Ruler of the Night, Yin, the great mother Goddess

The Emotional Self/ Reactions/ Habitual Responses / Sub-conscious predisposition/ Feeling about self (self-image), Conditioned responses

Urge: to feel inner support and domestic and emotional security, to need and to care, to nurture

Need: for emotional tranquility and sense of belonging; need to feel right about self.

Function: The development of the ability to feel or to respond emotionally. The development of subjectivity, impressionability and sensitivity.

Dysfunction: Emotional self- indulgence, timidity, laziness, wishy-washiness, overactive imagination, indecision, moodiness.

In a Nocturnal (or night chart): the Mother.

Archetypes: The Mother, Caretakers, Women and Women’s roles

Deities: Luna (Roman), Selēnē (Greek), Sin (Babylonian), Chandra (Indian)

In Mundane Astrology: The people, the masses, the population. Women (in general), popular public opinion. Affliction shows discord among the population and poor conditions for living. Moon reflects quality of life, water and food supplies, natural resources,  health and public essentials.