Progressed Moon Calculator
The fastest-moving part of your progressed chart, and the one most astrologers read first. Find its sign and house today, the date it changes sign, and every exact contact it makes with your birth chart over the next ten years.
- Every contact dated, ten years ahead
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What is the progressed Moon?
It belongs to secondary progressions, the method that moves a birth chart forward one day per year. Because the Moon covers 12 to 15 degrees a day, it is the one body in a progressed chart that visibly travels: through every sign and every house of your chart in about 27 years, two or three times in a long life.
Astrologers read it as the emotional weather of a period: what you need, what you notice, where your attention keeps going. Its sign gives the tone of a chapter of a little over two years, its house the area of life that chapter is about, and its contacts with your natal planets the months when a particular part of your chart is stirred.
How fast the progressed Moon moves
About a degree a month, a sign in a little over two years, the whole circle in about 27. The exact pace is set by how fast the Moon was moving on the days after your birth.
The Moon's speed varies between about 12° and 15° a day as it moves along its elliptical orbit, over a cycle of 27.5 days that the progressed Moon lives through as 27.5 years. So in some stretches of life it crosses a sign in close to two years and in others nearer two and a half. The calculator follows the real Moon day by day rather than assuming an average, which is why the dates in your timeline are uneven.
Its return to the degree it held at birth, the progressed lunar return, comes at about 27, 55 and 82. The first falls close to the Saturn return, and astrologers often read the two together as the end of the chart's first full emotional cycle.
How to read it
Four things, from the broadest to the most precisely timed.
Its sign
The tone of a chapter of two years or so: the kind of emotional needs that come forward, and what feels like home for a while.
Its house
The area of life the chapter is about. It changes on its own schedule, independent of the sign, and needs a birth time.
Its contacts
An exact aspect to a natal planet is read as a month or two when what that planet stands for is in focus. Conjunctions and oppositions are usually read as the strongest.
Its changes
The weeks around a change of sign or house are often described as a transition felt before it can be named: the old chapter loosening before the new one is clear.
The progressed Moon in each sign
The traditional reading of each chapter. These are themes to notice, not events to expect.
♈︎ Aries
With the progressed Moon in Aries, astrologers read a chapter of starting over. What you need, emotionally, is room to act on your own initiative, and patience runs short with anything that asks you to wait. Old feelings get less hearing than new impulses. The lens is useful for noticing where you are pushing to begin something, and where that push is about leaving rather than arriving.
♉︎ Taurus
The progressed Moon in Taurus is read as a chapter of settling. The emotional need turns to steadiness: a body that feels well, a home that holds, money that adds up, people who stay. Change is less welcome than it was, and comfort is taken seriously. The question the lens raises is what you are building to last, and what you are holding on to only because it is familiar.
♊︎ Gemini
With the progressed Moon in Gemini the emotional life is read as quickening and curious. You may need conversation, variety and new information to feel well, and the restlessness of the period tends to show up as many open threads at once. Siblings, neighbours, short trips and learning are the traditional themes. The lens asks which of the threads are worth following through.
♋︎ Cancer
The progressed Moon in Cancer, the Moon's own sign, is read as a chapter turned toward home, family and belonging. The need to feel safe comes forward, along with memory and the wish to look after someone or be looked after. It is often described as tender and inward. The lens is useful for seeing what you call home now, and who is in it.
♌︎ Leo
With the progressed Moon in Leo the emotional need is read as the need to be seen. Creativity, play, romance and children are the classic themes, and the period is described as warmer and more expressive than the one before it. The lens asks where you want recognition, and whether you are giving yourself the room to make something that is yours.
♍︎ Virgo
The progressed Moon in Virgo is read as a chapter of putting things in order. Feelings tend to be worked out through doing: routines, health, work done well, being useful. It can be self-critical, and it can be quietly restorative. The lens is useful for noticing what in your daily life needs care, and where the urge to fix is standing in for the urge to feel.
