opportunities for advancement because you’re not going the extra mile, which can lead to feeling more trapped and frustrated. It’s a downward spiral that starts with the right, or in this case the wrong, attitude. Weighing the pros and cons only gets us so far, especially in all the truly important decisions in our lives, such as whether or not to start the business we feel passionate about, or have children, or commit to a mate. It is common to find astrologers discussing the Sun and Moon as counterparts to each other, separate. Phrases like “the head (Sun) and the heart (Moon)” or “left brain (Sun), right brain (Moon)” abound in astrological interpretation. While that is not necessarily false, it seems to reflect the social attitude that acting reasonably and logically is a separate function from acting from emotion and intuition. The Sun and Moon are actually joined themselves: while they are separate bodies, the Moon reflects the light of the Sun. Lest I leave you thinking that the Sun is the real deal and the Moon is just a pale second to the Sun’s power, it is the Moon’s role in reflecting that light that enables us to see at all when the way is dark, just as we must find our way intuitively in situations where reason alone fails us. Again, there are so many times when we make a “reasonable” decision, only to find that our hearts thwart us in carrying it out. Sometimes we can say this happens because we are weak-willed, but sometimes it is truly because we are discounting our emotions as wrong or inconvenient. It’s true that sometimes we want unhealthy things, but paying attention to the underlying source of the desire, not just the object of our desire, can give us the most important clues to what our heart truly longs for, even if we have to find better choices to get those emotional needs met. As a Virgo, I’m quite a fan of the ability to reason and analyze! I intend only to put it in perspective as part of a holistic system of decision making and self-guidance. Reason is part of a set of skills we have naturally at our disposal as part of being human, and not the
understanding the natal moon
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