If you think your astrological fate is sealed by your Sun sign, think again! Your emotions, instincts, intuition, and most private passions are dominated by your Moon sign. In this eye-opening volume, world-famous astrologer and therapist Donna Cunningham unravels the often bewildering effects of lunar influence: a person’s potential for intimacy, sense of security, family ties, susceptibility to indulgence in food or drink, career ambition, as well as how men and women respond differently to the same lunar promptings in love and life. Cunningham provides all the information you need to determine your own and others’ Moon signs—and analyze their power. Moon Signs also charts the daily, monthly, and yearly courses of the moon, which create those predictable mood swings—our “emotional weather.” The time-honored tradition of astrology has come into its own as a resource for human development and spiritual insight. For astrological novices and veterans alike, Cunningham’s invaluable guide will pave the way to a more profound understanding of the uncharted and sometimes dark side of the soul. When this book was originally published, Sun Sign astrology held sway over popular astrology and MOON SIGNS offered a much needed corrective. The author's very readable, entertaining advice is still valuable for novices and veterans alike, and helps readers understand how the moon can help us understand our emotional weather, changing moods, inner life and our sometimes dark side of the soul. Leslie Meredith Executive Editor & Divisional Vice President Ballantine Wellspring If you think your astrological fate is sealed by your Sun sign, think again! Your emotions, instincts, intuition, and mast private passions are dominated by your Moon sign. It throws light on such mysteries as why an Aquarian like Ronald Reagan is no radical, and why a Virgo like Raquel Welch is no virgin. Reagan's Moon is in conservative Taurus, and Welch's is in sexy Scorpio. In this eye-opening volume, world-famous astrologer and therapist Donna Cunningham unravels the often bewildering effects of lunar influence: a person's potential for intimacy...sense of security...family ties...susceptibility to indulgence in food or drink...career ambition...as well as how men and women respond differently to the same lunar promptings in love and life. Cunningham provides all the information you need to determine your own and others' Moon signs -- and analyze their power. Moon Signs also charts the daily, monthly, and yearly courses of the moon, which create those predictable mood swings -- our "emotional weather." The time-honored tradition of astrology has today come into its own as a resource for human development and spiritual insight. For astrological novices and veterans alike, Cunningham's invaluable guide will pave the way to a more profound understanding of the uncharted and sometimes dark side of the soul. Donna Cunningham graduated from Columbia University School of Social Work in 1967 and became an astrologer in 1970. Her counseling experience includes settings such as women’s health organizations, hospitals, alcoholism treatment centers, and psychiatric clinics. A certified professional astrologer, she has spoken at conferences around the United States, in Europe, and in South America. In 1986, the Association of Professional Astrologers Inc. gave her their annual award for special contributions to the field. Donna lives in Brooklyn, New York. INTRODUCTION   That Old Devil Moon   This is the first book in recent years for the general reader that deals with the astrological and psychological nature of the Moon. Most popular astrology books are about your Sun sign, and while that’s a strong and valid part of you, the Moon is equally important. The Moon sign is the missing dimension in Sun sign astrology, a reason why some people swear astrology doesn’t work. They read descriptions of their Sun sign and say “I’m just not like that.” Others, more favorably inclined, admit it works for certain people, yet have to stretch to make it fit themselves.   What’s the mysterious element in some people, the indefinable something that makes them different from others of the same sign? Everyone says you can’t rely on Geminis, yet don’t you know some who are the Rock of Gibraltar? Haven’t you wondered why some Cancers are clinging and others aren’t? Or why some Pisces are drugged out of their minds and others are so clear and present? What about the Virgos whose houses are pigsties? Or the Capricorns who are shiftless and unreliable?   Maybe you, too, have been puzzled by some blatant contradictions in Sun sign traits. One reason is that the Sun sign only gives part of the picture. The Moon sign can be as characteristic of the person as the Sun. As a matter of fact, some Moons are so strong, they override the Sun—especially Scorpio, Capricorn, and Pisces Moons. Any two people born on May 10 will have the same Sun sign—Taurus—but unless they’re b