♎︎ Libra
With the progressed Moon in Libra relationships take the centre of the emotional life. The need is for partnership, fairness and some beauty in the surroundings, and decisions are made with other people in mind, sometimes at your own cost. The lens asks which relationships are in balance, and where agreeing has become a way of avoiding.
♏︎ Scorpio
The progressed Moon in Scorpio is read as a chapter of depth. Feelings run stronger and more private, and what was kept under the surface tends to surface: trust, intimacy, shared resources, endings that clear the way. It is rarely described as light. The lens is useful for naming what you are ready to let go of, and what you want to keep at full intensity.
♐︎ Sagittarius
With the progressed Moon in Sagittarius the emotional need is read as the need for more room and more meaning. Travel, study, belief and the wish to see a bigger picture are the traditional themes, and the mood is often described as hopeful and restless. The lens asks where you want to go, in either sense, and what you have outgrown.
♑︎ Capricorn
The progressed Moon in Capricorn is read as a chapter of responsibility. Feelings are held to account by goals, work and the long view, and the period is often described as serious and productive. Achievement can matter more than comfort for a while. The lens is useful for seeing what you are building and who you are carrying, and whether the structure leaves you room to feel.
♒︎ Aquarius
With the progressed Moon in Aquarius the emotional life is read as turning toward friends, groups and the future. The need is for independence and for being among people who think as you do, and the mood can be detached, experimental or freer than before. The lens asks which communities you belong to now, and where you are keeping feelings at arm's length.
♓︎ Pisces
The progressed Moon in Pisces, the last sign before the cycle begins again, is read as a chapter of endings and of quiet. Sensitivity, imagination, compassion and the need for retreat come forward, and things that are finished tend to fall away. The lens is useful for noticing what you are releasing before the next start, and where you need rest rather than effort.
The progressed Moon through the houses
The houses are counted from your natal Ascendant, so this part needs a birth time. The progressed Moon spends about as long in each house as in each sign, though houses of unequal size make some chapters longer than others.
1st house
With the progressed Moon in your first house, astrologers read a chapter in which you yourself are the subject: how you look, how you present, what you start on your own account. Feelings are close to the surface and visible to others. The lens is useful for noticing what you want to be known for now.
2nd house
The progressed Moon in the second house is read as a chapter about security in its plainest forms: money, possessions, the body's needs, what you value enough to keep. The emotional question is what makes you feel safe, and whether you are building that or only worrying about it.
3rd house
With the progressed Moon in the third house the attention turns to the near world: conversations, learning, writing, siblings, neighbours, the routes you travel every day. It is often described as a busy, talkative chapter. The lens asks what you are curious about now, and who you are talking to.
4th house
The progressed Moon in the fourth house, at the bottom of the chart, is read as a chapter of home and roots. Family, a place to live, the private self and the past come forward; it is often a time of looking after a base. The lens is useful for seeing what home means to you now.
5th house
With the progressed Moon in the fifth house the emotional life is read as turning toward joy and self-expression: creative work, romance, children, play, anything made for its own sake. The lens asks where you are allowing yourself pleasure, and what you would make if nobody were judging it.
6th house
The progressed Moon in the sixth house is read as a chapter of work and daily habit: routines, health, the jobs that have to be done and the people you do them with. Feelings get worked out through practical care. The lens is useful for noticing which daily patterns support you and which drain you.
7th house
With the progressed Moon in the seventh house, opposite the Ascendant, relationships take the centre: partners, close collaborators, people you face one to one. The need is for company and for balance. The lens asks what you are learning about yourself through someone else.
8th house
The progressed Moon in the eighth house is read as a chapter of depth and exchange: intimacy, trust, shared money, what is inherited or owed, what ends so that something else can begin. It is rarely described as light. The lens is useful for naming what you are ready to let go of.
