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This is a book about the meaning of the Moon in the tradition of astrology. Of all the celestial bodies, the Moon is perhaps the one most shrouded in mystery; The Moon is said to somehow be both our mother and our child. This book is about the lunar mysteries.

However, the Moon is an integral part of the Earth system and the Earth an integral part of the Sun or solar system. These three bodies are interdependent, so this book is also about the Earth and the Sun, and the Moon-Earth-Sun relationship.

We can’t even speak of an event like the Full Moon (Moon Opposite Sun) without having the Sun on one side, the Earth in the middle, and the Moon on the other, so this work is about all three bodies, only one of which is a planet – Earth.

Before we explore this relationship, let’s review what the Sun and Moon stand for in traditional astrology.