Most people know their sun sign. “I’m a Leo.” “I’m a Virgo.” “I’m a Scorpio.” It’s the one we put on dating apps, joke about with friends, and secretly use to explain our personality traits. But here’s the real question. Do you know your Moon sign? Because your sun sign is who you show to the world…Your moon sign is who you are when no one’s watching.

And discovering mine genuinely changed my life.

What Is a Moon Sign in Astrology?

Your moon sign represents:

• Your emotions
• Your nervous system
• Your inner world
• Your stress response
• Your subconscious needs

While your sun sign reflects your identity and outward personality, your moon sign governs how you feel, how you process emotions, and how safe you feel in the world.

For many of us, it’s also where our healing work lives.

My Sun & Moon: Sagittarius Sun and Pisces Moon

I’m a Sagittarius Sun. Freedom-loving, adventurous, truth-seeking, big energy. And for years, that’s exactly how I lived. An adrenaline junkie, always on the go, always chasing the next experience…with absolutely no thought for my nervous system, my body, or my long-term health. Then… I got sick. Really sick.

My body forced me to stop in a way I never would have chosen myself. The pushing caught up with me. The ignoring my body caught up with me. The living on adrenaline caught up with me.

It was through that healing journey, through slowing down, feeling more, listening more, that I discovered my Pisces Moon.

Soft. Sensitive. Intuitive. Emotional. Needing rest, water, quiet, gentleness and emotional safety.

Suddenly everything made sense:

• Why I could be so bold on the outside
• Yet completely overwhelmed on the inside
• Why sound, stillness and softness soothed my nervous system
• Why my sensitivity was never a flaw, it was information

I didn’t choose my moon energy at first. It rose because it had to.

Living in Your Sun Sign but Ignoring Your Moon Sign

Here’s what I now see so clearly. You can live very comfortably in your sun sign…and be completely disconnected from your moon sign.

That was me.

I lived fully as a Sagittarius, bold, fast, spontaneous, fearless on the surface. Meanwhile, my Pisces moon was exhausted, over-stimulated, and overwhelmed in the background.

Since my kids were born, I’ve mainly lived in my moon energy…

• Nervous system healing
• Emotional regulation
• Learning to rest without guilt
• Slowing instead of forcing
• Feeling instead of running

I’m still not fully healed….because there’s always further to go…but I’ve come a very, very long way.

What Happens When You’re Not Connected to Your Moon Sign?

When you’re disconnected from your moon energy, you might:

• Feel overwhelmed but not know why
• Keep pushing when your body is begging you to slow down
• Live in survival mode without realising it
• Struggle with rest, boundaries, or emotional safety
• Feel “off” even when life looks fine on paper

Your moon sign governs your inner safety system. Ignoring it doesn’t make it go away, it just pushes it into your body.

Exploring my Pisces moon helped me understand:

• Why I absorb other people’s energy
• Why sound, water and stillness regulate me
• Why I need gentleness as much as adventure
• Why my nervous system needed just as much care as my goals

I learnt more about myself in my moon-led years than in all my adrenaline-fuelled ones combined.

Are You Living True to Your Sun Sign and Your Moon Sign?

Today, I genuinely feel aligned with both:

• My Sagittarius Sun (vision, adventure, leadership)
• My Pisces Moon (sensitivity, intuition, rest, emotional depth)

I explore. I teach. I lead. I rest. I feel. I protect my energy.

So here’s my gentle question to you. You might be living your sun sign beautifully…but are you honouring your moon sign too?

How to Find Your Moon Sign (Free & Easy)

If you don’t know your moon sign, you’ll need your date, time and place of birth. Put these into a free birth chart calculator online and look for the Moon symbol. The zodiac sign it sits in is your moon sign.

If you only ever explore one thing beyond your sun sign in astrology…make it your moon. This is where emotional awareness and real self-understanding live.

Final Thoughts: Why Your Moon Sign Matters for Healing

For many years, I was just an adventurous, thrill-seeking Sagittarius with very little awareness of my body, limits or sensitivity.

Getting sick became the doorway into my healing. Discovering my Pisces moon became the language that finally helped me understand myself.

Now I know that:

• Sensitivity is not weakness
• Rest is not laziness
• Emotional awareness is not indulgent, it’s essential

And now that I’ve sufficiently healed my moon energy, my sun sign is fully rising again. And if you didn’t know me back in my full Sagittarius days, consider this your gentle heads-up…I think my wild child is making a comeback!!!! Not in the frantic, adrenaline-fuelled way it once did, but in a grounded, integrated way. Only this time, she’s not running from her feelings. She’s not burning out her nervous system. She’s not sacrificing her softness to be strong. She’s regulated, rooted, and still wildly alive ✨

Why am I telling you this?

Because I don’t want you to make the same mistakes I did. I don’t want you to live fully in your sun sign while your moon is quietly exhausted in the background. So here’s my invitation to you. Ask yourself — are you living true to both your sun and your moon?

Your moon holds your inner wisdom, your emotional health, and your nervous system’s guidance. Honour it, and your sun will shine brighter, bolder, and more joyfully than ever ✨