What makes moon in Aquarius bolt?

What do Uma Thurman, Russell Crowe, John Lennon, George Clooney, George Lucas, Conan O'Brien, Princess Diana, David Duchovny, Jerry Rubin, Timothy Leary, Angela Davis, Christopher Walken, Orson Welles, and Prince have in common? They all have moon in Aquarius.

Individualistic, eccentric. unpredictable, and (I say this affectionately and admiringly) part alien, moon in Aquarius people are...different. I know, I know, we're all unique, but some of us are just a little bit more unusual than others. Fasten your seatbelt: Love with an Aquarian moon can be a rollercoaster ride. Your Aquarius lover is capable of doing a complete and total 180, just when you thought things couldn't be any better.

The moon is in Aquarius now and we're able to distance ourselves from the drama of our own lives. A refreshing lift from the heaviness of yesterday's gloomy full moon. Today and tomorrow are the best days of the month for group activities and social gatherings.

You've heard the tired but true complaint that Westerners exaggerate the importance of sun sign astrology. Well, the Vedics know better. The Sun, the essence of ego consciousness, is one's energetic self. The Moon goes much deeper. What our moon needs, we simply can not live without. Our moon sign describes our requirements for emotional fulfillment and survival.

What makes you feel safe, secure, nurtured and cared for? Moon in Gemini needs words, witty communication, and change. Moon in Taurus needs sensual pleasures and possessions. Moon in Aries needs to fight. Moon in Virgo needs to be needed. Aquarius needs independence and to express its uniqueness. What's so unique about moon in Aquarius? It feels most secure with freedom and space.

The moon also describes our instinctual, automatic, involuntary responses to life itself. In the day-to-day, moon in Aquarius feeds on intellectual stimulation and nurtures others mentally by offering new ideas and perspectives. Because their mothers were intelligent, friendly but emotionally detached, Aquarian moons are more familiar and comfortable with longing for love rather than the state of actually being loved. With this moon, absence does make the heart grow fonder. How can they miss you if you don't go away?

Aquarius is the most cerebral of the air signs. This moon intellectualizes what it feels and sometimes, feelings go unfelt. People with moon in Aquarius can remain oddly consistent, rational, civil, and seemingly unmoved for a long time before the accumulation of disowned emotions reaches a tipping point. Then it bolts, suddenly, and breaks off a relationship, quits a job, and hops on a plane...usually, without warning.

Aquarius is fixed (loyal, consistent) air (emotionally cool). Its ruler, Uranus, is the rebel of the skies. Moon in Aquarius rebels against established structures, restrictions, outworn methods, and anything that symbolizes the status quo. It rebels against the comfort, complacency, dependency, and predictability of nourishing relationships. Sometimes, in disruptive ways. This moon will ruffle feathers, rock the boat, shatter expectations, and shock the system if it feels confined by the sustained intimacy of conventional partnerships. Too much closeness has this moon gasping for air.

Moon in Aquarius does best with Libra, Gemini, Sagittarius, and Aries, in order of greatest ease and flow. Gender matters. Aquarius is a masculine sign and women with this moon tend to express their 'freedom needs' in a more exaggerated manner. The traditional safety nets that most women seek are stifling, suffocating, and uninspiring to Aquarius moon gals.

Your partner has Sun AND Moon in Aquarius? Follow the leader. Your lessons have to do with relinquishing control. Give it up. Fully actualized, this double dose of Uranian energy is born to lead...and takes no prisoners.

The moon leaves clear-thinking Aquarius tomorrow evening and enters misty Pisces. We'll be starting this work week off with a dreamy Monday.