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 lulu
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mister_hwang said
My mom is a foreigner (sagittarius) 

I have Sagittarius moon too. My mother was a traveler, and a foreigner. She grew up an tomboy who rode horses in rural US. Enough of a Sagittarian archetype.

Strange enough, I knew somebody with the exact same degree Sag moon.
His mother was also an equestrian woman from poor family who travelled and, like my mom, had children in another country.  Finding people with the same degree Moon and exploring that is fun.

Our mothers we experienced as temperamental women who valued their independence; overgrown tomboys. They were known to rave about how their own children were a limit to their personal freedom. My mom is a bigtime (or big mouth to some!) feminist and academic who was always very vocal about politics, or a funny joke she heard, you name it. Another Sag woman trope.

I also have Gemini Mars opposition to Moon: intimacy = incessant bickering, insults
Sag Moon (exact) trine Jupiter in Leo: She is domineering force in my life, my fire trine is where I draw strength and magnanimity and a degree of feminine chauvinism that is hereditary in this case. We are loud, proud women.

My Moon is in 2nd, and I would say this points to a mother who directly shaped your moral and intellectual value system most of all.
Moon in 2nd +  grand trine in air Aquarius mother = a double whammy of the parent putting her head on childs shoulders. 

My other 2 siblings have Taurean moons.
They have experienced her as a tenacious, generous, "dont mess with me" Earth Mother.
They have a real knack for seeing and relating to her instincts rather than ideas and philosophical ruminations.
In turn, their relationship with her is less antagonistic than mine. Moon is natural in feminine signs.

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My Mom has Cancer Sun, Libra Moon oppossite my Aries Moon in the 12th. I've heard that this house position is complicated for the relationship with the mother. My mom was always very tender, nurturing, a bit over-protective. But when it came to comforting me emotionally she was at a loss (I've only seen her "cry" -her eyes teared up- once in my whole life). I guess that's why she tried to comfort me with food, as a result I was an overweight child and had an addiction to food that I thankfully overcame.

In my teens I started to need more independence, which was really hard for her to accept. Sometimes I have acted as the mother too, in our relationship. My mom has Saturn Retrograde in Pisces just like me, hers is in opposition to Uranus and Pluto, mine is in opposition to Sun and Mercury. She definitely worries too much, and is kind of a hoarder, it gives her a sense of security.

Even though I get along better with my mom now, most of the time it's all "butterflies and rainbows", and there's no better feeling than when I'm in good terms with her; during my teens our relationship was very strained. I had a lot of frustrating arguments with her (she has mars-venus closely conjunct in gemini, while I have mars in cancer), left the house several times (only to come back for some reason). I have always been more compatible with my dad, personality-wise.

 

Edit: if her birth time is correct, her moon is also in the 12th house which makes it more interesting.

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My Moon is in Gemini, conjuct my Venus in Cancer (opposed to Saturn, as well as aspecting almost everything in my chart, and, chart ruler). I recently learned, asteroid Hephaestus - blacksmith - in Gemini, falls in the middle of this conjunction.

My sweetheart of a mother has a Pisces Venus, and Capricorn Moon (motherhood is serious in importance for her, and her capacity to love reaches unbelievable depths). When she and I hit a wall of mutual incomprehension, when I was in my late teen years, she enrolled in reputable classes (here, in Quebec, province in Canada, there were a great many garbage - less than worthless, worse than stupid - "classes" on offer, at the time) to learn to relate in ways that true communication was possible.

My Moon in Gemini, my mother's Moon in Capricorn (plus, my chart ruler, Venus, in Cancer): conversations with my mother are gold in the bank, for me. When I was small, she understood what I meant... as she has told me, older. When her fears for me prevented that, she worked hard, and paid for workshops, to develop her scope for understanding herself and others. Fantastic investment, to the benefit of herself and everyone she knows, or meets.

I have 9th house Moon: I can thank my mother, that I love good stories (literature, in written or oral form). She has always encouraged me to stretch my wings... which contradiction (unreasonable fears) led her to expand her own understanding of herself and everyone (supported by her Pisces Venus values).

My Gemini AC brother has zero knowledge of astrology... only, he has a high degree of insight (& intuition). He does have a huge capacity for understanding the framework of astrology, easily, when it's pertinent. In a conversation we shared, he said he thinks it's very likely, that our mother, too, has Gemini AC. For many reasons, I also suspect so.

Back to the topic at hand: no one on earth has understood the ins and outs of my 3rd house Saturn function (key, because opposing, always, my chart ruler, Venus in Cancer in 9th house, which, again, asoects almost everything in my chart!) than my mother does, and has shown she does, by what she said to me.

My biggest heritage from my mom, is from her Piscean Venus: bright shining star, evening or morning, by turns... love, distilled, for every time.

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These moon and mother stories are great. It's fascinating to see our perceptions. It also shows us that our mothers, while life-giving, also deal with their own moons, as we do ours. ?

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I have a 10 house Taurus moon in opposition to my sun, Venus, Jupiter, Neptune in the 4th.

My mother has 4 Cancer planets in the 6th and 3 Taurus planets in the 4th. What's left really....she is all stelliums.... but, I see her as STUBBORN....and to her detriment too.

My Mother's moon is in my 8th house. And her Cancer stellium on my asc.

She drives me bat shit crazy. Still, even though she was as nutty as a fruitcake I loved her deeply ...I was just crazy about her. She was so young when she had me.

It took me a long time to get past some of her shenanigans....but I am past it all. I really love the shit out of that crazy gal. And you know what....she loves the shit out of me. The past...its just the past. I am just glad she is still around. You mess with soup....well her crazy Cancer stellium mother will come to town and beat you with a walker lol

Turns out, she is my biggest fan. Too bad I didn't realize that earlier. Man, a person can really waste time being pissed over things that are long over.  

My best friend lost her mother today. I am especially grateful for her right now

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One of the hardest things to deal with for me was that my extremely intelligent mom, who could be the soul of compassion for others and the first person to speak up for any underdog, CHOSE to be cruel to me. And enjoyed it. 

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