1918, at archive.org/details/messageofstarses00heiniala), p. 233
Moon sextile Venus: Sixty degrees apart. One 1918 source takes the sextile with the conjunction and trine, and gives them oratorical ability and a fruitful imagination together with a love of pleasure, music and art. It calls the personality engaging, kindly, affectionate and sympathetic, and very attractive to the opposite sex, and holds that these aspects tend toward general success in life.; What this looks like in a life; Max Heindel, The Message of the Stars (1918, at archive.org/details/messageofstarses00heiniala), p. 233
Moon square Venus: Ninety degrees apart. One 1918 source treats the square with the opposition, and reads the pair as a liability to slander and public scandal. It holds the person to be fickle and inconstant in their affections, and sensual by nature — inclined, in its own image, to flit from flower to flower with little regard for the sorrows caused by playing with other people's hearts.; What this looks like in a life; Max Heindel, The Message of the Stars (1918, at archive.org/details/messageofstarses00heiniala), pp. 233–234
Moon trine Venus: A third of the circle apart. One 1918 source reads oratorical ability and a fruitful imagination here, with a love of pleasure, music and art. It describes an engaging personality, very attractive to the opposite sex because kindly, affectionate and sympathetic, and counts the trine — with the conjunction and sextile — as tending toward general success in life.; What this looks like in a life; Max Heindel, The Message of the Stars (1918, at archive.org/details/messageofstarses00heiniala), p. 233
Moon opposite Venus: A hundred and eighty degrees apart. One 1918 source treats the opposition together with the square, and gives the pair a liability to slander and public scandal. It reads the person as fickle and inconstant in their affections, of a sensual nature, moving from one attachment to the next without much regard for the sorrow that causes.; What this looks like in a life; Max Heindel, The Message of the Stars (1918, at archive.org/details/messageofstarses00heiniala), pp. 233–234

Moon and Mars

Moon conjunct Mars: One 1918 source treats the conjunction on its own rather than grouping it. It reads the pairing as making the person very impulsive in mind, and gives it a very bad temper — though not so bad, it says, as the square or opposition. It describes the nature as very restless and unsettled, on the reasoning that the combination is like mixing fire and water.; What this looks like in a life; Max Heindel, The Message of the Stars (1918, at archive.org/details/messageofstarses00heiniala), p. 239
Moon sextile Mars: Sixty degrees apart. One 1918 source groups the sextile with the trine and reads the power of endurance as increased to a maximum. It describes a resolute, courageous, energetic and ambitious mind of a resourceful and eminently constructive turn, quick in decision without being precipitate, and holds that such a person gains the confidence and esteem of others because of it.; What this looks like in a life; Max Heindel, The Message of the Stars (1918, at archive.org/details/messageofstarses00heiniala), pp. 238–239
Moon square Mars: Ninety degrees apart. One 1918 source treats the square with the opposition, and reads a very quick temper, with hasty and impulsive speech and acts that it says may cause the person a great deal of sorrow and trouble. It describes such people as resenting rules and regulations, and as very domineering and exacting when they are the ones in authority.; What this looks like in a life; Max Heindel, The Message of the Stars (1918, at archive.org/details/messageofstarses00heiniala), pp. 239–240
Moon trine Mars: A third of the circle apart. One 1918 source takes the trine with the sextile, and reads the power of endurance as increased to a maximum. It gives a resolute, courageous, energetic and ambitious mind, resourceful and eminently constructive in turn, and quick in decision without being rash — and it credits that combination with winning the confidence and esteem of others.; What this looks like in a life; Max Heindel, The Message of the Stars (1918, at archive.org/details/messageofstarses00heiniala), pp. 238–239
Moon opposite Mars: A hundred and eighty degrees apart. One 1918 source treats the opposition together with the square, giving a very quick temper and a tendency to hasty or impulsive expression and acts that may bring the person a great deal of sorrow and trouble. It reads such people as resenting rules and regulations, and as domineering and exacting in their demands for obedience when they hold authority themselves.; What this looks like in a life; Max Heindel, The Message of the Stars (1918, at archive.org/details/messageofstarses00heiniala), pp. 239–240