9th house
With the progressed Moon in the ninth house the horizon widens: travel, study, belief, publishing, other cultures, the wish to understand why. The mood is often described as hopeful and searching. The lens asks what you want to learn, and what you have outgrown.
10th house
The progressed Moon in the tenth house, at the top of the chart, is read as a chapter of public life: career, reputation, responsibility, being seen doing what you do. Feelings are tied up with achievement. The lens is useful for seeing what you want to be recognised for, and at what cost.
11th house
With the progressed Moon in the eleventh house the attention turns to friends, groups and the future: networks, causes, the people who share your hopes. It is often described as social and forward-looking. The lens asks which communities you belong to now, and what you are hoping for.
12th house
The progressed Moon in the twelfth house, the last before it crosses the Ascendant, is read as a chapter of retreat and completion: solitude, rest, the inner life, letting what is finished fall away. It is often quiet before a new start. The lens is useful for noticing what needs closing before the next beginning.
When the progressed Moon meets a natal planet
A conjunction is the most direct contact: the progressed Moon on top of a natal point. These are the classic readings of each one. Your result lists the dates of every aspect, not only the conjunctions.
Sun
Progressed Moon conjunct your natal Sun is read as a time when feelings and purpose line up: what you need and what you are for point the same way, and you may be more visible than usual.
Moon
The progressed Moon conjunct your natal Moon is the progressed lunar return, at about 27, 55 and 82. It is read as the close of one emotional cycle and the start of the next, a time of checking how far your needs have changed since the last one.
Mercury
Conjunct natal Mercury it is read as a time when thinking and feeling run together: conversations, writing, study and decisions take on emotional weight.
Venus
Conjunct natal Venus it is read as a softer, more affectionate time: relationships, pleasure, beauty and money get attention, and people often describe it as pleasant.
Mars
Conjunct natal Mars it is read as a time of energy and impatience: feelings move quickly into action, and anger or desire is close to the surface.
Jupiter
Conjunct natal Jupiter it is read as a time of generosity and widening horizons: optimism, growth and the wish for more room, sometimes more than is needed.
Saturn
Conjunct natal Saturn it is read as a sober time: responsibilities, limits and commitments come into focus, and feelings are held to account by what is real.
Uranus
Conjunct natal Uranus it is read as a restless time: the need for freedom and change rises, and routines that felt fine can suddenly feel confining.
Neptune
Conjunct natal Neptune it is read as a sensitive, porous time: imagination, compassion and longing are strong, and so is the risk of seeing what you hope to see.
Pluto
Conjunct natal Pluto it is read as an intense time: deep feelings surface, and so do questions of control, trust and what has to change.
North Node
Conjunct the natal North Node it is read as a time of meeting people and situations that feel like a step in your direction, often through others.
Ascendant
Conjunct the natal Ascendant it is read as a beginning: the progressed Moon leaves the twelfth house and enters the first, and feelings that were private become visible.
Midheaven
Conjunct the natal Midheaven it is read as a time when public life and feelings meet: career, reputation and what you want to be known for become emotional matters.
How much your birth time matters
Less for the progressed Moon than for anything else that depends on time. The Moon moves about half a degree an hour, so an hour's error in your birth time moves the progressed Moon by half a degree, about two weeks of its timeline.
The houses are another matter: they come from your natal Ascendant and cusps, which move a degree in about four minutes of birth time. Without a birth time the calculator uses noon, leaves out the houses and the angles, and keeps the sign and the contacts with planets, which can then be up to about six months early or late.
How to use the progressed Moon calculator
- 1Enter your birth detailsDate, time and place. Without the time you still get the sign, its dates and the contacts with your planets.
- 2Read where it is nowIts sign and house, how far through the sign it is, when it entered and when it leaves, with the traditional reading of each.
- 3Look aheadThe list of contacts runs ten years from the date you choose. Move the date to look further, or back to see what the progressed Moon was doing during a past chapter.
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