Wisdom of Astrology 5: Connecting the Yin and Yang – The Moon and the Sun 占星的智慧 5: 阴阳的交结 -太阳与月亮

When we hear of horoscope, we often refer to our Sun sign. However, there are much more than the Sun as there are many other planets in the universe interacting with each other. Every contact of the planets has got their meaning.

In our horoscope, the Sun(the Yang) and the Moon(the Yin) are our core-self. The Moon is the past that we bring along to this life. Hence, it is natural that we often manifest our Moon Sign more than our Sun sign especially before we are 30 years old.

Our Moon represents our sense of care and nurturance, our sense of emotional security, our habitual patterns, our memory, our sense of belonging, our subconscious and our retreat when we are disturbed. Physically, it represents our mother, our family and home. Since it is brought from the past life, it is natural that we often manifest the characters and features automatically and unconsciously. Hence, they manifest through our Moon sign.

For example, my Moon sign is Virgo. I am naturally more concerned about being routine and can also be very perfectionistic or meticulous. Whenever I do things, I do step by step, a little at a time and look into every tiny detail. Of course, I can be anxious too when things are not in accordance to plan.

Our Sun represents our heroic journey in this life, our goal, our vision, our vitality, our sense of creativity, our leadership attribute and it is more futuristic. Physically, it represents our father and important male figure in our life. It is the conscious part of us which we need to develop over time. Indeed, we need a lot of effort to develop and manifest our Sun sign. We usually feel more of this energy after 30 years of age unless we are more conscious of that characters then we can manifest earlier. Otherwise, there is a tendency towards manifesting the negative attributes of that sign.

For example, my Sun sign is Cancer which has tendency to be sensitive, emotional, timid, caring, loving, protective and homely. Well, people who know me know that I am not that homely anyway! For that matter, many friends with Sun Cancer are hardly homely. I can be sensitive and easily emotional and often choose to retreat like the crab, soft inside and hard outside, hiding in the thick hard shell. Anyhow, I certainly exercise the caring part of me from younger days. In fact, the inner part of me wishes to be cared for. Somehow choose to be a doctor to manifest my caring attribute. Till today, I still love my job.

Thus, Sun sign can also point to one’s career or vocation. According to Howard Sasportas, a renown astrologer said that if one manifests his Sun sign characters through their vocation, one has fulfilled the mission in this life.

In my daily life, I often see my Moon sign more obvious than my Sun sign. Astrologically, the ruler of Cancer is Moon. Hence, Moon is like my guardian angel, supporting me to exercise the caring aspect of me.

Hence, we exercise our Moon sign much easier and natural than our Sun sign. One of my student’s daughter told her that many people feel that she is more Taurus than Aries. True enough, her Moon sign is Taurus and her Sun sign is Aries!

These two forms the integral part of us. Moon sign supports the Sun sign, helping us to achieve our heroic journey in this life.

一般人对占星的了解，通常只是知道我们的太阳星座。其实，还有其他的行星同时在运作中，每一个行星的接触都有各自的意义。

太阳是我们的阳性，而月亮则是我们的阴性。太月一起则是我们的自我核心。月亮是我们的过去世带来的趋向与惯性。所以，我们很自然的显现我们的月亮星座的特质，超越太阳星座的展现，尤其是在30岁之前。

月亮代表照料与滋养、感受、安全感、惯性、记忆、依附感、潜意识和我们在烦恼时想退切的方式。它也代表我们的妈妈、家与家庭。既然它是与生俱来，透过月亮星座，我们很自然及无意识的展现它的特质。

例如，我的月亮星座是处女，我很自然的趋向惯例、完美及细腻。做事时，总是一部一部来，一步一脚印的做及注重细节。当然，事情不顺意时也会紧张。

太阳代表我们的英雄之旅、愿景、活力、目标、创造力及领导力，迈向未来。它也代表我们的爸爸及生命中重要的男人。太阳是我们的显意识，它需要时间来发展。其实，我们需要很努力的发展与展现我们的太阳星座。通常，我们在30岁之后才能感受它的能量，如果我们提早觉察到它的能量，那就能早些呈现这特质。不然，我们通常会先展现太阳星座的负面性质。

例如，我的太阳星座是巨蟹。巨蟹的趋向是敏感、情绪化、腼腆、照料、爱心、保护及安适于家。认识我的朋友都知道我不是那么的安适于家。许多太阳巨蟹的朋友也不能呆在家！我比较敏感，也会情绪化，但多数不表达出来，会经常像巨蟹那样，内柔外刚，躲在又硬又厚的壳里。 然而，我从小就喜欢照料与助人，其实内在是渴望别人的照料。看来我选择做医生是来提升我这照料的特质。至今，我还是很热爱我的工作。

因此，太阳星座可指引我们的志业。著名占星师Howard Sasportas曾说，如果某人以他的太阳星座来展现在他的志业里，那他就达成他生命的使命。

在每天的生活里，我表达我的月亮星座多于我的太阳星座。在占星学里，月亮是巨蟹的主宰行星。很自然的，月亮好似我的守护天使，辅助了我这照料的趋向。

因此，我们比较轻易展现我们的月亮星座的特质，多于我们的太阳星座的特质。我有一位学员的女儿曾说，她的朋友经常说她比较属金牛，而不像有牡羊的特质。果然，她的月亮星座是金牛，而太阳星座则是牡羊！

因此，太月是我们内心的结合，月亮星座扶持太阳星座，辅助我们成全我们今生的英雄之旅。