Planets in signs and houses
The Moon in Scorpio
Tropical zodiac, Western astrology
Your emotions are deep, strong and usually kept inside. You take attachment seriously and remember both kindness and wounds for a long time. Security comes from trust that has been tested. You have sharp instincts about the truth others leave unsaid. The challenges are possessiveness, nursing hurt too long and testing those close to you. Letting yourself be vulnerable with someone trustworthy is the road to healing.
The Moon in a birth chart
The Moon represents your inner emotional life: what makes you feel safe, how you respond when something touches you, and the habits that comfort you. If the Sun is who you are becoming, the Moon is where you come from and what you need in order to feel at home.
Scorpio at a glance
- Element
- Water
- Modality
- Fixed
Scorpio is fixed water. Mars is its traditional ruler and Pluto its modern one, a pairing that suits a Sun with great force running below the surface. You tend to be private, perceptive and drawn to what lies beneath appearances: motives, secrets, hidden causes. Shallow talk bores you, and you would rather go deep with a few people and topics. Crises that scatter others often bring out your most focused, resourceful self.
Find this in your own chart
"Positions": each point with its degree, sign and house. A red R in the R column marks retrograde. The angles, including Descendant and IC, are listed too.