Moon Mapping: Using Your Moon Sign to Guide Decision-Making
When you were born, the moon was traversing through a specific zodiac sign—or what astrologers call your “moon sign.”
Your moon sign directs your emotional compass. It’s the wiring for your internal security settings .As a result, moon mapping—or the process of deliberately acting in accordance with the moon cycle—can guide our daily decision-making.
Most people don’t reveal the lunar aspect of their personalities right away, but once guards are dropped, our moon signs become truly obvious.
The role of the moon
The moon is our emotional compass. It governs our reactions, intuition, and instincts. It reveals what we need to feel secure. It helps us attune to our desires. It encourages us to contribute to others.
As your “first responder” the moon alerts you to danger and threat, activates instincts, ignites raw desire, and is the portal to comfort and pleasure.
The moon: shadow & light
The moon illuminates in phases, waxing and waning through a 29.5 day cycle each month. Similarly, we uncover our needs and desires through waxing and waning feelings. Sometimes we can’t see clearly and other times, the truth is glaringly obvious as a super-moon.
Attune with the moon
The moon has a dark side that is never visible from Earth. Similarly, we all have a shadow side which is hard to see within ourselves. When the moon is out of balance you may feel scattered, overwhelmed, ungrounded, alone, helpless, destructive, exhausted, and/or insecure.
In these moments, you literally have to STOP. BREATHE. MOVE. Even if the tendency is to PUSH. DO MORE. SACRIFICE.
That simple shift will calm your nervous system, helping to restore emotional equilibrium. But don’t brush off the breakdown! This is the shadow of the moon and it’s revealing a need so you can update your security settings.
Update your lunar security settings
There are 3 parts to the process of updating your lunar security settings.
Shadow Phase: Have a MOON MELTDOWN—clear the fear so you can update your security settings.
Moonlight Phase: Take a dose of MOON MEDICINE—illuminate desires with a balanced perspective.
Eclipse Phase: Unleash MOON MOMENTUM—take action and contribute.
FIRE MOONS: ARIES, LEO, SAGITTARIUS
Shadow Phase: MOON MELTDOWN—become bratty and entitled, pick fights, get short tempered, demanding, impatient and brusque, and/or frustrated.
Moonlight Phase: Take a dose of MOON MEDICINE—action, results, movement, excitement and adventure, a sense of purpose, and/or exploring possibilities.
Eclipse Phase: Unleash MOON MOMENTUM—go do something physical/exercise, set a time for honest dialogue (with ground rules of respect), go to a concert/blast music/dance and sing, and/or talk to an inspiring friend, coach, or mentor.
EARTH MOONS: TAURUS, VIRGO, CAPRICORN
Shadow Phase: MOON MELTDOWN—become stubborn, become a know-it-all or preachy, and/or resentfully help people.
Moonlight Phase: Take a dose of MOON MEDICINE—material security, treating your body and sense, grounding with a walk/yoga/time in nature, confirm your ability to provide, and/or beautiful objects and scenery.
Eclipse Phase: Unleash MOON MOMENTUM—get back to a simple routine or practice mediation/breath-work, luxuriate, shop for beautiful necessities, get body work done, help a friend in a meaningful way, do a small project that give you a “win,” and/or spend time outdoors or in a beautiful environment.
AIR MOONS: GEMINI, LIBRA, AQUARIUS
Shadow Phase: MOON MELTDOWN—overthinking and analyzing, “nobody is listening to me,” nervous chatter/texting/pacing, sarcasm or cutting words, and/or forcing a conversation to happen in poor timing.
Moonlight Phase: Take a dose of MOON MEDICINE—balanced relationships, feeling heard (without interruption), figuring out a problem, a wise coach/sounding board whose mind you respect, and/or social time with like-minded people.
Eclipse Phase: Unleash MOON MOMENTUM—write or share about your experience, consume inspiring media, draft a letter but don’t send it, get mobile and dance/do sports/exercise, play a video/board game, and/or start a project that distracts you from worrying.
WATER MOONS: CANCER, SCORPIO, PISCES
Shadow Phase: MOON MELTDOWN—mood swings, reactiveness/loss of perspective, taking things personally (feeling attacked or accused), irritability and frustration, gossiping, fear and/or insecurity.
Moonlight Phase: Take a dose of MOON MEDICINE—comforting exchanges (good food, cozy clothes, soothing space), beauty, feeling understood and supported, wisdom and reframing, and/or manage inner caretaker instead of trying to fix everyone.
Eclipse Phase: Unleash MOON MOMENTUM—gentle exercise, stretching or a walk, move out of stagnant space, vent to a trusted friend, acknowledge vulnerability or fear instead of lashing out, cook, craft, make something by hand, and/or bond with loved ones to boost oxytocin.
When moon mapping, ask yourself…
SHADOW
What do I need to feel grounded and secure in this area?
What security blanket might I need to shed?
MOONLIGHT
What do I want to manifest?
What would bring me comfort and pleasure?
ECLIPSE
What is an action step I can take?
What do I want to contribute to other?
