Narayana Montufar - Moon Signs: Unlock Your Inner Luminary Power

Originally from Mexico City, Narayana Montfar is a San Francisco-based writer, astrologer, visual artist and editor. She currently serves as the Senior Astrologer for Astrology.com and Horoscope.com. As a brand ambassador, she has been featured in numerous lifestyle publications like Vogue Global, Refinery 29, Brit+Co, Romper, Womens Health and more.

This book is dedicated to my dear partner-in-shine, Alex Drossler. Through him, I have gotten to know true and unconditional love and friendship. Thank you, Alex, for always supporting me in this process of self-discovery and transformation.

And to my incredibly knowledgeable (and hilarious) astrology teacher, Linea Van Horn. As she was the first human to teach me the language of the stars.

To my mother Paty Marimar, my grandparents Patricia and Jorge, and my Mexican Montfar family, for showering me with love and showing me what real-life effort means.

To my dear friend and colleague, Lisa Stardust, for her support and stellar friendship.

To Astrology.com and Horoscope.com for a decade of thriving in the astrology media world and for helping me discover my passion for astrology.

To my Leo moon sister Leslie Amberger, my astro nerd sister Nissa Liu and little Persephone.

Special thanks to Petr from Astro-seek.com for selflessly creating the Moon-Sign Calculator to use with this book.

ASCENDANT: The ascendant is the sign rising on the horizon at the moment of birth.

ASPECT: A geometric angle that establishes a connection between two planets.

BIRTH CHART: A snapshot of the sky at the exact moment you were born.

CONJUNCTION: When two planets meet at the same degree of a zodiac sign, uniting their energies in either a negative or positive way.

DETRIMENT: When a planet is positioned in the zodiac sign opposite the sign it rules, preventing it to express fully.

DOMICILE: When a planet is positioned in a sign that it naturally rules, allowing it to express fully.

ELEMENT: One of the four basic manifestations of energy found in the natural world, which astrology has used since antiquity to divide the twelve zodiac signs. The four elements are fire, earth, air and water.

EXALTATION: When a planet is positioned in its most preferable zodiac sign placement, helping it work at its highest potential.

FALL: When a planet is positioned directly opposite its exaltation, which is its least preferable zodiac sign placement, preventing it to work at its best.

MIDHEAVEN: The midheaven is the sign on the highest part of the sky at the moment of birth.

MODALITY: One of the three ways in which zodiac signs can operate, which astrology has used since antiquity to describe how each group engages with the world. The three modalities are cardinal, fixed and mutable.

MOON HOUSE: Each birth chart holds twelve astrological houses, each one of them pertaining to a different area of life. Moon house refers to the specific house in which the moon is positioned within the birth chart.

MOON PHASE: The lunar phase refers to the amount of light the moon is reflecting from the sun at any given time along her monthly cycle.

MOON SIGN: There are twelve different zodiac signs, and moon sign refers to the specific sign in which the moon is positioned within the birth chart.

OPPOSITION: When two planets are 180 degrees away, exactly across from each other within a birth chart. It is a challenging connection that represents discontent and internal struggle.

PLANETARY RULER: The ruling planet of each zodiac sign is the archetypal and primary influence that gives each sign its characteristics, qualities and energetic focus. The sky is divided into twelve zodiac signs, each one of them relating to one of the main ten planetary bodies in our solar system:

IN MODERN ASTROLOGY, THE PLANETARY RULERSHIPS ARE:

PROGRESSED MOON: The astrological technique that encompasses all the emotional experiences you have gained throughout your life, as well as your current emotional needs and how you are feeling at any given moment.

SEXTILE: When two planets are 60 degrees away, boosting each others energies within a birth chart. Its an easy-going connection that allows each one of the planets involved to function in a positive way.

SQUARE: When two planets are 90 degrees away, clashing with each other within a birth chart. Its an energy-inducing connection that represents crisis and the need to act.

TRINE: When two planets are 120 degrees away, harmonizing and supporting each other within a birth chart. Its an opportune connection that allows the energy of the two planets involved to flow.

VIBRATION: An energetic state of being, whether negative or positive, that manifests either consciously or unconsciously.

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Moon Signs

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You probably already know your sun sign or star sign and have familiarised yourself with its meaning, as thats the usual gateway to understanding the uniqueness of your birth chart. Since the sun travels in one sign for about a month, its easy to figure out which is your sun sign just by looking at the date you were born. For example, all people born between 23 October and 21 November have a Scorpio sun, while all those born between 22 November and 21 December have a Sagittarius sun, and so on.

As the name suggests, the sun sign refers to your solar personality, that special light which you shine into the world. It radiates the energy of the particular sign it occupies in an outward fashion solar energy is external, and very much on display for people to see and notice. In astrology, your sun sign is your core identity, your vitality and your ego, as well as the masculine energy within you, regardless of your gender and sexual orientation. In your birth chart, the suns position by sign and house speaks of either your father or father figures and the type of relationship you share with them.