In the same way as the Sun brings the light to the sign in which it finds itself at the time of a person’s birth, the Moon lights up the darker zones of consciousness; it governs our instinctive and intuitive reactions. The Moon also reveals the characteristics we have inherited from our parents and previous generations and the influence that they have on us. Most people know what their Sun sign is according to their day of birth. This is so because the Sun makes one full revolution around all the signs of the Zodiac for one calendar year. Therefore, the Sun changes sign approximately every 30 days or once a month, but the Moon changes sign approximately every 2-3 days.

The difference between our Sun sign and our Moon sign is that we will consciously act according to our Sun sign, but will act subconsciously according to our Moon sign. This will be particularly apparent in an emergency situation, when we do not have time to think. Imagine for example that we have a room full of people, listening to a lecture. Under normal circumstances all of them will behave according to their Sun sign. The Capricorn person will be very well organized and serious about the whole event. The Geminian person will get bored probably after 15 minutes and will start getting distracted, while somebody Taurean will methodically take notes till the end, since he is accustomed to completing his tasks.

However, if an emergency situation arises, for example a fire breaks out, all these people will try to escape, but will behave not according to their Sun sign, but according to their Moon sign. This is so, because the Moon determines our immediate response in the situation. For example, the person with Moon in Aries will bravely race into some (what he believes) right direction and will bang his head to the wall in a manner similar to the Ram, until he breaks it in and escapes. The person with Moon in Libra will politely let everyone else escape before him and will rush ahead only if this does not interfere with anyone else around him. The person with Moon in Pisces will be so overwhelmed by emotions that he may burn in the fire, before deciding which way to go. 

However, once the danger is over, everyone will return to their usual behaviour, according to their Sun sign. So we can see that the action of the Sun is visible; it is up there for everyone to see. Most of our friends will describe us according to our Sun sign. The qualities of our Moon sign are more hidden and concealed. We act on them subconsciously and they will become apparent only in an emergency situation or when we react to something instantaneously, without having the time to think.    

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