Cancer Moon Sign… you are the zodiac’s Moonchild
Wondering if you’ve got a Cancer Moon Sign? You can find your natal Moon HERE with this free birth chart calculator.
…If you discover that the Moon was moving through the fourth sign of the zodiac at the moment of your birth, then you have a natal Cancer Moon sign!
What’s so important about your natal Moon?
Most people know their Sun sign (or as many people call it, your star sign, or “horoscope”). This describes the “you” that you usually show to the world on a normal day, and how most people perceive you.
But your natal Moon sign can actually be a lot more revealing, as it relates to your inner world.
It’s the “you” that only close friends and family see (and that’s why the natal Moon sign is often more pronounced in children).
So combining knowledge of both your Sun AND Moon signs, tends to make up a much more complete and in-depth picture of who you really are.
The Moon symbolizes your inner world, your emotional landscape, and your unconscious mind…
Your natal Moon reveals how you connect to the world on an intuitive level.
Her astrological placement in your chart speaks of your sensitivities and instincts, and what lies in the shadows of your unconscious.
Your natal Moon also refers to your maternal relationships – how you were mothered, and how the mother archetype shows up in your life (this relates to men and women).
The astrology of your personal Moon also opens up the world of friendship, love, and romance – how you behave in relationships, what you need, what challenges you, and why.
Quite simply… unlocking the secrets of your natal Moon sign can help you understand what drives you from the deep. She’ll take you far beyond surface-level personality…
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- Natal Aries Moon sign
- Natal Taurus Moon sign
- Natal Gemini Moon sign
- Natal Cancer Moon sign
- Natal Leo Moon sign
- Natal Virgo Moon sign
- Natal Libra Moon sign
- Natal Scorpio Moon sign
- Natal Sagittarius Moon sign
- Natal Capricorn Moon sign
- Natal Aquarius Moon sign
- Natal Pisces Moon sign
The personality traits of your natal Cancer Moon (OR Moon in the 4th House)
So, at the exact moment you were born, Grandmother Moon was moving through the Cancer Zodiac sign.
The Moon is Cancer’s ruling planet, so both our lunar celestial body and the sign of the Zodiac share many qualities and characteristics. For you, this means they are amplified!
We’re talking about traits such as sensitivity, intuition, emotional intelligence, and a desire to nurture.
You are most definitely a Moonchild
With this astrology, you’re likely a person who’s tapped in deeply to your emotions. You tend to feel your way through life, rather than looking through a logical lens, like some Moon signs.
At times you may experience profound mood swings – there’s no escaping the highs AND the lows for this natal Moon. In fact, pretty sizeable emotional ups and downs are likely a daily occurrence in the Cancer Moon signs world…
As the zodiac’s only cardinal water sign, Cancer brings action. Not one to simply wallow in a pool of feelings, folks born under this Moon act on them! In fact, how you feel about a situation (as opposed to what you think about it) can be the catalyst to you taking inspired action and making real changes in the world!
Plus, with strong maternal instincts, personality traits of people with a natal Cancer Moon often revolve around caring for others. In fact, their sense of value and self-worth can relate directly to how well they’re able to nurture and protect those they love.
Cancer Moons tend to be wonderful homemakers. Your need for comfort and security (and providing this for friends and families) often comes first.
For this Moon, emotional security comes with physical security.
The Cancer Moon sign: empathic to a fault?
Emotions are your lifeblood, aren’t they?!
Cancer Moon signs tend to live life on a bit of an emotional rollercoaster – not only because of their own shifting moods, temperaments, and dispositions BUT because of everybody elses! Yep – the Cancer Moon is a born empath.
In simple terms, this means you’re highly affected by the emotional and psychological states of others, because you unconsciously absorb the feelings of other people. Cancer Moons aren’t just guessing what’s going on in other people’s emotional worlds – they are experiencing it.
Empathy can be a real gift – the levels of sensitivity possessed by this natal Moon are awe-inspiring. BUT intense empathy can be mighty difficult to live with.
Cancer Moons are very, very impressionable. And because of your instinctive understanding of other people’s needs and desires, you can move into people-pleasing territory. And this means putting your own needs on the back burner. Naughty Cancer Moon!
So it’s vital these Moon children learn how to take responsibility for their own emotional states, manage their empathic traits, and protect themselves!
One way to do this is to get to know your own emotional flavour. To spend time feeling very deeply into your essence, so you can recognize – what your authentic self truly feels like. Over time, this will enable you to discern between your own sensations and those pesky imposters.
Another essential Cancer Moon practice is to protect yourself energetically. Developing a daily routine or ritual of creating energetic protection around your body (or aura) will honestly make a HUGE difference.
Cancer Moons are the zodiac’s nurturers and homemakers
Living through the sign of home and hearth, the natal Cancer Moon will often instinctively turn their focus to the family.
For these sensitive souls, the domestic arts become sacred duties, as people are fed, nourished, washed, and clothed with endless love and patience. Tending to humanity’s most primal needs is a task and instinct these Moon signs rarely resent…. Take your seat at a kitchen table belonging to a Cancer Moon sign and you will never go hungry!
But it’s not all about providing materially, for those in need.
This natal Moon also provides emotional comfort and security, in the form of stability and structure. Cancer Moons often like to uphold more traditional values, finding comfort and belonging in the ways of old.
