Progressed Moon

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Moon, the same astrological territory is traversed but it is no longer virgin territory. The
progressed Moon now acts as a loosening agent, freeing buried complexes, taboo feelings
and repressed memories to be re-felt and find some acknowledgment and acceptance.
The third circuit of the progressed Moon (from 54.6 - 82 years old) initiates us into the
elder phase of life symbolised by the wise woman, grandmother, tribal elder and crone.
Emotional experiences are more anchored and directed, less reactive and instinctive. Our
emotional attitudes can become integrated and understood enhancing our community.
When the progressed Moon enters a new house it evokes the complexes and issues within
that sphere, generally symbolised by the planets in that house. In a previous article on the
progressed Moon, I cited the example of John, a client who expressed that he was feeling
extremely anxious, but was not aware of any cause for this. He was 32 at the time. (6) The
progressed Moon had just crossed the IC, a tap root to the underlying issues of security
and safety. Natally, Pluto and Uranus were in the 4th house opposing Saturn and Chiron
in the 10th. During the consultation I asked what happened when he was 5, a lunar cycle
ago when the progressed Moon would have first progressed across the IC. His face
whitened. He said, ‘My mother died’. While a significant event was linked to this
progression, it was the underlying grief and unexpressed feelings that the lunar
progression remembered, allowing what was unmourned to be felt and acknowledged.
The house that the Moon is progressing through is a personal indicator of the emotional