The sun is us at our best. It’s who we are trying to be. It’s our purpose, our life path and quest: our spiritual potential. It’s how we express and identify with ourselves, our true personality, who we are when we are around people that we are comfortable enough to be ourselves. It give us reason therefore motivates our likes, dislikes and interests. The sun is the one in charge, it dictates and controls the rest of our chart, sending out e.g. venus when it see’s it’s needed and best for the job or issue. A badly aspected moon can make you; arrogant, stubborn, self centred and overly judgmental.
The moon is what we’ve learnt from early childhood. The moon is how we react when we don’t have time to think, it’s our; intuitions, instincts and habits. It’s how we share ourselves with others and how we express emotion, it’s the emotions and side of you you try to keep hidden; anger, jealousy, fear etc. The moon is what makes you feel nurtured, how you nurture others and what you consider self care. It’s what makes you feel comfortable and secure so influences how you decorate your home. The moon shows insecurities and how confident you are, it shows us how why some people need a lot of reassurance while others are confident. It’s who we are underneath all the layers and is only visible to those who you are extremely close to. Poorly aspected you can be over emotional, moody, irrational and restless.
Our rising sign is our external layer, it’s the first impression we give and the image we project. It goes as far as how we physically look and influences how we style ourselves. How we view the world our outlook, our attitude, our outward personality. How likely we are to try new things. It’s our earliest circumstances and how we were received into life. We are consciously aware of our rising sign and it’s planets in the house and it’s influence which can make us self conscious of these aspects of ourself. We can become unsatisfied and disappointed if it’a heavily influenced and people only recognise this side of us which is ironic because it’s how we hide and therefore how we think we want to be seen.