Moon and Jupiter

Moon conjunct Jupiter: One 1918 source groups the conjunction with the sextile and trine and reads them as an optimistic, noble and generous disposition — an open-hearted honesty, fairness and friendliness that makes such people universally popular, with lofty ideals and a fruitful imagination. It calls this one of the best aspects in the gamut.; What this looks like in a life; Max Heindel, The Message of the Stars (1918, at archive.org/details/messageofstarses00heiniala), pp. 296–297
Moon sextile Jupiter: Sixty degrees apart. One 1918 source groups the conjunction with the sextile and trine and reads them as an optimistic, noble and generous disposition — an open-hearted honesty, fairness and friendliness that makes such people universally popular, with lofty ideals and a fruitful imagination. It calls this one of the best aspects in the gamut.; What this looks like in a life; Max Heindel, The Message of the Stars (1918, at archive.org/details/messageofstarses00heiniala), pp. 296–297
Moon square Jupiter: Ninety degrees apart. One 1918 source treats the square with the opposition and reads them as impairing the reasoning faculties, bringing trouble through a lack of forethought, through indecision, or through dishonesty. It finds such people too fond of ostentation and display, and expects slander to follow.; What this looks like in a life; Max Heindel, The Message of the Stars (1918, at archive.org/details/messageofstarses00heiniala), pp. 297–298
Moon trine Jupiter: A third of the circle apart. One 1918 source groups the conjunction with the sextile and trine and reads them as an optimistic, noble and generous disposition — an open-hearted honesty, fairness and friendliness that makes such people universally popular, with lofty ideals and a fruitful imagination. It calls this one of the best aspects in the gamut.; What this looks like in a life; Max Heindel, The Message of the Stars (1918, at archive.org/details/messageofstarses00heiniala), pp. 296–297
Moon opposite Jupiter: A hundred and eighty degrees apart. One 1918 source treats the square with the opposition and reads them as impairing the reasoning faculties, bringing trouble through a lack of forethought, through indecision, or through dishonesty. It finds such people too fond of ostentation and display, and expects slander to follow.; What this looks like in a life; Max Heindel, The Message of the Stars (1918, at archive.org/details/messageofstarses00heiniala), pp. 297–298

Moon and Saturn

Moon conjunct Saturn: One 1918 source declines to class this as simply a bad aspect where the mind is concerned: it holds that the conjunction deepens the mind and gives greater power of concentration, and that where Saturn is strong by sign and the Moon otherwise well aspected it lends Saturn's virtues rather than its difficulties.; What this looks like in a life; Max Heindel, The Message of the Stars (1918, at archive.org/details/messageofstarses00heiniala), p. 268
Moon sextile Saturn: Sixty degrees apart. One 1918 source groups the sextile with the trine and reads them as lending the mind the best of Saturn's qualities: self-reliant, serious, sober and systematic, succeeding through tactful and diplomatic dealing, reasonable and trustworthy in matters of honour and justice, and well thought of in the community for it. It calls their patience and persistence inexhaustible.; What this looks like in a life; Max Heindel, The Message of the Stars (1918, at archive.org/details/messageofstarses00heiniala), pp. 267–268
Moon square Saturn: Ninety degrees apart. One 1918 source treats the square with the opposition and calls it one of the signatures of sorrow: a mind made melancholy and full of worry, carrying an atmosphere of gloom, and — since it holds that thoughts are things — bringing delays and disappointments in every department of life. It expects difficulty from the people and things it assigns to Saturn, probably parents.; What this looks like in a life; Max Heindel, The Message of the Stars (1918, at archive.org/details/messageofstarses00heiniala), pp. 268–269
Moon trine Saturn: A third of the circle apart. One 1918 source groups the sextile with the trine and reads them as lending the mind the best of Saturn's qualities: self-reliant, serious, sober and systematic, succeeding through tactful and diplomatic dealing, reasonable and trustworthy in matters of honour and justice, and well thought of in the community for it. It calls their patience and persistence inexhaustible.; What this looks like in a life; Max Heindel, The Message of the Stars (1918, at archive.org/details/messageofstarses00heiniala), pp. 267–268
Moon opposite Saturn: A hundred and eighty degrees apart. One 1918 source treats the square with the opposition and calls it one of the signatures of sorrow: a mind made melancholy and full of worry, carrying an atmosphere of gloom, and — since it holds that thoughts are things — bringing delays and disappointments in every department of life. It expects difficulty from the people and things it assigns to Saturn, probably parents.; What this looks like in a life; Max Heindel, The Message of the Stars (1918, at archive.org/details/messageofstarses00heiniala), pp. 268–269

