Astrologically speaking, Moon signs can be much more interesting than Sun signs.

Sun signs deal more with the external identity of a person, the energy they radiate to the world around them. 

Moon signs deal with the emotional identity; emotions dictate what you manifest into your life. Moon signs show the energy that you pull in from the world, and how your relationships work.

The secret to manifesting your dreams is your emotion. Emotion is the charge which empowers your intention, positive or negative.

Your state of feeling is important when attempting to manifest anything positive into your life.

If you would like to easily understand your birth chart or gain a deeper understanding of your psychological tendencies, consider an in-depth natal chart analysis.

If you know your Moon sign, find unique perspectives into your personality and avenues for healing below:

Aries Moon

Aries Moons are playful, childlike, idealistic, and open-minded to matters of the heart – and often adventurous in bed. In a relationship, you brighten the life of your partner, bringing laughter, adventure, and a sense of joie de vive to you both…as long as you are balanced and healthy.

An imbalanced stressed, depressed, or ill – Aries Moon can be impulsive, self-absorbed (unable to put yourself in anyone else’s shoes, unable to understand why they are upset with you,) quick to argue over just about anything, and prone to sulking.

Healing – to heal a Moon Aries’ heart, invoke the ideals of childhood. Fingerpaint, color with crayons, run for the fun of it, play at a park, climb trees, play in the mud – or at the very least, give yourself a day of absolutely no pressure, during which you can recharge and get some perspective on whatever is bothering you.

Moon Aries have to learn how to be a grown-up without sacrificing their childlike way of seeing the world. They have to learn how to be true to their own hearts while still being considerate of their loved ones.

Taurus Moon

Taurus Moons are affectionate, dependable, loyal, and nurturing to their loved ones. In a relationship, you are slow to make up your mind, but once you’ve made your decision, it’s difficult for you or anyone else to change it. You love beauty and romance, serenity, and creature comforts. A small intimate dinner party is more your cup of tea than a huge shebang.

Imbalanced Taurus Moons are rare. But if you are stressed, depressed, or ill, you will feel insecure, ill at ease, and have a strong desire for someone to nurture you back to health. You are more likely to withdraw than to ask for help, so you need a partner who understands you and will give you what you need without you having to ask.

Healing – To heal a Moon Taurus’ heart, pamper the body first. You need massage, grooming, exercise that you enjoy, fresh air and contact with nature. When your body feels strong and comforted, your heart will feel safe enough to open up, and that’s when you can talk to someone you trust, or write to yourself in your journal, in order to process the problems and let them go. Be careful about comfort eating and therapeutic shopping, or you’ll end up obese and broke, and even more in need of healing!

Moon Tauruses have to learn how to be at home with themselves wherever they go, and how to share their burdens with others. They have to learn how to recognize when they are holding onto a belief or opinion out of stubbornness, and when it’s time to reevaluate.

Gemini Moon

Gemini Moons are often more intellectual than emotional. They have quick minds, and can easily adapt themselves to fit in with any group. They love to talk, socialize, laugh, and have a big circle of people they like to interact with.

An imbalanced Gemini Moon – stressed, depressed, or ill – may have a hard time settling into a single monogamous relationship. They may jump from one relationship to the next over a course of just days or weeks, be promiscuous, or prone to cheating. They can be manipulative, shallow, and prone to negative gossip and rumor-spreading.

Healing – To heal a Moon Gemini’s heart, you have to be able to talk about it and rationalize, analyze, compare and contrast and basically talk the problem to death. When you can laugh about it freely with a light heart, you know it’s all better. Journaling is less effective for Moon Gemini than blogging or emailing because Gemini’s like to have someone to talk with…but if your problem feels like something too personal, don’t hesitate to have a conversation with yourself!

Moon Geminis have to learn how to get their social needs met without breaking their promises to the people who love them most…in other words, they have to learn to be faithful. They also have to learn how to know their own minds, so that they can make decisions without relying on the opinions and pressure from other people.

Cancer Moon

Cancer Moons are nurturing, intuitive, family-oriented (whether family means blood relatives, a close group of friends, or a gaggle of pets…or all three,) devoted, sensual, and they feel things very strongly…they tend to think more with their hearts than their heads.

An Imbalanced, stressed, depressed, or otherwise ill Cancer Moons can be secretive, moody, critical, self-pitying, nagging harpies of doom. Even though they appear strong on the outside, they are actually very sensitive and their hearts are easily bruised…and the people who bruised them often have no idea until much later, when it’s too late to repair the damage to the relationship. Imbalanced Cancer Moons also often feel unworthy of love and happiness, which damages every aspect of their lives.

Healing – To heal a Moon Cancer’s heart, you have to appeal to Moon Cancer’s imagination. Stories, songs, poetry, and art can all be useful tools in helping them come to terms with their feelings and imagine themselves healed and happy. They understand things best on an intuitive level, so the language of symbology is much more effective for them than the languages of the mind or even the body. Water can be a powerful healing tool for Moon Cancers, be it a bath in the ocean or a glass of water charged with love and forgiveness and then imbibed.

