You were born as the Moon rose in the east. Therefore you are strongly identified with the Moon and all that is lunar: emotions, the past, habits, your mother, being a mother, home and family, change, that which is subconscious, and the physicality and substance of things: the substance of the Earth. You tend to wear your heart on your sleeve, and to take things personally that really have nothing to do with you. It's important that you gain some objectivity about your self, and to stop just reacting to life. Your tie to your mother, your home and the past is a strong one, and needs to be made more conscious if you are truly to live in the present. Experiment with taking the long-range point of view as well as being immersed in the feelings of the moment. Your emotional life tends to go through phases like the moon. You are also moved to nurture and mother the whole world.

Your physical appearance (the ascendant) is affected by the Moon as well: in a woman this often accentuates the breasts (Britt Ekland, Morgan Fairchild, Farrah Fawcett, Dolly Parton, Bernadette Peters, Suzanne Pleshette and Susan Sarandon all have Moon conjunct ascendant), and in both sexes there's a tendency to be moon-faced, or to have a rounded, open visage.