The Moon rules the emotions, instincts, and the subconscious. It is feminine, nurturing, reflective, and changeable. It influences fertility, growth, and conception. It also influences the waters of the oceans, the sap in plants, and all bodily fluids, as witnessed by the tides and the menstrual cycle of women. Everything that grows on the earth does so in rhythm with the Moon. It rules dreams, intuition, and the way we feel. Its dark side is the unconscious and the wilder, baser instincts. Physiologically it governs the stomach, cerebellum, and pancreas.
*Symbolism*
The Moon corresponds to Ajna, the Chakra that represents the third eye, the pineal gland located behind the area between the eyebrows.
In alchemy, the Moon is often called Luna or Diana, the Lunar Goddess of the Greeksm abd corresponds to the White Lion, the White Tincture, which is the elixir of immortality.
In polarity with its cosmic consort the Sun, the Moon is cold, moist and passive, the feminine principle that receives the seed of sulphur and bears the hermaphroditic child.
*Correspondences*
Principles: Pysche, Emotion
Element: Water
Colors: Silver, violet, royal purple
Day: Monday
Polarity: yin
Zodiac Sign: Cancer
Numbers: 9, 13
Tarot Cards: the High Priestess, the nines
Sephirah: Yesod (Foundation)
Chakra: Ajna (Between the Eyes)
Metal: Silver
Alchemical Processes: conjunction, coagulation
Deities: Isis, Artemis, Diana, Selene, Cybele, Arianrhod, Astarte
Archangel: Gabriel
Angel: Gabriel
Planetary Intelligence: Malach Be
Planetary Spirit: Chasmodai
Creatures: Shellfish, wolf, owl, nightingale, nightjar, moth, spider
Stones: Moonstone, pearl, aquamarine
Incense: Caraphor, jasmine, ylang-ylang
Trees: Willow, magnolia
Healing Plants: Chaste tree, cleaver, opium poppy, periwinkle, watercress
Body Parts: brain, womb, bladder, stomach, pancreas, body fluids
Body Functions: Menstruation, growth, fertility, glandular secretion
Mental Functions: memory, subconscious, instinct, intuition, reflection, dreaming
Malfunctions: psychosis, schizophrenia, lycanthropy
Virtues: sensitivity, motherliness, benevolence
Vices: moodiness, impressionability, hypersensitivity, defensiveness, envy
Keyword: feeling
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