Moon Cancer’s have to learn to express their feelings right away before they have time to fester and form a wedge between the Moon Cancer and their loved ones. Moon Cancers have to learn that they deserve love, that they are worthy of love, and they have to learn to love themselves unconditionally.

Leo Moon

Leo Moons are creative, playful, flirtatious, confident, and protective of their family/friends/lovers, with high expectations and aspirations for their loved ones and the future of their relationships. Leo Moons are proud of the partners they choose for themselves and like to brag about them and show them off.

Imbalanced Leo Moons – stressed, depressed, or ill – need massive amounts of praise and reassurance from their loved ones (and even total strangers.) They feel wounded when they don’t get the attention or recognition they’re looking for, and it messes with their self-esteem and makes them doubt their own competence and value. They can also be conceited bullies, or overcompensate for their lack of praise by fulfilling every indulgent whim that crosses their minds, making themselves feel even worse because they have to do it for themselves when they should have adoring friends/lovers/fans doing it for them!

Healing – To heal a Moon Leo’s heart, you have to tap into their pride and give it a boost. A Moon Leo needs to remember all of his or her great qualities, and boost themselves up with their accomplishments and inherent value first, so they can deal with their emotional wounds as minor irritations that are getting in their way, throwing off their groove, etc. Turn those problems into laughter, as if you were watching it on a sitcom or a comedy, and while you laugh, look for the solution to the problem.

Moon Leo’s have to learn how to praise themselves and make the foundation of their pedestal solid enough that only the most powerful blows have hope of knocking them down. They have to learn that true value comes from the inside, not from the approval of others.

Virgo Moon

Virgo Moons are perfectionists, intellectual, responsible, organized and reserved. You love deeply, but hold yourself back from expressing that love, so you don’t leave yourself too vulnerable. You are also prone to worry about the people you love, and try to help them solve any problems rationally, from your “realist” perspective.

Imbalanced Virgo Moons – stressed, depressed, ill – have very little self-confidence, especially in matters of love. They may have an issue with committing themselves to someone who is not their perfect match…and no one is perfect. They can also be harsh, critical, and cold-hearted, especially if they don’t have a warm, loving presence in their lives to remind them that there actually is some good in the world.

Healing – To heal a Moon Virgo’s heart, you have to come at them logically. Help them rationalize that happiness is preferable to hurting or anger, and encourage them to come up with a step-by-step plan from where they are now to where they want to be, both emotionally and in their relationships. Also, show them unconditional love – and don’t take the criticism to heart, because they wouldn’t bother criticizing you to your face if they didn’t care enough to want to help you improve your life.

Moon Virgos have to learn the value of feelings, especially of love for themselves and the most important people in their lives. They have to learn how to blunt their criticisms so they can be helpful without being hurtful.

Libra Moon

Libra Moons want everyone to be happy. They are the kings and queens of compromise and negotiation, and will happily put their own needs last every time. They are romantic, charming, adaptable, creative, and good-natured. They love to surround themselves with beauty, and with people with whom they can have fanciful, witty conversations.

An imbalanced Libra – stressed, depressed, ill – can’t make a decision to save his or her life. They are permanent martyrs, always putting their own needs last, and they often create co-dependent relationships, in which they become whatever their partner expects of them, but the partner keeps changing their expectations. Imbalanced Libras often suffer from denial about the misery of their own lives and need someone grounding that they can trust to help them build up the strength to improve their lives.

Healing – To heal a Moon Libra’s heart, you have to help them put themselves on the end of the scale instead of in the middle of it. It takes a clever conversationalist, someone the Moon Libra really trusts, to help the Moon Libra to really see the reality of their feelings and relationship, and a Libra really needs a partner to give support, encouragement, and guidance to help them overcome pain, anger, and co-dependent relationships, especially if Moon Libra can help the partner at the same time.

Moon Libras have to learn how to weigh their own needs equally with those of the people around them. They have to learn how to be in a relationship in which neither partner needs the other, but both are happier and more successful together.

Scorpio Moon

Scorpio Moons feel everything to the extreme – extreme joy, extreme pain, extreme apathy. There is no emotional grey area for a Scorpio Moon. They are incredibly passionate, intuitive, ambitious, determined, and have high ideals. And when they like you, they are extremely loyal. They also have very powerful sex drives, and their love and passion are tied very closely together.

Imbalanced – stressed, depressed, ill – Scorpio Moons are evil. Well, they seem that way to the people around them. Imbalanced Scorpio Moons can be hard-headed, secretive, jealous bullies. They have a tendency to imagine that they have been wronged, and rather than confronting the person, they bide their time, festering, as they plot their revenge. Then they lash out with a crushing, stinging blow…and still feel resentful and angry toward the reeling person who still has no idea why Scorpio Moon is upset.

