The Moon in Astrology: Meanings and Uses

Episode 294 features a discussion with astrologer Israel Ajose about the meaning of the Moon in astrology, and some different techniques that incorporate the Moon in the western astrological tradition.

This is the first in a series of new episodes on the significations of each of the planets, and I decided to start with the Moon because it is the closest celestial body to Earth.

In order to ground the episode in the astrological tradition we read through several different passages from ancient and modern astrologers to see how they described the meaning of the Moon in astrology.

We then used this as a jumping off point for further discussions, and in order to look at some of the different techniques that use the Moon as their focal point in western astrology.

The passages that we read from different astrologers include Vettius Valens, William Lilly, Reinhold Ebertin, Robert Hand, Richard Tarnas, and Demetra George.

Israel Ajose is a practicing astrologer from the UK, and is the President of the Astrological Lodge of London, which is the oldest astrological society in the English-speaking world, having been founded in 1915 by Alan and Bessie Leo.

Israel previously appeared on episode 213 of The Astrology Podcast where I interviewed him about the Astrological Lodge in person while on a trip to Europe.

You can find out more about Israel on his website:

SacredPlanets.com

Follow Israel on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and his YouTube channel.

This episode is available in audio and video versions below.

Timestamps

Here are some timestamps for topics covered at different points in the episode:

00:00:00 Intro

00:06:49 Moon sign vs Sun sign

00:10:11 Rising sign vs Sun sign

00:13:10 Earthiness of the Moon

00:17:10 7 spheres diagram

00:20:26 Causal influences of moon

00:24:24 Moon glyph and dignity scheme

00:26:20 Valens’ Moon significations

00:33:23 Moon in Thema Mundi

00:34:30 Joy of Moon in 3rd house

00:37:52 Moon and mother

00:40:09 Body parts and the moon

00:42:12 Israel’s natal chart

00:43:00 Night charts and the moon

00:49:26 Domicile rulerships

00:51:00 The Moon as receptor

00:56:23 Possessions and fortune

01:02:10 Valens 3rd house significations

01:08:26 Mother figures and the Moon

01:11:20 William Lilly moon significations

01:16:30 Condition of the Moon

01:20:15 Moon Phases

01:26:30 Application and separation of the Moon

01:29:30 Void of Course

01:43:20 Paulus Alexandrinus on separation and application

01:46:30 More on Void of Course

01:54:50 Moon phases in the birth chart

02:01:21 Eclipses

02:05:21 Reinhold Ebertin significations

02:07:24 Moon and the Soul

02:11:28 More Ebertin significations

02:20:45 Moon and Women

02:23:45 Robert Hand significations

02:27:21 Jung and Freud

02:30:40 Richard Tarnas significations

02:42:00 Demetra George significations

02:48:00 Secondary progressed moon

02:52:33 7 Ages of Man and lunar ascendant

02:55:42 Moon sign horoscopes

02:58:46 Israel’s 11th house moon

03:00:44 Astrological Lodge of London