You are most likely familiar with your star sign, which is the sign the Sun was in when you were born, as this is what we usually will refer to when we read our horoscope. However, to have a fuller understanding of yourself and how your life is influenced by the cosmos according to astrology, it’s also important to refer to your Moon sign. Your Moon sign is the sign the Moon was in when you were born.

While the Sun reflects your outer personality, the Moon reflects your inner self, your emotions and how you meet your emotional needs. It represents your desires, fears, doubts, motivations, and how you feel about things in your life, especially your relationships and your home and family life, and what you need in order to feel nurtured, content and internally secure. Your Moon sign is a very personal part of your astrology chart and represents the innermost part of who you are.

When your Moon is feeling nourished you’ll be able to care for yourself and others and you’ll feel satisfied inside. If there are challenging aspects to the Moon in your chart, this can make it harder to give or receive nurture. Not giving the Moon what she yearns for can make you feel needy and insecure. This means that the Moon’s position in your chart is a key factor in understanding what you need to feel safe and the placement of the Moon in your chart can tell you how to best comfort yourself during times of stress.

It makes sense then, that in order to know how to nurture and care for yourself- to practice divine self-care- you need to look at where the Moon is in your natal chart and allow the zodiac sign it is in to give you clues as to what you’ll find motivational to do when it comes to self-care. Knowing what your Moon sign prescribes for you will allow you to feel most comfortable, secure and nourished. By exploring your Moon sign, you can more easily understand your emotional needs and how you react to situations and people; it allows you to better know how to best care for yourself so that you can be happy and fulfilled.