Moon and Uranus

Moon conjunct Uranus: No source before the 20th century treats this pair; Uranus was discovered in 1781. One 1918 source reads the conjunction as giving the same turn of mind as it gives the good aspects — originality and independence, quick and intuitive, with a vivid imagination and a pull toward the occult — but says those tendencies are not so pronounced here.; What this looks like in a life; Max Heindel, The Message of the Stars (1918, at archive.org/details/messageofstarses00heiniala), p. 371Max Heindel, The Message of the Stars (1918, at archive.org/details/messageofstarses00heiniala), p. 371
Moon sextile Uranus: No source before the 20th century treats this pair; Uranus was discovered in 1781. One 1918 source groups the sextile with the trine and reads them as great originality and independence of mind — quick, intuitive, vivid in imagination, and inventive with it. It holds such people drawn to the occult, and credits them with the intuition to study and practise astrology.; What this looks like in a life; Max Heindel, The Message of the Stars (1918, at archive.org/details/messageofstarses00heiniala), p. 371
Moon square Uranus: No source before the 20th century treats this pair; Uranus was discovered in 1781. One 1918 source treats the square with the opposition and is unsparing: erratic and touchy to a degree, it says — a walking powder magazine ready to explode at any moment — overbearing, conceited and intolerant, and shunned by anyone able to avoid them. It expects them to keep no position long, as employer or as employee.; What this looks like in a life; Max Heindel, The Message of the Stars (1918, at archive.org/details/messageofstarses00heiniala), p. 372
Moon trine Uranus: No source before the 20th century treats this pair; Uranus was discovered in 1781. One 1918 source groups the sextile with the trine and reads them as great originality and independence of mind — quick, intuitive, vivid in imagination, and inventive with it. It holds such people drawn to the occult, and credits them with the intuition to study and practise astrology.; What this looks like in a life; Max Heindel, The Message of the Stars (1918, at archive.org/details/messageofstarses00heiniala), p. 371
Moon opposite Uranus: No source before the 20th century treats this pair; Uranus was discovered in 1781. One 1918 source treats the opposition with the square and is unsparing: erratic and touchy to a degree, it says — a walking powder magazine ready to explode at any moment — overbearing, conceited and intolerant, shunned by anyone able to avoid them. It holds that nobody can work for such a person as an employer and nobody will have them as an employee.; What this looks like in a life; Max Heindel, The Message of the Stars (1918, at archive.org/details/messageofstarses00heiniala), p. 372

Moon and Neptune

Moon conjunct Neptune: No source before the 20th century treats this pair; Neptune was discovered in 1846. One 1918 source reads the conjunction as indicating the same strong psychic faculties it attributes to the good aspects of this pair.; What this looks like in a life; Max Heindel, The Message of the Stars (1918, at archive.org/details/messageofstarses00heiniala), p. 243
Moon sextile Neptune: No source before the 20th century treats this pair; Neptune was discovered in 1846. One 1918 source groups the sextile with the trine and reads them as increasing the faculty of imagination to a superlative point. It credits ability in the occult arts and success in practising them, describes the nature as exceedingly inspirational, and calls the disposition kind and sympathetic.; What this looks like in a life; Max Heindel, The Message of the Stars (1918, at archive.org/details/messageofstarses00heiniala), pp. 242–243
Moon square Neptune: No source before the 20th century treats this pair; Neptune was discovered in 1846. One 1918 source treats the square with the opposition, and reads soul qualities similar to those it gives the good aspects — but holds that under these configurations the person is of a negative nature, and apt to become the prey of spirit-controls and subject to mediumship.; What this looks like in a life; Max Heindel, The Message of the Stars (1918, at archive.org/details/messageofstarses00heiniala), p. 243
Moon trine Neptune: No source before the 20th century treats this pair; Neptune was discovered in 1846. One 1918 source takes the trine with the sextile, and reads the faculty of imagination as increased to a superlative point. It indicates ability in the occult arts and success in their practice, on the grounds that the nature becomes exceedingly inspirational, and it calls the disposition kind and sympathetic.; What this looks like in a life; Max Heindel, The Message of the Stars (1918, at archive.org/details/messageofstarses00heiniala), pp. 242–243
Moon opposite Neptune: No source before the 20th century treats this pair; Neptune was discovered in 1846. One 1918 source treats the opposition together with the square. It reads soul qualities much like those it gives the good aspects, but holds that under these configurations the person is of a negative nature, and apt to become the prey of spirit-controls and subject to mediumship.; What this looks like in a life; Max Heindel, The Message of the Stars (1918, at archive.org/details/messageofstarses00heiniala), p. 243

Which of these you have

The birth chart page works out every aspect in your own chart from your date, time and place of birth, and shows the entry below the matching row. Nothing is transmitted; it is calculated on your device.

For what the five angles are — the geometry, the orbs, and which pairs can never form which aspects — see aspects.