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Moonology and the Moon Phases

The Moon moves through eight phases roughly every month, and each one carries its own invitation. Here is the Moon tonight, then the full cycle to live by.

Find your Moon sign

Your Moon sign is your emotional inner world. Enter your birth date to find it, calculated from the real Moon.

New Moon

A beginning. The sky is dark, the perfect time to set intentions and plant seeds.

Waxing Crescent

First light. Take small steps and gather momentum toward what you started.

First Quarter

A turning point. Decisions and obstacles arrive; push through with intention.

Waxing Gibbous

Refinement. Adjust, persist and trust the build as the light grows fuller.

Full Moon

Culmination. Things come to light and to fruition. A time to release and to celebrate.

Waning Gibbous

Gratitude and sharing. Give back what you have gathered and reflect on the harvest.

Last Quarter

Letting go. Forgive, clear and make space by releasing what no longer fits.

Waning Crescent

Rest and surrender. Quiet integration before the next new moon begins again.

The Moon in your chart

In astrology the Moon governs your emotional world: how you feel, what soothes you and what you need to feel safe. While your sun sign is who you are becoming, your moon sign is who you are when no one is watching.

Working with the monthly phases is one practice; knowing your own moon sign is another. Together they help you move with your natural rhythm instead of against it.

Moon questions, answered

What is the moon phase today?

The phase shown at the top of this page is tonight's real moon, calculated from the lunar cycle. It moves through eight phases over roughly 29.5 days, from new moon to full moon and back.

What should I do on a new moon and a full moon?

A new moon is for beginnings: set intentions and start something. A full moon is for culmination and release: notice what has come to light and let go of what no longer serves you.

What is my moon sign?

Your moon sign is the zodiac sign the Moon was in when you were born. It describes your emotional inner world. Unlike your sun sign, it needs your birth date and often your time, which a full birth chart calculates exactly.

What is the difference between your moon sign and your sun sign?

Your sun sign describes who you are in the world, but your moon sign reveals how you feel on the inside, what you need to feel safe, and how you instinctively react before you even think. While your sun sign is shaped by the date of your birth, your moon sign is determined by where the moon was in the zodiac at the exact time and place you were born, which is why two people born on the same day can have very different emotional natures.

What should you actually do on a new moon?

A new moon is genuinely the best time to set intentions, start something fresh, or plant a seed you want to grow over the coming weeks. Because the sky is dark and the moon is invisible, the energy is inward and receptive, so writing down what you want to call in, beginning a new habit, or simply getting clear on a desire tends to carry more momentum than forcing action.

Why do full moons feel so emotionally intense?

During a full moon the sun and moon sit in opposite signs, and that cosmic tension mirrors itself in our inner world, often pulling our emotions and our conscious mind in two different directions at once. Whatever you have been quietly avoiding tends to surface, which can feel overwhelming but is actually the chart doing exactly what it is designed to do: bring things into the light so they can be released or resolved.

Does your moon sign change every day?

The moon moves through a new zodiac sign roughly every two and a half days, so yes, the current moon sign shifts frequently, which is why your mood and energy can feel noticeably different from one day to the next even when nothing in your life has changed. Your natal moon sign, the one in your birth chart, is fixed and describes your core emotional wiring for life.

What does it mean when a new moon or full moon lands on your moon sign?

When a lunation falls in the same sign as your natal moon, it activates your emotional core directly, often bringing a significant feeling, a release, a decision, or a turning point in your inner life or closest relationships. A new moon on your moon sign can feel like an emotional reset or a powerful urge to begin again, while a full moon there tends to bring something deeply personal to a head.

Find your moon sign and more

Your moon sign is one thread in a much larger story. We calculate your full birth chart from your exact birth moment and read the whole sky as one, honest and specific to you.

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