Maybe it’s following old family recipes, drying bunches of herbs from the garden, or knitting a scarf for your neighbour’s grandson… homespun crafts and traditions are this Moon’s guilty pleasure.
Again, the Cancer Moon sign’s instinct to give (always generously and unconditionally!) can be a blessing and a curse. Remember to tend to your needs first. Even though the urge to protect and provide may be strong, you cannot give from an empty cup.
The Moon in Cancer symbolizes the Mother principle
In ancient Greece, the portion of the sky the Moon was crossing at the time of your birth – the zodiac sign of Cancer – was known as the Gate of Men. Because this is where souls were believed to descend from, as they entered the Earthly plain: Cancer was a kind of wombic portal, giving passage to life. A gateway to the physical.
Cancer Moons have a special connection with the Mother principle.
And because of the super-strong ties this natal Moon has with its kin, it can also give rise to profound family and ancestral healing.
What this means is, that you have the capacity to heal painful wounds between family members. These may be wounds you, yourself have. Perhaps these are ancestral wounds within your lineage. OR your mere presence, and the work you do in the world may serve as a catalyst for healing in other people.
But it’s SO important for Cancer Moon signs to do their inner work.
More than any other (except maybe the Leo or Aquarius Moons) this natal Moon placement thrives when they’re helping others. Yet sometimes this requires you to lead through example. This means offering your love as a transmission, rather than being over-generous with your time and energy
Cancer activates the element of water
This natal Moon pertains to the water element, and the realm of emotion, feeling, intuition and instinct. Here, energy flows through the heart, bypassing the desire for intellect and cognitive understanding.
People born with their Moons under this zodiac sign are usually at home when it’s safe to express their emotions – in conversation, or through art, music or any other creative endeavor.
If YOU were born under a Cancer Moon, then we’re guessing you tend to feel and sense into people’s energy fields, way before they’ve even uttered a word! Because of this, your first impression tends to be the correct impression when it comes to meeting strangers. Trusting that impression, however, especially when it’s hard to explain in words, can be the tricky part…
But the symbolism of the zodiac sign of Cancer goes much deeper than this. Cancer the crab also pertains to the primordial sea – the most ancient place of human emergence. Crabs today scuttle on seashores, the liminal space between worlds of water and worlds of land. They play at this place of becoming, and emergence, a bridge between something ancient and so very present.
Many Cancer Moon signs also hold this extra special characteristic too. They walk between the worlds of emotion and matter, feeling and sensation, Earth and Spirit.
The Cancer Moon is ruled by the Moon, celestial body of the changing phases of the feminine
For some Moon signs, this extra layer of planetary rulership can be a little confusing. But for you, with your natal Moon at home in the zodiac sign of Cancer, it’s more like an amplification of what already is.
The Moon controls the tides of the ocean on our planet – and she tugs at our inner tides too.
For you, this may feel particularly intense, with your inner life switching from calm seas to turmoil and catastrophe in minutes! So it’s vital for Cancer Moon women (and men!) to get to know your own rhythm.
Learn to recognize your own changing phases – how your personal traits and qualities rise and fall. Note how your needs change accordingly and begin practicing self-care in response to this.
Yes – Self-care is an absolute non-negotiable for this natal Moon astrology!
Cancer Moon sign COMPATIBILITY
The natal Cancer Moon woman (or man!) is the most generous lover in the zodiac!
Your instinctive understanding of the feelings, emotions, and desires of those you’re close to, coupled with your innate need to meet those needs, makes the Cancer Moon sign a devoted romantic partner.
This Moon sign connects with people on an emotional level. So unless you can find that deep meeting of hearts you crave in a relationship it’s unlikely love will last.
For the Cancer Moon, slow and steady wins the race… maybe it’s family, kids, and the big white wedding that will bring you fulfillment? Or maybe it’s the stability of four walls you can call your own? Whatever the plan, once the honeymoon phase is over, this astrology shows you’re happy to go the distance!
Your ideal romantic evening would probably be a home-cooked meal and snuggles on the sofa, rather than hitting the town on a big night out. Yes – the Cancer moon sign is instinctively drawn to comfort in relationships. But if it’s not on offer, you may try to create it for yourself – through nurturing and “mothering” your love interest. So watch out for any smothering tendencies.
Best compatibility – any other water sign will likely share your need for an emotional connection. So if you’re together with a Scorpio or a Pisces Moon, it’s looking good!
On the flip side, a relationship with an air sign Moon (Gemini or Aquarius) could leave you wanting more, as these Moons tend to live life on the mental plain. On the other hand, romance could be on the cards with a Libra Moon. These home bunnies end to be as sensitive as you are…
The Natal Cancer Moon Sign Shadow Side…
The shadow is where we put all the parts of our personality and traits + characteristics that we reject, suppress, and disown.
But inside the shadow, these disowned parts become distorted and still have control over our lives – though without any conscious awareness.
You can read more about the shadow here.
Knowing your natal Moon sign can be an amazing tool for unpacking the shadow. This is because the Moon also activates the realms of the unconscious. This is a place within us all with SO much power, yet most of it’s largely untapped.
Now tell me… are you here because your natal Moon is in Cancer?
Leave a comment below and tell me which trait or quality stands out the most for you.
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