Healing – To heal a Moon Scorpio, first pray that you are not one of the people with whom they are secretly angry. If you are, they will be suspicious of anything you say or do, and damned if you can help them see that they are actually the one who needs healing. If you are on their good side, they might listen to reason if you say it – or better, show it – just right. If they love you and aren’t mad at you, they might hear you best if you can show them how their pain or anger is hurting you, or someone else that they love. Remind them of a time that they felt unabashed joy, and guide them to deciding that is what they want, so they can put their unwavering determination toward their own peace and happiness because once they make up their mind that that’s what they want, ain’t no one and nothing gonna get in their way!

Moon Scorpios have to learn how to empathize with others, even others who don’t measure up to their high standards. They have to learn that causing more pain does not lessen their own, but that by increasing their own joy makes the whole world a more joyful, beautiful place!

Sagittarius Moon

Sagittarius Moons are super intelligent, adventurous, enthusiastic, sincere, love learning, and see the brighter side of things. They are great at making friends, but they need a lot of freedom and variety in relationships. They are lighthearted, and quick to let go of anger, worry, and minor pain.

Imbalanced – stressed, depressed, ill – Sagittarius Moons have fidelity issues and can feel trapped by relationships. The harder time they have looking on the bright side, the more help they need! They can be reckless, irresponsible, holier-than-thou, and insensitive.

Healing – To heal a Moon Sagittarius, appeal to their love of learning, and let them think of it themselves. They like brain puzzles and challenges, so challenge them to problem-solve their own stress, depression, or relationship issue. Get them laughing and looking on the bright side, and make their healing journey an adventure. Travel is really helpful for a Moon Sagittarius, so if you have relationship issues, take a vacation together somewhere far from your home and work, and if you are the Moon Sagittarius who has issues, go off on a weekend beach retreat or go hike the mountains or something – and leave work at home so you can focus on yourself!

Moon Sagittarians have to learn how to balance freedom and responsibility. They have to challenge themselves to make even the most frustrating tasks fun and even adventurous, so they can thrive in any circumstances.

Capricorn Moon

Capricorn Moons are ambitious, responsible, patient, and practical. In relationships, they tend to give more than they get, and they feel that their actions are more important than words. They are dedicated to those they choose to bond themselves to and will do anything in their power to make their relationship work.

Imbalanced – stressed, depressed, ill – Capricorn Moons tend to be lonely and feel unworthy of love. They can shut themselves off from relationships that make them feel vulnerable and put on an indifferent mask when inside they are crumbling. They tend to put career and material goals before all others, and failure can send them spiraling into a deep depression.

Healing – To heal a Moon Capricorn, show them how their own happiness will help them on a practical level. Show them how their own personal happiness can help them become more successful, and encourage them to dedicate themselves to the goal of personal happiness – life is short, and you can’t take all your crap with you!

Moon Capricorns have to learn the value of love and equal relationships. They have to learn that failure is a learning opportunity and that it doesn’t make you less valuable or less worthy of love and happiness.

Aquarius Moon

Aquarius Moons love to be different, contrary, unique, and otherwise outside the box, and they look for those qualities in their partners. They have high ideals for the betterment of humanity and are often attracted to activism and spiritual leadership. They are intelligent, often geeks and/or nerds (in the best sense of the titles,) and like to look at the big picture – perspective is their forte!

Imbalanced – stressed, depressed, or ill – Aquarius Moons have a hard time relating to individuals on an individual level or recognizing personal needs, their own or others. They can be cold, indifferent, apathetic, pessimistic conspiracy theorists obsessed with the end times.

Healing – To heal a Moon Aquarius, offer something they haven’t tried before, or a way of thinking they haven’t come across. Help them switch perspectives, turn their worries around, or displace their problem so they can observe it with perspective.

Moon Aquarians have to learn that humanity is composed of humans, each as important as the whole, including themselves. They have to learn that they are special, just like everyone else, and that doesn’t negate anyone’s specialness.

Pisces Moon

Pisces Moons are romantic, artistic, fanciful, intuitive, sensitive lovers-not-fighters. They bring this gorgeous idealistic dream of love to their relationships and are unconcerned with logic or intellectualizing, or practicalities.

Imbalanced Pisces Moons – stressed, depressed, ill – can be gullible and too far moved from reality to catch warning signs that they are in the wrong relationship…or too attached to self-medicating chemicals, like sugar and alcohol. They can be addictive, codependent, and delusional.

Healing – To heal a Moon Piscean, encourage them to pursue art therapy or another way of communicating through symbolism, be it guided meditations, affirmations, vision boards, writing poetry, or even writing love letters to themselves. They also benefit greatly from helping others, no matter how messed up their own lives may be – it heals them to heal others.

Pisces Moons have to learn how to balance practicality with idealism, and how to keep their feet on the ground even when their heads are in the clouds. They have to learn how to balance deep, long-term love and brief romantic escapades, preferably with the same partner.